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  • Written by: Eknath Easwaran
  • Narrated by: Paul Bazely
  • Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (245 ratings)

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The Bhagavad Gita

Written by: Eknath Easwaran
Narrated by: Paul Bazely
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Publisher's Summary

The Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of the Lord", is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Easwaran's reliable and accessible version has consistently been the best-selling translation. Easwaran's introduction places the Gita in its historical setting and brings out the universality and timelessness of its teachings. Chapter introductions give clear explanations of key concepts in that chapter. To listen to the scripture without the introductions, listeners should start at track 044. The Bhagavad Gita opens dramatically on a battlefield, as the warrior Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life. But as Easwaran points out, the Gita is not what it seems - it's not a dialogue between two mythical figures at the dawn of Indian history. "The battlefield is a perfect backdrop, but the Gita's subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage" to live a life that is meaningful, fulfilling, and worthwhile. This audio recording is a complete and unabridged reading of Eknath Easwaran's book The Bhagavad Gita. 

Narrated by Paul Bazely, an actor of Indian heritage and a longtime student of Easwaran. Music by Yann Stoneman.

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What the critics say

"No one in modern times is more qualified - no, make that 'as qualified' - to translate the epochal classics of Indian spirituality than Eknath Easwaran. And the reason is clear. It is impossible to get to the heart of those classics unless you live them, and he did live them. My admiration of the man and his works is boundless." (Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions)
"For all of its profundity, Eknath Easwaran manages to translate the Gita in easy prose that neither panders nor obscures. Coupled with his thorough introduction, Easwaran’s version comes off on all the levels it should: as a guide to action, devotional scripture, a philosophical text, and inspirational reading." (Amazon.com Eastern Religion editor)

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  • Pk
  • 2019-06-21

An accidental treasure. This is the God's gift

Being an Indian I have come across many a times an opportunity to read Gita. But I never embraced those opportunities. What a waste of lifetime. But a free copy of Gita from ISKCON has changed my life. But my search for better explanation of Gita verses accidentally appeared as a you tube video. This audiobook book when heard for the first time in YouTube made me fall in love with this book. Now I would have completed the book may be around 20 times In the last 6 months. More I hear more I love this book and its content. Thanks Lord Krishna to show me this book at least now.. Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi.
One final word As gita mentions Only blessed human being can only read or hear this book .

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  • Jan
  • 2020-12-29

Engaging

After attempting to read many versions and finishing none, this one finally captured me. Absolute beauty.

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Best spiritual book

This English version of the Bhagavad Gita is the best one till now. You l get everything very easily. One of the best book on spirituality.
Definitely recommend.

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Great Content with a poor cringy narration

The content is great, but the narrator did a cringe worthy imitation of Indian accent that is so bad and sad at multiple levels. It was totally uncalled for.

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This is the supreme truth of the universe

If you want all the answers to existence, the end to the fight you’ve been engaging with yourself eternally, then please listen to The Bhagavad Gita. It’s the only manual you will ever need <3

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  • JM
  • 2020-09-14

the while audio books skips through many things

if this is your only source of learning about the gita, I wouldn't recommend this book. it skips through a lot of the lessons and its really a summary only.

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Simple and profound wisdom

Simple and profound wisdom. A classic that has lasted through a he tells of time.

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Amazing content with ok voice over

Bhagavad Gita is, undoubtedly, one of the best works of literature that combines mythology, philosophy, self-help and a lot more. You can never get tired to re-reading this.

However, I feel the producers could have actually hired someone who could pronounce the 'th', 'thh', 'Dh' and 'dhh' sounds more colloquially. Don't get me wrong, Paul did a fantastic job of being a narrator but the essence of Gita is lost to mispronunciation and weird voice modulations. Not just a few but many over the course of this audiobook. I tried to look past it and I couldn't help but feel distracted by the slaughter of many Sanskrit words and terms.

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Brilliant and exquisite reading and presentation

The Gita truly comes alive in this narration. Infecting makes it easier to take notes and reference it later. A definite repeat listen 🙌🏼

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Narrator changes halfway through

The sample, and the first half of this audiobook is a British man talking about the background and themes of the Bhagavad Gita. The actual Bhagavad Gita is narrated by an Indian man speaking much too fast to be understood. May as well just read the book at this rate. Absolute scam.

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