Paramahansa Yogananda - God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita

Praise for Paramahansa Yoganandas commentary on the Bhagavad Gita

God Talks With Arjuna: The Bhagavad GitaA New Translation and Commentary

(published by Self-Realization Fellowship, 1995)

Yoganandas commentary penetrates to the heart of the Bhagavad Gita to reveal the deep spiritual and psychological truths lying at the heart of this great Hindu text. Publishers Weekly

One of the finest works on the subjecta masterpiece of spiritual, literary and philosophical work. India Post

This lavish two-volume editionis a delight for the eye and the hearta testimony to [Yoganandas] extraordinary understanding, springing from direct experience of the higher realities, and also his compassion for seekers thirsting for spiritual truth.Experience the true pulse of the Bhagavad Gita and be pulled into its sphere of influence through the luminous words of one of this centurys great yoga masters. Yoga Journal

A flower of great beauty has risen from the writings and tradition of Paramahansa Yoganandahe brings the Bhagavad Gita into immediate focus for modern times.Most highly recommended! Leading Edge Review

This monumental translation and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, by one of Indias illustrious saints, breaks new ground.Yogananda explores the science of yoga encrypted in the Gitaand the way this ancient discipline makes possible the direct experience of God. In simple but eloquent language, he sets forth a sweeping chronicle. The Quest

Each verse is meticulously translated by Yogananda, but it is [his] explanations drawing on a vast array of knowledge that is the main attraction here.An impressive panorama of wisdom, of psychology, spirit, epistemology, physiology and yoga doctrineStunning. The Book Reader

[Yoganandas] commentaryreveals the highest truth, yet remains accessible to all seekers by its immediacy and simplicity of expression.What [his] Autobiography achieves in the realm of human experience, God Talks With Arjuna achieves as a complete teaching for the spiritual life.This is a book that one can study and cherish for a lifetime. It will be remembered as one of the great commentaries on the Gita. Yoga International

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Dedication

To the Arjuna-devotee
within every true seeker

The Spiritual Legacy of Paramahansa Yogananda

His Complete Writings, Lectures, and Informal Talks

Paramahansa Yogananda founded Self-Realization Fellowship in 1920 to disseminate his teachings worldwide and to preserve their purity and integrity for generations to come. A prolific writer and lecturer from his earliest years in America, he created a renowned and voluminous body of works on the yoga science of meditation, the art of balanced living, and the underlying unity of all great religions. Today this unique and far-reaching spiritual legacy lives on, inspiring millions of truth-seekers all over the world.

In accord with the express wishes of the great master, Self-Realization Fellowship has continued the ongoing task of publishing and keeping permanently in print The Complete Works of Paramahansa Yogananda . These include not only the final editions of all the books he published during his lifetime, but also many new titlesworks that had remained unpublished at the time of his passing in 1952, or which had been serialized over the years in incomplete form in Self-Realization Fellowships magazine, as well as hundreds of profoundly inspiring lectures and informal talks recorded but not printed before his passing.

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Contents

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Preface

By Sri Daya Mata

Spiritual successor to Paramahansa Yogananda and president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India from 1955 until her passing in 2010

No siddha leaves this world without having given some truth to mankind. Every free soul has to shed on others his light of God-realization. How generously Paramahansa Yogananda fulfilled this obligation!scriptural words voiced by him early in his world mission. Even if he had left to posterity nothing more than his lectures and writings, he would rightly be ranked as a munificent giver of divine light. And of the literary works that flowed so prolifically from his communion with God, the Bhagavad Gita translation and commentary may well be considered the Gurus most comprehensive offeringnot merely in sheer volume but in its all-embracing thoughts.