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[[Image:Baby Krishna.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The baby Krishna.]]
[[Image:Grownup Krishna.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The grownup Krishna: quite scary!]]
[[Image:Salman Rushdie - 12.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Krishna, after the parody..]]

'''The Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita''' is a [[factual]] parody of the [[Wikipedia:Bhagavad-gita|Bhagavad-gita]], the [[Hindu]] [[Koran]].
Since India is officially a secular country, Hindus have the right to be [[offended]] just as their Muslim [[enemies|brothers]] do.
In light of this reasoning, God sent his younger son, Kedar Joshi (aka [[Salman Rushdie]], Jr.) to deliver those rights to the Hindus.

== The parody ==

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{{squote|Krishna, who is [[Allah]] in the Bhagavad Gita, is the Lord of yoga.|The Bhagavad-gita}}<br>
{{quote|Krishna is not in the least a yogi.|The Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita (The Parody)}}

{{squote|Krishna is God.|The Bhagavad-gita}}<br>
{{quote|Krishna is [[Evil]].|The Parody}}

{{squote|Krishna is good, a messiah.|The Bhagavad-gita}}<br>
{{quote|Krishna is a [[terrorist]].|The Parody}}
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== tl;dr ==

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;The Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita

Kedar Joshi

;Abstract

This work mainly presents a hardcore moral criticism of the Bhagavad-gita, the criticism that the Gita in fact implies that

# Krishna—the preacher of yoga—is not in the least a yogi himself,
# Krishna alone is satanic (or evil), and
# Krishna—for reasons other than the ones for which he is considered evil—is nothing short of a terrorist and the Gita is Hindu terrorism.

And, as a matter of necessity, it attempts to systematically dig into the Gita's metaphysical foundations, further examining the gravity of each criticism through monistic and dualistic metaphysical interpretations (or perspectives).

Finally, as a matter of example, it also cites some of the verses of the Quran that appear similar in meaning to the Gita’s satanic verses, thereby drawing parallels between the two seemingly antithetical religious texts. The work thus points out that although the Gita may not seem to be as directly and explicitly terroristic as the Quran, terrorism—the one against unbelievers, for instance—is equally inherent in the Gita and the Gita can be fairly interpreted as a book of terrorism.

;Suggested Citation

[http://works.bepress.com/kedar_joshi/26/ Kedar Joshi. "The Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita" 2005]
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== YouTube ==

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==See also==

*[[Atheists]]
*[[Constructive Criticism]]
*[[Pakistan]]

==External links==

*[http://works.bepress.com/kedar_joshi/26/ The parody] factually
*[http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=12148 The parody] again
*[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_of_Bhagavad-gita The parody] in the RationalWiki
*[http://groundreport.com/bhagavad-gita-is-hindu-terrorism-says-kedar-joshi/ News on the parody]

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