Bhagavad-gita As It Is By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We are happy to present our latest title -
an ebook Bhagavad-gita As It Is in English.
Universally popular, the Bhagavad-gita has been translated into hundreds of languages and read and appreciated by such thinkers as Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry David Thoreau, and Ralf Waldo Emerson.
Bhagavad-gita As It Is will help you
- Learn to control the turbulent mind
- Discover the secret to inner peace and happiness
- Harness the power of yoga
- Overcome obstacles and rise above suffering
- Unlock your dormant potential
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Teachings of Lord Kapila By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Now in Finnish
Long ago, in an age we know about only from the epics of ancient India, the great sage Kapila made His appearance on earth-from the womb of the saintly Devahuti. When her husband left home to seek spiritual perfection in the forest, Devahuti implored her divine son Kapila to lead her to enlightenment. Lord Kapila then showed her the way of Sankhya – the analytical pathway to a higher understanding of the world, the self, and the ultimate source of everything.
Here the world's most distinguished teacher of Vedic philosophy and religion shows us just how relevant Lord Kapila's ancient teachings are to us today. Through the way of Sankhya, as explained in this book, we learn about the qualities of the spiritual master, the science of meditation, the psychology of consciousness, the symptoms of the self-realized person, the secret of transcendental knowledge, and the attainment of supreme liberation.
320 pages, soft-bound, 12.5 x 19 cm
French
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Lithuanian
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The Hidden Glory of India By Steven J. Rosen / Satyaraja Das Now in French and Lithuanian
Here's the most concise, colorful overview of philosophy and culture of Vaishnavism, or bhakti-yoga—the hidden glory of India.
After thirty years of research, Steven J. Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa) breaks open the vault of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, revealing everything from the basics of the spiritual path to advanced techniques for chanting the maha-mantra.
The Hidden Glory of India is the world's first full-color overview of Krishna consciousness, with easy-to-read sections on such subjects as Krishna and His incarnations, Radha and the gopis, the significance of om, the meaning of mantras, the nature of the demigods, Krishna conscious perspectives on women, dance, music and art, and how all this relates to contemporary Hinduism. A perfect gift for family members and friends, The Hidden Glory of India is as beautiful to look at as it is rich in philosophy and wisdom.
192 pages, soft-bound, 14 x 21 cm
Lithuanian
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Life Comes from Life By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Now in French and Lithuanian
For people who have come to accept every pronouncement of modern scientists as tested and proven truth, this book will be an eye-opener. Life Comes From Life is an impromptu but brilliant critique of some of the dominant policies, theories and presumptions of modern science and scientists by one of the greatest philosophers and scholars of this century, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada's vivid analysis uncovers the hidden and blatantly unfounded assumptions that underlie currently fashionable doctrines concerning the origins and purpose of life.
Lithuanian edition: 136 pages, soft-bound, 12.5 x 19 cm
French edition: 198 pages, soft-bound, 10.5 x 17.5 cm
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Sri Isopanisad By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Now in French
The Sanskrit words Sri Isopanisad mean "the knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Person." As such, Sri Isopanisad directly counters the teachings of modern science, which say that at the root of existence lies not a person but merely abstract laws governing the chance collision of subatomic particles in the vast void of time and space.
Individually, we rebel at the proposal that can be analyzed into lifeless laws and particles. We feel that personality is the solid foundation and unifying principle of our existence. That intuition is correct, says the Vedic philosophy of personality in every sphere of life and knowledge. And the essential Vedic teachings on the universal nature of personality are summarized in Sri Isopanisad, the foremost of the 108 Upanisads. As translated and explained by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the nineteen jewellike mantras of Sri Isopanisad can release us from the bleak conceptions of impersonalism and put us in touch with the Supreme Person, the fountainhead of all energies and all happiness.
114 pages, soft-bound, 12.5 x 19 cm
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Dharma, the Way of Transcendence By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Now in Lithuanian
The word dharma refers to the inherent characteristic of something. This book describes the essential, unchanging, undying characteristics of the soul.
Each of us has an essential nature, and if we live in harmony with our essential nature, or dharma, we feel deeply satisfied. What is our dharma? Loving service to God, Krishna.
122 pages, soft-bound, 12.5 x 19 cm
Ramayana - The Great Epic about Lord Ramacandra's Activities
Compiled by Purnaprajna Dasa, Illustrated by Parama Dasa.
