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Here are two English translations of the Gita; extracts from Nikhilananda's; and sparing comments so far. One translation is by Swami Sivananda, founder of the Divine Light Mission (DLM). The other is by Swami Prabhupada, founder of the Hare Krishna movement. Nikhilananda was the head of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center in New York. By comparing the texts you may learn more about some verses, for translations differ. - Tormod Kinnes

BHAGAVAD GITA, TR. SIVANANDA
     Introduction
  1. Arjuna's Despondency
  2. Sankhya Yoga
  3. The Yoga of Action
  4. The Yoga of Wisdom
  5. The Yoga of Renunciation of Action
  6. The Yoga of Meditation
  7. Realisation
  8. Brahman
  9. The Kingly Science and Secret
  10. Divine Glories
  11. The Vision of the Cosmic Form
  12. Devotion
  13. The Field and the Knower of the Field
  14. The Division of the Three Gunas
  15. The Supreme Spirit
  16. The Divine and the Demoniac
  17. The Threefold Faith
  18. Liberation by Renunciation
BHAGAVAD GITA CLARIFIED
     Introduction
  1. Arjuna's Grief
  2. The Way of Reality
  3. How to Act
  4. Of Knowledge
  5. Of Renunciation
  6. Of Contemplation
  7. Of Realisation
  8. How to attain God (Brahman)
  9. Of Mystery and Wisdom
  10. Of Divine Manifestations
  11. The Form is Perceived
  12. Of Great Love
  13. Discerning between Spirit and Matter
  14. Gunas
  15. The Supreme Self
  16. Discerning between Divine and Demoniac
  17. Faith Divided
  18. The Nifty Renunciation Fraud
 BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS, TR. PRABHUPADA
     Introduction
  1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
  2. Contents of the Gita Summarized
  3. Karma-yoga
  4. Transcendental Knowledge
  5. Karma-yoga — Action in Krishna Consciousness
  6. Dhyana-yoga
  7. Knowledge of the Absolute
  8. Attaining the Supreme
  9. The Most Confidential Knowledge
  10. The Opulence of the Absolute
  11. The Universal Form
  12. Devotional Service
  13. Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
  14. The Three Modes Of Material Nature
  15. The Yoga of the Supreme Person
  16. The Divine And Demoniac Natures
  17. The Divisions of Faith
  18. Conclusion — The Perfection of Renunciation
Lore from the Bhagavad Gita
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BHAGAVAD GITA TRAINING
  1. Training vs. the Possible Origins of the Poem
  2. Are Gunas Means of Ridicule?
  3. Vyasa - and Think Twice


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