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Translated by Mahadev Desai and with a New Preface The only authorized American edition Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century. In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to adopt Gandhi's "attitude of experimenting, of tesing what will and will not bear close scrutiny, what can and cannot be adapted to new circumstances," in order to bring about change in our own lives and communities. All royalties earned on this book are paid to the Navajivan Trust, founded by Gandhi, for use in carrying on his work.
This omnibus edition contains three translations of the Bhagavad
Gita These three translation taken together yield a greater
understanding of this mystic text. Included are translations by
Swami Swarupananda, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Sir Edwin Arnold. This
famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the
Mahabharata, in the sixth-or "Bhishma"-Parva of the great Hindu
epic. It enjoys immense popularity and authority in India, where it
is reckoned as one of the "Five Jewels," -pancharatnani- of
Devanagiri literature. In plain but noble language it unfolds a
philosophical system which remains to this day the prevailing
Brahmanic belief, blending as it does the doctrines of Kapila,
Patanjali, and the Vedas. Wilder Publications is a green publisher.
All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps
us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the
environment. My first acquaintance with the Gita began in 1888-89
with the verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold known as the Song
Celestial. On reading it, I felt a keen desire to read a Gujarati
translation. And I read as many translations as I could lay hold
of. But all such reading can give me no passport for presenting my
own translation. Then again my knowledge of Sanskrit is limited, my
knowledge of Gujarati too is in no way scholarly. How could I then
dare present the public with my translation? It has been my
endeavor, as also that of some companions, to reduce to practice
the teaching of the Gita as I have understood it. The Gita has
become for us a spiritual reference book. I am aware that we ever
fail to act in perfect accord with the teaching. The failure is not
due to want of effort, but is in spite of it. Even though the
failures we seem to see rays of hope. The accompanying rendering
contains the meaning of the Gita message which this little band is
trying to enforce in its daily conduct.-Mahatma Gandhi. Wilder
Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to
order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while
greatly reducing our impact on the environment.
My first acquaintance with the Gita began in 1888-89 with the verse
translation by Sir Edwin Arnold known as the Song Celestial. On
reading it, I felt a keen desire to read a Gujarati translation.
And I read as many translations as I could lay hold of. But all
such reading can give me no passport for presenting my own
translation. Then again my knowledge of Sanskrit is limited, my
knowledge of Gujarati too is in no way scholarly. How could I then
dare present the public with my translation? It has been my
endeavor, as also that of some companions, to reduce to practice
the teaching of the Gita as I have understood it. The Gita has
become for us a spiritual reference book. I am aware that we ever
fail to act in perfect accord with the teaching. The failure is not
due to want of effort, but is in spite of it. Even though the
failures we seem to see rays of hope. The accompanying rendering
contains the meaning of the Gita message which this little band is
trying to enforce in its daily conduct.--Mahatma Gandhi Wilder
Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to
order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while
greatly reducing our impact on the environment.
"With this rich and interesting ensemble of essays, we finally have a handy sourcebook of Gandhi's writings."The Journal of Asian Studies.
Gandhi used his time in prison corresponding with followers. One
asked about the ethical questions in the Bhagavad Gita, and Gandhi
replied to this, and to other questions. Finally, he put together
his comments and analysis of the lessons that Krishna was sharing
with Arjuna in a little book, his most concise expression of this
Hindu holy book as he understood it. After his autobiography, this
may be the closest record of Gandhi's spiritual understanding. A
sample chapter is available at
www.bandannabooks.com/free/gandhisample.zip. For a different view
on the Indian subcontinent, you might like Ghazals of Ghalib, a
19th-century poet who wrote in Persian and Urdu. His ghazals are
witty, self-revealing, thoughtful. He lived through the Sepoy
Mutiny and the British Raj, asking Queen Victoria to support poetry
as the rajahs had done, by direct donation.
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