The Bhagavad gita / translated and with a preface by Eknath Easwaran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eknath, Easwaran, 1910-1999.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Vintage spiritual classics

Standardized Title:

Bhagavadgītā. English

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xlix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 122 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., [2000]

Summary:

The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit for "Song of the Lord") is the most famous poem in all of Hindu literature and part of the Mahabharata, the great Indian epic. The Gita consists of a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Prince Arjuna on the morning of a climactic battle. Krishna provides Prince Arjuna with the spiritual means to take action under trying circumstances. Of course, the larger canvas painted in the poetry is that of the moral universe of Hinduism. As the late noted teacher and scholar Eknath Easwaran writes in the preface, "The Gita does not present a system of philosophy. It offers something to every seeker after God, of whatever temperament, by whatever path. The reason for this universal appeal is that it is basically practical: it is a handbook for Self-realization and a guide to action".

Notes:

"A Vintage spiritual classics original, April, 2000."

"First Edition."

Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122).

ISBN:

0375705554 :

OCLC:

42866124