Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gītā An Exposition of the Gītā in the Light of Modern Thought and Modern Needs

This is the first volume of a three-volume work, Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gita -- a verse by verse exposition of the Gita by Swami Ranganathananda, President of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. This commentary was originally given as a series of Sunday discourses, from 1988 to 1990, at the 1200-capacity Vivekananda Hall of the Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, and it regularly drew an overflow audience consisting of a cross-section of the city population, including many youths. These lectures, delivered extempore, were recorded, and the audio and video cassettes have reached many homes in various parts of India and abroad. Packed with many stimulating and delightfully refreshing ideas, and drawing upon the works of eminent national and international poets, scientists, authors, and historians, this commentary explains the universal and humanistic teachings of The Song Celestial, as Edwin Arnold called the Gita, in the context of modern thought and modern needs.