this was assigned reading in my philosophy 10 class in college. my personal motivation for reading it was my interest in cataclysmic death. that is to say, the atomic bomb. oppenheimer, was said to have remarked upon seeing the devastating power of the bomb, 'i am become death, destroyer of worlds.' now there are also those that say what the quote should have been was 'i am become Time, destroyer of worlds.' but anyway, reading the Bhagavad Gita, is one of those experiences that every human being should experience. it is one of the more important spiritual treasures of mankind.