Comments on: Bhagavad-gita: Without the desire for gain (3.30) http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/2008/12/28/bhagavad-gita-without-the-desire-for-gain/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:14:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sita-pati das http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/2008/12/28/bhagavad-gita-without-the-desire-for-gain/comment-page-1/#comment-7762 Sita-pati das Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:12:24 +0000 http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-7762 Rock on! Keep 'em coming. Rock on! Keep ‘em coming.

]]> By: eric http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/2008/12/28/bhagavad-gita-without-the-desire-for-gain/comment-page-1/#comment-7761 eric Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:30:41 +0000 http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-7761 Wow.. that verse isn't just sort of like the Gita verse... it's very specifically the same thing! Very cool. In the NIV translation of the The Bible, God is "he." I personally like capitalizing "He" when it refers to any deity. For one, it's much easier to differentiate who is talking. When it's He, it's God, when it's he, it's not. Very simple. All in all, it seems like this could be highly politicized. That's never a good thing. Wow.. that verse isn’t just sort of like the Gita verse… it’s very specifically the same thing! Very cool.

In the NIV translation of the The Bible, God is “he.”
I personally like capitalizing “He” when it refers to any deity. For one, it’s much easier to differentiate who is talking. When it’s He, it’s God, when it’s he, it’s not. Very simple.

All in all, it seems like this could be highly politicized. That’s never a good thing.

]]> By: Ryan Beggar http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/2008/12/28/bhagavad-gita-without-the-desire-for-gain/comment-page-1/#comment-7760 Ryan Beggar Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:10:15 +0000 http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-7760 An appropriate post to read as I head off to Khaniquah. Of course by going, surrendering my ego to God, I prove how awesome I am! (Oh wait the comic already made that joke. I'm lame again!) I wasn't aware of the trend to de-capitalize pronouns. Maybe it's less pronounced in Sufism. We get in enough trouble calling Him "Friend, Beloved." Reducing the Him to him is pushing our luck. Appropriate verse from Rumi that this reminded me of: "Learn from Ali how to fight without your ego participating... I am God's lion, not the lion of passion I have no longing but for the One" An appropriate post to read as I head off to Khaniquah. Of course by going, surrendering my ego to God, I prove how awesome I am!

(Oh wait the comic already made that joke. I’m lame again!)

I wasn’t aware of the trend to de-capitalize pronouns. Maybe it’s less pronounced in Sufism. We get in enough trouble calling Him “Friend, Beloved.” Reducing the Him to him is pushing our luck.

Appropriate verse from Rumi that this reminded me of:

“Learn from Ali how to fight
without your ego participating…
I am God’s lion, not the lion of passion
I have no longing but for the One”

]]> By: Rati http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/2008/12/28/bhagavad-gita-without-the-desire-for-gain/comment-page-1/#comment-7755 Rati Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:41:50 +0000 http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/?p=2871#comment-7755 Great stuff! Great stuff!

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