Request for Bhagavad Gita Study Guide Referrals ...

[Guest guest]

Dear Vaishnavas,

 

Hare Krishna

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

A small group of us here in Singapore are intending to deeply delve into the study of

Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita As It Is. We are looking for a suitable study guide

to help us understand the literature in a systematic manner. We have come across

many guides written by many devotees. Please recommend one that is most apt

with a good guiding framework that can very cogently synthesise and present all

relevant points of the Gita, and trigger further probing and discussion.

 

We would also be grateful if you could let us know how we may obtain the recommended guide.

 

Thanking all of you in advance,

 

 

 

your servant

r. jai simman

singapore

[Guest guest]

achintya, "Jai Simman s/o R. Rangasamy"

<rjsimman@s...> wrote:

 

> A small group of us here in Singapore are intending to deeply delve

into the study of

> Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita As It Is. We are looking for a

suitable study guide

> to help us understand the literature in a systematic manner. We

have come across

> many guides written by many devotees. Please recommend one that is

most apt

> with a good guiding framework that can very cogently synthesise and

present all

> relevant points of the Gita, and trigger further probing and

discussion.

>

 

There is no ONE guide I would recommend. But I have two which I

believe are helpful. One is the book _Surrender Unto Me_ written by

Bhurijana dasa. I read it alongside BG As It Is. However, sometimes I

find it clarifies what Prabhupada wrote while at other times I found

that it adds (in a good way) to what he wrote.

 

Another book I can recommend (not sure if it is still in print) is

the Bhakti-Sastri Study Guide written by Atma-Tattva dasa. This book

contains chapter by chapter questions to review material from

Bhagavad-Gita, Isopanisad, and other books. It's pretty

straightforward, and serves to reinforce what you read from the text.

 

Good luck. Studying BG As It Is in depth is a grand undertaking, but

one that can be done practically. I hope your effort is successful.