{"id":764,"date":"2012-01-26T17:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T22:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omsweetom\/?p=764"},"modified":"2012-01-26T17:10:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T22:10:50","slug":"the-rubin-screens_gita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom\/2012\/01\/the-rubin-screens_gita.html","title":{"rendered":"The Rubin Museum screens The Bhagavad Gita"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Yesterday, I attended a screening of a documentary entitled <em>The Bhagavad Gita<\/em> at the Rubin Museum in NYC. \u00a0Perhaps it&#8217;s the years of reading distorted descriptions about Hinduism and its texts that tend to make me weary of these types of efforts, but I decided to hop on the subway and view the documentary. \u00a0Plus, I also\u00a0had an inkling that this documentary was going to be different because my friend, Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, the Hindu Chaplain at NYU and Columbia, was a speaker in the documentary and was also present for the following Q&amp;A. \u00a0My gut was right &#8211; the documentary was truly well done and incredibly unique.<\/div>\n<div>Instead of presenting ludicrous interpretations that countless Hindu \u201cscholars\u201d in academia tend to offer, the documentary presented the Gita with a deep sense of respect and dignity. \u00a0Moreover, it offered views from individuals who have been inspired by the Gita &#8211; from composers to screenwriters to a Hindu monk. \u00a0It was refreshing to be presented with non-academic, non-scholar perspectives on this ancient book held sacred by Hindus around the world. \u00a0\u00a0The film can viewed online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learner.org\/courses\/worldlit\/gita\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.learner.org\/courses\/worldlit\/gita\/watch\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I attended a screening of a documentary entitled The Bhagavad Gita at the Rubin Museum in NYC. \u00a0Perhaps it&#8217;s the years of reading distorted descriptions about Hinduism and its texts that tend to make me weary of these types of efforts, but I decided to hop on the subway and view the documentary. \u00a0Plus,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gita-guideposts","category-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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