[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Bhagavad Gita and Maharishi's Books : Library
Hugues, I bought Chapter 7 of the Gita from the MUM bookstore. But a few years ago, someone wrote here on this site that the Purusha group wanted the books exclusively for their own use. Hence, the bookstore stopped selling them. You can get an idea of the topics discussed by reading Srila Prabhupada's version of the Gita, "As It Is". ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hello, Greetings ; I wondered where could we find the later chapters of the Bhagavad Gita (7, 8, 9) Maharishi has not yet published, I know there is one section on the "links" page but it doesn't work anymore... I wondered also , as the library of 16 books by Maharishi is not available on the Maharishi Ayurveda Websites, where could it be available or Rather have you got " Ram - Ramayan- Ram Leela_ Ram Raj" book by Maharishi or other books you might have ? I know it is quite a lot of wonderings... Thank you very much in advance... Hugues, JGD
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Bhagavad Gita and Maharishi's Books : Library
Hello Hugues, I learned Transcendental Meditation 48 years ago and became what is termed "Governor of the Age of Enlightenment". It is a decent meditation technique. Many accolades were heaped upon Mahesh Yogi's commentary on the Gita. All the praise was from within the TMO movement. It was incomplete, as only Chapters 1-6 were covered. I read it many times. The fact that a group within the organization has claimed the exclusive use of the supposedly remaining chapters is very revealing. I am familiar with Prabhupada's commentary. "Tat Tvam Asi" by Dr. P.V. Nath is the commentary on _entire_ Bhagavad Gita that you want to find. https://www.amazon.com/Tat-Tvam-Asi-Universal-Bhagavadgita/dp/8120815858/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1547401319&sr=8-3&keywords=tat+tvam+asi https://www.amazon.com/Tat-Tvam-Asi-Universal-Bhagavadgita/dp/8120815858/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1547401319&sr=8-3&keywords=tat+tvam+asi But before you invest any of your money, check out these links so you can get an essence of it. Dr. Nath breaks down Lord Krishna's dialogue to Arjuna on the battlefield (which is our life) in such a useful, practical way that I have not seen elsewhere. It is transformative. It will give you an idea of depth and relevance to our human body and this creation that is contained in his "Tat Tvam Asi" This is a link to gitaglobal.org that currently has the commentaries to the first five chapters available for free. Read them and compare to what Mahesh Yogi wrote. Decide for yourself the direction you wish to take. http://gitaglobal.com/site-map/ http://gitaglobal.com/site-map/ Here is a link to the complete chapter 9 from Dr. Nath's commentary. RAJA VIDYA RAJA GUHYA YOGA www.TheGita.org/Downloads/ Chapter_9.pdf http://www.thegita.org/Downloads/Chapter_9.pdf You can subscribe to the weekly newsletter . This is a link to a playlist on youtube of a Global Gita conference https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1rPH3UY6OkbuDKl6aAMhSkznZT_IsTK5 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1rPH3UY6OkbuDKl6aAMhSkznZT_IsTK5 Dr. P.V. Nath, MBE, Chairperson International Gita Foundation Trust, presented the essence of "Bhagavad Gita" during this three day Global Gita Conference.This session was held In the Divine Presence of His Holiness Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, Avadhuta, Dattapeetham, Mysore, India. This event took place during Guru Purnima festivitites at Hanuman Nagar in Carapichaima, Trinidad July 5-8, 2006 Personally I would avoid the cult of the Rajas like the plague. Pray the Lord to show you the correct path. If you listen to your heart and follow that, you can't go wrong. Keep out of your mind's chatter. Warm Regards, Jai Guru Deva Datta Neti ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hello, Greetings ; I wondered where could we find the later chapters of the Bhagavad Gita (7, 8, 9) Maharishi has not yet published, I know there is one section on the "links" page but it doesn't work anymore... I wondered also , as the library of 16 books by Maharishi is not available on the Maharishi Ayurveda Websites, where could it be available or Rather have you got " Ram - Ramayan- Ram Leela_ Ram Raj" book by Maharishi or other books you might have ? I know it is quite a lot of wonderings... Thank you very much in advance... Hugues, JGD
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Bhagavad Gita and Maharishi's Books : Library
There was spiral bound printing of the B.Gita Chapts 7-8-9 translation and commentary by Maharishi that recently was clandestinely passed around Fairfield, in the last year or two. This had translation and commentary by Maharishi that was edited by some in the TM movement. Some years ago I was given a photocopy of the complete chapters of Maharishi’s translation and commentary. It is somewhere, possibly in a pile of related papers. Jerry Jarvis in his papers had the complete B.Gita chapters that Maharishi did, with translation and commentary. Hopefully they are secure in some academic collection now somewhere that they can become public domain. I spoke with Jerry about this in the last year or so and he had hoped to have it published without its being tampered with in someone’s job of further editing. Don’t know if the whole of MMY’s Gita translation and commentary and nothing but the Gita translation and commentary from Maharishi will see the light of day. The status of Maharishi’s complete B.Gita is a lot like back when the christian Churches tried to suppress the direct reading of the Bible by any except in direct authority of clergy. Like in those Christian times of suppression there are now reading groups springing up to share and read M’s Gita directly outside of the TM.rg’s direct control. