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| God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita | 
 enlarge | Author: Paramahansa Yogananda
Publisher: Self-Realization Fellowship
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 139539
Format: Box Set
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 2
Pages: 1224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.4
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 6.6 x 3.1
ISBN: 0876120303
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.5924047
EAN: 9780876120309
ASIN: 0876120303
Publication Date: September 15, 1995
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 Superb. A masterpiece. April 2, 1998
38 out of 40 found this review helpful
Essential reading for anyone interested in yoga, whether as a practictioner or as a scholar, this book also offers a lot to those interested in other paths of transformation. This is a brilliantly executed work: verse by verse, the book provides the sanskrit text, the English translation and Yogananda's comprehensive commentary mining the Gita's many levels of meaning. For example, Yogananda explores the Gita's depiction of events (the armies of Arjuna and his brothers arrayed against their foes) as an allegory for every aspirant's internal struggle between the forces leading towards spiritual realization and the forces (e.g. sense-slavery, sloth, lack of discrimination)that thwart it. Within this context, he also examines the dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna as a reflection of the inner dialogue between Spirit and soul (hence the "God Talks" title). On other fronts, Yogananda makes connections between the Gita and Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras and the Sankhya philosophical traditions. In ways I am not yet able to articulate, this book helped me bridge the gap between what I categorize--imprecisely I'm sure--as yogic and non-yogic traditions. (By yogic I mean any meditative tradition that predicated on the existence of Spirit, the realization of which serves as the final goal, vs. non-yogic by which I mean meditative traditions that assert Emptiness as the final goal.) Ultimately, what makes this book so powerful is that Yogananda clearly knows whereof he speaks. The result is a book that speaks in direct and practical terms to the aspirant, while also able to satisfy the pedant.
TRULY- A MASTERWORK OF MODERN LIVING SCRIPTURE. March 29, 1998
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed many noteable works of great inspiration, but reading "God Talks With Arjuna", was literally a breathtaking experience. Not just another Gita commentary - this work contains many original spiritual insights and practical, balanced, religious approaches to life that are desparately needed in to-days world. But most of all, PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA was a Living Example of that ideal Christlike perfection as taught in the Gita and has inspired millions with his "Autobiography of a Yogi". A rewarding in depth revelation awaits any serious, sincere seeker of truth. Especially recommended for the serious religious scholar and devotee. If you have not yet found a satisfying answers to lifes most profound questions, this would be a good place to find clear, simple, practical, spiritual direction and understanding. A complete reference book for living the Spiritual Life and guiding your journey to Self-Realization.
Makes Real Sublime truths in Bhagavad Gita January 27, 1998
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This commentary on the Bhagavad Gita by Sri Paramahansa Yogananda is truly unique. Well-bound, and in two volumes the author lays out in great detail the practical philosophy of the Gita. The commentary on chapter one of the Gita alone introduces one to the whole psychological battle in man and the relationships of different characters in the Mahabharata, of which the Gita is a part, to the metaphysical battle which Everyman has to engage in to gain freedom for himself and salvation. Subsequent chapters details the steps to be taken for this sublime task. All men will find where they are in their metaphysical evolution described in these pages and more importantly the next steps to be taken in the path to freedom. The commentary ends with the sublime promise in Chapter eighteen given by Krishna(God) to Arjuna(the devotee) to redeem and restore those loyal to Him. There have been many commentaries on the Gita but this one stands out for its all-sidedness. Not merely intellectual though it might satisfy those of such a persuasion, it lays out in exactness various practical methods of yoga never before brought to the public eye. Those of a devotional temperament will find enough to feed their needs too.To summarise the special appeal of this book is that repeatedly, in almost every verse, it descends to the level of everyday life and the application of the Gita to the conundrums faced by mankind in mundane life. The best I can say for this book is that even an atheist will find something useful here, a book which is entitled "God Talks to Arjuna".
The Bhagavad Gita as it has always been. March 19, 1997
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Yogananda's translation and interpretation of the Gita encompasses the full spectrum of human psycophysiological nature, it's origins and raison d'etre, leaving nothing to chance or speculation, while at the same time teaching us how it can be truly mastered by the sincere soul searching for a way out of this mess, our own creation, we now know as life on earth.Anything that can be said about this book can only be made justice by reading it and, moreover, experiencing its profounds truths. Not to be missed under any circumstances, whatsoever.
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