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The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Volume 1
A Verse-by-Verse Commentary: Chapters 1-6 The End of Sorrow
Buch von Eknath Easwaran
Sprache: Englisch

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"It is impossible to get to the heart of those classics unless you live them, and [Easwaran] did live them. My admiration of the man and his works is boundless." - Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions, reviewing Easwaran's translation, The Bhagavad Gita

In this verse-by-verse commentary on India's most famous scripture, Eknath Easwaran, author of the best-selling translation of the Bhagavad Gita, interprets the Gita's wisdom for modern readers. With everyday stories and touches of humor he shows how this ancient text sheds light on every aspect of our lives. In later chapters he explains how the Gita's insights can be applied to address the social, economic, and environmental problems threatening our world today.

The Bhagavad Gita is set on the battlefield of an apocalyptic war between good and evil. Faced with a dire moral dilemma, the warrior prince Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life.

Easwaran presents Arjuna's crisis as acutely modern. The Gita's battlefield is the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage. Arjuna represents each of us, and Sri Krishna is the Lord, showing us the path to peace and meaning.

The first volume in this three-part series covers chapters 1-6 of the Gita, which explore the concept of the innermost Self and source of wisdom in each of us. Easwaran explains how we can begin to transform ourselves, even as householders engaged in busy lives. The introduction includes instructions in his universal eight-point program of passage meditation.

"It is impossible to get to the heart of those classics unless you live them, and [Easwaran] did live them. My admiration of the man and his works is boundless." - Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions, reviewing Easwaran's translation, The Bhagavad Gita

In this verse-by-verse commentary on India's most famous scripture, Eknath Easwaran, author of the best-selling translation of the Bhagavad Gita, interprets the Gita's wisdom for modern readers. With everyday stories and touches of humor he shows how this ancient text sheds light on every aspect of our lives. In later chapters he explains how the Gita's insights can be applied to address the social, economic, and environmental problems threatening our world today.

The Bhagavad Gita is set on the battlefield of an apocalyptic war between good and evil. Faced with a dire moral dilemma, the warrior prince Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life.

Easwaran presents Arjuna's crisis as acutely modern. The Gita's battlefield is the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage. Arjuna represents each of us, and Sri Krishna is the Lord, showing us the path to peace and meaning.

The first volume in this three-part series covers chapters 1-6 of the Gita, which explore the concept of the innermost Self and source of wisdom in each of us. Easwaran explains how we can begin to transform ourselves, even as householders engaged in busy lives. The introduction includes instructions in his universal eight-point program of passage meditation.

Über den Autor
Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) brings to this volume a rare combination of credentials: knowledge of Sanskrit, an intuitive understanding of his Hindu legacy, and a mastery of English. More than two million copies of his books are in print, including his best-selling translations of the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.
Born in India, Easwaran was a professor of English literature at a leading Indian university when he came to the United States in 1959 on the Fulbright exchange program. He founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in 1961 and gave talks on the Indian classics, world mysticism, meditation, and spiritual living for 40 years. His meditation class at UC Berkeley in 1968 was the first accredited course on meditation at any major university.
Easwaran lived what he taught, giving him lasting appeal as a spiritual author and teacher of deep insight and warmth.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION A Living Tree 7

INTRODUCTION The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living 11

CHAPTER ONE The War Within 23

CHAPTER TWO Self-Realization 48

CHAPTER THREE Selfless Service 147

CHAPTER FOUR Wisdom in Action 213

CHAPTER FIVE Renounce and Rejoice 294

CHAPTER SIX The Practice of Meditation 334

Passage for Meditation 393

Glossary and Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation 395
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Östliche Philosophie
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Region: Osten
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781586381332
ISBN-10: 1586381334
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Easwaran, Eknath
Hersteller: Nilgiri Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 231 x 162 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Eknath Easwaran
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,774 kg
Artikel-ID: 121109516
Über den Autor
Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) brings to this volume a rare combination of credentials: knowledge of Sanskrit, an intuitive understanding of his Hindu legacy, and a mastery of English. More than two million copies of his books are in print, including his best-selling translations of the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.
Born in India, Easwaran was a professor of English literature at a leading Indian university when he came to the United States in 1959 on the Fulbright exchange program. He founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in 1961 and gave talks on the Indian classics, world mysticism, meditation, and spiritual living for 40 years. His meditation class at UC Berkeley in 1968 was the first accredited course on meditation at any major university.
Easwaran lived what he taught, giving him lasting appeal as a spiritual author and teacher of deep insight and warmth.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION A Living Tree 7

INTRODUCTION The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living 11

CHAPTER ONE The War Within 23

CHAPTER TWO Self-Realization 48

CHAPTER THREE Selfless Service 147

CHAPTER FOUR Wisdom in Action 213

CHAPTER FIVE Renounce and Rejoice 294

CHAPTER SIX The Practice of Meditation 334

Passage for Meditation 393

Glossary and Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation 395
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Östliche Philosophie
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Region: Osten
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781586381332
ISBN-10: 1586381334
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Easwaran, Eknath
Hersteller: Nilgiri Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 231 x 162 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Eknath Easwaran
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,774 kg
Artikel-ID: 121109516
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