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Gandhi paraphrases & explains the Bhagavad Gita, chapter by chapter. This is not a translation; Gandhi wrote accomplished prose in English. He wrote Gandhi on the Gita while serving a short prison term in 1931. An earnest seeker wrote him a letter asking for explanation of an ethical question in the Gita. He answered with a letter & then another, until he had written a letter for each of the eighteen chapters. These letters became a short complete book in which Gandhi retells in his own words the Gita story, following each chapter with his understanding of the ethical issues involved --- India's greatest saint gives his interpretation of India's most beloved writing. The text is not gender-balanced.Gandhi, Mahatma is the author of 'Gandhi on th Gita' with ISBN 9780942208030 and ISBN 094220803X.
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