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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?

21 responses so far

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

  1. Ryan BeggarNo Gravatar says:
    February 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm

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

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 9th, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    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…

    jeffNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 10th, 2009 at 7:34 am

    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.

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 10th, 2009 at 7:46 am

    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.

    RatiNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 10th, 2009 at 7:49 am

    hahahhahahaha!!! you guys are hilarious!

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 10th, 2009 at 9:56 am

    I am speaking from veddy high platform!

    jeffNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 10th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

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

    dude, leave seattle. stat.

  2. antonyNo Gravatar says:
    February 10, 2009 at 1:31 am

    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!

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am

    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.

  3. RatiNo Gravatar says:
    February 10, 2009 at 6:24 am

    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.

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    February 10th, 2009 at 7:50 am

    I glad I could provide the revelry!

  4. Suresh DasNo Gravatar says:
    March 31, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    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?

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    March 31st, 2009 at 4:37 pm

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

  5. Suresh dasNo Gravatar says:
    March 31, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    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?

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    March 31st, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    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…

  6. Suresh dasNo Gravatar says:
    March 31, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    Lord Krishna as Varaha that is.

  7. Suresh dasNo Gravatar says:
    April 1, 2009 at 5:43 pm

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

  8. Suresh dasNo Gravatar says:
    April 1, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    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.

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    April 1st, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    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

    :)

  9. Suresh dasNo Gravatar says:
    April 1, 2009 at 9:42 pm

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

  10. Suresh dasNo Gravatar says:
    April 1, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    Was Godzilla’s kid Timmy from Lassie?

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