Ed 2009

Contains Discourses Of Baba, Daily Delivered On The Bhagawad Gita For 34 Consecutive Days In Augustseptember Of 1984. The Sanskrit Words And The Terminology Of Indian Philosophy Have Been Edited Out And Helpful Commentary Added. Baba Gives Rare Insights Into Krishna'S Gita, With Directions For Our Troubled Times.

Gita needs no introduction. The whole great Vedic civilization of Indians are known and related to the philosophy enumerated by this book. The sermon of Bhagwan Krishna to grief-stricken Arjun was told in the battlefield where two armies were standing to start the battle. Since birth, every person starts his fight; one may call this as action or living. But it is a form of fight where we are not alone to live, to act; we are always with our opponent offering resistance to us. The battle might get over due to our abandoning the fight but the cause remains alive, kicking us in our brain, creating a violent environment converting us into a person with ever-agitating, complaining mind and intellect. The non-violence wrapped under the cowardice is more dangerous than the demonstrated violence. Throughout the teachings of Gita we can notice the tone of universalism in suggesting self-elevation for all irrespective of caste, creed, and education-level of holy texts – Vedas and Upanishads. Teachings of Gita have broken all those misgivings of a common man. One can also practice meditation by learning the knowledge of truth and can identify SELF as different from the material body. Uniqueness in teachings of Gita is its direct approach to a common man. It suggests a direct relationship and communication between Man and God. In Gita, Bhagwan Krishna dwells upon the wisdom about reality as well as a practical way of living day-to-day life and improving our SELF. While reading Gita we would learn Bhagwan Krishna discoursing on the most secret and sacred knowledge and now here we are learning the tips for our better behaviour and conduct. I wish and pray for the readers a purposeful and happy life. Kindly accept my regards to read Gita for your all-round growth and self-elevation. With due respect and regards to all the schools of thought I would like to draw inference from their interpretations to make it purposeful and a learning experience. The objective of my writing this book is to start a thinking process amongst us the useful and relevant message to improve our day to day life with the blessings of Mother Gita.

Bhagavad Gita is a perennial source of inspiration and strength for millions of people all over the world. An eternal scripture like the Gita, too, however, needs to be restated and reiterated with the change in circumstances in order to meet the contemporary needs. This book contains thirty-six articles which view the message of the Gita from different standpoints. This Book contains the articles of The Vedanta Keshari’s Dec 2008 Special issue which highlight the message and essence of the Bhagavad Gita in a contemporary & practical context.

The Bhagavad Gita is an ancient text that dates back to the time when the Vedas and the religious scriptures came into being. Today, in the 21st century, when the world is torn with wars and conflicts, it’s time to travel back and seek the ‘peace’ mantra for the betterment of both the self and the surrounding. Have you ever wondered how an ancient text holds within its sacred teachings, all the managerial principles that are needed to make it big in todays world? If you have seen the Bhagavad Gita only as a religious book, now is the time to change perspectives. Lord Krishna in his attempt to guide Arjuna in the battlefield serves as the ultimate management guru –the one you’ve always been searching for! Learn from the words of the Lord the tricks to transform your weaknesses into your strengths. Immerse yourself in the book’s enchanting journey that demystifies the Bhagavad Gita and tells us that it is relevant even today.

The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the Mahabharata.

The dramatic moral crisis that is central to the "Bhagavad-Gita" has inspired centuries of Indian philosophers as well as Western thinkers. Renown translator Barbara Stoler Miller presents here a new English-language version of this exemplary text of Hindu culture.