Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita

  Author:    RAM DASS
  ISBN:    1400054028
  Sales Rank:    323844
  Published:    2004-10-05
  Publisher:    Harmony
  # Pages:    352
  Binding:    Hardcover
  Avg. Rating:    5.0 based on 10 reviews
  Used Offers:    26 from $3.99
  Amazon Price:    $15.11
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Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita
  
For centuries, readers have turned to the Bhagavad Gita for inspiration and guidance as they chart their own spiritual paths. As profound and powerful as this classic text has been for generations of seekers, integrating its lessons into the ordinary patterns of our lives can ultimately seem beyond our reach. Now, in a fascinating series of reflections, anecdotes, stories, and exercises, Ram Dass gives us a unique and accessible road map for experiencing divinity in everyday life. In the engaging, conversational style that has made his teachings so popular for decades, Ram Dass traces our journey of consciousness as it is reflected in one of Hinduism’s most sacred texts. The Gita teaches a system of yogas, or “paths for coming to union with God.”

In Paths to God, Ram Dass brings the heart of that system to light for a Western audience and translates the Gita’s principles into the manual for living the yoga of contemporary life.

While being a guide to the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, Paths to God is also a template for expanding our definition of ourselves and allowing us to appreciate a new level of meaning in our lives.
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08-02-08 4 1\1
(Hide Review...)  good for the general reader
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i'm not a specialist in hindu thought nor have i read the bhagavad gita. i read the book to get a feel for ram dass, his interpretation of the gita and to get a different viewpoint from the christian, materialist worldview that has surrounded me most of my life. i think the book does a good job of getting the reader a glimpse of a very different reality experienced by people that are much more intuitive and in touch with a reality of a network of human spirits rather than a mass of flesh and desire. there are also some nice tie-ins showing the universal truths that are shared by all the major religions. I've been reading the book on and off for about a year now. There's plenty of competition for my attention so I think there's some meat here to get you to think in a different way.
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02-20-08 5 1\1
(Hide Review...)  Helpful, Inspiring and Another Gift from Ram Dass
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I like the teachings and the person of Ram Dass. And, having read the Gita in seven translations, most with commentary --- I was very pleased to find both Ram Dass and the Gita in one book.

However, it is not what I expected. It exceeded my my preconceived expectations. For me Ram Dass uses the Gita and its teachings as a takeoff point to help the reader find his/her own path to God. Glancing through the book as I write this brief review --- I can tell how much it meant to me by my ubiquitous underlinings, check marks, arrows and comments.

It has been a source of real benefit in my spiritual path.
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02-18-07 5 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  Ram Dass in the Zone
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This is a book based on a lecture done in the seventies at Naropa Institute.
It' Ram Dass at his best. A great story teller, who put a western overlay on one of the most revered text in the Indian culture.

Highly recomended for beginner or advance students of Hindu religious mythology. I have three different edition by various commentators of the Bagavad Gita and this is one of my favorites.
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12-22-05 5 2\2
(Hide Review...)  Another Great Book
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I have been a student of the Gita for several years. I was so pleased by this book. Ram Dass takes the philosophy of the Gita down to a personal level-to the level of living one's spirituality which is what the Gita is for. Great book!
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