The Bhagavad Gita Summarized and Simplified: A Comprehensive and Easy-to-Read Summary of the Divine Song of God

By Hari Chetan

If there is one book that can claim to provide the solution to all problems of humanity, it is the holy Bhagavad Gita.

Simply understanding the life-changing, ageless, and profound wisdom contained in this one book is enough to change the path of one’s life and bring it to the peak of perfection.

The Bhagavad Gita is not a religious book and is not intended to be read and acted upon by the adherents of a particular religion. It’s a guidebook for life; a how-to manual. It is a medicine for the infected souls of the Kali-Yuga, the dark age. And there is no religion in medicine.

The Bhagavad Gita is the most sacred conversation ever between Lord Krishna and his friend Prince Arjuna just before the beginning of the great war of Mahabharata, on the holy battlefield of Kurukshetra, where the Lord enlightens a bewildered Arjuna about the biggest truths of the universe.

This dialogue is considered to contain the nectar of all Vedic scriptures, the most ancient scriptures of the world. By reading the Bhagavad Gita, you will discover answers to the most important questions in life, such as:

• Who are you?
• What is your purpose in life and how to fulfill that purpose?
• Is there a God? If yes, who is God, and how to know and reach Him?
• Is God one or many?
• What is your relationship with God?
• What is death and why you do not need to fear death?
• What happens after death?
• Do heaven and hell exist?
• Is reincarnation real?
• What is Yoga? What are the different types of Yoga? How to be a Yogi?
• How does the Law of Karma work?
• Why are we all living life the wrong way? And how you can live your life the right way?
• How to see yourself and your life from the right perspective?
• How to master your mind and get rid of negative emotions like worry, fear, anger, jealousy, and sadness for good?
• How to be always happy?
• What is the most perfect method of meditation?

This summarized and simplified version of the Bhagavad Gita by Hari Chetan is the outcome of his two decades of experience in the field of Vedic philosophy. The following are some of the distinguishing aspects of this condensed version:

• The conversational format of the Bhagavad Gita has been retained to ensure that the reader has a clear understanding of how the dialogue unfolded.
• For the same purpose, the book has been divided into the same 18 chapters as the original version.
• All the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita have been incorporated to ensure accurate understanding.
• Repetition has been avoided unless essential.
• The language has been kept simple without sacrificing essence and spirit.
• Key Takeaways have been jotted down at the end of each chapter for easy retention and revision.
• A separate chapter titled The Bhagavad Gita in a Nutshell has been included at the end which includes all the important teachings of the Bhagavad Gita in a point-by-point format grouped by topics.
• The historical background of Mahabharata is included for perfect understanding.
• To help you test your understanding, a printable workbook is included.

All of this adds up to a comprehensive summary of the holy Bhagavad Gita in English.

Read This Book to Uncover The Secret Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and Change Your Life Forever!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hari Chetan
• Release date: Sep 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9791221311556

Book preview

Copyright © Hari Chetan 2021

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, without written permission from the author. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

Disclaimers: This book is intended to provide accurate information concerning the subject matter covered. However, the author and the publisher accept no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions, and the author and the publisher specifically disclaim any liability, loss, or risk, whether personal, financial, or otherwise, that is incurred as a result, directly or indirectly, from the use and/or application of the contents of this book.

Moreover, the author and the publisher of this book do not intend to hurt the sentiments of anyone, including any religion, ethnic group, caste, creed, sect, organization, company, and individual. They respect all religions and ideologies and accept no responsibility if anyone is hurt by the contents of this book.

Note: Throughout this book, the author has used the masculine gender only for ease in writing and such use is not intended to undermine the feminine gender or a third gender by any means. The principles and methods discussed in this book apply to all genders equally.

A Gift for You

Workbook

In the daily commotion that characterizes our lives nowadays, it is quite easy to lose track of oneself. And so it is important for us to maintain our mental equilibrium by connecting with our spiritual selves on a regular basis.

Download Hari Chetan’s free Bhagavad Gita Workbook designed especially for the readers of his books.

This workbook will help you test your knowledge of the core concepts given in the Bhagavad Gita, and to keep you on track in your spiritual journey.

Try it. It’s free to download and is very useful!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

The Bhagavad Gita Series

Book 1: Bhagavad Gita - The Perfect Philosophy: 15 Reasons That Make the Song of God the Most Scientific Ideology

Book 2: Bhagavad Gita (in English): The Authentic English Translation for Accurate and Unbiased Understanding

Book 3: 30 Days to Understanding the Bhagavad Gita: A Complete, Simple, and Step-by-Step Guide to the Million-Year-Old Confidential Knowledge

Book 4: The Bhagavad Gita Summarized and Simplified: A Comprehensive and Easy-to-Read Summary of the Divine Song of God

Book 5: Mind Management through the Bhagavad Gita: Master your Mindset in 21 Days and Discover Unlimited Happiness and Success

All Books: Bhagavad Gita (In English) – The Complete Collection: 5-Books-in-1

DEDICATED TO

The busy but dedicated seekers all over the world

Thoughts of Intellectuals on the Bhagavad Gita

––––––––

When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The marvel of the Bhagavad Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life’s wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion. ~ Hermann Hesse

(The Bhagavad Gita is) one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity. ~ Aldous Huxley

That the spiritual man need not be a recluse, that union with the divine life may be achieved and maintained in the midst of worldly affairs, that the obstacles to that union lie not outside us but within us — such is the central lesson of the Bhagavad Gita. ~ Annie Besant

In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial. ~ Henry David Thoreau

I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad Gita. It was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bhagavad Gita is a true scripture of the human race, a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization. ~ Sri Aurobindo

The most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue ... perhaps the deepest and loftiest thing the world has to show. ~ Wilhelm von Humboldt

I am 90% through the Bhagavad Gita ... My inner Arjuna is being channelled. ~ Will Smith

The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru

I hesitate not to pronounce the Gita a performance of great originality, of sublimity of conception, reasoning and diction almost unequalled; and a single exception, amongst all the known religions of mankind. ~ Lord Warren Hastings

Those are spiritual things to reflect upon yourself, life, the world around you and see things the other way. I thought it (the Bhagavad Gita) was quite appropriate. ~ Sunita Williams

Abandoning all forms of engagements, take refuge in Me alone. I will liberate you from all sins. Do not grieve.

––––––––

[Lord Krishna to Arjuna -

Bhagavad Gita 18.66]

Introduction

When he enters this world, a living being’s mind is blank, except for the recollections of being kept within a cage for several weeks or months. Then his learning process begins gradually. Throughout his life, he keeps learning from various sources — family, teachers, friends, strangers, the environment, nature, books, television, movies, the internet, and whatnot. But there always remains a large knowledge gap that needs to be filled. None of these sources of knowledge gives him an insight into himself. At all times, he identifies himself with a face, a gender, an address, a city, and a country. If he obtains a degree and a professional designation, he begins to associate himself with those qualifications and titles. All his life he thinks himself to be the child of his parents, the husband of his wife, the father of his children, and so on. However, that void is never filled,