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You will have to dive deep into its depths with a sincere attitude of reverence and faith. If we had to choose a single book to represent the spiritual and cultural traditions of india, we would certainly have to choose the gita. The gita is a training for the body and mind including all four paths of yoga but particularly karma yoga, the performance of work as yoga for liberation. Online shopping for bhagavad gita from a great selection at books store. The gita synthesizes several paths to spiritual realization based on the. Yoga secrets from the bhagavad gita the 5000 year old. They are two different paths to a singular destination suited to the ambiences of different aspirants. This book is a complete commentary on the bhagavat gita written by sri krishna prem in 1937. Even though jnana yoga or the yoga of knowledge may appear to be superior to him, anyway due to arjunas ineligibility he is only qualified for karma yoga, the yoga of actions. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working. O krsna, first of all you ask me to renounce work, and then again you recommend work with devotion. Reading through it is probably the easiest way to understand basic hindu thought. The narrative of the mahabharata, the epic aspect of this great work, is a performance, in the stage of humanity, of the message that is to be conveyed in the form of the bhagavadgita.
This can be said to be the problem of attachment raga, grief soka and delusion moha. It is often thought of as a summary of the upanishads the vedanta or essence of veda and is called the upanishad of the upanishads. The teachings of the bhagavadgita swami krishnananda. The bhagavad gita can be experienced as a powerful catalyst for transformation. According to western scholarship, it was composed later than the vedas and the upanishads. Perform every action with you heart fixed on the supreme lord. Now will you kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial. Both these books powerfully proclaim the principle of lovebhakti as the basis of spiritual development of man. Bhagavad gita has long been recognized as one of the worlds most important spiritual classics and a hindu guide to all on the path of truth. Also known as the gitopanishad, srimad bhagavad gita has been the. The mahabharata is a huge booka typical edition runs to nearly six thousand pages.
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