The Bhagavad Gita : a guide to navigating the battle of life / Ravi Ravindra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ravindra, Ravi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bhagavadgītā--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bhagavadgītā.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 302 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Shambhala, 2017.

Summary:

"A new translation of the great classic--with wide-ranging, multi-traditional commentary that emphasizes its practical advice for living with integrity. 'All there is is Krishna.' Upon hearing this famous and enigmatic line from the Gita's seventh chapter when he was a boy, Ravi Ravindra embarked on a journey to understand its deep meaning. The search led him far beyond the tradition from which the text originally arose to an exploration of world mystical wisdom, including Zen, Christianity, Yoga, and particularly the teachings of J. Krishnamurti and G.I. Gurdjieff. Dr. Ravindra's fresh prose translation with wide-ranging commentary, is the fruit of that lifelong process. It stands out from the many other versions with its assertion that the Bhagavad Gita is at heart a universal guide to navigating the battle of life required of each and every one of us. It is through that navigation, he shows, that we can discover and connect with the Krishna deep within ourselves: The Eternal Witness who is above the battle, and who is, ultimately and joyfully, all there is"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Yoga of Arjuna's Crisis 13

No Life without Struggle (1.1) 13

Forces in the Battle of Life (1.2-12) 15

The Inner and Outer Battlefield (1.13-25) 18

Arjuna's Crisis (1.26-47) 20

2 The Yoga of Awareness 27

An Inward Turn (2.1-9) 27

A Vaster Vision (2.10-38) 30

Buddhi Yoga (2.39-53) 42

Flow Does a Person of Clear Insight Walk? (2.54-72) 50

3 The Yoga of Action 56

Action beyond Action (3.1-9) 56

Yajña Karma: Sacred Action (3.10-24) 60

Actorless Action (3.25-35) 66

Action against Our Own Will (3.36-43) 70

4 The Yoga of Sacred Knowledge 76

The Timeless in Time (4.1-6) 76

Incarnation for the Sake of Dharma (4.7-10) 79

Many Paths to the Absolute (4.11-15) 82

Non-action in Action (4.16-23) 88

The Fire of Sacred Knowledge (4.24-42) 90

5 The Yoga of Renunciation in Action 97

Renunciation and Action (5.1-7) 97

Reaction, Response, and Actorless Action (5.8-13) 100

Nirvana through Self-Knowledge (3.14-29) 102

6 The Yoga of Meditation 107

A Friend or an Enemy (6.1-9) 107

Seeing the Self by the Self (6.10-22) 110

Yoga Is Breaking the Bond with Suffering (6.23-28) 113

The Self in All Beings and All Beings in the Self (6.29-32) 116

At the Heart of Detachment Is Love (6.33-47) 117

7 The Yoga of Sacred Knowledge and Discernment 127

Many Are Called but Few Are Chosen (7.1-3) 127

Two Natures of Krishna (7.4-14) 128

All There Is Is Krishna (7.15-19) 130

Monotheism - not My-theism (7.20-30) 131

8 The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman 135

Remember Me and Fight (8.1-10) 135

Mind Centered in the Heart (8.11-22) 141

The Right Time to Die (8.23-28) 145

9 The Yoga of Knowledge and Sacred Mystery 148

A Receptive Mind and an Open Heart (9.1-15) 148

The Father of This World, Its Mother, Its Ordainer (9.16-25) 152

Love from the Pure Heart (9.26-34) 155

10 The Yoga of Manifestation 160

Know Me as the Unborn (10.1-11) 160

You Alone Know Yourself (10.12-18) 164

I Am the Cunning of the Cheats and the Truth of the Truth Tellers (10.19-42) 165

11 The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form 170

Eyes of the Flesh Cannot See the Things of the Spirit (11.1-8) 170

Brighter than a Thousand Suns (11.9-31) 172

Without God It Cannot Be Done; Without Humans It Will Not Be Done (11.32-34) 175

My Heart Is Glad but My Mind Is Afraid (11.35-46) 177

Let Your Heart Rejoice (11-47-55) 181

12 The Yoga of Devotion and Love 184

Personal God or Impersonal Absolute? (12.1-7) 184

Krishna as the Supreme Aim (12.8-20) 186

13 The Yoga of the Distinction between the Field and the Knower of the Field 191

Know Me as the Knower of the Field in All Fields (13.0-6) 191

The Identity of the Knower and Knowledge (13.7-11) 191

The Object of Knowledge Dwells in the Heart (13.12-23) 194

The Supreme in All Beings (13-24-34) 198

14 The Yoga of the Three Gunas 201

The Dweller in the Body (14.1-20) 201

Strive after Me (14.21-27) 209

15 The Yoga of the Highest Spirit 211

Yogis See Him Dwelling in Themselves (15.1-11) 211

I Am Lodged in the Heart of All (15.12-20) 215

16 The Yoga of the Distinction between Liberating and Binding Qualities 218

The Evil Despise Me Who Is Lodged in Their Own Body (16.1-20) 218

Three Doors of Hell (16.21-24) 221

17 The Yoga of the Threefold Division of Shraddha 225

Levels of Shraddha (17-16) 225

Levels in Every Undertaking (17.7-22) 231

OM-TAT-SAT (17.23-28) 235

18 The Yoga of Freedom by Renunciation 237

Relinquish Attachment to the Fruits of Action (18.1-12) 237

Daivam and the Results of Action (18.13-28) 240

Levels of Understanding (18.29-39) 245

Essential Responsibility (18.40-48) 247

By Love You Can Come to Know Me (18.49-62) 249

The Ultimate Leaching (18.63-66) 252

Caring for the Teaching (18.67-71) 254

Voluntarily Placing Oneself under a Law (18.72-73) 255

A Link between Two Levels (18.74-78) 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611804102

1611804108

OCLC:

957021553