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Language: EnglishSanskrit Text with English Transliteration and English Translation
Pages: 727
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This book is an English translation of “Pravachana Sudha” Nectar of Discourses – on the Seenth Chapter of the Bhagvad Geeta, a compilation of talks given in Hindi by Swami Maheshwaranand Giri Mahamandaleshwar more than fifty years ago in Sannyas Ashram, Vile Parle, Mumbai, India. The book is a uniqe mine of literary jewels replete with quotations from all the Vedas,numerous Upnishads scriptures such as the Bhagwat and Ramayana, and works of poet saints in Hindi and Gujarati. Swami Maheshwaranand was a scholar prolific writer, a scholar, great story tailor and speaker of his time. He left his body in 1971. All speakers on the Gita in India have a copy of this book in their reference library. The original book went through several editions and is currently out of print. Swami Maheshwaranand Giri’s available Hindi books are available from Sannyas Ashram.
Foreword
In the prehistoric age writing books was not customary. The means of teaching and learning was speaking and listening. This was known as the Guru-disciple tradition. Since the scholars in our ancient Vedic religion belonged to this noble tradition, they faithfully adhered to this practice. That is why one of the names of the Vedas is Shruti - or that which is heard. As time passed, the practice of hearing became that of writing down; no one is able to specify that period with certainty. But one thing is definite: that the books such as the Vedas, Brahma Sutras, Upanishads, Gita were written about five thousand years ago. From this it is understood that the act of writing down the knowledge received is also quite ancient. During that time, knowledge was written in terms of aphorisms. Then gradually the aphorism form tran
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