Is there anyone else out there who has read this and enjoyed it? I read it a little bit ago, and more or less understood the general ideas presented (I think, I hope). What do you think? Do you like the way it presents the perfection of the individual more or less than the Western religious way? Any comments?

Myself, I don't know, but someone's written an article about it here:

http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/historic.html

Go to the title saying "Atheist Interpretation of Violence in the Gita", near the middle of the page.

That was a fun reference on how some Hindus interpret the Gita allegorically.

However, the "consolation" that all those that Arjuna kills will be reincarnated is a bit like the "consolation" of belief in some Next World that one will wake up in after one dies. If one really believed either "consolation", one would have no reason to make a big scene out of someone's death, as if that person had been expected to live forever.

One would expect so, yes. However, the ideas are a little different---

for example:
you will not be reunited with a loved one in the next life
the next life may be worse than the one lost here
the person still had life and ability to use in this life---which is the goal, not the punishment.

Christians seem to think that this life is meaningless, except to get us to heaven--- this life is the goal in reincarnation beliefs. (Nirvana is a long term goal, geologically speaking)

Most Hindus I am afraid do not subject the gita to rigorous intellectual inquiry. The statements most often quoted are :

Whosoever worships another god than me, worships Me by another name.

Do your work without hoping for gain.