Product Description

The Bhagavad Gita is India's most sacred text—the Hindu "Bible". Yogananda's translation and commentary brings a unique and deeply penetrating insight into this great scripture, which is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive books available on the science and philosophy of Yoga. God Talks With Arjuna explains the Bhagavad Gita's profoundest spiritual, psychological, and metaphysical truths, long obscured by metaphor and allegory. Yogananda takes Lord Krishna's counsel to the warrior Arjuna and applies it to our everyday struggles with the human ego. Our greatest battle he explains, like Arjuna's, takes place within our own minds as we fight our doubts, fears, negative habits, self-defeating thoughts, and erroneous thinking. Appealing to scholar and general reader alike, there is no other Gita on the market as attractive, and comprehensive.
Yogananda said, "From the moment of conception to the surrender of the last breath, man has to fight in each incarnation innumerable battles—biological, hereditary, bacteriological, physiological, climatic, social, ethical, political, sociological, psychological, metaphysical—so many varieties of inner and outer conflicts. Competing for victory in every encounter are the forces of good and evil. The whole intent of the Gita is to align man's efforts on the side of dharma, or righteousness. The ultimate aim is Self-realization, the realization of man's true Self, the soul, as made in the image of God, one with the ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new bliss of Spirit."
This edition includes:
• two volumes with slipcase
• Genealogy chart of the Kurus and Pandus
• Lahiri Mahasaya's diagram of the chakras
• Sanskrit transliteration of each verse
• 36 page comprehensive index

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134604 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-01
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• 1224 pages

About the Author
Hailed as "the father of Yoga in the West", Paramahansa Yogananda is regarded as one of the great spiritual figures of our time. Born in northern India, he came to the United States in 1920, where for more than 30 years he taught the ancient science of Kriya Yoga meditation and the art of balanced spiritual living. That same year he founded Self-Realization Fellowship, to disseminate his writings and teachings worldwide. Through his best-selling classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, and his numerous other books, he has introduced millions throughout the world to the spiritual principles of yoga meditation and the universal truths underlying all world religions.

Customer Reviews

God Talks with Arjuna
Yes, it'a another copy of the Bhagavad Gita, but this one is very special. The rich blue hard back binding is only the beginning. The Words are timeless and the commentary by Yogananada worth every cent.

every page has a "Eureka" moment
i havent yet finisheed the volumes, however from what i have read, i am thoroughly convinced about the spirituality of the Bhagavad Gita as well as Sri Yogananda directly receiving this inspired commentary from the universe itself. This writing harmonifies Vedantic teachings with the teachings of Christ. In this era of religious flux and intolerance what is needed is the calming words of inspired and wise masters like Sri Yogananda to show us all that we have strive to see the unity in us all rather that the differences. Deeply moving and filled with wisdom Sri Yoganandas words will move people to discovering a wholistic view of life and answers the questions we all have about life and existence.
Every page in this book reveals a little bit about the reader and sets him/her on a path of realisation and discovery like no other.Let the world know that the great masters of the world who lived and still live among us need to be given a chance to awaken the Krishna and Christ in each of us. The world will then truly be a better place for all. Read this commentary, understand it and hold on to the wisdom in it for it will serve you for all eternity.

Excellent book
How can I review a book which I am using to review myself or learn to get better? I am not the right person to comment on it.

An excellent book and I try my best to read atleast one page or a verse a day.