by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - This extremely important Vedic scripture gives excellent detailed instructions about spiritual life. This excellent book presents many spiritual reasons explaining the importance of being a vegetarian. The Bhagavad-Gita is like the Bible of India and is a concise summary of India's spiritual wisdom. The story of the Bhagavad-Gita takes place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra in India. It is a discussion that takes place before the Battle of Kurukshetra between the Supreme person Krishna and the great warrior Arjuna. Many questions are answered by Krishna. The Bhagavad-Gita discusses a wide selection of transcendental subjects presented by Sri Krishna including, the real meaning of life, why go into battle, karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, bhakti-yoga (service to God), knowledge of the Absolute, devotional service; the three modes of material nature, the divine and demoniac natures, and the perfection of renunciation. This is a book that has changed thousands of person’s life around the world for the better and is a book that virtually everyone should read. Bhagavad-Gita As It Is contains: * Original Sanskrit Text * English translation for each Sanskrit word * Elaborate commentary * Complete glossary * Verse index * Sanskrit pronunciation guide * Full-color illustrations * Page-marker ribbon Bhagavad-Gita As It Is has sold more copies and is the most widely read edition of the Bhagavad-Gita worldwide. Hardbound, 904 pages, 6.5 by 9.5 inches. ISBN 0-89213-268-X Price: $10 Item Code: bbh REVIEWS “When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.” Mahatma Gandhi “There is little question that this edition is one of the best books available on the Gita and on devotion. Prabhupada’s translation is an ideal blend of literal accuracy and religious insight.” Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins Chairman, Dept. of Religious Studies Franklin and Marshall College “No work in all Indian literature is more quoted, because none is better loved in the West than Bhagavad-Gita. Translation of such a work demands not only knowledge of Sanskrit but an inward sympathy with the theme and a verbal artistry. For the poem is a symphony in which God is seen in all things. “His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is, of course, profoundly sympathetic to the theme. He brings to it, moreover, a special interpretive insight, a powerful and persuasive presentation in the bhakti (devotional) tradition. . . . The Swami does a real service for students by investing the beloved Indian epic with fresh meaning. Whatever our outlook may be, we should all be grateful for the labor that has led to this illuminating work.” Dr. Geddes MacGregor Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy University of Southern California “In this beautiful translation, Srila Prabhupada has caught the deep devotional spirit of the Gita and has supplied the text with an elaborate commentary in the truly authentic tradition of Sri Krishna Caitanya, one of India’s most important and influential saints. “If truth is what works, as Perce and the pragmatists insist, there must be a kind of truth in the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, since those who follow its teachings display a joyous serenity usually missing in the bleak and strident lives of contemporary people.” Dr. Elwin H. Powell Professor of Sociology State University of New York “Whether the reader be an adept of Indian spirituality or not, a reading of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is will be extremely profitable, for it will allow him to understand the Gita as still today the majority of Hindus do. For many, this will be the first contact with the true India, the ancient India, the eternal India.” Dr. Francis Chenique Doctor of Religious Sciences Institute of Political Studies, Paris “Bhagavad-Gita As It Is is a deeply felt, powerfully conceived and beautifully explained work. . . . I have never seen any other work on the Gita with such an important voice and style. It is a work of undoubted integrity. . . . It will occupy a significant place in the intellectual and ethical life of modern man for a long time to come.” Dr. S. Shukla Assistant Professor Linguistics Georgetown University “The Gita can be seen as the main literary support for the great religious civilization of India, the oldest surviving culture in the world. . . . The present translation and commentary is another manifestation of the permanent living importance of the Gita. Swami Bhaktivedanta brings to the West a salutary reminder that our highly activistic and one-sided culture is faced with a crisis that may end in self-destruction because it lacks the inner depth of an authentic metaphysical consciousness. Without such depth, our moral and political protestations are just so much verbiage.” Thomas Merton Late Catholic theologian, monk, author Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days. bgh$10.00 To contact us for more information or to place an order please call us Toll-Free at 877-889-0905 from the US or Canada. For International calls please call 386-418-0397 or Email us at naturalnirvana108@yahoo.com. 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