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Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), a lifelong disciple of the influential guru Yogananda, affirms his claim as an authoritative student of his master with this work. Because Kriyananda parted ways with ...

The introduction of the Bhagavad Gita into these linguistic domains is being viewed as an expansion of the intellectual horizon available to native speakers.

What does the Bhagwat Gita teach us?, its a big question we may often ask. Bhagavad Gita contains ancient wisdom that is highly applicable to modern life. Let's examine some of the Bhagavat Gita's ...

"Nothing in this world is as pure as knowledge. One who is perfected in Nishkama Karma discovers this wisdom within oneself in due course of time.” The words ap ...

People today often want to react to any arguments, situations and ongoing debates almost instantly and mistake calmness for weakness. But ancient wisdom tells us otherwise. The Bhagavad Gita, spoken ...

The Mahabharata epic, composed in around 200 BCE, is the longest poem in the world, and about eight times as long as the combined Iliad and Odyssey. The most famous section is Chapters 25-42 of the ...

Ask anyone who first heard the Bhagavad Gita, and most people will immediately answer: Arjuna. After all, the famous conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra is ...

A scene in the film “Oppenheimer,” in which the physicist is quoting a Bhagavad Gita verse while making love, has upset some Hindus. The information commissioner of the Indian government, Uday ...