Author: J P Vaswani
Translator(s)/ Edito: Prabha Sampath/Krishna Kumari
Publisher: Sterling
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 418
ISBN/UPC (if available): 812073145X
Description
The Bhagavad Gita has been hailed as a universal scripture, a Bible of humanity. The song of the Lord, uttered by Sri Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra over five millennia ago, remains even in Kaliyuga, in the 21st century, a tremendous source of faith, hope, inspiration and wisdom, to seekers of the spirit in East and West.
Dada J P Vaswani offers the Song Divine to us as a text that all of us can cherish and love. Countless are the learned and scholarly commentaries available on the Gita: Dada’s unique achievement is to make this great scripture accessible to us; interpreting its momentous message in a way that we can relate to effortlessly; linking its profound precepts to our daily life, work, conduct and personal relationships. In short, making Lord Krishna’s Song Divine, a book for you and me and a thousand others like us. We do not have to memorise and recite the Gita; with Dada’s lucid guidance, we can actually translate the Gita into deeds of daily living!
Make the Seven Commandments of the Gita your guide to a better, higher, more joyous, more meaningful life! Let Dada JP Vaswani take you to the heart of the Gita and offer you its essential truths as only he can! You are sure to hear the divine music of Sri Krishna’s flute reverberate in your spirit!
Contents
Sri Krishna: The Master and His Message
The Mahabharata
The Composition of the Epic
The Bhagavad Gita: Its Background
The Significance of the Gita
The Essence of the Gita
The Gita: a Universal Scripture
The Threefold Paths of the Gita
The Symbolism of the Gita
First Commandment
Second Commandment
Third Commandment
Fourth Commandment
Fifth Commandment
Sixth Commandment
Seventh Commandment
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
GLOSSARY