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The Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is is a translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement. This translation of Bhagavad Gita emphasizes a path of devotion toward the personal god, Krishna.
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.
Tigunait (2002: pp. 39–45) render the narrative of the 24 teachers of Dattatreya in the Uddhava Gita into English. [3] Though the consensus of scholars hold the Bhagavata Purana to be a composite work of the oral tradition of many mouths, the Vaishnava tradition as well as the Bhagavata Purana itself uphold that it was scribed by Vyasadeva. [4]
God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita is a posthumously published non-fiction book by the Indian yogi and guru Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952). It is a two-volume work containing an English translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita. It explicates the Bhagavad Gita's psychological, spiritual, and metaphysical elements.
The Samkhya Yoga chapter in the Bhagavad Gita outlines themes that provide insights into the nature of reality, human existence, and the path to spiritual enlightenment. Self-Knowledge — The chapter emphasizes the importance of understanding one's true nature and distinguishing between the eternal soul (Atman) and the temporary physical body. [9]
Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1938) [1] was a professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley.He is best known for translating a number of Sanskrit works into English, including the Panchatantra and the Bhagavad Gita.
The word "reality" here means total existence. God, reality, existence, Para Brahman and the Absolute, are all synonymous terms pointing to one Supreme Being. In the seventeenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita , from verses 23 to 28, Lord Krishna discussed the meaning and importance of the mantra Om Tat Sat .
In 1930, he founded the Vedanta Society of Southern California, and within the decade he had attracted many notable literary disciples, including English authors, Gerald Heard, Aldous Huxley, and Christopher Isherwood. While the Swami was on vacation in Palm Springs, he was reading an English translation of the Gita and felt the meaning was ...