The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita

by Paramahansa Yogananda

Overview

An inspiring and concise introduction to the spiritual truths of India’s most beloved scripture, these selections from Paramahansa Yogananda’s critically acclaimed two-volume translation of and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita (God Talks With Arjuna) explain how the step-by-step methods of yoga meditation and right action enable us to achieve union with Spirit and ultimate liberation.

This book also features, for the first time in continuous sequence, the complete text of Yogananda’s original translation of the Bhagavad Gita.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876126905
Publisher:	Self-Realization Fellowship
Publication date:	01/26/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952), author of the modern spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi and widely regarded as the father of Yoga in the West, contributed in far-reaching ways to a greater awareness and appreciation in the West of the spiritual wisdom of the East. Arriving in America from his native India in 1920, he established Self-Realization Fellowship that same year, and devoted his life to helping people of all races and creeds to realize and express more fully in their lives the beauty, nobility and divinity of the human spirit.

            Recognized from the beginning as a landmark work in its field, Autobiography of a Yogi has been in continuous print since its initial publication more than 75 years ago, and remains one of the most important, and most readable, works on Yoga and Eastern spiritual thought. Among Sri Yogananda’s other publications are acclaimed interpretations of the four Gospels, (The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You), the Bhagavad Gita (God Talks With Arjuna), and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Wine of the Mystic: A Spiritual Interpretation); a three-volume anthology series (Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life); two collections of poetry and prayer; and numerous volumes of spiritual counsel.

An award-winning documentary film about his life and teachings, Awake: The Life of Yogananda, was released in 2014.

        Today, the spiritual and humanitarian work begun by Paramahansa Yogananda continues under the direction of Brother Chidananda, president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
Keys to the Gita's Wisdom
Introduction to "The Song of the Spirit"     3
Wisdom From an Ancient Higher Age of Civilization
Cracking the Code of the Gita's Yogic Symbolism
Bhagavan Krishna, Lord of Yoga: Divine Teacher of the Gita
The Spiritual Battle of Everyday Life     14
Using the Power of Introspection for a Victorious Life
The Spiritual Battlefield of Man's Body and Mind
Material Consciousness Versus Spiritual Consciousness
Taking Sides in the War of Good Against Evil
Soul Versus Ego
Yoga: The Method of Victory     25
Activating the Soul's Powers Through Meditation
Spiritual Effects of the Practice of Yoga
Awakening the Eightfold Essence of Yoga Within Yourself
The Psychological Forces That Oppose the Soul     40
Egoism (Symbolized by Bhishma)
Kama (Lust)-Symbolized by Duryodhana (Material Desire)
The Good and Bad Power of Habit (Symbolized by Drona)
The Triumph of the Soul Through Practice of Yoga     48
Raja Yoga: The Highest Path
Outer Renunciation, Scriptural Study, and Serviceful Action Are Bypaths
Raja Yoga Is the True Culmination of All Religious Practices
Kriya Yoga: The Essential Technique of Raja Yoga
The Reign of King Soul in the Spiritualized Bodily Kingdom
The Bhagavad Gita   Paramahansa Yogananda
The Despondency of Arjuna     59
Sankhya and Yoga: Cosmic Wisdom and the Method of Its Attainment     65
Karma Yoga: The Path of Spiritual Action     75
The Supreme Science of Knowing God     82
Freedom Through Inner Renunciation     88
Permanent Shelter in Spirit Through Yoga Meditation     93
The Nature of Spirit and the Spirit of Nature     99
The Imperishable Absolute: Beyond the Cycles of Creation and Dissolution     103
The Royal Knowledge, The Royal Mystery     107
The Infinite Manifestations of the Unmanifest Spirit     111
Vision of Visions: The Lord Reveals His Cosmic Form     116
Bhakti Yoga: Union Through Devotion     126
The Field and the Knower of the Field     129
Transcending the Gunas     134
Purushottama: The Uttermost Being     137
Embracing the Divine and Shunning the Demonic     140
Three Kinds of Faith     143
"In Truth Do I Promise Thee: Thou Shalt Attain Me"     147
Conclusion: "Arise! Before you is the royal path!"     156
About the Author     161
Index     173