... revealed literature of the Hindus, but occupies a distinct position and in some respects unrivaled place in Indian philosophical and religious literature. While it is almost conventional to view it is a separate text, it is in fact a part of the Mahabharata, and relays the teachings of Krishna to Arjuna. The occasion for these teachings was furnished by the great war between the ... . "The Gita can uphold such contradictory ideas and yet maintain a conceptual continuity attests to its genius. There is no book like it in the world. It is, perhaps, the greatest piece of literature Asia has...

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