Bhagavad-gita: Its Feeling and Philosophy takes us down a road less traveled by students of the Gita, explaining its philosophy in consideration of the music behind its song--the spiritual sentiment of both Krsna and Arjuna, whose sacred conversation is the essence of the poem.

Locating Krsna's speech within the timeframe of his earthly appearance, we find an eternally youthful Krsna late in life. This is not the first time he has stood at sacred Kuruksetra. His speech to Arjuna is influenced by his adolescent love life that reached a high point at Kuruksetra some fifty years earlier. Thus within his speech to Arjuna on right livelihood, the mystic insight of the Upanisads, and devotion, Krsna imparts a secret message about unconditional spiritual love.

Swami B.V. Tripurari unveils this hidden message in the spirit of the Gaudiya Vedanta tradition. His commentary represents this lineage's deep spiritual insight cast in the light of our postmodern times. Bhagavad-gita: Its Feeling and Philosophy is a full-featured, traditional rendering, including the original Devanagari (Sanskrit) lettering, transliteration, word-for-word analysis, and English translation. While traditional in form and spirit, Swami B.V. Tripurari's lucid commentary and contemporary spiritual insight that readers have come to expect from him makes this edition of the Bhagavad-gita highly readable.

Swami's commentary takes the reader from verse to verse, chapter to chapter, revealing the systematic nature of the Gita such that this timeless spiritual classic reads almost like a best-selling novel--the story of our own life's potential to live in the light of God's love.

Hardcover, 600 pages