Bhagavad Gita is a perennial source of inspiration and strength for millions of people all over the world. For centuries, it ha been the guiding light for anyone interested in living a spiritual life and having a wiser and matured outlook towards life. No wonder, the Gita has a universal appeal and all-inclusive readership.

An eternal scripture like Gita too, however, needs to be restated and reiterated with the change in circumstances. Its eternal teachings need to be rephrased and rearticulated in order to met the contemporary needs. In the process of doing this, it becomes ore accessible and new insights are brought into focus.

Keeping this in mind, The Vedanta Kesari, the English monthly published by this Math, brought out a special issue in December 2008 entirely dedicated to this theme. It received an overwhelming response and an additional 2000 copies had to be reprinted to meet the demand.

We are pleased to present the same in the present form and hope it will be received with the same enthusiasm and interest and reach even larger number of spiritual seekers.

Back of the Book

You see, there is no need to read too much of the scriptures. If you read too much you will be inclined to reason and argue. Nangta used to teach me thus: What you get by repeating the word ‘Gita’ ten times is the essence of the book. In other words, if you repeat ‘Gita’ ten times it is reversed into ‘tagi’, which indicates renunciation.

The essence of the Gita is: ‘O man, renounce everything and practice spiritual discipline for the realization of God.’

1	Gita Today: A Introduction	1
	Swami Atmashraddhananda
2	Gita-‘The Essence of All Scriptures’	11
3	Bhagavad Gita: ‘The Best Authority on Vedanta’	15
	Swami Vivekananda
4	Sri Krishna, the Teacher of the Gita	29
	Swami Vivekananda
5	Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gita	36
	Swami Ranganathananda
6	Gita’s Way of Right Activity	45
	Swami Smaranananda
7	Getting Introduced to Bhagavad Gita	53
	Swami Sridharananda
8	Gita’s Message for Self-Transformation	69
	Swami Prabuddhananda
9	Frequently Asked Questions About Gita	84
	Swami Harshananda
10	Bhagavad Gita for the Commoners	98
	Swami Gautamananda
11	True Happiness-Gita’s Counsel	109
	Swami Bhaskarananda
12	Gita’s Description of Integrated Personality	116
	Swami Adiswarananda
13	‘I Take Care of Their Yogakshema’	121
	C S Ramakrishnan
14	Meditating on the Message of the Gita	126
	Swami Dayatmananda
15	The Bhagavad Gita-its Relevance to Teachers	136
	Swami Atmaramananda
16	Keeping Calm-the Gita Way	155
	Swami Nityasthananda
17	The Spot where the Gita was Delivered	163
18	‘Grieve not-the Lord is with Us’	165
	-Gita’s Lessons for Fearlessness
	Prema Nandakumar
19	Ten Principles of Work Ethic in the Bhagavad Gita	174
	Swami Abhiramananda
20	Some Guidelines from the Gita	185
21	Gita’s Way to Self-Fulfilment	201
	Swami Atmarupananda
22	Gita’s View on Ecology and its Maintenance	214
	N V C Swamy
23	Sri Krishna’s Remedy for the Arjuna Syndrome	224
	Swami Atmapriyananda
24	Management Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita	235
	B Mahadevan
25	Living the Gita Way	244
	Pravrajika Brahmaprana
26	Work As Worship:	253
	Guidelines from the Bhagavad Gita
	Swami Yuktatmananda
27	Teachers as Mentors-Lessons from Gita	261
	M Sivaramkrishna
28	Countering Stress and Lack of Motivation:	270
	Gita’s Advice to the Modern Youth
	Swami Bodhamayananda
29	Bhagavad Gita-Song of Culture	277
	K Subrahmanyam
30	‘What is in a Name?’	289
31	Values in the Bhagavad Gita	295
	Swami Vireshananda
32	Gita’s Ideal of Emotional Stability	305
	Swami Sarvapriyananda
33	Gita for Housewisves	315
	Sumita Roy	324
34	Bhagavad Gita and the Ideal of Service	324
	Swami Vedapurushananda
35	What They Say	334
36	Splendour of the Bhagavad Gita:	342
	Some Important Saying on the Gita
	Sources and Contributors	354

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