The Bhagavad Gita 101: a modern, practical guide, plain and simple (The Ancient Hindu Enlightenment Series)

I have tried to read the Bhagavad Gita a couple times and found it really hard to retain what I had read. The language barrier was too much.But this book is great! It’s still written as a conversation but uses modern language and examples to help the ideas set it. Will read again.

I appreciate this work, I read this book twice. It seems like the more I read it more understanding and wisdom i receive. My ultimate take away is LOVE!!! I am learning to drop my anger and forgive everyone even myself. Awesome 👌

This book is a treasure. For clarifying the message of the Gita it is, in my experience unmatched. And I have read many translations and explanations over the 45+ years that I have been interested in yoga and its philosophy. I would suggest to the author that he consider writing a book on the topic of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays, since Emerson's views match closely to those of the author of the Gita, and this connection is very difficult to discover. Why? Because Emerson's archaic English is just about as confusing as Sanskrit!

I just don't like this translation. It is probably perfect for someone else trying to understand the Gita. I appreciate the author's work, and all his other translations/interpretations, but I think, bottom line, I just cannot stay with the idea that I am divine, I am "God", I am one with the mountains, etc. It's my own shortcoming, just don't accept it all. My problem!

easy to understand, thank you Matthew barnes for creating this book

This book is not like the actual Gita but it was a really good read and it broke down and summarized all of the lessons. It paints a pretty good picture of the relationship between Krishna and Arjuna and the lessons learned.

I wanted to understand the Bhagavad Gita in plain language. It is easy to understand. I think now I might be able to move onto something a little more detailed now that I have a good base knowledge. I recommend this to anyone who wants to understand in plain English what this is about.

The whole concept is amazing