The Bhagavad Gita : a text and commentary for students / Jeaneane Fowler and Merv Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Jeaneane D., author.

Fowler, Merv, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Eastbourne, England : Sussex Academic Press, [2012]

Summary:

Provides a text and detailed commentary on the "Bhagavad Gita", an important Hindu scripture, which is a dialogue between Arjuna the man and Krishna the God. This book examines major Hindu concepts, and presents the background to the Gita. It also contains detailed notes to the Gita chapters.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Veda: knowledge

Vedic religion

Vedanta

The Bhagavad Gita

Nature of the text

Date and historicity

Authorship

Translators and commentators

Themes in the Gita

The nature of God

The nature of the self: atman

Brahman-atman

The empirical self

The nature of the world

Means to God

Jnana-marga

Bhakti-marga

Karma-marga

Yoga

Moksha

The genealogical backdrop

Chapter One: Arjuna Vishada

Chapter Two: Sankhya-Yoga

Chapter Three: Karma-Yoga : The Yoga of Action

Chapter Four: Jnana-Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge

Chapter Five: Sannyasa-Yoga: The Yoga of Renunciation

Chapter Six: Dhyana-Yoga: The Yoga of Meditation

Chapter Seven: Jnana Vijnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization

Chapter Eight: Akshara Brahma-Yoga: The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Chapter Nine: Raja-Vidya Raja-Guhya Yoga: The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Mystery

Chapter Ten: Vibhuti-Yoga: The Yoga of Manifestation

Chapter Eleven: Vishva-Rupa Darshana Yoga: The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

Chapter Twelve: Bhakti-Yoga: The Yoga of Devotion

Chapter Thirteen: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga: The Yoga of the Differentiation of the Kshetra and Kshetrajna

Chapter Fourteen: Guna-traya Vibhaga Yoga: The Yoga of the Differentiation of the Three Gunas

Chapter Fifteen: Purushottama Yoga: The Yoga of the Supreme Purusha

Chapter Sixteen: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga: The Yoga of the Differentiation of the Divine and the Demonic

Chapter Seventeen: Shraddha-traya Vibhaga Yoga: The Yoga of the Differentiation of the Threefold Shraddha

Chapter Eighteen: Moksha Sannyasa Yoga: The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Epilogue

Notes

Further Reading.

Glossary and Index of Sanskrit Terms

Index of English Words.

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ISBN:

9781836241515

1836241518

9781836240532

1836240538