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Gita on CD (7 CDs of sanskrit chants, 2 CDs containing englishtranslations for the entire Bhagavad Gita, and 1 CD providing anintroductory lecture on the Bhagavad Gita by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada). AlsoSample -MP3

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Bhavad Gita
Comments on the Holy Gita
(collated by M.P.Bhattathri)

'No work in all Indian literature is more quoted, because noneis better loved, in the West, than the Bhagavad Gita. Translation of such a workdemands not only knowledge of Sanskrit, but an inward sympathy with the themeand a verbal artistry. For the poem is a symphony in which God is seen in allthings. . . . TheSwami does a real service for students by investing the beloved Indian epicwith fresh meaning. Whatever our outlook may be, we should all be grateful forthe labor that has lead to this illuminating work.' - Dr. Geddes MacGregor,Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy University of Southern California
'The Gita can be seen as the main literary support for the great religiouscivilization of India, the oldest surviving culture in the world. The presenttranslation and commentary is another manifestation of the permanent livingimportance of the Gita.'Thomas Merton, Theologian
'I am most impressed with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's scholarlyand authoritative edition of Bhagavad-gita. It is a most valuable work for thescholar as well as the layman and is of great utility as a reference book aswell as a textbook. I promptly recommend this edition to my students. It is abeautifully done book.'Dr. Samuel D. Atkins Professor of Sanskrit, Princeton University
'As a successor in direct line from Caitanya, the author of Bhagavad-gita AsIt Is is entitled, according to Indian custom, to the majestic title of HisDivine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The great interest that hisreading of the Bhagavad-gita holds for us is that it offers us an authorizedinterpretation according to the principles of the Caitanya tradition.'Olivier Lacombe Professor of Sanskrit and Indology, Sorbonne University,Paris
'I have had the opportunity of examining several volumes published by theBhaktivedanta Book Trust and have found them to be of excellent quality and ofgreat value for use in college classes on Indian religions. This is particularlytrue of the BBT edition and translation of the Bhagavad-gita.' Dr. Frederick B. Underwood Professor of Religion, Columbia University
'If truth is what works, as Pierce and the pragmatists insist, there must bea kind of truth in the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, since those who follow its teachings displaya joyous serenity usually missing in the bleak and strident lives ofcontemporary people.' Dr. Elwin H. Powell Professor of Sociology StateUniversity of New York, Buffalo
'There is little question that this edition is one of the best booksavailable on the Gita and devotion. Prabhupada's translation is an ideal blendof literal accuracy and religious insight.' Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins Professor of Religion, Franklin and MarshallCollege
'The Bhagavad-gita, one of the great spiritual texts, is not as yet a commonpart of our cultural milieu. This is probably less because it is alien per sethan because we have lacked just the kind of close interpretative commentaryupon it that Swami Bhaktivedanta has here provided, a commentary written fromnot only a scholar's but a practitioner's, a dedicated lifelong devotee's pointof view.'Denise Levertov, Poet
'The increasing numbers of Western readers interested in classical Vedicthought have been done a service by Swami Bhaktivedanta. By bringing us a newand living interpretation of a text already known to many, he has increased ourunderstanding manyfold.'Dr. Edward C Dimock, Jr. Department of South Asian Languages andCivilization University of Chicago
'The scholarly world is again indebted to A. C. Bhaktivedanta SwamiPrabhupada. Although Bhagavad-gita has been translated many times, Prabhupadaadds a translation of singular importance with his commentary.'Dr. J. Stillson Judah, Professor of the History of Religions and Directorof Libraries Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
'Srila Prabhupada's edition thus fills a sensitive gap in France, where manyhope to become familiar with traditional Indian thought, beyond the commercialEast-West hodgepodge that has arisen since the time Europeans first penetratedIndia.'Whether the reader be an adept of Indian spiritualism or not, a readingof the Bhagavad-gita As It Is will be extremely profitable. For many this willbe the first contact with the true India, the ancient India, the eternal India.'Francois Chenique, Professor of Religious Sciences Institute of PoliticalStudies, Paris, France
'As a native of India now living in the West, it has given me much grief tosee so many of my fellow countrymen coming to the West in the role of gurus andspiritual leaders. For this reason, I am very excited to see the publication ofBhagavad-gita As It Is by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It will helpto stop the terrible cheating of false and unauthorized 'gurus' and 'yogis' andwill give an opportunity to all people to understand the actual meaning ofOriental culture.'Dr. Kailash Vajpeye, Director of Indian Studies Center for OrientalStudies, The University of Mexico
'It is a deeply felt, powerfully conceived and beautifully explained work. Idon't know whether to praise more this translation of the Bhagavad-gita, itsdaring method of explanation, or the endless fertility of its ideas. I havenever seen any other work on the Gita with such an important voice and style. . . It will occupy a significant place in the intellectual and ethical life ofmodern man for a long time to come.'Dr. Shaligram Shukla Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University
'I can say that in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is I have found explanations andanswers to questions I had always posed regarding the interpretations of thissacred work, whose spiritual discipline I greatly admire. If the aesceticism andideal of the apostles which form the message of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is weremore widespread and more respected, the world in which we live would betransformed into a better, more fraternal place.' Dr. Paul Lesourd, Author Professeur Honoraire, Catholic University ofParis
'When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created thisuniverse everything else seems so superfluous.'Albert Einstein
'When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I seenot one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse tocomfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelmingsorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meaningsfrom it every day.'Mahatma Gandhi
'In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonalphilosophy of the Bhagavad-gita, in comparison with which our modern world andits literature seem puny and trivial.'Henry David Thoreau
'The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by itsdevotion to God which is manifested by actions.'Dr. Albert Schweitzer
'The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creationrather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for everycivilization.'Sri Aurobindo
'The idea that man is like unto an inverted tree seems to have been currentin by gone ages. The link with Vedic conceptions is provided by Plato in hisTimaeus in which it states 'behold we are not an earthly but a heavenly plant.'This correlation can be discerned by what Krishna expresses in chapter 15 ofBhagavad-Gita.'Carl Jung
'The Bhagavad-Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of humanexistence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life;yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.'Prime Minister Nehru
'The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life'swisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.'Herman Hesse
'I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-gita. It was the first of books;it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large,serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age andclimate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.'Ralph Waldo Emerson
'In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with fullunderstanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.'Rudolph Steiner
'From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita all the goals of humanexistence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-Gita is the manifest quintessence of allthe teachings of the Vedic scriptures.'Adi Shankara
'The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolutionof endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensivesummaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value issubject not only to India but to all of humanity.'Aldous Huxley
'The Bhagavad-Gita was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science ofdevotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge. The SupremeLord Krishna's primary purpose for descending and incarnating is relieve theworld of any demoniac and negative, undesirable influences that are opposed tospiritual development, yet simultaneously it is His incomparable intention to beperpetually within reach of all humanity.'Ramanuja

