Brazilian best-selling author Paulo Coelho took to Twitter and said that the Bhagavad Gita is “a book that everybody should read”. He then went on to share a verse from the Gita that says, “Do not yield to this degrading impotence, Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise”.
“Do not yield to this degrading impotence,
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 27, 2021
Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise”
(Bhagavad Gita, a book that everybody should read)
Seeing his tweet regarding Gita, one netizen asked, “Have you read it ? It opens up so many possibilities because it makes you realise that “you do not know” and hence can expand and connect to the infinite.”
Coelho replied, “Not only I read, but in 1974 I wrote the lyrics for a song (#Gita) based on the moment when Arjuna asks Khrisna: “who are you?” It was an overwhelming success – Brazilians here can confirm. Conclusion: the Bhagavad Gita is universal [sic]”
Not only I read, but in 1974 I wrote the lyrics for a song (#Gita)based on the moment when Arjuna asks Khrisna: “who are you?”
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 27, 2021
It was an overwhelming success – Brazilians here can confirm.
Conclusion: the Bhagavad Gita is universal https://t.co/jnvm8P8Q8X
Paulo Coelho has expressed his fondness for the Bhagavad Gita in the past as well. In 2013, he had tweeted, “#readagain the “Bhagavad Gita”. A treasure about the importance of accepting our challenges. Strongly recommended.”
Best known as the author of the book The Alchemist, Coelho is also a lyricist and songwriter. He worked as an actor, journalist and theatre director before his writing career.
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