My Gita Book PDF Free Download By Devdutt Pattanaik
The Bhagavad Gita, or The Gita as it is popularly known, is part of the epic Mahabharata. The epic describes the war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas on the battlefield of Kuru-kshetra. The Gita is the discourse given by Krishna to Arjuna just before the war is about to begin. Krishna is identified as God (bhagavan). His words contain the essence of Vedic wisdom, the keystone of Hinduism. Ramkrishna Paramhansa, the nineteenth century Bengali mystic, said that the essence of The Gita can be deciphered simply by reversing the syllables that constitute Gita. So Gita, or gi-ta, becomes tagi, or tyagi, which means 'one who lets go of possessions.' The Gita demonstrates many modern techniques of communication. First, Arjuna's problem is presented (Chapter 1), and then Krishna's solution (chapters 2 to 18) is offered. Krishna begins by telling Arjuna what he will reveal (Chapter 2); he then elaborates on what he promised to tell (chapters 3 to 17); and finally, he repeats what he has told (Chapter 18). Krishna's solution involves analysis (sankhya) and synthesis (yoga) slicing the whole into parts and then binding the parts into a whole. The solution itself is comprehensive, involving the behavioural (karma yoga), the emotional (bhakti yoga) and the intellectual (gyana yoga). However, no one reads The Gita as a book, or hears every verse in a single sitting.
Book | My Gita - Devdutt Pattanaik |
Author | Devdutt Pattanaik |
Language | English |
Pages | 201 |
Size | 6.6 MB |
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Category | English Book, Dharma |
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