The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening: A Practical Commentary for Leading a Successful Spiritual Life The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening: A Practical Commentary for Leading a Successful Spiritual Life

The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening: A Practical Commentary for Leading a Successful Spiritual Life

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Several thousand years ago in north-central India, two people sat in a chariot in the midpoint of a great battlefield. One of them, the yogi Arjuna, knew that it would be not be long before the conflict would begin. So he asked Krishna, the Master of Yoga (Yogeshwara), what should be his attitude and perspective in this moment. And above all: What should he do?There was no time to spare in empty words. 
    
In a brief discourse, later turned into seven hundred Sanskrit verses by the sage Vyasa, Krishna outlined to Arjuna the way to live one's entire life so as to gain perfect self-knowledge and self-mastery.

The Bhagavad Gita tells us that we can attain a Knowing beyond even what it tells us. And it shows us the way.
    
With penetrating insight, Abbot George Burke illumines the Bhagavad Gita's practical value for spiritual seekers, and the timelessness of India's most beloved scripture. With a unique perspective of a lifetime of study and practice of both Eastern and Western spirituality, Abbot George mines the treasures of the Gita and presents them in an easily intelligible fashion for those wishing to put these priceless teachings into practice.

Drawing from the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, Jesus, Paramhansa Yogananda, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, Papa Ramdas, and other spiritual masters and teachers, as well as his own experiences, Abbot Burke illustrates the teachings of the Gita with stories which make the teachings of Krishna in the Gita vibrant and living.

While Yogananda in his commentary on the Gita, "God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita," focuses on the valuable symbolism contained in the Gita, Abbot Burke dwells primarily on the  practical aspects, and what aspirants can put into practice here and now on a daily basis.

Any student of the Bhagavad Gita will find "The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening" an essential companion in their studies. At times general principles found in the Gita are illumined, and in other places the deeper meanings found in the Sanskrit text are explained word by word so that seekers will have and in-depth understanding of the religion, practices, and culture that those familiar with Indian religion and philosophy take for granted.

"A must read for anyone on a spiritual quest for the truth!" —Sailaja Kuruvadi

GENRE
Health, Mind & Body
RELEASED
2018
November 18
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
639
Pages
PUBLISHER
Light of the Spirit Press
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
1.9
MB

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