A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India: 1.2 - Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================================================================================================= Thursday 03, March 2025, 13:00. Books Srimad Bhagavad Gita A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India: 1.2 1. INTRODUCTION-2. Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================================================================================== The Bhagavadgita is a part of the Mahabharata and thus occurs in the context of an Epic, and so it is called a smriti (secondary revelation), as distinguished from the sruti (primary revelation), which are the Vedas and the Upanishads. Yet, the Gita plays a unique role in the history of religious and philosophic thought. The Upanishads are like an extensive forest ranging over a wide area and covering almost everything which may be said to be of the nature of reality. The Bhagavadgita is, on the other hand, a kind of garden of se...