Bhagvad Gita Treatise Of Self Help By BS Murthy

"Bhagvad-Gita is the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue" - William von Humboldt, who wrote seven-hundred verses in praise of Bhagvad-Gita.  It is a matter of consensus that Bhagvad-Gita in the present length of seven hundred slokas has many an interpolation to it, but no meaningful attempt has ever been made to delve into the nature and extent, not to speak of the effect of these on the Hindu society at large. The methodical codification of interpolations carried out here, for the first time ever, puts the true character of Gita in proper perspective. Identified here are hundred and ten slokas of deviant nature and or of partisan character, the source of so much misunderstanding about Bhagvad-Gita, the book extraordinary, in certain sections of the Hindu fold. In the long run, exposing and expunging these mischievous insertions is bound to bring in new readers from these quarters to this over two millennia old classic besides altering the misconceptions of the existing adherents.In this modern rendition, the beauty of the Sanskrit slokas is reflected in the rhythmic      flow of the English verse of poetic proportions. Besides, the attendant philosophy of the      song that is Bhagvad-Gita is captured in contemporary idiom for easy comprehension.Contents of this book

1. Introduction

2. Awe Unfounded

3. All about Interpolations

Chapters


1. 
Arjuna’s Dilemma

2.  All
about Life

3.  Theory
of Action

4. 
Practical Wisdom

5.  Art of
Renunciation

6.  Practice
of Restraint

7. Know the Spirit

8.  Cycle
of Creation

9.  The
Sacred Secret

10. Discern the Divine

11. Nature of Omnipresence

12. Doctrine of Faith

13. Field and Farmer

14. Proclivities to Know

15. Art of Liberation

16. Frailty of Thought

17. Science of Devotion

18. Thy
Looking-glass

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