The Yoga of Gita
The Bhagavad Gita is replete with universal wisdom and the techniques to attain this. The Yoga of Gita contains the essence of this wisdom, the philosophy of creation and the Ultimate Reality, as revealed by Sri Krishna to Arjuna. The book outlines the various paths for realisation. For the layman, the emphasis is on the Yoga of Action acting without worrying about the rewards for our actions.
The book is a rendition of the 18 chapters, retold in simple language, with a brief account on Yoga and Meditation, which will ensure success, harmony and happiness for readers who follow these principles, and finally Salvation.
About the Author:Born in 1936, Dr Ram S Tiwari, MSc, PhD, FPbS, is a scientist of international repute. After post-graduation in 1959, he joined the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow and retired as its Director in 1996. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him an Emeritus Scientist position for five years.
Dr Tiwari has a deep interest in philosophy, spirituality, human relations and the environment. He has been on editorial boards of several periodicals and has served as Chief Editor of two international journals, Geophytology and The Palaeobotanist. He has published around 150 original research papers.
Preface:Srimad Bhagavad Gita is a part of Srimad Bhagavad Puran a Great Epic written in Sanskrit verse, by the sage-poet Vyasa. The Puran contains musical lyrics on episodes woven around the Eternal embodiment of Lord Krishna, His life and teachings, love and devotion to the Divine, codes for blissful living and the Dharma, i.e., the right way of living. In the Gita, the essence of universal wisdom, the science of human nature, the philosophy of creation, the Ultimate Reality, and the technique to attain that Truth have been narrated by Krishna to his friend and devotee Arjuna.
This knowledge was imparted in the centre of the battlefield, just when the Mahabharata war was about to begin between families of cousin brothers the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Krishna was the charioteer of one of the Pandava princes, Arjuna, the chief archer. Arjuna had no desire to fight his kinsmen for the sake of regaining their kingdom, which was deceitfully captured by the Kauravas. The divine light of the Gita ultimately dispels the darkness of emotional breakdown in Arjuna. He acts and he wins.
This book is a simple rendition of the main aspects given in the 18 chapters of the Gita. Each chapter is informally divided into two portions: the first half, is based on the original concept, abridged from the Gita; the second half, after the divider mark, includes a simplified interpretative comment by the author. A ten-point Gita Gyan is appended at the end of the chapter as a simple summary that capture the essential elements.
A brief account of Yoga and meditation is appended at the end; this may be useful for beginners. Also, to prompt self-search thereafter, the author has added two verses on self-reflection.
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