Book Cover: Yoga of Wisdom
The title of the book, “The Yoga of Wisdom (Bhagavad Gita)”, comes from Sivananda's translation..
The title of the book, “The Yoga of Wisdom (Bhagavad Gita)”, comes from Swami Sivananda's translation of the title of Chapter IV of the Gita, translated by Gandhi as “The Yoga of Knowledge, Action and Renunciation” (Jnana-Karma-Sannyasa-Yoga).
In the center, in red, is OM: Brahman in a single syllable represents the universe, the union with the Lord. Aum is the primal sound from which all others are born, the basis of all mantras. Rooted in Brahman, the inverted Ashvattha tree descends:
«...With the root above and branches below, the Ashvattha tree, they say, is impossible... Above all and below its branches spread, blossoming because of the gunas, having for their shoots the sense-objects; deep down in the world of men are ramified its roots, in the shape of the consequences of action» Bhagavad Gita XV 1-3.
Ashvattha, starting from the Absolute Reality, penetrates inside the yogi, seated in Padmasana (lotus position), and inside the earth. The trunk of the tree represents any of the paths of yoga that man can fol-low to reach God, all of them valid.
To simplify the design, a small symbol of AUM has been omitted, which should be the heart of man, representing another of the key teachings of the Bhagavad Gita: “God is inside all of us”.
Pedro Nonell (Founder of Gita-Ramakrishna Institute).
Translation of the Bhagavad Gita into Spanish.
Interview (Video in Spanish):
The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi (Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi) translated into Spanish by Pedro Nonell.
Chapter I - Yoga Desaliento de Arjuna.
Chapter II - Sankhya Yoga.
Chapter III - El Yoga de la Acción (Karma).
Chapter IV - Yoga Conocimiento, de la Acción y de la Renunciación.
Chapter V - El Yoga de la Renuncia a la Acción (Karma Sannyasa).
Chapter VI - El Yoga de la Meditación (Dhyana).
Chapter VII - Yoga Conocimiento de Brahmán.
Chapter VIII - Yoga Imperecedero Parabrahmán.
Chapter IX - Yoga Conocimiento Real y Discriminatorio.
Chapter X - Yoga de las Manifestaciones Divinas.
Chapter XI - El Yoga de la Forma Universal del Señor.
Chapter XII - El Yoga de la Devoción (Bhakti).
Chapter XIII - Yoga Campo y del Conocedor del Campo.
Chapter XIV - El Yoga de la Diferenciación de las Tres Gunas.
Chapter XV - Yoga Ser Suprem.
Chapter XVI - El Yoga de la Herencia Divina y Diabólica.
Chapter XVII - El Yoga de las Tres Fes.
Chapter XVIII - El Yoga de la Liberación Mediante la Renuncia.
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