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White Noise in Society

The Bhagavad Gita is like white noise in our society. By this I mean that it is part of the background din of our lives, quoted platitudinously, and masking rather than provoking thought. Technically, white noise like white light contains all the frequencies and is used to hide other sounds–the way one uses a fan sometimes to shut out the noise of traffic in order to sleep. In the same way the Gita’s presence is imperceptible yet comforting, like the random sounds of a Hindi film song in the bazaar. Continue reading…