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Thanks Virginia Ridgerunner.
Oppenheimer, the principle developer of the atomic bomb, wrote later that during the explosion of the first atomic bomb, he immediately recalled something from the Bhagavad-gita -- "Death I am, cause of destruction of the worlds..."
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09/16/2010 7:27:40 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
Interestingly, some translations of the Bhagavad Gita render the line, “I am become Time, the destroyer of worlds.”
14 posted on
09/16/2010 7:29:26 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
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