The Lords Lay (The Bhagavad Gita): On The Breath in Everybody's Life - In the Light of the Science of Breath Kriya Panayan

Swami Satyeswarananda, Himalayan Hermit

ISBN 10: 1877854573 / ISBN 13: 9781877854576

Edité par The Sanskrit Classics, San Diego, CA, 2015

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San Diego: The Sanskrit Classics, 2015. First edition. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. xviii, 310. Original white glossy illustrated paper dust jacket with red, black and green type. Dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt type. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, edge wear, light moisture staining, small tears and small pieces missing on back inner flap. Boards have some discoloration, moisture staining. Inside front and back cover have portions where the dust jacket stuck to it and pulled off portions of the paste down colored paper. Moisture wrinkling on back page. Text is unmarked, Binding tight. N° de réf. du vendeur 4432006

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Titre : The Lords Lay (The Bhagavad Gita): On The ...

Éditeur : The Sanskrit Classics, San Diego, CA

Date d'édition : 2015

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Language: English
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Introduction

 

The
Mahabharata is the longest epic ever known to mankind. It is a complete epic
because, besides being a literary classic, it is a supreme treatise on yoga,
philosophy, and the science of human behavior. It is an
exhaustive manual of morals and manners.

 

The
origin of the Mahabharata is shrouded in mystery. Countless scholars have tried
to trace the personality of its author. Finally, Krisna
Dwaipayan Vedavyasa (in short Vyasa) has been
mentioned by many as its compiler. But doubts still persist on all these
counts.

 

How
was it possible for one man to compose over a hundred thousand verses? Being
handed down by oral tradition, was the Mahabharata finally written down in 800
B.C., or 2000 B.C.? There is no conclusive answer.

 

In the
West, there is a tendency to put a time frame from the historical perspective
on everything which the people of Vedic culture do not agree with. In this
case, rather, they would prefer to say in the ancient time.

Thus,
it continues to maintain its prestige as Siddha Kavya, "the Epic superior to the great epics" and
also as the scripture of the eternal message. The text with its available recensions points to three oral versions:

 

1. The
first, as recited by Vedavyasa (in shot Vyasa) himself,

2. The
next, as recited by his disciple Vaisampayana to Janmenjaya,

3. And
the third as narrated again by Sage Sauti, who had
heard