The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi

· North Atlantic Books
3.6
16 reviews
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248
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Regarded in India as one of the most important books of the 20th century, Gandhi’s commentary on this classic Hindu text addresses the issues he felt most directly affected the spiritual lives of common people.
 
The Bhagavad Gita, also called The Song of the Lord, is a 700-line section of a much longer Sanskrit war epic, the Mahabharata, about the legendary conflict between two branches of an Indian ruling family. Framed as a conversation between Krishna, an incarnation of the god Vishnu, and a general of one of the armies, the Gita is written in powerful poetic language meant to be chanted. Equally treasured as a guide to action, a devotional scripture, a philosophical text, and inspirational reading, it remains one of the world’s most influential, widely read spiritual books.

The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
is based on talks given by Gandhi between February and November 1926 at the Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad, India. During this time—a period when Gandhi had withdrawn from mass political activity—he devoted much of his time and energy to translating the Gita from Sanskrit into his native Gujarati. As a result, he met with his followers almost daily, after morning prayer sessions, to discuss the Gita’s contents and meaning as it unfolded before him. This book is the transcription of those daily sessions.

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3.6
16 reviews
Partha Biswas
December 17, 2013
Gita is a gift from the Supreme Lord Krishna which has been carefully preserved by bona fide representatives of disciplic lineage. I would recommend Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita as it is to get a practical understanding of Gita.
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A Google user
July 7, 2010
I have been studying "Vedic Mathematics" by Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja for three years. Mahatma Gandhi's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita is such an excellent introduction to Hindic writing, that it makes "Vedic Mathematics" so much easier to read.
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mayur soni
October 2, 2015
Gita is only the gift by Lord krishna not anyone else
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About the author

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869—1948) was a preeminent political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence movement. John Strohmeier has edited numerous books on Gandhi. Michael Nagler is Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley.

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