ISKCON event "Advent of the BHAGAVAD GITA - the jewel of India's timeless wisdom" SUN, 11th Dec, 2011
Gouranga Festivals
timeless wisdom"
SUNDAY, 11th December, 2011 (4:00PM - 6:00PM)
(Every 2nd Sunday of the month)
Aberdeen Quakers Meeting House,
98 Crown Street (off Union Street),
AB11 6HJ.
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Dear Friends,
Monday, 5th of December commemorates Gita Jayanti - the advent of
Bhagavad Gita - the jewel of India's timeless wisdom. We would like to
warmly invite you to a special event dedicated to this wonderful book.
Gita's seven hundred concise verses provide a definitive guide to the
science of self realization. No other philosophical or spiritual work
reveals, in such a lucid and profound way, the nature of
consciousness, the self, the universe and the Supreme. For thousands
of years Bhagavad Gita has inspired and enlightened millions of people
with its ancient yet thoroughly timely message. Here’s what some of
the greats have to say in praise of this venerable book:
"No work in all Indian literature is more quoted, because none is
better loved, in the West, than the Bhagavad Gita. Dr. Geddes
MacGregor, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
University of Southern California
"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 seems puny and trivial." ~ Henry David
Thoreau
"I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was the first of
books; 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
"The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul
to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of
random desires and undisciplined impulses."
"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 Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual
evolution of endowing value to mankind. It 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
"When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this
universe everything else seems so superfluous." ~ Albert Einstein
Admission is FREE. EVERYONE is welcome. There will be uplifting mantra
& kirtan music and delicious vegetarian snacks. :)
DIRECTIONS to the venue:
http://g.co/maps/mgkbu
More info @ 07726688778
Yours sincerely,
ISKCON Karuna Bhavan