‘Sankshipta Gita’

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`Sankshipta Gita'

India has an amazing wealth of knowledge among the world in the form

of Vedas, Vedangas, Upanishads, Puranas, Itihasas, Darsanas and ever

so many other works, all in Sanskrit the language of Gods. It is

impossible for any one to even run through this vast knowledge base

in one lifetime. However, if we are asked to name just one most

important work, then what strikes every body is Srimad Bhagavad-

Gita, which is considered the essence of all Ancient Indian wisdom

condensed into a booklet of 700 Slokas.

Contrary to the popular misconception that Gita is meant for only

monks, ascetics, and old and retired people who want to spend their

time peacefully, it is actually a must for all people in all stages

of their life – men, women, rich, poor, high and fallen. Even

atheists can benefit from Gita because of its scientific analysis

and guidelines for a man to become more and more perfect. In modern

terminology also, it touches several subjects including Arts,

Science, Health, Management, Human Resources Development etc.

Commentaries on Gita are long drawn and the general practice is to

select one particular chapter and speak for several days. Some times

in one sitting of one to two hours just a couple of slokas may be

completed, with clarifications and analogies. This is mostly

because of the great depth of meaning of these slokas and their

relevance to day-to-day life. As such although many people would

have heard of Gita, only a small percentage of them have the time

and patience to understand or draw the benefit of its teachings. On

the other hand the students, employees, busy executives and others

miss out on this all important message in one's life. It is with

this background that Dr.T.S.Ramakrishna has conceived and prepared

what he calls `Sankshipta Gita' , a 75-minute lecture, which

presents the essence of Gita along with a rendering of 55 selected

slokas. This lecture is recently converted into a digital audio CD,

with Dr. Ramakrishna giving the commentary and Sri. M.R.K.

Prabhakara Rao rendering the slokas. The limited aim of this effort

is to quickly provide an overview of this spiritual masterpiece to

those people who are not exposed to it and thereby create awareness

and interest among them, with the hope that they would be attracted

towards regular commentaries on Gita.

 

For CDs or live commentary of `Sankshipta Gita' please contact

hyd2_tsramk or call 2360 8890 / 94402 85483.

 

Ramakrishna <hyd2_tsramk