India's immortal tale of adventure, love, and wisdom is captured in this amazing new book featuring the artwork of Parama Dasa, a reputed Italian artist whose innovative techniques are winning him praise among Florence's top art critics.
The Ramayana, the world's oldest epic, is simultaneously an exhilarating account of adventure and romance and a literature revered for millennia by hundreds of millions of people for its depth of moral and spiritual wisdom.
This new, abridged edition of the Ramayana, produced by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, features 50 new images by Parama Dasa, whose mastery of state-of-the-art computer software is evident in his extraordinary illustrations. The text of this edition of the Valmiki Ramayana was complied by Purnaprajna Dasa and was based on the Gita Press edition.
These beautiful pictures, together with the easy-to-read text, bring an imaginative harmony to this classic tale that will captivate a new generation of readers and delight those reading it again. This high-quality production is a masterpiece.
Great present for adults and children alike to read as bedtime stories. This is a collectors' item.
Large format art book, 240 pages, silk cover with a real gold-leaf impression, 50 color plates, 39.5 x 31.5.
Rethinking Darwin A Vedic Study of Darwinism and Intelligent design by Leif A. Jensen (Lalitanatha Dasa) 256 pages, softbound, 12.5 x 19cm
Over the past few decades, advances in biochemistry have created an Intelligent Design opposition that maintains that the theory of evolution is beset with anomalies. In "Rethinking Darwin", Danish science writer Leif A. Jensen, in collaboration with leading Intelligent Design proponents such as Dr. Michael Behe, Dr. William Dembski, and Dr. Jonathan Wells, points out flaws in the Darwinian paradigm and examines the case for intelligent design. The argument for design is next expanded with further evidence from archeology, cosmology, and studies of consciousness. Finally, based on the irreducible nature of consciousness, the book suggests an alternative paradigm drawn from the Vedic texts of ancient India.
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) Sweden, established in 1987, is Europe's largest publisher of books on Krishna consciousness and the philosophy, religion, and culture of the Vedic tradition of India. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust especially emphasizes the works of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Its publications include original scriptural works, translated into more than eighty languages, and books that discuss and explain these traditional texts. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust also publishes some of its materials on CD and DVD, in audio book format, and is in the process of converting its entire catalogue into e-book format.
Books by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust range in complexity from brief, introductory volumes and study guides, summary studies, and short Sanskrit works to exhaustive multi-volume translations (with commentaries) of major Sanskrit and Bengali texts.
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Sweden translates the works of its founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, into more than forty languages, including German, French, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, and Indonesian.
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by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami The masterful biography of the extraordinary life of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the scholar, philosopher, religious leader, and saint responsible for the revolutionary transplantation of India's timeless spiritual culture onto Western soil - a mission crowned with astounding success.
"The life of Srila Prabhupada is pointed proof that one can be a transmitter of truth and still be a vital and singular person.…Srila Prabhupada is one in a thousand, maybe one in a million."
—Harvey Cox, Professor of Divinity, Harvard University.
A new website that sheds light
Because Srila Prabhupada's books are sacred, his followers may sometimes wonder, "Is it right to edit or revise them after his depature?" BBTedit.com examines Srila Prabhupada's instructions to the BBT and the history, myths, and controversies surrounding this important issue.
Check out the "Gita Changes" for Chapter 5
"Activities such as hearing, seeing, speaking, evacuating, etc., are actions of the senses meant for work."
Really? Wait a second - aren't hearing and seeing what we do with our knowledge-gathering senses, not our working ones?
But the quotation comes right from Bhagavad-gita As
It Is, from the purport to 5.9. So how could it be wrong?
It's wrong because it's the first edition and a typist left something out.
See for yourself in the annotated scans for chapter five, now online at www.BBTedit.com/changes.
You'll see all the revisions done for the purports, along with annotations and with images from the manuscript typed by SrilaPrabhupada himself.
Of special historical interest: For this chapter, Srila Prabhupada typed on the back of various printed pages, for which images are included.
Whether you're "for the changes," against them, or neutral, here's another opportunity to see what the changes actually are.
The changes for the Preface, Introduction, and previous chapters are already online. See them all at www.BBTedit.com/changes.
"Please print as many books as possible, this is my real pleasure. By printing these books of our Krishna conscious philosophy in so many different languages we can actually inject our movement into the masses of people all over the world, especially there in the Western countries, and we can literally turn whole nations into Krishna conscious nations." (Excerpt from Srila Prabhupada's letter to Hridayananda Maharaja, 21 December 1974)
