Showing posts with label bhagavad gita. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bhagavad gita. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Words of Comfort: The Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita, a revered text from the Hindu religion, was produced during the first millenium B.C.E. Originally written in Sanskrit, there are over 300 translations in English alone. I particularly like this translation of verse 2:28 from Juan MascarĂ³: "Invisible before birth are all beings and after death invisible again. They are seen between two unseens. Why in this truth find sorrow?"

Words to Ponder Over: Scott Snibbe

  In recent days I've been wading through Scott Snibbe's book "How to Train a Happy Mind: a Skeptic's Path to Enlightenmen...