An Introduction to India's Universal Science of God-Realization
-- New Book By Paramahansa Yogananda
"We came from God and our ultimate destiny is to return to Him. The end and the means to the end is yoga, the timeless science of God-union." So explains Paramahansa Yogananda, author of the best-selling spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, in the new book THE YOGA OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA: An Introduction to India's Universal Science of God-Realization (Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles).
With penetrating insight and clarity, Yogananda delves into the deeper meaning of the Bhagavad Gita's symbology, and sheds a fascinating light on the true intent of India's beloved scripture. He shows how the warriors doing battle on the field of Kurukshetra are intended metaphorically to represent the negative tendencies of the human ego pitted against the divine qualities latent in each soul. He describes how every individual, through applying the profound wisdom of yoga, can achieve material and spiritual victory on the battlefield of daily life.
This concise and inspiring new book is a compilation of selections from Paramahansa Yogananda's in-depth, critically acclaimed two-volume translation of and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita (God Talks With Arjuna). It presents truth seekers with an ideal introduction to the Gita's timeless and universal teachings - the liberating path of right action and meditation to achieve a permanent state of higher consciousness.
THE YOGA OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA explores such topics as yoga methods for creating a life of peace and inner harmony; the psychological forces that help - as well as those that hinder - spiritual progress; the experience of deeper states of meditation and divine illumination; the ideal balance of material and spiritual goals; the cultivation of the ennobling qualities of the soul; and the use of self-analysis and introspection for continuous personal growth.
Paramahansa Yogananda's original translation of the Gita verses, never before printed in sequential form, is also featured.
Along with its companion volume The Yoga of Jesus (which has also been just released by Self-Realization Fellowship, the organization Paramahansa Yogananda founded in 1920), this book will appeal to anyone interested in the time-proven wisdom of the ages-including the millions of yoga practitioners who are ready to go beyond physical exercises to experience the spiritual depths and true essence of India's ancient science of inner peace, joy, and divine union.
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