1. Attesting to India's nearly universal acceptance of the Gita, practically every sectarian cult and school of Hindu thought, representing a vast spectrum of religious and philosophical views, accepts Bhagavad-gita as the summum bonum guide to spiritual truth.
2. Krishna, who has agreed to act as the driver of Arjuna's chariot, sees His friend and devotee in illusion and perplexity and proceeds to enlighten Arjuna regarding his immediate social duty (varna-dharma) as a warrior and, more important, his eternal duty or nature (sanatana-dharma) as an eternal spiritual entity in relationship with God.
3. The Gita has deeply affected the thinking of generations of philosophers, theologians, educators, scientists and authors in the West as well Henry David Thoreau reveals in his journal, "Every morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita ... in comparison with which our modern civilization and literature seem puny and trivial".
4. Not only has the Gita directed the religious life of many centuries of Hindus, but, owing to the pervasive influence of religious concepts in Vedic civilization, the Gita has shaped India's social, ethical, cultural and even political life as well.
5. The Gita, therefore, more than any other single historical source, provides penetrating insight into the metaphysical and psychological foundation of India's Vedic culture, both ancient and contemporary.
6. The Gita has long been considered the essence of Vedic literature, the vast body of ancient scriptural writings that forms the basis of Vedic philosophy and spirituality.
7. As a classic of timeless wisdom, it is the main literary support for the oldest surviving spiritual culture in the world-that of India's Vedic civilization.
8. Bhagavad-gita, the essence of Vedic wisdom, was injected into the Mahabharata, an action-packed narrative of an important era in ancient Indian politics.
9. Bhagavad-gita comes to us in the form of a battlefield dialogue between Lord Sri Krishna and the warrior Arjuna.
10. Bhagavad-gita, a philosophical poem comprising seven hundred Sanskrit verses, is one of the most important philosophical and literary works known to man.
11. More commentaries have been written upon the Gita than upon any other philosophical or religious text in history.
1. Chapter 3 - Karma Yoga Chapter 4 - Transcendental Knowledge etc... Hare Krishna!I was looking for slokas with individual audio.
2. Purport should be optional thanks hare krishna, images should adjust to screen size automatically, detailed purport should be available on double click of that shloka.
3. With separate chapter and separate slokas.Hare Krishna Hare Ram I'm very much blessed to get this app and also very delightful to use it.
4. Thanks Hare Krishna Hare RamChapter 1 should contain 47 slokas.
5. Must contain audio of each shloka in that page with three modes of hearing slow, moderate and speed hearing mode.
6. Thank you ISKCON ππ» One request: It would be great if there is a search facility, by Adhyaya number, Sloka number, names or Sloka words etc.
7. chapter 1 contains 46 slokas.
8. Overall continuous hearing button should be present, this will surely help up learn while hearing and also read with it.
9. Vande Guru Paramparaam ππ»ππ»It would be great if the chapters also displayed their respective titles.
10. Shlokas with hindi and english should appear bold with light background.
11. This concept is very appreciative and I wholeheartedly thanks the developers.