Bhagavad Gita As It Is - Gujurati - Hardcover

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9382176438 ISBN 13: 9789382176435

Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 2012

Synopsis

The largest-selling edition of the Gita all over the world, Bhagavad-Gita as It Is, is more than a book. For many it has changed their lives altogether. Universally Bhagavad-Gita is renowned and truly claimed as the crown jewel of India?s spiritual wisdom. Spoken by Lord Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead to His intimate disciple Arjuna, the Gita’s seven hundred concise verses provides a definitive guide to the science of self realization. Complete wisdom with original sanskrit texts, word to word meaning, translation and purpot by His divine gracre A.C Bhakti Vedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Founder acharya of ISKCON

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) is widely regarded as the foremost Vedic scholar, translator, and teacher of the modern era. He is especially respected as the world's most prominent contemporary authority on bhakti-yoga, devotional service to the Supreme Person, Krishna, as taught by the ancient Vedic writings of India. He is also the founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Srila Prabhupada, as he's known to his followers, translated and commented on over eighty volumes of the Vedas' most important sacred bhakti texts, including the Bhagavad-gita—a concise handbook for understanding the purpose and goal of human life—and the multi-volume Srimad-Bhagavatam—an epic biography of Krishna, Krishna's avatars, and His many devotees throughout the history of the universe. Srila Prabhupada's own spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, was the leading proponent of Krishna consciousness in India during the early part of the twentieth century. He specifically taught the philosophy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the divine avatar who revived Krishna-bhakti all over India in the 1500s. When Srila Bhaktisiddhanta first met the young man later known as Srila Prabhupada - in Calcutta in 1922 - he urged him to preach Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's message of Krishna consciousness throughout the English-speaking world. After forty years of struggling within India to carry out his guru's order, while maintaining family and business responsibilities, Srila Prabhupada boarded a steamship bound from Calcutta to New York City in 1965. At age sixty-nine, with forty rupees and a trunk of his Bhagavatam commentaries - the first ever in English - his aim was to introduce "India's message of peace and goodwill" to the western world. During the last twelve years of his life, Srila Prabhupada would inspire thousands of Westerners and Indians to devote their lives to Krishna consciousness, launching one of the fastest-growing spiritual movements in the history of the world. Many scholars and professors who met him and became familiar with his work continue to use Srila Prabhupada's books as standard university texts, and regard him as a genuine, realized, and scholarly teacher of bhakti. His authoritative yet down-to-earth presentation of Vedas continues to inspire a worldwide audience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9382176438
• ISBN 13: 9789382176435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 872