The Hindus, who constitute eighty percent of Indian's population, need help in lifting themselves up to the superior Hinduism embodied by the Bhagwadgita. Everybody else too needs to know and imbibe the ideals of the Gita. It is a book of a type which has no parallel. I had myself no idea of this uniqueness till I read the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran. Unfortunately, not having a user-friendly edition of the Gita makes its ideas inaccessible to the common man and the youth. There is a serious need to publish such an edition in simple contemporary language and idiom that can appeal to the modern mind. The Bible, the Koran & the Gita are all good books in their own ways, all of them quite unique, but very different from each other in nature. Everyone must read all these books at least once. But to the eighty percent of the Indians, the Gita is more relevant. The changed character of the eighty percent of the Indians will mean a changed character of India as a whole. In achieving the goal of a Gita in every Indian home, huge resources and partnerships would be required. We are sure there would be a good number of people and institutions that would like to support this endeavor. Please commit your support by emailing at bharatiyachetna@gmail.com.
Bharatiya Chetna Kendra is a registered Trust (2009) dedicated to promoting Indian consciousness and civilization. It has a website in Hindi at the moment - www.bharatiyachetna.org. The link of a 10-minute video explaining the uniqueness of the Gita and the project A Gita in Every Home is pasted below:
https://youtu.be/8MT2z6B_CQY
After watching the video please come out with your own suggestions to improve the new proposed edition. which will have the following new features:
a) A verse-finder, which will be list of all words used in the Gita arranged in alphabetical order, each containing a reference of the verses in which they have occurred. When you wish to find the verse of which you may just recall a word or two, find that word in this list and the verse reference, and you may go to the verse immediately.
b) A subject index in alphabetical order: It will be a list of all subjects discussed in the Gita arranged in an alphabetical order with references of all verses in which the subject has been mentioned or discussed. Say, you wish to know what the Gita has to say about food. Go to the subject-index and look for the entry FOOD. Here you will find that references of all the verses are available wherein 'food' has been discussed. It makes life very easy for every one who wants to live according to the directions of the Gita.
Needless to say, the Gita in its original form will also be there in this edition with translation in simple contemporary language
Other features of this proposed edition are explained in the video. So must watch the video too.
Bharatiya Chetna Kendra is a registered Trust (2009) dedicated to promoting Indian consciousness and civilization. It has a website in Hindi at the moment - www.bharatiyachetna.org. The link of a 10-minute video explaining the uniqueness of the Gita and the project A Gita in Every Home is pasted below:
https://youtu.be/8MT2z6B_CQY
After watching the video please come out with your own suggestions to improve the new proposed edition. which will have the following new features:
a) A verse-finder, which will be list of all words used in the Gita arranged in alphabetical order, each containing a reference of the verses in which they have occurred. When you wish to find the verse of which you may just recall a word or two, find that word in this list and the verse reference, and you may go to the verse immediately.
b) A subject index in alphabetical order: It will be a list of all subjects discussed in the Gita arranged in an alphabetical order with references of all verses in which the subject has been mentioned or discussed. Say, you wish to know what the Gita has to say about food. Go to the subject-index and look for the entry FOOD. Here you will find that references of all the verses are available wherein 'food' has been discussed. It makes life very easy for every one who wants to live according to the directions of the Gita.
Needless to say, the Gita in its original form will also be there in this edition with translation in simple contemporary language
Other features of this proposed edition are explained in the video. So must watch the video too.
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