A new translation of the great spiritual classic.
Ravi Ravindra, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he served many years as a professor of comparative religion, philosophy, and physics. He is the author of numerous other books, including Science and the Sacred, The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and The Pilgrim Soul.
“A commentary on the Bhagavad Gita that is in a class of its
own. The background story from the Mahabharata and its
characters come alive. Almost no commentary on this
ancient scripture emphasizes an historical battle but rather,
all take pains to point to it as a metaphor for the
battle within. However none so superbly take us within,
to the very place of the battle raging within each one of us,
as Ravi Ravindra's does. In so doing he truly makes come alive
the promise of Krishna in Chapter Six that, ‘Yoga is breaking
the bond with suffering.”—Swami Ambikananda Saraswati, Author,
Founder of Traditional Yoga Association, UK
"This engaging new rendition of one of the world's most venerated
works opens up many of its dimensions that have usually been
hidden. Ravindra's version brought me closer to the actual
experience behind the meaning of the text than any other
translations that I've read."—Richard Smoley, author of The Dice
Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe.
“Ravi Ravindra’s translation of the Bhagavad Gita allows these
sacred teachings to penetrate our hearts, open our minds and call
us to action. His commentary on this classic text of yoga invites a
sincere and practical engagement with the text and raises many
questions for our lives. Ravindra’s intimacy with the spiritual
traditions of both the east and the west brings a rich and fertile
look into the meaning of these teachings.”—Kira Sloane, Director of
Yoga Anytime
“Ravindra’s book speaks so splendidly (yes, with a radiant
splendor) to the heart-mind of the student: he has surely
listened so well to Krishna that the words fairly
sing (after all, it is a “song”) in one’s being, touching both
heart and mind! I particularly appreciated too
the several footnotes that opened up the fullness of
meaning of so many of the Sanskrit words in the original
text. It is a work to be lived with, to be turned
to again and again, as it speaks to the core of one’s
being.”—Joy Mills, Former President of the Theosophical
Society in America and Australia.
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