Bhagavad-Gita As It Is

Vaduz, Lichtenstien, West Germany: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1983. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. With Minor Wear And Tear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Stated: First Printing 1983 250,000 Copies. Bhagavad-Gita Is The Essence Of India's Vedic Wisdom And One Of The Great Spiritual And Philosophical Classics Of The World. It Comes To Us In The Form Of A Battlefield Dialogue Between The Lord Sri K???a And Arjuna, His Intimate Friend And Devotee, Whom He Instructs In The Science Of Self-Realization. The Perennial Philosophy Of The Gita Has Intrigued The Philosophical Mind Of Man, Both Eastern And Western, For Milleniums. Henry David Thoreau Wrote That In Relation To The Bhagavad-Gita, "Our Modern World And Its Literature Seem Puny And Trivial." This Translation And Commentary Is The Work Of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, The World's Most Distinguished Scholar And Techer Of Vedic Religion And Philosophy And The Foremost Recent Representative In The Line Of Succession, Originating With Lord K???a, Through Which Vedic Knowledge Is Transmitted. Whereas Other Translations, Reflecting The Attitudes Of Their Authors, Have Obscured The Essential Message Of The Gita, Gives A Clear And Illuminating Understanding. With A Full Translation, Authoritative Commentary, Thorough Index, And Twenty-Four Magnificent, Full-Color Painting Especially Commissioned To Illustrate The Text, Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Brings To Life The Ancient Yet Contemporary Message Of Bhagavad-Gita.