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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.
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 ...
Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is suggests a way of life for the contemporary Western world, and is derived from the Manu Smriti and other books of Hindu religious and social law. In this way of life, ideal human society is described as being divided into four varnas (brahmana – intellectuals, kshatriya – administrators, vaishya – merchants, shudra – workers).
An oft-quoted verse (1.3.40) is used by some Krishna sects to assert that the text itself is Krishna in literary form. [15] [16] The text consists of twelve books (skandhas or cantos) totalling 335 chapters (adhyayas) and 18,000 verses. [15] [17] The tenth book, with about 4,000 verses, has been the most popular and widely studied. [3]
The Bhagavad Gita. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-2841-3. (739 pages) A related book, containing only the English rendering of each verse (and not the Sanskrit text, grammatical information, or footnotes) is the "pocket edition": Sargeant, Winthrop (1994). The Bhagavad Gita. Albany, NY: State University of New ...
Bhishma Parva also includes Bhagavad Gita, the dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna on why and when war must be fought, dharma, and the paths to liberation. [1] [2] The Bhishma Parva (Sanskrit: भीष्म पर्व), or the Book of Bhishma, is the sixth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. It has 4 sub-books and 124 chapters.
Bhagavad Gita, Srimad translated by Paramananda ISBN 0-911564-32-2; Book of Daily Thoughts and Prayers by Paramananda ISBN 0-911564-32-2; Christ and Oriental Ideals by Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers; Concentration and Meditation By Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers; Emerson and Vedanta by Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
In summary, the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Samkhya Yoga, is a profound discourse on the nature of the self, the importance of selfless action, and the path to spiritual enlightenment. Krishna teaches Arjuna to transcend the dualities of life, cultivate detachment, and embrace a disciplined and balanced approach to challenges.