Synopsis The Bhagavad Gita is one of the world’s greatest scriptures, the key sacred text of Hinduism. It means the ‘Song of God’ and is often called the ‘Song Celestial’. Alan Jacobs has succeeded in revitalizing the ancient text into a form which reveals the full majesty of this magnificent scripture as well as its practical message for today’s seekers. The outdated English of Sir Edwin Arnold’s fine poetic translation in 1855 has been transformed and given clear meaning. It is mandala poetry-each verse is a mandala for meditation. “It is like a great symphony. Each chapter related to the last but leads on to the coda.” Alan Jacobs’ incisive philosophic commentary dusts off the archaism of 1500 years and restores the text as a transforming instrument pointing the way to Self-Realisation.