The Cab Ride
Kent Nerburn
Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a ...
African Proverbs from the 19th Century
edited by Paul Brians, et al.
The languages of Africa are rich in proverbs. These examples were collected in the 19th century and reflect traditional values. They were collected and translated by various Europeans and edited by the famous explorer Richard F. Burton in 1865 in Wit and Wisdom from West Africa.
This is an excerpt from Reading About the World, edited by Paul Brians, Mary Gallwey, Douglas Hughes, Michael Myers, Michael Neville, Roger Schlesinger, Alice Spitzer, and Susan Swan and published by American Heritage Custom ...
The Bhagavad-Geeta (Chapters I - VI)
Dr. Ramanand Prasad (Translator)
The Bhagavad-Geeta, or the Song of the Lord, is a dialogue between Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, and his friend and disciple, Arjuna. This dialogue takes place in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. The Bhagavad-Geeta is composed of 700 (or 701) shlokas (verses) arranged in 18 chapters. It is one of the best-known philosophical texts of Hinduism, and is said to contain the essence of Upanishadic ...
The Bhagavad-Geeta (Chapters XIII - XVIII)
Dr. Ramanand Prasad (Translator)
The Bhagavad-Geeta, or the Song of the Lord, is a dialogue between Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, and his friend and disciple, Arjuna. This dialogue takes place in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. The Bhagavad-Geeta is composed of 700 (or 701) shlokas (verses) arranged in 18 chapters. It is one of the best-known philosophical texts of Hinduism, and is said to contain the essence of Upanishadic ...
The Bhagavad-Geeta (Chapters VII - XII)
Dr. Ramanand Prasad (Translator)
The Bhagavad-Geeta, or the Song of the Lord, is a dialogue between Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, and his friend and disciple, Arjuna. This dialogue takes place in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. The Bhagavad-Geeta is composed of 700 (or 701) shlokas (verses) arranged in 18 chapters. It is one of the best-known philosophical texts of Hinduism, and is said to contain the essence of Upanishadic ...
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