...and I thought that, if this be so, I should find an answer in this book to my query ; and thus began my study of the Bhagavad Gita. I approached the book...Gita says, but wants to find out if there are any principles in the Gita which he has already met with in Bible, and if so, the conclusion he rushes...

...believed that, unlike Samkara, Rämänuja, and Madhva, he had no pre-conceived theory to substantiate: "I approached the book with a mind prepossessed by...my own for which I sought any support in the Gita". It soon became clear to him that "the Gita was preached to desponding Arjuna to make him ready for...