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The Bhagavad Gita

In Our Time: Religion

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What Is the Geta, and Why Did They Go for It?

The geta is a small, clear text that brings together most of the key threads of indian philosophy. It was very much taken up by the english, the british over there,. The oriental society, and british scholars who became ascinated by and did quite a lot of workon aspects of indian thought, an indian religion and philosophy. So it was really important, i think, to give people a handle by which to start to have access to the richness of indian culture.

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