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Reddit mentions of The Mahabharata (Penguin Classics)
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Specs:
Color | Multicolor |
Height | 7.75 Inches |
Length | 5.15 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | July 2009 |
Weight | 1.36025215654 Pounds |
Width | 1.55 Inches |
Read these books:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Mahabharata-Penguin-Classics-Anonymous/dp/0140446818
and
http://www.amazon.com/Ramayana-Shortened-Version-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039679/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382550210&sr=1-1&keywords=ramayana+r.k.+narayan
It seems a little weird to want to buy books to try and discredit some random person online who will forget all about this conversation in a couple of days, but sure, whatever.
Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Dhammapada
Upanishads
Baghavad Gita
Mahabharata
And this volume of the Vedas, though as I said I haven't read through it yet.
I also have this copy of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which I haven't gotten around to yet.
Now, once again, please tell me where in the Nag Hammadi scriptures it says that you spend 1000 years in a Devachan before reincarnating.
No problem! If you're interested in learning more about Hinduism, I'd point you to Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Song by Dr. Graham Schweig. It's a translation of the Bhagavad Gita, a section of the Mahabharata, one of the main holy texts in Hinduism. There are also the Vedas, but those aren't nearly as widely read.
The Bhagavad Gita is the third most read holy text in the world behind the Bible and the Qur'an. It's only ~360 pages long, and this edition has an amazing amount of footnotes that explain the context and meanings of every verse. I firmly believe that it's the best translation out there.
In the Ancient India section, you have the Bhagavad Gita, which is indeed very important and influential, but I'd replace that with the Mahabharata, of which the Bhagavad Gita is but a (very small) part.
I just read the entirety of the Penguin classics edition of it earlier this year and I was floored at how beautiful and moving it is. Totally worth it to have the whole epic there.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahabharata-Penguin-Classics-J-Smith/dp/0140446818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473701783&sr=8-1&keywords=mahabharata