Bhagavad Gita

[NikolaiI]

yasya deve parā bhaktir
yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ
prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed." [Śvetashvatara Upanishad 6.23]

[Radha Krsna]

Bhagavad Gita As It Is...

[NikolaiI]

[NikolaiI]

Bhagavad Gita As It Is...

Who is that translated by?

Generally when people say Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, they refer to Prabhupada's translation.

Anyway, Prabhupada's translation can be found here: http://www.asitis.com/

[PierreGringoire]

I disagree, Madhuri.. there is more to life than enjoying the senses. In fact the idea that we should try to be Lord is one that causes a lot of suffering. We try to be the lord of the material world, but we end up only becoming bound by it more and more. We are part of the marginal energy of the Lord, etc., and we can only be completely fulfilled if we regain our spiritual consciousness.

Srimad Bhagavatam states, "Life's desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing else should be the goal of one's works." SB 1.2.10

And some people are said to have found absolute truth in their hearts? To my understanding we only can learn so much of it. Perhaps trusting that it is there is what these people (like Buddah) have found. I wonder what you can do with that degree (trust of truth). Does one become a dashing centerfigure that desires to free society or does he recline and keep his perfect enlightenment (happiness) to himself?

[blazeofglory]

Who is that translated by?

Generally when people say Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, they refer to Prabhupada's translation.

Anyway, Prabhupada's translation can be found here: http://www.asitis.com/

I too have a book translated by Prabhupad with a wonderful explanation as he is deemed a scholar of ssanskrit and has read the Gita ardently, and his translation is very authentic as he was not only a scholar of Sanskrit but also a devotee himself. He had made the book greatly comprehendible to us, or else the book at times hard to comprehend