The Bhagavad Gita: Its Feeling and Philosophy

I haven’t read this version yet, but my teacher has it so…. I just wanted to comment on Goodwill/Easter seals of Minnesota. I will definitely deal with them again. The book is in excellent shape, good price happy with the purchase. Thank You

Very well written. The author took time to make this a very scholarly translation of the great Bhagavad Gita by including Sanskrit word for word equivalents along with a fresh translation of each verse and very informative commentaries. Out of my 14 or so different translations of Gita, this one is among my top three that I am always referring to and is almost never on the bookshelf. It's good for someone who is very in to reading Gita and wants a fresh perspective from the Advaita perspective.

De los mejores libros que tengo, gracias. Hare Krishna!!!

A 2002 review posted here states: "The first thing I noticed was how well done the volume is. Heavy bonded paper, l0vely endpapers,three ribbon markers adorn the book. So it is pleasant to the eye and touch." The 2011 edition which I just received though solid does not reflect the fine qualities which made the previous edition "pleasant to eye and touch". NO heavy bonded paper. NO lovely end papers. NO ribbon markers at all. The promise of that quality made the higher price attractive. I don't fault Amazon because the item description does not make these claims. I'm sure that the information will be valuable in itself but I am extremely disappointed that the book didn't live up to the review. I hope that this is helpful to future buyers.

Excellent new rendition of the Bhagavad Gita by a disciple of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It is a more sophisticated and scholarly rendition of the book than the one made by his spiritual master. It is important to note that the purpose of his spiritual master was to introduce the western world to the spirit of such a wonderful masterpiece of world spirituality in the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition.

Swami's book is very good for me since it's put in such a contemporary and modern style of thinking. He lends insight in which I never found in other BG. Also if you read very carefully, he will toss in very short but powerful tidbits of his own realizations and wisdom..

The Bhagavad Gita is a series of instructions given by the Lord Krishna to his friend Arjuna on the eve of a fratricidal war. Krisha brings the chariot to the center of the battlefield as arjuna surveys the field.Whether it is allegorical or historical, the verses that have followed are sacred lierature to 800 million hindus, and countless others [myself included] have taken great succor in their wisdom and grace.I received of copy of this Gita from the swami's ashram in California. The first thing I noticed was how well done the volume is. Heavy bonded paper, l0vely endpapers,three ribbon markers adorn the book. So it is pleasant to the eye and touch. Then I started the book. Swami B. V. Tripurari is a either former hare krishna or still one[cant tell] and he dedicates the book to the founder of the sect,Swami Prabhupada, the author of Bhagavad Gita as it is, the bestselling gita in the world, and the most difficult to read. Its purports are tough, esoteric and truthfully, difficult for me to read. This volume, is none of that.Perhaps it is the grace of Swami B. V. Tripurari being english speaking? Either way, the purports are not pedantic[blessedly] are clear, and attempt not only toconnect them with modern life[the perrenial philosophy] but puts the Gita in its historical context[this is not the first time that Krishna is at Kuruksetra,which is where the Bhagavad gita takes place]. Each verse is in Sanskrit, then broken down in a word by word englih trans;lation, then an explanation[or purport] of eACH VERSE IS GIVEN.His tone, again, in explaining each verse is easy, almost quiet, not overwhelming. Swami B. V. Tripurari seems to be less on a crusade then writing this for his own edification[as he states in his preface],though I think this somewhat self deprecating.i HAVE 15 OR SO GITA TRANSLATIONS THAT i OWN AND USE,FROM YOGANANDA'S MAMMOTH TWO VOLUME MASTERPIECE, TO THE LIVING GITA BY SRI SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA[WHICH IS MY FAVORITE], this volume can stand with any of them. It is very,very user friendly, its translation seems pretty good[Though the best translation,period is in Bhagavad Gita by WINTHROP SARGEANT, }.Swami B. V. Tripurari has done us a service withthis volume, obviously his labor of love. Very very well done, lovely to look at and to hold, and a blessing to read.

When I was younger, I found myself drawn to reading Bhagavad-gita. I tried reading several editions, but found them rather difficult to read. When I read A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita As It Is, it was as if a veil had been lifted. I found the presentation accessible and lucid. Since then, I have read many other editions, some by scholars and some by practitioners, and found much merit in most of them. Only one or two, though, found their way to my personal library.However, Swami Tripurari's edition, Bhagavad-gita: Its Feeling and Philosphy, went straight to my bookshelf (except when I'm spending time with it, which is often). Whereas Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's opens the reader's mind to the world and our place in it from Lord Krishna's perspective, Swami Tripurari's gives us glimpses of Krishna's heart not readliy apparent in other presentations. This book is a delight to the senses, mind, and heart. The cover is beautiful, the paper luxuriant. The writing is accessible, clear, and sweet. It's the perfect complement to Prabhupada's Gita, and I expect that I'll over the years I will have found it it as important for spiritual succor as I have Bhagavad-gita As It Is.