Universal message of Bhagavad Gita

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There is a commentary on the Gita by Swami

Ranganathananda,President of the Ramakrishna math.The

title is

UNIVERSAL MESSAGE OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA volume 1,2,3.

One can get it from any vedanta society in US.I

usually get it from VEDANTA SOCIETY OF SACRAMENTO

PHONE NUMBER IS 1(916) 489 2116.Each volume costs

around $10.You can also goto

http://www.vedanta.org/wwc/usa.html

and find out the nearest center.

I find it very inspiring and I can do no better than

to quote Dr. Rafiq Zakaria ( a muslim scholar in

india)---

"I have read seceral translations of the Gita in

English--from Sir Edwin Arnold's, to Annie Besant's,

to Gandhiji's,Vinobaji's and Radhakrishnan's and some

others also...I find the expositions of Swami

Ranganathananda in many respects unique;it is both

down to earth and fascinatingly erudite.In explaining

every shloka Swamiji relates its real connotation and

significance to not only what Adi Shankara said in his

introduction to the Gita or how Sri Ramakrishna and

Swami Vivekananda interpreted it in terms of Practical

Vedanta but also how it conforms to the thinking of

some of the greatest Greek philosophers like

Socrates,Plato and Aristotle.Swamiji takes you, while

explaining the depth and intricacies of Sri Krishna's

teachings, on an enlightening voyage of discovery,

where you meet Buddha,Mahavira,Tao,Christ and most of

the thinkers in the West and relates their thoughts by

an ingenious interaction with the message of Sri

Krishna.Even the greatest scientists like Einstein or

famous neurologists like Sir Charles Sherrington and

poets like Wordsworth and Shelley and philosophers

like Julian Huxley and Bertrand Russell are brought in

by Swamiji to give us an indepth understanding of the

real meaning of these shlokas.Swamiji weaves every

shloka into the requirements of modern life and throws

light on how man should lead his life while involved

in his daily chores or business deals or academic

pursuits and fulfil his duties in accordance with the

philsophy of action as taught by Sri Krishna, which is

a marvel of the elevation of seif".

Rajan

 

 

 

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