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Gita - A Timeless Guide For Our Time
The 'Gita', an ancient Indian text, is the world’s second most published and read book after the Bible, and a time-trusted guide for Yoga, self-help and spiritual inner growth.
In seven hundred lyrical verses of wisdom, a dialogue between master and disciple, the 'Gita' invites us to examine our life, and embark on an inner journey. The path charted depends not on some foreign philosophy, belief or Guru. Rather, it empowers us to take charge of our life, and be masters of our own destiny.
The present translation tries to capture the essence of these wisdom verses to a modern reader, while preserving the much eulogised poetic meter and melodiousness of the original scripture.
Isaac Bentwich MD is a longtime practitioner and teacher of Yoga and meditation. He is also a physician and scientist who has founded and led two successful life-science companies.
In seven hundred lyrical verses of wisdom, a dialogue between master and disciple, the 'Gita' invites us to examine our life, and embark on an inner journey. The path charted depends not on some foreign philosophy, belief or Guru. Rather, it empowers us to take charge of our life, and be masters of our own destiny.
The present translation tries to capture the essence of these wisdom verses to a modern reader, while preserving the much eulogised poetic meter and melodiousness of the original scripture.
Isaac Bentwich MD is a longtime practitioner and teacher of Yoga and meditation. He is also a physician and scientist who has founded and led two successful life-science companies.
204 pages, Paperback
First published June 21, 2019
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March 18, 2018
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Gita A Timeless Guide For Our Time Translated by Isaac Bentwich is a wonderful book of wisdom. It is in fact beyond the boundaries of time and cultures. It is for everyone who is living on this earth. And also for those who are yet to take birth. That is why it is a timeless precious guide for our time. For Mahatma Gandhi, it was like a Mother. A mother, who always cares selflessly and teaches limitlessly. It is a learning to unleash your full potential and get conversant with your inner powers. Although it is an ancient guide to happiness, meditation, and spiritual inner-growth, it is as fit in today's life as well. In this time of immense turbulence, it is the best guide to fight against the bruises of our time. Like, brutality, hatred, ego, greed, contention, mistrust, and disbelief.
Gita A Timeless Guide For Our Time by Isaac Bentwich is, as a matter of fact, the best ever guide for our inner-journeys. Gita is one of the rare books that is scientific, spiritual, poetic, and classic at the same time. That is why it has been able to attract scientists, poets, thinkers and spiritual gurus from all across the globe beyond the boundaries of geographies. Like, Beethoven, Leonard Cohen, Goethe, Carl Jung, Schrodinger, Oppenheimer, Emerson, Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Singer, Mother Teresa, and Eckhart Tolle, to name a few. All of them found Gita as a great source of Inspiration and Wisdom. Everyone who reads it finds it most impactful and meaningful book of all times. Actually, it teaches you to connect with your inner-self and listen to your inner-voice. That is what we forget usually when moving from our childhood to adulthood.
Gita A Timeless Guide is A Book Fit For Every Age. Gita A Timeless Guide For Our Time is a book for inner-development and spiritual growth. I will recommend it to everyone. The book is in three parts. Part one concentrates on Path of Action. Part two focuses on Path of Devotion. And finally, the part three talks about Path of Wisdom.
Gita A Timeless Guide From Action To Devotion To Wisdom #BookReview
Gita A Timeless Guide For Our Time Translated by Isaac Bentwich is a wonderful book of wisdom. It is in fact beyond the boundaries of time and cultures. It is for everyone who is living on this earth. And also for those who are yet to take birth. That is why it is a timeless precious guide for our time. For Mahatma Gandhi, it was like a Mother. A mother, who always cares selflessly and teaches limitlessly. It is a learning to unleash your full potential and get conversant with your inner powers. Although it is an ancient guide to happiness, meditation, and spiritual inner-growth, it is as fit in today's life as well. In this time of immense turbulence, it is the best guide to fight against the bruises of our time. Like, brutality, hatred, ego, greed, contention, mistrust, and disbelief.
Gita A Timeless Guide For Our Time by Isaac Bentwich is, as a matter of fact, the best ever guide for our inner-journeys. Gita is one of the rare books that is scientific, spiritual, poetic, and classic at the same time. That is why it has been able to attract scientists, poets, thinkers and spiritual gurus from all across the globe beyond the boundaries of geographies. Like, Beethoven, Leonard Cohen, Goethe, Carl Jung, Schrodinger, Oppenheimer, Emerson, Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Singer, Mother Teresa, and Eckhart Tolle, to name a few. All of them found Gita as a great source of Inspiration and Wisdom. Everyone who reads it finds it most impactful and meaningful book of all times. Actually, it teaches you to connect with your inner-self and listen to your inner-voice. That is what we forget usually when moving from our childhood to adulthood.
Gita A Timeless Guide is A Book Fit For Every Age. Gita A Timeless Guide For Our Time is a book for inner-development and spiritual growth. I will recommend it to everyone. The book is in three parts. Part one concentrates on Path of Action. Part two focuses on Path of Devotion. And finally, the part three talks about Path of Wisdom.
