Bhagavad Gita (Shambhala Library)
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Translator: Eknath EaswaranEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2004-12-28
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Shambhala
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Summary: 4 Stars
I found this edition to be very helpful to me as an introduction to The Bhagavad Gita. I had to learn about the Gita quickly in preparation for helping with the Gita-inspired CD "Ocean of Consciousness" by Jeffrey Fisher...it is a dynamic, new age/bluesy work illustrating the story in music! What a gift to be introduced to the Gita and Mr. Easwaran's writing through my work!!!
Summary of Bhagavad Gita (Shambhala Library)
"The most important, the most influential, and the most luminous of all Hindu scriptures." --R.C. ZaehnerThe Bhagavad Gita (in Sanskrit, "Song of the Lord") is the most famous poem in all of Hindu literature and part of the Mahabharata, the Indian epic masterpeice.??The Gita consists of a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Prince Arjuna on the morning of a climactic battle.??Krishna provides Prince Arjuna with the spiritual means to understand his own nature so that he can take action and prevail.
Of course the larger canvas painted in the poetry is that of the moral universe of Hinduism.??As Eknath Easwaran, one of the world's premier teachers of meditation and spirituality, notes "The Gita does not present a system of philosophy.??It offers something to every seeker after God, of whatever temperament, by whatever path.??The reason for this universal appeal is that it is basically practical: it is a handbook for self-realization and a guide to action."
Prince Arjuna faced a dilemma that many face sooner or later--whether to take action that is necessary yet morally ambiguous. The difference is that Arjuna's action was to wage war against his own family. With the armies arrayed, Arjuna loses his nerve. Krishna, his charioteer and incarnation of divine consciousness, begins to teach him the nature of God and of himself, that Arjuna can attain liberation through union with God, and that there are several available paths. And so the most famous and revered of all Hindu Scriptures goes on to teach the paths of knowledge, devotion, action, and meditation, becoming the seed for all the Hindu systems of philosophy and religion that followed. For all of its profundity, Eknath Easwaran manages to translate the Gita in easy prose that neither panders nor obscures. Coupled with his thorough introduction, Easwaran's version comes off on all the levels it should: as a guide to action, devotional Scripture, a philosophical text, and inspirational reading. So what does Arjuna finally do? He follows his dharma, of course, as we all must. --Brian Bruya
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