Read Between the Verses
Sri Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya, told for young readers
Mahathi Raghava Ramanuja Dasi
The Bhagavad Gita as Sri Ramanuja explains it in his Gita Bhashya, told as a story for young readers. Over eighteen summer evenings on a terrace in Srirangam, two teenagers, Nila and Vikram, read their great-grandfather's old notebook of Bhashya notes with a young teacher next door, and bring their exams, cricket, phones and fears to the Gita. Each chapter has the story, the truth (tattva) it teaches, jewels worth remembering and a little kainkaryam to try. For young readers, parents and teachers.
Contents
- Contents
- A Note for Parents and Teachers
- Before the First Evening
- The People on the Terrace
- How to Use This Book
- Chapter 1: The Boy Who Put Down His Bow
- Chapter 2: You Were Always There
- Chapter 3: The Wheel That Must Keep Turning
- Chapter 4: Why God Came Down
- Chapter 5: The Same Light in Every Lamp
- Chapter 6: The Restless Mind
- Chapter 7: Pearls on a Thread
- Chapter 8: The Last Thought
- Chapter 9: A Leaf, a Flower, a Drop of Water
- Chapter 10: Wherever You See Something Wonderful
- Chapter 11: When Arjuna Saw Everything
- Chapter 12: The Ladder with Many Steps
- Chapter 13: The Field and the Farmer
- Chapter 14: Three Ropes
- Chapter 15: The Upside-Down Tree
- Chapter 16: Two Roads
- Chapter 17: What's on Your Plate
- Chapter 18: Do Not Grieve
- The Whole Treasure Chest
- Glossary of Grace
- Where These Words Come From
- A Word at the End
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