The Bhagavad Gita For Daily Living, Volume 1: Chapters 1-6

The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Volume 1: Chapters 1-6

India's timeless and practical scripture presented as a manual for everyday use. This is the first of three volumes and contains preface, introduction, chapters 1-6 of The Bhagavad Gita with commentary, followed by a glossary to Sanskrit terms. 430 pagesReview"Radiates the warmth of a spiritual educator deeply concerned about the welfare of mankind." -- Dennis Lewis, San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle"These sumptuously produced volumes offer a fascinating presentation of the Gita to the modern world. . . . The text in Sanskrit is followed by a faithful translation accompanied by a detailed commentary which is the most interesting part of the work. . . . His lectures are full of helpful anecdotes from the lives of eminent saints, yogis, thinkers in the West: one does not like to miss a single page. . . .The author is convincing, authentic and faithful in his exposition running into over 1500 pages of enabling reading matter reflecting his spiritual maturity and benevolence of disposition." -- M.P. Pandit, The Hindu"This reviewer knows of no translation with commentary that so successfully combines breadth of scholarship with such depth of spiritual insight." -- ChoiceFrom the PublisherEaswaran's magnum opus. The Bhagavad Gita is not a book of commandments but of choices. It presents two ways of living, shows their consequences and then leaves the choosing to us. Easwaran's accessible translation and lively, practical commentary show how the Gita's universal teachings apply to events in our own lives and times. Volume I concentrates on the individual.About the AuthorEknath Easwaran brings to this volume a rare combination of literary skill, scholarship, and spiritual wisdom. His Sanskrit comes from one of the purest traditions in India, where for twenty years he followed a successful career as a writer, lecturer, and teacher of English literature. But it is essentially the stamp of personal experience that makes his presentation of the spiritual life so effective.