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About the Book

“Understanding the Gita” is not a book to inform; it is rather to transform the inner cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of human beings. How to transform these domains from mundane to transcendental state is important. More important is to practice the ways and means of transformation as such. This is a change in “I”: from ego-“I” to egoless-“I”. The Book shows liberal but disciplined courses of self-purifying actions for such transformation. It makes a reader, the seeker of Truth. It will remind the reader that he/she is already Divine but veiled by ignorance and indolence only. Veils once removed, one turns out Divine. It invites a reader to read, understand and hold handles to operate his/her own life in perfect style and speed to reach the Truth. A trusted friend in spiritual journey, the Book does not care who the reader is: a believer or not, because the imperatives of a spiritual life have no division as such. Belief is not an important issue in Gita. She has not developed any creed, any community, or any doctrine as such. Gita has fixed the ultimate destination (The Truth) for humankind to reach. She endorses whatever behavior one has and suggests aligning the behavior to make one eligible to reach destiny. And the destiny is to realize a “liberated soul” replacing the “ego-soul” captive in delusion, ignorance and Gunas.

About the Author 

Born in 1946 at Dhaka in undivided Bengal, Nityananda Chakravorty is crossing the age of 80 now. He is professionally an Economist, culturally a poet cum lyrist cum singer and spiritually a consecrated devotee of Sri Krishna. His professional career covered various positions as teacher in Colleges from 1969 till 1976; as Economist and Joint Planning Chief in Bangladesh Water Development Board till 2003; as Consultant Economist in the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other few International Organizations till 2021. From 2013 he exposed himself as a researcher in Sanatan mythology, particularly on Shrimad Bhagavat Gita; published a series of books like the Gita with modern and novel interpretations, acclaimed by the readers at large in Bangladesh and abroad, along with other seven books of literary and religious importance. He made extensive pilgrimage to twelve sacred historical monasteries in India, including the Four Dham’s in the Himalayas: Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Jamunotri; to Kasi/Varanosi, Vrindavan, Hardwar, Dwarka, Vaisnu Devi on the Trikut hill in Jammu etc. The holy Gita, edited by him, was selected on the merit of its academic excellence and simplicity for printing and distribution among the Government-supported Gita Schools all over Bangladesh in 2020. As the chief Priest, Mr. Chakravorty performed Gita Yajnas for the Sanatan communities in London, Melbourne and Brisbane during last few years. His oratory in delivering speeches on Gita and other holy Sanatan Scripts with perfect modes of expression won the curious hearts of the devotees home and abroad.
Mr. Chakravorty has been serving as the President of a nation-wide registered Organiza-tion named Sri Sri Gitasangha Bangladesh for last 22 years.
Mr. Chakravorty got widowed in 2010, owing a great deal to his deceased wife, leaving one son and a daughter.