The Bhagavad Gita

by Swami Sivananda

The Bhagavadgita is one phase of the Tripod of Indian philosophy and culture, the other two phases being the Upanishads and the Brahmasutras. While the Upanishads lay the foundation of the loftiest reach possible for humanity and the Brahmasutras logically elucidate the intricate issues involved in the Upanishads, the Bhagavadgita blends together the Transcendent and the Immanent features of the Ultimate Reality, bringing together into an integrated whole knowledge and action, the inner and the outer, the individual and the society, man and God, all which are portrayed as facets of a universal Operation, presenting entire life and all life as a perfectly complete organic wholeness, leaving nothing unsaid and attempting to solve every problem of life.

Table of Contents:

1. The Yoga of the Despondency of Arjuna
2. Sankhya Yoga
3. The Yoga of Action
4. The Yoga of Wisdom
5. The Yoga of Renunciation of Action
6. The Yoga of Meditation
7. The Yoga of Wisdom and Realisation
8. The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
9. The Yoga of the Kingly Science & the Kingly Secret
10. The Yoga of the Divine Glories
11. The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form
12. The Yoga of Devotion
13. The Distinction Between The Field Knower & Field
14. The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
15. The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit
16. The Divine and Demoniac Natures
17. The Yoga of the Division of the Threefold Faith
18. The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation.

About the Author:

Sri Swami Sivananda , born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Sage Appayya Dikshita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta.

He was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the Fountain of Wisdom Supreme. On 14th July, 163 he entered Mahasamadhi.