{"product_id":"9781936135226","title":"The Song Divine, or Bhagavad-gita (pocket)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book presented here in a metrical English translation is hardly in need of an introduction in today's climate of widespread global cultural literacy. An ancient Sanskrit text more than two thousand years old, it has been translated hundreds of times into English alone, not to mention the many other languages of the world it has found expression in. It is one of those rare texts that belong to the most exclusive ingroup of religious texts, the “classics of world religion.” There, too, it sits in a place of honor alongside the Bible, the Koran, the \u003cem\u003eDhammapada\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLotus-sutra\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDao De Jing\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eAnalects\u003c\/em\u003e of Confucius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillions of Hindus read and recite this book today and look to it for encouragement, reassurance, guidance and solace. It is read and studied as well by thousands outside that community who are interested in the practice of various kinds of \u003cem\u003eyoga\u003c\/em\u003e. Indeed, \u003cem\u003eyoga\u003c\/em\u003e is a central theme of the text. But, despite what many modern writers have claimed, the \u003cem\u003eyoga\u003c\/em\u003e of the \u003cem\u003eGītā\u003c\/em\u003e does not mean “union” or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“integration” or “yoking.” It means primarily “discipline,” “application” or “practice.” Thus, \u003cem\u003eyoga\u003c\/em\u003e in the \u003cem\u003eGītā\u003c\/em\u003e is the putting into practice or the application of the teachings of the \u003cem\u003eGītā\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blazing Sapphire Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044193550576,"sku":"9781936135226","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936135226_p0.jpg?v=1763658683","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936135226","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}