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Although a holy scripture, it offers a deep insight into the human psyche and on how to live life to the fullest. Swami Vivekananda was unarguably one of India's foremost philosophers, and this book gives us his interpretation of the Gita. Summary of the Book The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda contain the saint patriot’s views on the Gita, but the snippets are scattered across the nine volumes. Bhagavad Gita as Viewed by Swami Vivekananda collects his thoughts, interpretations and thoughts on the Gita and brings them together to readers. It contains both verses from the Gita as well as Swami Vivekananda's commentary on them. The book ends with Swami Vivekananda's general remarks on the Gita, including his advices and comments on the different interpretations of the Gita in the past. About Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk, public speaker, Vedanta philosopher, Yoga practitioner and the chief disciple of the Saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. He is best remembered as the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission and the Ramakrishna Math and for his speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893, introducing the West to Hinduism. Named Narendra Nath Datta at birth by his aristocratic Bengali parents in Calcutta, he is considered a patriotic saint for propagating the message of Vedanta in the west through hundreds of speeches and lectures. His works are still read by millions of followers even today. Some of his other books are Sangeet Kalpataru, Karma Yoga, and Lectures from Colombo to Almora, Raja Yoga and Vedanta Philosophy: An address before the Graduate Philosophical Society.