Book Description
The Bhagavad Gita forms a small part—seven hundred stanzas—of the Mahabharata epic, two hundred thousand lines that are but a part of the Bhisma-Parvam. Contained in the Gita's pages are the secrets of life. The story takes an historical event, a war, and uses this as a setting to illustrate basic human conflicts—understanding action and non-action, how to take part in society, how to understand your place in the universal scheme, as well as explaining the secrets of meditation. There are even complete instructions for understanding the dying process. It is a book to be read again and again, at various stages of life's path, for once you truly comprehend the material presented, you are well on your way to understanding the meaning of life! This edition contains a new Preface by the author that discusses the importance of the Gita for keeping our heart, mind, and soul open for continual nourishment and growth.

About the Author
Antonio T. De Nicolas has lived in Spain and in India. He is currently a philosophy emeritus at both Stonybrook and the Biocultureal Research Institute in St. Augustine, Florida. He has written several books, including Powers of Imagining, Avatara, Meditations through the Rig Veda, and Remembering the God to Come, a book of poems. He also translated Juan R. Jimenez's Platero and I. He combines philosophy and poetry so we can hear the music and sound of the culture that spawned the Gita.