The Bhagavad-Gita is not seperate from the Vaishnava philosophy and theSrimad Bhagavatam fully reveals the true import of this doctrine which istransmigation of the soul. On perusal of the first chapter of Bhagavad-Gita onemay think that they are advised to engage in warfare. When the second chapterhas been read it can be clearly understood that knowledge and the soul is theultimate goal to be attained. On studying the third chapter it is apparent thatacts of righteousness are also of high priority. If we continue and patientlytake the time to complete the Bhagavad-Gita and try to ascertain the truth ofits closing chapter we can see that the ultimate conclusion is to relinquish allthe conceptualized ideas of religion which we possess and fully surrenderdirectly unto the Supreme Lord.Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
'The Mahabharata has all the essential ingredients necessary to evolve andprotect humanity and that within it the Bhagavad-Gita is the epitome of theMahabharata just as ghee is the essence of milk and pollen is the essence offlowers.'Madhvacarya

'Yoga has two different meanings - a general meaning and atechnical meaning. The general meaning is the joining together or union ofany two or more things. The technical meaning is “a state of stability andpeace and the means or practices which lead to that state.' The BhagavadGita uses the word with both meanings. Lord Krishna is a real Yogi who can maintain a peaceful mind in the midst of any crisis.'Mata Amritanandamayi Devi