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15. GITA
Reworking the original Gita to form the Bhagavadgita
was not merely the modification of a book.
It was a surreptitious plot to dismantle the whole intellectual edifice of Indian culture
which had been built up over a thousand years.
The changers not only stopped the tide of
rationalism in Indian life but also seduced people into believing and accepting
the false as genuine, alien as indigenous, religious as political,
mystical as rational
The consequences were deep, all-encompassing,
and bewildering India, indeed, was pushed into
a 'dark age'.
The Gita As It Was. Rediscovering the Original Bhagavadgita
by Phulgenda Sinha
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