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Krishna life & song of the blue god (Ramesh menon)
Shrimad Bhagwad Gita
This book is a magical, unexpurgated life of Krishna, told in a spirit of bhakti for the modern reader. Krishna: Life & Song of the Blue God opens on the battefield of Kurukshetra, on the brink of war, when the Pandava warrior Arjuna suffers a crisis of conrage & conscience. His divine consin & charioteer, the Bule God, being to expound the eternal dharma to him. The exposition between two teeming armies is the Bhagavad-Gita, the Song of God. The story quickly shifts back to Krishna’s birth, & then again to the battlefield; & so no, from song to life, chapter by chapte, until finally both narratives flow together near the end, just before the Great War erupts. Never before have Krishna’s holy Gita (from the Mahabharata) & his brilliant, unforgetable life (from the Bhagavata Purana) been juxtaposed so vividly & with such enchantment as in this book. A NOTE ON HINDU TIME:- ‘365 human years make one year of the devas & Pitrs, the Gods & the manes. Four are the ages in the land of Bharata—the krita, the treta, the dwapara & the kali. The krita yuga 4800 divine years, the treta 3600, the dwapara 2400, & the kali 1200; & then, another krita yuga begins. The krita or satya yuga is the age of purity; it is sinless. Dharma, righteousness, is perfect & walks on four feet in the krita. But in the treta yuga, adharma, evil, enters the world & the very fabric of time begins to decay. Finally, the kali yuga, the fourth age, is almost entirely corrupt, with dharma barely surviving hobbling on one foot. A chaturyuga, a cycle of four ages, is 12,00 divine years, or 365 x 12,00 human years long. 71 chaturyugas make a manvantara; fourteen manvantaras, a kalpa. A kalpa of 1000 chaturyugas, 12 million divine years, is one day of Brahma, the Creator. 8,000 Brahma years make one Brahma yuga, 1,000 Brahma yugas make a savana, & Brahma’s life is 3,003 savanas long. One day of Mahavishnu is the lifetime of Brahma….’
MAHABHARATA The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time (Retold by Krishan Dharma)
Shrimad Bhagwad Gita
“Dharma successfully captures the mood & majesty of a rich & ancient epic, & in the process, does full & complete justice to the critical of the complex story…. A well-wrought saga that will be appreciated by Western readers & admirably serve to introduce a new generation to the rich spiritual, cultural, & historic legacy of India.” ---Midwest Book Review “The narrative moves effortlessly… often as racily as a thriller, without compromising the elevated style & diction. The visual imagery is a every bit as impressive as anything achieved in the cinematic version.” ----Mahesh Nair, India Today “With its intense love scenes, jeweled palaces, vast battles, superheroes, magical weapons, & warring families, this novelized version resembles a 20th century saga-cum-soap opera, a marriage of Barbara Taylor Bradford & Arthur Hailey.” ------James Meek, The Guardiam (PILGRIMS PUBLISING) BIRTH OF THE KURU ELDERS:- Ambika peered curiously into mirror as her maidservants finished adorning her in preparation for the nuptial bed. She had lost none of her beauty despite of mourning. Her skin was flawless & as white as milk. Curling jet-black hair framed her oval face. Bow-like evebrows arched over her black eyes, which curved like two lotus petals. No wonder Vichitravirya had been so enamored of her, rarely leaving her side. While he was alive her maidservants had adorned her each evening, just in case her lord had desired to approach her. As Ambika again put on her ornaments & fine dress her mind drifted sadly back to the days she had spent with her husband. After having lain in that great hero’s powerful arms, how strange to now be preparing to meet another man!
675/=Mahabharata (William Buck)
Shrimad Bhagwad Gita
The Mahabharata is an Indian epic in its original Sanakrit probably the largest ever composed. Combined with a second great epic, the Ramayana, it embodies the essence of the India cultural heritage. William Buck, a young American whose untimely death at the age of thirty-seven occurred only months after he delivered manuscripts for both epics to the University of California Press in Berkeley,has retold these classics, as many poets have before in a language and at a length that make them available to the contemporay reader.
