Bhagavad Gita and Krishna – Misconceptions

[Written as a coda to Sagas and Itihasa: Cultural Cognates.] A common Western tendency is to approach Krishna and the Bhagavad Gita through categories familiar from the Abrahamic traditions: “God” and “scripture.” The impulse is understandable, but it is also misleading, for it encourages the assumption that they belong chiefly to the domain of religion [ ] The post Bhagavad Gita and Krishna…