Principal Scriptures:
Bhagavad-gita
As It Is (The Song of God)
Hardcover - 904 pages
(March 1997)
The Bhagavad-gita is the main source-book on yoga and a concise summary of India's
Vedic wisdom. Yet remarkably, the setting for this best-known classic of spiritual
literature is an ancient Indian battlefield.
Other Translations of Bhagavad-Gita
Srimad
Bhagavatam / Bhagavata Purana (The History of God and His Devotees)
Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata
Purana) is a virtual encyclopedia of yoga, meditation, and the mystic arts. It brings
together in one complete source information that previously took hundreds of books to
explain.
"This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the
departure of Lord Krsna to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons
who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the Age of Kali shall
get light from this Purana." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.43)
Sri
Caitanya Caritamrita (The Life and Teachings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu)
1989
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta is one of
the most important works of historical and philosophical literature ever written. It is
the principal work on the life and teachings of Sri Krsna Caitanya, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead appearing as His own devotee.
Sri Krsna Caitanya was the pioneer of a great social and religious movement that began in
India a little less than five hundred years ago and that has directly and indirectly
influenced the course of religious and philosophical thinking not only in India but
throughout the world.
Krsna dasa Kaviraja Gosvami wrote Sri Caitanya-caritamrta in classical Bengali and
Sanskrit. He was a great saint and a confidential disciple and student of Raghunatha dasa
Gosvami, a renowned ascetic saint who was one of the intimate followers of Sri Krsna
Caitanya.
Krsnadasa Kaviraja commenced work on the text at an advanced age and in failing health.
That he completed the greatest literary gem of medieval India under such debilitating
conditions is surely one of the wonders of literary history.
This English translation and commentary, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada, reveals his consummate Bengali and Sanskrit scholarship, his intimate
familiarity with the precepts of Sri Krsna Caitanya, and his pure devotion to the Lord.
Such a unique combination eminently qualifies Srila Prabhupada to present this important
classic to the English-speaking world.
The ease and clarity with which he expounds upon Sri Krsna Caitanya's precepts enable even
a reader totally unfamiliar with the Indian religious tradition to understand and
appreciate this profound and monumental work.