250/=Mystical Stories from the MAHABHARATA Twenty Timeless lessons is Wisdom & Virtue (by Amal Bhakta)
Shrimad Bhagwad Gita
INTRODUCTION:- The Mahabharata is a great epic poem of India that was written by Krishan Dwaipayana Vyasa, compiler of the Vedic scriptures, about 5000, years ago. One of the longest poems in the world, it has eighteen parvas or books and about 220,000 lines. It is not only a moralistic and philosophical story but also a historical one. Though filled with intrigue, excitement and adventure, it nonetheless stands as a glorious primer for learning how to achieve spiritual enlightenment.Not only does the Mahabharata contain a main story—in which virtue fights against, and ultimately triumphs over, evil—but it also has many peripheral stories. These teach us, through the exemplary deliberations, decisions, and actions of the chief characters, how to acquire noble characteristics, virtue and culture, peace and wisdom, and inner, transcendental happiness. This particular presentation consists mainly of some of the peripheral stories, although it also contains a few instructive incidents from the main plotline. These twenty tales are about famous ancient heroes and heroines—kings, queens, sages and saints—who, when confronted by disturbing and harrowing situations, acted in ways that are outstandingly exemplary and inspirational. Thus the stories have the uncanny ability to challenge and motivate us to live up to, in our daily living, the highest principles of virtue. This can impart a sublime and tranquil to our otherwise stressful and confused lives. And to today’s world of intense speed and pressure, we should find this quite welcome. The poet Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa recited the Mahabharata to his student Vaishampayana, who later narrated it at a sacrificial ceremony to King Janamejaya for the king’s spiritual enlightenment. The main subject of the story was the colossal war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. They were descendants, through King Bharata, of King Puru, a glorious ancestor of one branch of the lunar dynasty. The basis of the monumental conflict was rulership of the kingdom, the capital of which was Hastinapura, located fifty-seven miles north-east of today’s New Delhi. Perhaps a brief summery here of the Mahabharata will help us to better understand why the peripheral stories were introduced into the epic and what value they served.
Rs... 205/=PERENNIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA BY SWAMI RAMA
Shrimad Bhagwad Gita
INTRODCTION:- The Bhagavad Gita is the fountainhead of Eastern psychology, and this commentary is designed to draw out its psychological concepts and make them accessible to all students. These profound psychological insights are intertwined in the Bhagayad Gita with philosophical concepts, so the take undertaken here is to separate the psychological principles & to explain their practical application. Self-realization is the goal of human life. The purpose of Eastern religion, philosophy, and psychology is to fulfill that goal. Philosophy as it is understood in the East in neither a mere speculative exercise nor an intellectual adventure. The word “philosophy” is a compound of two words: philo & sophia, which mean “love for knowledge.” But this term is not applicable in the East, for those who consider the prime questions of life such as: Who am I? From where have I come? Why have I come? & Where will I go? Are not interested in only the intellectual answers to these questions. The subject matter of Eastern philosophy leads the student through a systematic way of directly experiencing the truths of existence and the height of Self-realization. After realizing one’s real Self, one knows that this Self is the Self of all. In the Vedantic tradition the term Brahma Vidya* is used instead of the philosophy. It has a different connotation and a deeper meaning than word philosophy conveys, and it is unique in it’s approach to knowledge. Brahma Vidya means the knowledge that leads one to realize Brahman, the Self of all. The Bhagavad Gita conveys that wisdom in its entirety and practical methods for the study and transformation of one’s inner being. Philosophy and psychology are thus intermingled. Without the help of psychology knowing analyzing, and learning to use our potentials—we cannot fulfill the goal of human life: Self-realization. In contrast, Western philosophy is intellectual and deals with man’s relationship with the knowledge he gains, he tries to understand his status. In Brahma Vidva, however, one comes to know all the levels of his being & finally to realize his true Self. According to the Eastern system, knowing the real Self is the first and foremost purpose of life. After Self-realization all the mysteries of the universe & one’s relationship with the universe are revealed. Because of their contrasting approaches, there is a wide gulf between philosophy & Brahma Vidya. One is only theoretical, but the other is practical as well.Though the Bhagavad Gita is composed of only seven hundred verses, it contains all the principles of the philosophy & psychology of the East. There are eighteen lessons in the Bhagavad Gita, each describing a different aspect of the process of self-transformation. This commentary emphasizes the psychological principles found in each chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. The sadhana (spiritual practice) described in each section is explained so that aspirants can help themselves progress in the in world journey & attain the highest state of bliss. The aim of the Bhagaved Gita is to teach the aspirant how to establish equanimity both in his internal life and in his activities in the external world; to help him develop tranquility within, and to explain the art and science of doing actions skillfully and selflessly.
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