{"product_id":"the-gita-within-walden-9780791476185","title":"The Gita within Walden","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooks at the connections between Thoreaus Walden and the work that influenced it  the Bhagavad-Gita.  This book explores and interprets the myriad connections between two spiritual classics  Henry David Thoreaus Walden and the Bhagavad-Gita. Evidence shows that Thoreau took the Gita with him when he moved to Walden Pond  and the books have much in common  touching on ultimate ethical and metaphysical questions. Paul Friedrich looks at how each work speaks to fundamental problems of good and evil  self and cosmos  duty and passion  reality and illusion  political engagement and philosophical meditation  sensuous wildness and ascetic devotion. His examination moves through several stages  from an analysis of key symbols  such as the upside-down tree  to an exposition of social  ethical  and metaphysical values  to a consideration of the many sources of these syncretic works. This book should be of lively interest to those concerned with the origins of Indian and American thought  activism  and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665836105781,"sku":"ByrdShop_0791476189","price":51.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780791476185.jpg?v=1782409417","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-gita-within-walden-9780791476185","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}