The Bhagavad Gita
A Walkthrough for Westerners
New World Library · Print & ebook · March 11, 2011
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- Who it’s for
- A clear, inviting prose rendering brings the Gita’s spiritual truths within reach of daily life.
- Genres
- Hindu Sacred Writings, Hindu Thought, Inspiration & Personal Growth
- Published
- New World Library, March 11, 2011
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The Bhagavad Gita has been called India’s greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives.
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The Gita is a universal love song sung by God to His friend man. It can’t be confined by any creed. It is a statement of the truths at the core of what we all already believe, only it makes those truths clearer, so they become immediately useful in our daily lives. These truths are for our hearts, not just our heads. The Gita is more than just a book, more than mere words or concepts. There is an accumulated potency in it. To read the Gita is to be inspired in the true sense of the term: to be in-spirited,” to inhale the ancient and ever-new breath of spiritual energy.
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A clear, inviting prose rendering brings the Gita’s spiritual truths within reach of daily life.
Come here for
- Accessible prose with the Gita’s devotional and philosophical currents in view
Expect
- A contemplative reading oriented toward serenity, love, and everyday application
Where it sits
| Hindu Sacred Writings | 98% |
|---|---|
| Hindu Thought | 43% |
| Inspiration & Personal Growth | 19% |
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Publisher categories
- Inspiration & Personal Growth
- Hinduism - General
- Personal Growth
- Authors
- Jack Hawley, New World Library, Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
- Publisher
- New World Library
- Published
- March 11, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Inspiration & Personal Growth