Tuesday, July 17, 2001


my husband is all after me to save money, which is hard now that i have people emailing me the names of artisan chocolatiers! still, i did manage to save some money this month, despite buying pizza flour, a pair of on-sale driving loafers -- hey, my old ones had developed holes at the toe! -- and now a copy of the gita.

as long-time readers know, i've been struggling with trying to understand what to read about yoga. it's my nature to prefer to read the original texts -- i did go to st. john's college after all -- but it's hell to find a decent translation of any sanskrit book. i'd rather read hegel, honestly -- it's easier.

so after much discussion, i finally today took the advice of a yoga teacher i know, corrine gervei, and bought the swami satyananda translation. she claims it's readable. frankly, the gita's a huge book. since i'm already familiar with the sprawling story of the mahabharata of which the gita is a part, i'm going to focus on the more manageable gita, where krishna talks to arjuna before the battle.

what interests me most about krishna actually is how he resembles the greek hero achilles -- they both could only be killed by being shot in the heel. clearly some cultural influences there!

as for this purchase, i know my husband won't mind -- he loves those bright colors and groovy graphics you see in popular indian art. so he'll definitely be into the illustrations and cover!

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