Essays on the Gita
About This Book
A masterly exposition of the pre-eminent Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. It was after reading these essays, in particular, that in the 1930's President Wilson's daughter went to Sri Aurobindo and devoted her life - receiving the name Nishtha via his vision in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry. Index.
What You'll Learn
The Gita's central message is not world-rejection but world-transformation through action performed without ego and offered to the Divine. The three paths of Karma, Jnana, and Bhakti are not alternatives but aspects of one integral yoga that culminates in complete surrender to the Divine. Arjuna's despondency represents the necessary crisis in which the ego faces its own limitations and opens to a higher guidance.
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