num_pages: 156
description: is collection of outstanding essays first presented at the Inaugural (1995) Conference of the Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research at the Centre for Advanced Religious and theological studies University of Cambridge. The essays by scholars of international renown attest to the Gita as a living challenging text. there are a number of reasons why the present theme was chosen for the Inaugral conference. these reasons have to do with their bearing on a tradition that is a prime focus of the Institute and on a text with an established history that has played and continues to play a most significant role in the lives not only countless individuals but also a great many communities a text which raises acutely questions of interpretation and the transmission of knowledge of the relevance of meaning and the determining of right action of personal commitment in contrast to objective study of barriers-and their personal overcoming-of culture and approach in short ques! tions about intentions foundations boundaries knowledge and power
language: English
title: The Fruits of Our Desiring: An Enquiry into the Ethics of the Bhagavadgita
titlecomplete: The Fruits of Our Desiring: An Enquiry into the Ethics of the Bhagavadgita
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Bayeux Arts