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eric on Feb 9th 2009 at 9:29 am Movies

Godzilla vs. Bhagavad-gita: Two Classics Fight to the Death on My Blog!

Well, maybe not exactly like you’re thinking…

Godzilla vs. Bhagavad-gita! (don't worry, the Gita wins....)

I’m just posting to let the kind folks who read my blog know about two ongoing series that are featured on my blog.

The first is Godzilla and Friends: Reviews from the Godzillaverse, which is obviously about my admittedly unhealthy interest in Japan’s increasingly wacky Godzilla movies. Here, I watch the original Japanese version of the movie and often times compare it to the heavily edited, redubbed US release, which many of us have seen on Saturday mornings growing up. Most folks have written off these movies as pure crap, hardly worth poking fun at. Others can find some comedic value in them in sort of a Mystery Science Theater way. And others take it too far, looking for social commentary and moralism. I take the best of those three worlds.

There are thirty some movies that I’ll be watching and then reviewing.
You can click here to see a bit about that….

The second series is a bit more serious, though no less wordy. Bhagavad-gita: Comparison of Four Gaudia-Vaisnava Editions is posted every Sunday morning, I post a comparison study of four different translations of the Vedic classic Bhagavad-gita. All four of the Gitas were translated by practitioners of the Gaudia-Vaisnava faith. You wouldn’t think there’d be much difference between them, but there is. Not only that, the differences add to a general understanding of the personalistic, monotheistic philosophy of us Gaudia-Vaisnavas.

There are 700+ verses in the Bhagavad-gita. I’m sure I’ll be doing this for awhile.
You can click here to see a bit more about that…

And so you don’t have to keep coming back to this page, I’ve put links on the sidebar. Look to your right, you’ll see them there. Just click and it takes you to the contents pages. Pretty spiffy, eh?



Related posts:

  1. But getting back to the Bhagavad-gita…
  2. Bhagavad-gita: Exceedingly loved (12.20)
  3. Bhagavad-gita: Whenever and Wherever… (4.7)
  4. Bhagavad-gita: We Can Only Understand Krishna Through Love (18.55)

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Comment by Ryan BeggarNo Gravatar
2009-02-09 16:10:34

When your two series are Godzilla and the Gita, it means you’re awesome.

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-02-09 20:27:37

Oh I’m not sure it means that, but I can pretty much guarantee that you’re the only person who is going to read both…

Comment by jeffNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 07:34:40

i read both.

but the read question is: who would win in this hypothetical context?

i think godzilla would take the early rounds, but the gita has more stamina. and a master bowman and swordmaster.

i would say the whole god being involved thing would give a clear and quick victory to the gita. but he’s only going to drive the chariot so that its more of a fair fight.

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 07:46:48

Well certainly Krishna *does* play a role in this. Whoever Krishna wants to save, nobody can conquer – not even Godzilla. However, Godzilla *can* conquer Krishna… by chanting. God can always be conquered with love and devotion.

So… it’s looking like a pretty fair fight. Especially if Godzilla starts to chant.

Comment by RatiNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 07:49:15

hahahhahahaha!!! you guys are hilarious!

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 09:56:18

I am speaking from veddy high platform!

Comment by jeffNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 13:23:06

you’re speaking from eddie vedder’s high platform?

dude, leave seattle. stat.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comment by antonyNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 01:31:54

At first I thought this was a review of Godzilla vs The Bhagavad-gita and I thought that’s funny I didn’t thinkk the Japanese were so interested in the Gita, but perhaps they are because there in the corner is the show tickets.

You two are crazy I am calling the police

POLIIIICE!

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 07:48:57

There came a time in the history of Godzilla where, if they knew it existed, I’m sure they would have pitted the Gita against the big guy. I would love to some some dude in a latex Bhagavad-gita suit thrashing and being thrashed by Godzilla.

 
 
Comment by RatiNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 06:24:47

i saw the headline on fb as i was looking for something to show dwija. we both got quite a chuckle out of it. :-) well, to be fair, i got a pretty big chuckle out of it… okay, i was laughing like a lunatic.

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-02-10 07:50:13

I glad I could provide the revelry!

 
 
Comment by Suresh DasNo Gravatar
2009-03-31 16:18:17

Why don’t you pit Godzillea against the Universal Form of Krishna? A book against Godzilla doesn’t make sense.

You don’t want Janmastami Das to make an article on Sampradaya Sun that you are advocating burning Prabhupada’s books now do you?

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-03-31 16:37:04

Haha.. Either way, the big green (well, technically grayish-black) guy is going to lose.

 
 
Comment by Suresh dasNo Gravatar
2009-03-31 20:30:47

Lord Krishna fought with his opponents are an equal level. He wouldn’t fight from a chariot if his opponent was fighting on foot or on claw. Lord Krishna loves a good fight. As an example, he fought with Hiranyaksa for (I think it was) 400,000,000 years. He wouldn’t just kill Godzilla outright. He would enjoy a good long fight with lots of ups and downs.

What types of weapons would Lord Krishna be fighting with?

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-03-31 22:27:57

Well since Godzilla has atomic fire breath, I’d assume Krishna would use the Sudharsan Chakra. Sure, Godzilla would deflect it with his tail for a little while…

 
 
Comment by Suresh dasNo Gravatar
2009-03-31 20:34:24

Lord Krishna as Varaha that is.

 
Comment by Suresh dasNo Gravatar
2009-04-01 17:43:57

If Godzilla has atomic fire breath, wouldn’t Krishna hurl a brahmastra at him to conteract it?

 
Comment by Suresh dasNo Gravatar
2009-04-01 17:48:50

In episode #45 titled: Godzilliya-Krishna,
Godzilla goes on vacation with his family to India to see the Taj Mahal, but gets side tracked and ends up in a lake in the river Yamuna. Without giving away the entire story, Lord Krishna ends up dancing on Godzilla’s head while Godzilla spews his atomic fire breath at Krishna’s tender feet, trying to burn him up. Each time he spews fire, Krishna gives him a kick in the head. This goes on until Godzilla finally is broken, and blood is oozing out of his mouth. In soulful surrender he bows down to Krishna and offers prayers.

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-04-01 18:56:46

Aww, very sweet. But to honor the guy who directed the monster scenes, no blood, please. He said “children are watching!” Hehe…

Godzilla *did* have a kid. He adopted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2AgANzQiwg

:)

 
 
Comment by Suresh dasNo Gravatar
2009-04-01 21:42:12

Ok green – I mean grayish black ooz is dripping from his mouth.

 
Comment by Suresh dasNo Gravatar
2009-04-01 21:43:03

Was Godzilla’s kid Timmy from Lassie?

 

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