Paramahansa yoganandas book, the yoga of the bhagavad gita. Significantly, this discourse opens with a question by arjuna asking what is true sannyasa and true tyaga renunciation. Krishna praises each yoga in order to create interest in the aspirant in his particular path. The role of the individual is to become closer to union with the. Bhagavad gita full version beautifully recited in english. Lord krishna speaks of the variety of yogas, which are the forms of unity between self and the universe that are the true goal of the individual. Plunge more deeply into the ancient indian religious work bhagavadgitas wisdom by grasping the three kinds of. The bhagavad gita is the most treasured and famous of indias spiritual texts.
The bhagavad gita is a unique scripture in that it is considered both shruti divine revelation and smriti ancient stories. Bhagavad gita official site of the hare krishna movement. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. At least in western countries, aspiring yogis, intimidated by the gitas sanskrit terminology, set the book aside to be studied later. It is published by selfrealization fellowshipyogoda satsanga society of india. The yoga of the bhagavad gita selfrealization fellowship. The gita serves as both an ancient story of krishna leading arjuna into battle and a spiritual text on the inner struggle for selfmastery and the attainment of happiness through yoga. The sad truth is that most people are not studying the bhagavadgita, traditionally seen as a yogasutra, a treatise on yoga.
Krishnas 10 definitions of yoga in the bhagavad gita it is often said that we dont find yoga, but that yoga finds us. These five truths are krishna, or god, the individual soul, the material world, action in this world, and time. That something in our life, in the universe, responds to our readiness. The yoga of the bhagavad gita paperback i have read quite a few gita commentaries before coming across this one and a few since then. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app.
One who really wants to understand the gita, extremely metaphorical, should buy the twovolume one, which is more than excellent, written from paramahansa yogananda, the father of yoga in the west. At the sight of this, your shape stupendous, full of mouths and eyes, feet, thighs and bellies. Some translators title the chapter as sankhya yoga, the book of doctrines, self realization, or the yoga of knowledge and philosophy. Bhagavad gita is knowledge of five basic truths and the relationship of each truth to the other. In the preface, a quotation from paramahansa yogananda, founder of selfrealization fellowship and kriya yoga teacher, asserts, sri krishnas. Some translators title the chapter as sankhya yoga, the book of doctrines, selfrealization, or the yoga of knowledge and philosophy. The bhagavad gita the song of god 1, often referred to as the gita, is a 700verse hindu scripture in sanskrit that is part of the hindu epic mahabharata chapters 2340 of the 6th book of mahabharata.
This video is dedicated to all the devotees of lord krishna, for the salvation of his devotees he spoke the great gita more than 5000 years ago to arjuna on the kurukshetra battlefield in. What does the bhagavad gita say about how to live a. Have you ever wondered what the meaning of life is. Besides the gita, many of the sacred texts and teachings of yoga advocate a complete. This book also features, for the first time in continuous sequence, the complete text of yoganandas original translation of the bhagavad gita. Krishnas 10 definitions of yoga in the bhagavad gita. But yoga in its original form has a deep spiritual significance which is lost in todays bodycentered world. An introduction to indias universal science of godrealization book online at best prices in india on. The gita lucidly explains the nature of consciousness, the self, and the universe.
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