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hugues, I bought Chapter 7 of the Gita from the MUM bookstore. But a few years ago, someone wrote here on this site that the Purusha group wanted the books exclusively for their own use. Hence, the bookstore stopped selling them. You can get an idea of the topics discussed by reading Srila Prabhupada's version of the Gita, "As It Is". ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hello, Greetings ; I wondered where could we find the later chapters of the Bhagavad Gita (7, 8, 9) Maharishi has not yet published, I know there is one section on the "links" page but it doesn't work anymore... I wondered also , as the library of 16 books by Maharishi is not available on the Maharishi Ayurveda Websites, where could it be available or Rather have you got " Ram - Ramayan- Ram Leela_ Ram Raj" book by Maharishi or other books you might have ? I know it is quite a lot of wonderings... Thank you very much in advance... Hugues, JGD
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Bhagavad Gita and Maharishi's Books : Library
Right now, I'd suggest you just stick with the portion of Maharishi's Gita you have. And while I prefer Swami Prabhupada's translation and commentary, it is from the bhakti (devotional) perspective and might cause confusion. As for the other recommendation, it is from a person with a different guru and may lead to the same problem with confusion about the practice of TM you have chosen. Stay with TM and Maharishi, at least till you have several years experience with that practice and Maharishi's thoughts. That's my opinion. You are very fortunate to have chosen to pursue a spiritual path at a young age. Best of luck!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Bhagavad Gita and Maharishi's Books : Library
No one is asking anyone to leave your TM. Mahesh Yogi was my guru for 30 years. He passed and said "I am not a personal guru" so take that in. "Tat Tvam Asi" author is not my guru. It will eliminate your confusions. When someone suggests you not read a book they haven't read, that should alarm you. Listen to your heart. Not to the cult.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Bhagavad Gita and Maharishi's Books : Library
Hugues, Stick with your TM practice. Don't buy into those that tell you there is nothing else but Mahesh Yogi. It is all about devotion which Chapters 7-18 expound upon.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Bhagavad Gita and Maharishi's Books : Library
MMY’s B.Gita? Odds are likely that I put the copy I had of MMY’s B. Gita with LB Shriver’s papers and other papers that are at the University of Iowa now. Or it went to one of the other special collections on TM that are at scholarly libraries around the country. Including criticism the U. of Ia. has the best research collection now of these growing TM collections. JGD ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : There was spiral bound printing of the B.Gita Chapts 7-8-9 translation and commentary by Maharishi that recently was clandestinely passed around Fairfield, in the last year or two. This had translation and commentary by Maharishi that was edited by some in the TM movement. Some years ago I was given a photocopy of the complete chapters of Maharishi’s translation and commentary. It is somewhere, possibly in a pile of related papers. Jerry Jarvis in his papers had the complete B.Gita chapters that Maharishi did, with translation and commentary. Hopefully they are secure in some academic collection now somewhere that they can become public domain. I spoke with Jerry about this in the last year or so and he had hoped to have it published without its being tampered with in someone’s job of further editing. Don’t know if the whole of MMY’s Gita translation and commentary and nothing but the Gita translation and commentary from Maharishi will see the light of day. The status of Maharishi’s complete B.Gita is a lot like back when the christian Churches tried to suppress the direct reading of the Bible by any except in direct authority of clergy. Like in those Christian times of suppression there are now reading groups springing up to share and read M’s Gita directly outside of the TM.rg’s direct control. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hugues, I bought Chapter 7 of the Gita from the MUM bookstore. But a few years ago, someone wrote here on this site that the Purusha group wanted the books exclusively for their own use. Hence, the bookstore stopped selling them. You can get an idea of the topics discussed by reading Srila Prabhupada's version of the Gita, "As It Is". ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hello, Greetings ; I wondered where could we find the later chapters of the Bhagavad Gita (7, 8, 9) Maharishi has not yet published, I know there is one section on the "links" page but it doesn't work anymore... I wondered also , as the library of 16 books by Maharishi is not available on the Maharishi Ayurveda Websites, where could it be available or Rather have you got " Ram - Ramayan- Ram Leela_ Ram Raj" book by Maharishi or other books you might have ? I know it is quite a lot of wonderings... Thank you very much in advance... Hugues, JGD
