The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita

by Swami Krishnananda

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The readers are taken through the Mahabharata and through each of the chapters of the Bhagavadgita, elucidating the main points in each chapter and giving insight and guidance for all. The highest truths given in the Bhagavadgita are made relevant to every spiritual seeker.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Plight of the Pandavas
• Challenges of the Spiritual Seeker
• The World is the Face of God
• The Cosmic Manifestation
• God is Our Eternal Friend
• Universal Action
• The Art of Meditation
• In Harmony with the Whole Universe
• The Unity of the Lover and the Beloved
• The Imperishable Among All that is Perishable
• God Present Within Us
• The Entry of the Soul into the Supreme Being
• Centring the Mind in the Heart
• The Absolute Pervading the Universe
• The Rarest of Devotees
• The Essence of Creation is God's Glory
• The Vision of God
• Fix Your Mind on Me Alone
• True Knowledge
• We are the Fruits and Leaves of the Cosmic Tree
• The Lord Dwells in the Hearts of All Beings
• Glossary of Sanskrit Terms.

About the Author:

Swami Krishnananda was born on the 25th of April, 1922 into a highly religious and orthodox Brahmin family, and was given the name Subbaraya. At an early age, he had become very well versed in the Sanskrit language and its sacred texts. The longing for seclusion pulled him to Rishikesh, where he arrived in the summer of 1944 and met Swami Sivananda, who initiated the young Subbaraya into Sannyasa on the sacred day of Makara Sankranti, the 14th of January, 1946, and gave him the name Swami
Krishnananda.

Swami Krishnananda is a highly respected philosophical writer, especially on metaphysics, psychology and sociology. Swamiji's books are known the world over as excellent presentations of answers to the daily questions that arise in the day-to-day confrontations of a human being. Swami Krishnananda was the General Secretary of The Divine Life Society from 1961 until 2001. Swamiji was a direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda, founder of this Institution. Swamiji attained Mahasamadhi in 2001.