The Bhagavad Gita
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Hinduism, Philosophy, Eastern, New Age, Meditation
| Author: | Eknath Easwaran | ISBN: | 9781586380236 |
| Publisher: | Nilgiri Press | Publication: | June 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Nilgiri Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eknath Easwaran |
| ISBN: | 9781586380236 |
| Publisher: | Nilgiri Press |
| Publication: | June 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Nilgiri Press |
| Language: | English |
Easwaran’s best-selling translation of the Bhagavad Gita is reliable, readable, and profound.
Easwaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical context, presents key concepts, and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. This edition includes chapter introductions, notes and a Sanskrit glossary.
Easwaran grew up in the Hindu tradition in India, learned Sanskrit from a young age, and became a professor of English literature before coming to the West. He is a gifted teacher and an authority on the Indian classics and world mysticism.
The Bhagavad Gita opens, dramatically, on a battlefield, as the warrior Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life. Yet the Gita is not what it seems – it’s not a dialogue between two mythical figures at the dawn of Indian history. “The battlefield is a perfect backdrop, but the Gita’s subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious.”
Easwaran’s best-selling translation of the Bhagavad Gita is reliable, readable, and profound.
Easwaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical context, presents key concepts, and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. This edition includes chapter introductions, notes and a Sanskrit glossary.
Easwaran grew up in the Hindu tradition in India, learned Sanskrit from a young age, and became a professor of English literature before coming to the West. He is a gifted teacher and an authority on the Indian classics and world mysticism.
The Bhagavad Gita opens, dramatically, on a battlefield, as the warrior Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life. Yet the Gita is not what it seems – it’s not a dialogue between two mythical figures at the dawn of Indian history. “The battlefield is a perfect backdrop, but the Gita’s subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious.”
