The Bhagavad Gita explained / with a literal translation from the original Sanskrit by Ernest Wood
1954, 1st printing, one of 5000 copies. Los Angeles : New Century Book Shop. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #445477
Physical description; 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; 1. Introductory -- Part one: The teaching of the gita -- 2. The lesson of the deathless life -- Tranlstion of the gita, II 11-30 -- The ancient science of body and soul -- The distinction of knowledge and wisdom -- The contacts of the world -- The similarity of all experience -- The deathless and the mortal -- The real and the unreal -- The simile of the block of marble -- The mind-process of life -- The owner of the body -- The wonderfulness of it -- The question of duty and honor -- 3. The lesson of the buddhic way -- Translation of the gita, II 39-41 -- The sankhya outlook -- The new way of buddhi -- The meaning of buddhi -- The meaning of karma -- The meaning of dharma -- The resolute Buddhi -- The buddhi-yoga -- 4. The lesson of the buddhic triumph -- Translation of the gita, II 42-53 -- Enjoyment and ambition -- The three qualities of nature -- Above the qualities -- The unified poise -- Oneself and the self -- Translation of the gita, II 47-52 -- The fulfillment of buddhi -- The doctrine of sameness -- 5. The picture of the buddhic man -- Translation of the gita, II 54-72 -- The rejection of the desires -- The power of withdrawal -- The clearness of the self -- Night and day and waking -- Peace -- 6. The lesson of yogic action -- Translation of the gita, III 1-8 -- The meaning of action, yoga -- Actionlessness -- The qualities of nature -- Unattatchment -- Harmony and unity -- 7. The lesson of sacrifice -- Translation of the gita, III 9-16 -- The tradition of sacrifice -- The devas -- Intentions and actions -- The universal interplay -- The universal communion -- 8. The lesson of the disinterested man -- Translation of the gita, III 17-25 -- The doctrine of atma -- The many, the few and the very few -- The self and the divine being -- The welfare of the world -- Translation of the gita, III 26-35 -- Each to his own dharma -- The gunas among the gunas -- The lesson of dharma -- 9. The lesson of the human ladder -- Translation of the gita, III 37-43 -- The great enemy of man -- The ladder of man -- 10. The lesson of divine action -- Translation of the gita, IV 6-15 -- The meaning of God -- The maya of the self -- The many paths -- The individual -- 11. The meaning of action -- Translation of the gita, IV 16-24 -- Action and non-action -- Action of the mind -- The living statue -- The thinking power -- The gunas of the statues -- Living beyond action -- 12. The greatness of knowledge -- Varieties of sacrifice by action -- Translation of the gita, IV 33-42 -- Action as teacher -- The way to knowledge -- The overcoming of hesitancy -- 13. The lesson of renunciation -- Translation of the gita.
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