The Gita within Walden / Paul Friedrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedrich, Paul, 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy in literature.

Spirituality in literature.

Bhagavadgītā.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looks at the connections between Thoreau's Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad-Gita.

Contents:

Intro

The Gita within Walden

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "God

2. Historical Retrospect

The Unique Individual Creates Scripture

Complex Origins

History of the Gita Connection

3. The Case for Shared Absolutes

4. Life SymbolsThat Essentialize

Ax/Axis/Axes

The Upside-Down Tree

The Field (kshetra )/"The Bean-Field"

Eye and Light

5. Social and Ethical Absolutes

Courage/Cowardice

Sincerity/Hypocrisy

Egalitarianism/Elitism

6. Purity

7. Reality and Being

Body and Self/Spirit

Matter and the Levels of Spirit

Essence and Tropology: Synecdoche and thePunch of Cumulative, Climactic, Terminal Metaphor

Denial of Opposites

Liberation from Delusion

The Infi nitudes, Especially of Time

8. Three Ways to God

Preamble: Yoga

Work (karma)

Knowledge

Faith (ßraddhå )/Loving Devotion (bhakti )

9. The Gita within Walden Expanded: A Poetics for Activism

Gita, Gandhi, Walden, King:The Making of a Political Classic

Conclusions

References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-158) and index.

ISBN:

9780791477472

0791477479

9781435695498

1435695496

OCLC:

299175742