{"product_id":"the-bhagavad-gita-hardcover","title":"The Bhagavad Gita - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEknath Easwaran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Eknath Easwaran's best-selling translation is reliable, readable, and profound.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEaswaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical setting, and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. Chapter introductions clarify key concepts, and notes and a glossary explain Sanskrit terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEaswaran grew up in the Hindu tradition in India, and learned Sanskrit from a young age. He was a professor of English literature before coming to the West on a Fulbright scholarship. A gifted teacher, he is recognized as an authority on the Indian classics and world mysticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bhagavad Gita opens, dramatically, on a battlefield, as the warrior Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life. Yet, as Easwaran points out, the Gita is not what it seems - it's not a dialogue between two mythical figures at the dawn of Indian history. \"The battlefield is a perfect backdrop, but the Gita's subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArjuna's struggle in the Bhagavad Gita is acutely modern. He has lost his way on the battlefield of life and turns to find the path again by asking direct, uncompromising questions of his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, the Lord himself. Krishna replies in 700 verses of sublime instruction on living and dying, loving and working, and the nature of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEaswaran shows the Gita's relevance to us today as we strive, like Arjuna, to do what is right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"No one in modern times is more qualified - no, make that 'as qualified' - to translate the epochal Classics of Indian Spirituality than Eknath Easwaran. And the reason is clear. It is impossible to get to the heart of those classics unless you live them, and he did live them. My admiration of the man and his works is boundless.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Huston Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eThe World's Religions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a heroic age, on the vast plains of North India, a timeless \u003cbr\u003espiritual classic was born - the message of Sri Krishna to Prince \u003cbr\u003eArjuna, on the brink of a war he doesn't want to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArjuna's \u003cbr\u003estruggle in the Bhagavad Gita is acutely modern. He has lost his way on \u003cbr\u003ethe battlefield of life and turns to find the path again by asking \u003cbr\u003edirect, uncompromising questions of his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, \u003cbr\u003ethe Lord himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrishna replies in 700 verses of sublime instruction on living and dying, loving and working, and the nature of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEaswaran shows the Gita's relevance to us today as we strive, like Arjuna, to do what is right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEaswaran grew up in the Hindu tradition in India, and learned Sanskrit from a young age. He was a professor of English literature before coming to the West on a Fulbright scholarship. A gifted teacher, he is recognized as an authority on the Indian classics and world mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52474117390643,"sku":"9781586381301","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VUxpdlFmenV2L1FlcjJwVjc2aDBMQT09.webp?v=1759517916","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-bhagavad-gita-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}