--- In meditationsocietyofamerica@yahoogroups.com, Silent Thunder
<pacificmonk@...> wrote:
>
> Dudes! I can find half a million such quotes for every other
religious text ever written... quotes can't make one piece of
scripture better than another...
>
Yo Wolf,
You're 100% right. And saying the Gita is the best
in a way is way off base. Each of us may react and act
differently in relation to what we ingest. I love
the Bhagavad-Gita and also the Bible, Koran, etc.
But, few Americans have even heard about the Gita
and I'm sure many could benefit from its wisdom.
So with the synchronistic appearance of the emails
and the newsletter, here it has been mentioned and
labeled as the "Best". And for those who gain
greater peace from its knowledge, it may well be
so. But for many, it may not. I'm wondering what
others think is the very best book to recommend
to others, particularly those just starting to
look at meditation/consciousness evolution/etc?
Peace and blessings,
Bob

> sean tremblay <bethjams9@...> wrote:
And it's a kick ass story filled with action adventure and romance
>
> medit8ionsociety <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> One of the most common emails the
> Meditation Society of America gets
> asks for advice on which books are
> the best dealing with meditation.
> We had several this week and also
> received an email from the Divya
> Jivan Newsletter that pointed to
> one answer to this question. We'll
> let these quotes speak for themselves:
>
> "When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this
> universe everything else seems so superfluous." - Albert Einstein
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul
> to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of
> random desires and undisciplined impulses." -Mahatma Gandhiji
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual
> evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear
> and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed;
> hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of
> humanity." - Aldous Huxley
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living
> creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a
> new meaning for every civilization." - Sri Aurobindo
>
> "In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal
> philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in comparison with which our modern
> world and its literature seems puny and trivial."
> Henry David Thoreau
>
> "The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of
> life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion." -
> Herman Hesse
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of
> human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and
> duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander
> purpose of the universe."
> Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
>
> "I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was the first of
> books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,
> but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which
> in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same
> questions which exercise us."
> Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical
> teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged
> montheistic deity and at the same time the attributes of the
> Upanisadic absolute."
> Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
> "In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with
> full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it." -
> Rudolph Steiner
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita is not seperate from the Vaisnava philosophy and
> the Srimad Bhagavatam fully reveals the true import of this doctrine
> which is transmigation of the soul. On perusal of the first chapter of
> Bhagavad-Gita one may think that they are advised to engage in
> warfare. When the second chapter has been read it can be clearly
> understood that knowledge and the soul is the ultimate goal to be
> attained. On studying the third chapter it is apparent that acts of
> righteousness are also of high priority. If we continue and patiently
> take the time to complete the Bhagavad-Gita and try to ascertain the
> truth of its closing chapter we can see that the ultimate conclusion
> is to relinquish all the conceptualized ideas of religion which we
> possess and fully surrender directly unto the Supreme Lord."
> Sri Swami Prabhupada
>
> "The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any
> fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita." -
> Swami Vivekananda
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science of
> devotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge. The
> Supreme Lord Krishnas primary purpose for descending and incarnating
> is relieve the world of any demoniac and negative, undesirable
> influences that are opposed to spiritual development, yet
> simultaneously it is His incomparable intention to be perpetually
> within reach of all humanity."
> Sri Ramanuja
>
> "Nothing has ever arisen in my life, internal or external, that the
> Gita has not made clear and enabled me to deal with or understand." -
> Swami Nirmalananda Giri
>
> "When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and
> I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and
> find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the
> midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will
> derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day."
> Mahatma Gandhiji
>
> "From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita all the goals of human
> existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-Gita is the manifest quintessence
> of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures."
> Adi Sankara
>
> "The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any
> fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita." -
> Swami Vivekananda
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna."
> Paramahansa Yogananda
>
> "The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind
> by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions."
> Dr. Albert Schweizer
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