Bhagavad Gita As Viewed By Swami Vivekananda Pdf



In a letter written to Alasinga Perumal 1894, Swami Vivekananda told a story and quoted chapter 9, verse 22 of Bhagavad Gita— Listen to an old story. A lazy tramp sauntering along the road saw an old man sitting at the door of his house and stopped to inquire of him the whereabouts of a certain place. “Bhagavad-gita As It Is” by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Swami Bhaktivedanta comments upon the Gita from this point of view, and that is legitimate. More than that, in this translation the Western. Understand Bhagavad-gita from the Mayavadi point of view will commit a great blunder. The result of such a blunder will be. Bhagavad Gita was Swami Vivekananda‘s lifelong companion. In 1888, Vivekananda began his journey as a wandering monk. Between 1888 to 1893, he travelled to many Indian states and went to almost all parts of the country. In that period, he had almost nothing with him, other than a kamandalu and two books — a copy of Imitation of the Christ and the. Immortal teachings of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna in the middle of a battlefield. The Bhagavad Gita is a universal gospel which has been translated into many modern languages. It is a “Song Celestial” in seven hundred verses. Numerous commentaries have been written on this book, which are studied all over the world. The teachings are practical.

Swami Vivekananda’s views on the Gita are scattered throughout The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda published in nine volumes. The present book is a compilation of these views so that the reader is taken through some of the verses of the Gita along with the Swami’s commentary, as it were.

The largest-selling edition of the Gita in the Western world, Bhagavad-gita As It Is is more than a book.

Author: His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust

ISBN: 9789171495341

Category: Philosophy

Page: 998

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The largest-selling edition of the Gita in the Western world, Bhagavad-gita As It Is is more than a book. It is alive with knowledge and devotion; thus it has the power to change your life for the better. Bhagavad-gita is knowledge of five basic truths and the relationship of each truth to the other: These five truths are Krishna, or God, the individual soul, the material world, action in this world, and time. The Gita lucidly explains the nature of consciousness, the self, and the universe. It is the essence of India's spiritual wisdom, the answers to questions posed by philosophers for centuries. In translating the Gita, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has remained loyal to the intended meaning of Krishna's words, and thus he has unlocked all the secrets of the ancient knowledge of the Gita and placed them before us as an exciting opportunity for self-improvement and spiritual fulfillment. The Gita is a conversation between Krishna and His dear friend Arjuna. At the last moment before entering a battle between brothers and friends, the great warrior Arjuna begins to wonder: Why should he fight? What is the meaning of his life? Where is he going after death? In response, Krishna brings His friend from perplexity to spiritual enlightenment, and each one of us is invited to walk the same path.