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Personal Excellence Through The Bhagavad Gita 1st Edition talks about how The Bhagavad Gita, the sublime spiritual text, can help people achieve excellence in material life too according to Swami Sukhabodhananda. Summary Of The Book The Bhagavad Gita is an unusual composition. Krishna expounded this philosophy in the middle of a battle field, just before the commencement of a fratricidal war. It awakened Arjuna’s wisdom and made him clearly understand why the war had to be fought, and why he had to play a crucial role. The Gita, therefore, was born to restore Arjuna’s awareness of his responsibilities in this world, his duty to his family and his friends. So, it is not surprising that the Gita is often used to teach material wisdom like management principles. Swami Sukhabodhananda takes all the different Yogas taught in the Gita and shows the reader how to apply those principles to lead a wholesome life. He shows how the Bhagavad Gita helps to awaken all the wisdom hidden deep within everyone. The author says that people are inhibited from realizing their full potential by the ignorance that clouds their intellect. They blame the circumstances, the environment, their status in life and everything else for all the negative aspects of their life. Instead, the author says they should be considering, automatically, how to overcome the situation and make their life better. When a person becomes clear in their thinking, then they are able to see the situation clearly and are then able to find ways of dealing with it. The Gita teaches Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Bhakthi Yoga. Jnana Yoga clears the intellect, Karma Yoga shows how performing an act without any expectations actually ensures that one gets the right result. Bhakti Yoga clears the emotional center of the being and makes the person see everything in a new light and appreciate every little aspect of life. Thus, knowledge, action and devotion can lead a person simultaneously to realize their material as well as spiritual goals, through stories and anecdotes and interesting explanations, Swami Sukhabodhananda shows the reader how to understand and practice all the practical wisdom of the Gita to lead a fuller, more contented life. About Swami Sukhabodhananda Swami Sukhabodhananda is a spiritual guru and a personality development speaker. Other books by Swami Sukhabodhananda are Oh, Mind Relax Please, Celebrating Success & Failure, and Wordless Wisdom. His books use the profound spiritual wisdom of Indian thought and combines it with management principles to teach self-development techniques. Swami Sukhabodhananda was born in 1955 in Bangalore. He did his schooling at Baldwin Boys High School and then graduated from St. Joseph’s College. A disciple of Swami Chinmayananda and Swami Dayananda Saraswati, he took up Sanyasa in 1984. He has established the Prasanna Trust, to teach the practical benefits of meditation and Yoga.