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Interesting that Scientology doesn’t show up in the list of topics.
More on it @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalon_Working
If you have a personal affinity for some of the translators at sacred-texts.com, or if you want a historical perspective of translations, sacred-texts.com might serve you fine.
But if you want translations that try to transparently convey what the original scriptures say, you'll have to look long and hard (elsewhere) for academically vetted translations by people who have expertise in the language of the original text.
I don't blame sacred-texts.com for offering these old translations. Copyright and all. But I hope they have put the appropriate disclaimers about treating old translations as authoritative.
Speaking of vetted... could someone please direct me to a good, transparent translation of Bhagavad Gita? I don't mind the translator expounding on some authenticated background information. I don't want personal commentaries.
Interesting that Scientology doesn’t show up in the list of topics.
Be careful with this. I am an atheist, and by no means am I adamantly defending Hinduism. But the translated Hindu scriptures are mostly over a hundred years old. Most such translations carry heavy biases. Quite a lot of of the time, the translation says what the translator wants it to say. If you have a personal affinity for some of the translators at sacred-texts.com, or if you want a historical perspective of tran…
Its structure is Chapter-Introduction, Gita Chapter. If I remember correctly, the authenticated background information is mostly what goes on in the introduction to each chapter (i.e. 'Drona was born a brahmin, a member of the priestly caste, but in search of wealth he took up the way of the warrior and excelled in the knowledge of arms,' since the background of the character is not explained in the Gita itself).
I don't remember much personal commentary in the chapter introductions, and you can easily skip them and just read the Gita translation itself, since there are no commentaries interspersed with Gita translation.
I'm not sure if that meets your 'no personal commentaries' criteria, but I liked the translation. [Edit to add: listing some of the translations you have found wanting might help guide suggestions.]
When I think "internet sacred texts" I only think of RFC1925. Maybe that's just me. ;)
Be careful with this. I am an atheist, and by no means am I adamantly defending Hinduism. But the translated Hindu scriptures are mostly over a hundred years old. Most such translations carry heavy biases. Quite a lot of of the time, the translation says what the translator wants it to say. If you have a personal affinity for some of the translators at sacred-texts.com, or if you want a historical perspective of tran…
Have you read Eknath Easwaran's translation of the Bhagavad Gita? Its structure is Chapter-Introduction, Gita Chapter. If I remember correctly, the authenticated background information is mostly what goes on in the introduction to each chapter (i.e. 'Drona was born a brahmin, a member of the priestly caste, but in search of wealth he took up the way of the warrior and excelled in the knowledge of arms,' since the bac…
I have not read any translation yet. Archive.org has Prabhupada's translation, which was the exact opposite of what I was looking for. So I dropped it after 5 minutes of skimming. I have chanted the Gita in some prayer groups when I was very young, without understanding any of it. That's about it.
Be careful with this. I am an atheist, and by no means am I adamantly defending Hinduism. But the translated Hindu scriptures are mostly over a hundred years old. Most such translations carry heavy biases. Quite a lot of of the time, the translation says what the translator wants it to say. If you have a personal affinity for some of the translators at sacred-texts.com, or if you want a historical perspective of tran…
Be careful with this. I am an atheist, and by no means am I adamantly defending Hinduism. But the translated Hindu scriptures are mostly over a hundred years old. Most such translations carry heavy biases. Quite a lot of of the time, the translation says what the translator wants it to say. If you have a personal affinity for some of the translators at sacred-texts.com, or if you want a historical perspective of tran…
Have you read Eknath Easwaran's translation of the Bhagavad Gita? Its structure is Chapter-Introduction, Gita Chapter. If I remember correctly, the authenticated background information is mostly what goes on in the introduction to each chapter (i.e. 'Drona was born a brahmin, a member of the priestly caste, but in search of wealth he took up the way of the warrior and excelled in the knowledge of arms,' since the bac…
Interesting that Scientology doesn’t show up in the list of topics.
https://sacred-texts.com/faq.htm
" Funny story actually.... I was actually contacted by a very testy lawyer from the Scientologists at one point. She was more than a bit bothered that I refused to post anything about them, until I pointed out that they had sued everyone aggressively for posting proprietary material about them for years, and now they expected me to cover them? She finally admitted that I had a point there..."