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Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary[edit]

In 1964, the Maharishi attended the All-India Yogic Conference held in Calcutta, India, where he said that the teachings contained in the Bhagavad Gita were misunderstood in the current age, and "the practice of yoga was misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misapplied", resulting in "weakness in the fields of thought and action".^[1] The Maharishi said that the source of his commentary was his master: "We are just an innocent means for the spontaneous flow of that knowledge—that's all."^[2] A list of the masters of the "Holy Tradition" is printed in the appendix of the Maharishi's translation and commentary of the Bhagavad-Gita.^[3] The Appendix of the Maharishi's Gita also contains a detailed discussion of the "Six Systems of Indian Philosophy", namely, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Sankhya, Yoga, Karma Mimansa, and Vedanta.^[4] The Maharishi teaches that any knowledge is "true" only when it is acceptable in the light of all these six systems, and that the truth of the Bhagavad-Gita can be proven this way. He then illustrates this principal by showing how Chapter 1, Verse 2 gives "expression to each of the six systems in detail." ^[4]

In the "Introduction", the Maharishi states that his commentary is "supplementary to the unique vision and profound wisdom of the great Shankara, as set forth in his Gita-Bhashya." He invites every man to use the "practical wisdom" in Chapter 2, Verse 45 to "gain eternal freedom in divine consciousness;"^[5] which reads: The vedas' concern is with the three gunas. Be without the three gunas, O Arjuna, free from duality, ever firm in purity, independent of possessions, possessed of the Self.^[4]

The Maharishi comments that in this verse Lord Krishna gives Arjuna the technique for "instant realization" - be without activity, be your Self. Also in his commentary on this verse, the Maharishi adds that the Self is within and that Krishna has revealed the "secret of arriving at the state of pure consciousness."^[6] A footnote directs the reader to see the section in the Appendix on Transcendental Meditation.

^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1986) p. 587 "Maharishi emphasized therefore , that the practice of yoga was 'misunderstood, misinterpreted and misapplied', as a result of these misinterpretations." "Lack of correct appreciation of yoga had resulted, Maharishi said, in weakness in the fields of thought and action...." "1964 began with a three-day All-India Yoga Conference where Maharishi replaced the principles of ignorance governing the common understanding of yoga with the enlightened understanding that yoga is unity, achieved only by effortlessness through TM, and not through denial or effort."
^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1986) p. 348 "So the credit of this knowledge goes to the source and the time—Guru Dev and the present time of the world.... We are just an innocent means for the spontaneous flow of that knowledge—that's all."
^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita - A New Translation and Commentary Chapters 1-6, Appendix, The Holy Tradition, P. 469, Arkana, 1990, ISBN 978-0-14-019247-6
^ ^a ^b ^c Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh (1967)Pages 472-494 Cite error: The named reference "gita" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita - A New Translation and Commentary Chapters 1-6, Introduction, page 21, Arkana, 1990, ISBN 978-0-14-019247-6
^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita - A New Translation and Commentary Chapters 1-6, Chapter 2, Verse 45, page 126, Arkana, 1990, ISBN 978-0-14-019247-6

[1] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1986) p. 587 "Maharishi emphasized therefore , that the practice of yoga was 'misunderstood, misinterpreted and misapplied', as a result of these misinterpretations." "Lack of correct appreciation of yoga had resulted, Maharishi said, in weakness in the fields of thought and action...." "1964 began with a three-day All-India Yoga Conference where Maharishi replaced the principles of ignorance governing the common understanding of yoga with the enlightened understanding that yoga is unity, achieved only by effortlessness through TM, and not through denial or effort."

[2] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1986) p. 348 "So the credit of this knowledge goes to the source and the time—Guru Dev and the present time of the world.... We are just an innocent means for the spontaneous flow of that knowledge—that's all."

[3] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita - A New Translation and Commentary Chapters 1-6, Appendix, The Holy Tradition, P. 469, Arkana, 1990, ISBN 978-0-14-019247-6

[gita-4] Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh (1967)Pages 472-494 Cite error: The named reference "gita" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[5] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita - A New Translation and Commentary Chapters 1-6, Introduction, page 21, Arkana, 1990, ISBN 978-0-14-019247-6

[verse45-6] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita - A New Translation and Commentary Chapters 1-6, Chapter 2, Verse 45, page 126, Arkana, 1990, ISBN 978-0-14-019247-6

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