June 16, 2019
Alongside the Bible and Koran, the Bhagavad Gita (dated around 500 BC) is one of the world’s most printed and widely-read books. Comprising 700 verses in song format, it captures the essence of all of the voluminous scriptures of India—the Vedas, Upanishads, and Mahabharata —and has inspired many of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, from Waldo Emerson and Thoreau to Oppenheimer and Schrodinger, to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
The Bhagavad Gita (meaning Divine Song) is timeless in part because it eloquently captures the core of not only Indian philosophy but also the spiritual essence of all religions and schools of inner development. Written as a dialogue between the Indian prince Arjuna and Krishna, God incarnate, the Gita addresses life’s most profound questions in an exquisite poetic style.
Although the Gita has captivated readers for over two and a half millennia, Isaac Bentwich’s new translation, Gita: A Timeless Guide for Our Times (Harmonia Publications, June 21, 2019), is uniquely equipped to bring this timeless account of the meaning of life, the source of suffering, and the paths to happiness and self-fulfillment to modern readers. Bentwich devoted twelve years to crafting the first and only translation that preserves in English the mesmerizing melody, meter, and rhyme of the original Sanskrit, that is gender-neutral and female-empowering, and that crystalizes the key messages of each verse as it applies to our time. Bentwich successfully peels away distracting layers of the complex terminology and foreign culture to reveal the elegant simplicity of the truths that lie beneath—that happiness does not depend on any external achievement or gain, and that our ultimate “battle” is an internal struggle between our divine nature and our egotistical tendencies.
In this fresh rendition of ageless Eastern wisdom, Bentwich’s poetic verses offer something for everyone, and teach us that to change the world around us; we must first change the world within.
The Bhagavad Gita (meaning Divine Song) is timeless in part because it eloquently captures the core of not only Indian philosophy but also the spiritual essence of all religions and schools of inner development. Written as a dialogue between the Indian prince Arjuna and Krishna, God incarnate, the Gita addresses life’s most profound questions in an exquisite poetic style.
Although the Gita has captivated readers for over two and a half millennia, Isaac Bentwich’s new translation, Gita: A Timeless Guide for Our Times (Harmonia Publications, June 21, 2019), is uniquely equipped to bring this timeless account of the meaning of life, the source of suffering, and the paths to happiness and self-fulfillment to modern readers. Bentwich devoted twelve years to crafting the first and only translation that preserves in English the mesmerizing melody, meter, and rhyme of the original Sanskrit, that is gender-neutral and female-empowering, and that crystalizes the key messages of each verse as it applies to our time. Bentwich successfully peels away distracting layers of the complex terminology and foreign culture to reveal the elegant simplicity of the truths that lie beneath—that happiness does not depend on any external achievement or gain, and that our ultimate “battle” is an internal struggle between our divine nature and our egotistical tendencies.
In this fresh rendition of ageless Eastern wisdom, Bentwich’s poetic verses offer something for everyone, and teach us that to change the world around us; we must first change the world within.
March 19, 2018
A profound and insightful translation of a timeless masterpiece...
We all face challenges in life and often times we take guidance from parents, family and friends. We also use our own life experiences and tend to handle things pretty well. But there are some totally unforeseen circumstances when we can get lost completely, feel helpless or perhaps even spiritually empty.
This is an excellent guide for putting things into perspective and may well be a potential life changer for all those who read it. No matter what your situation is today, this book will put you on the right path to better things. I’ve been around the block a few times myself and even I found this book to be very insightful and enlightening. This is a book for those with an adventurous spirit who may or may not have defined their spiritual path.
As Mahatma Gandhi once said: "When doubts haunt me, when disappointments starve me in the face, and I see not one ray of light on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad Gita, and find a verse to comfort me."
‘Gita (formally Bhagavad Gita, meaning Divine Song) has been one of the world's most trusted guides for happiness, meditation, and spiritual inner growth.’
We all face challenges in life and often times we take guidance from parents, family and friends. We also use our own life experiences and tend to handle things pretty well. But there are some totally unforeseen circumstances when we can get lost completely, feel helpless or perhaps even spiritually empty.
This is an excellent guide for putting things into perspective and may well be a potential life changer for all those who read it. No matter what your situation is today, this book will put you on the right path to better things. I’ve been around the block a few times myself and even I found this book to be very insightful and enlightening. This is a book for those with an adventurous spirit who may or may not have defined their spiritual path.
As Mahatma Gandhi once said: "When doubts haunt me, when disappointments starve me in the face, and I see not one ray of light on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad Gita, and find a verse to comfort me."
‘Gita (formally Bhagavad Gita, meaning Divine Song) has been one of the world's most trusted guides for happiness, meditation, and spiritual inner growth.’
July 31, 2019
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I really enjoyed this ebook so much that I had to order the printed book. I highly recommend this book to everyone as it is a really good book.
I really enjoyed this ebook so much that I had to order the printed book. I highly recommend this book to everyone as it is a really good book.
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