The Bhagavad Gita [Double CD]

Juan Gabriel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 30, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Double CD
• Label: Multimedia & Culture
• Run Time: 147 minutes
• ASIN: B000M0JI7E
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,460 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Battlefield, Field of Truth

2. We All Shall Be for All Time

3. Perform thy Task in Life

4. The Truth of Pure Work

5. Risiing Above the Two Contraries

6. The Greatest of All Yogis

7. I Am OM

8. An Ever-Living Love

9. The Supreme Mystery

Disc: 2

1. I Know That I AM

2. Reveal Thyself to Me!

3. The Best Yogis

4. This Body is Called the Field

5. Sattva, Rajas, Tamas

6. Spirit Supreme

7. Freedom from Fear, Purity of Heart

8. Three Kinds of Faith, Three Kinds of Food

9. I Remember My Light!

Editorial Reviews

Deluxe Edition, (2) CDs, (1) colour 20-page booklet. The full-length unabridged text of the Bhagavad Gita as translated by Juan Mascaro / Mascaró (as published by Penguin Classics). It is presented in a new audio feature in English - Deluxe Edition (running time: 2 hrs 28 min.) Crystal Baschet organ by David Walters, Karma, Wisdom compositions by Just Isn't Music/Wayne Lotek Bennett. Voices by John Greaves, Alan Conway, Nina Shaka, Gonzague Huynh.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful effort with one minor fault - 4.5 stars, August 8, 2007

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R. Schoenfeld "Yogananda Fan" (Castle Rock CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bhagavad Gita (Audio CD)

I have been looking for a CD reading of this classic for a long time. I am amazed that this is the only complete copy I could find. That being said, it is a wonderful effort and faithfully read from a translation that I was not familiar with. Nina Shaka does an exceptional job as Krishna's voice. The producers elected to put a background musical soundtrack on the recording. Nothing wrong with that idea in itself, but the music often overpowers the reader's voice and becomes a distraction, not an enhancement. That minor quibble aside, I am very happy that this recording has been made available.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine production, October 12, 2007

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Gilligan Joy (Victoria, B.C., Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bhagavad Gita (Audio CD)

I really enjoy this recording of the Bhagavad Gita. A huge amount of work went into it. I think the idea of using a woman's voice for Krishna is a very bold and creative one. God, after all, has no sex (or has both sexes). Saints are not at all identified with the physical body.

I really enjoy the music and sound effects. They are loud at times but the spoken words are still mostly quite discernable. The music adds an emotional dimension to the production that would have been difficult to achieve with voice alone. The voices are also very passionate.

I hope that many people discover and listen to this. I'm wondering why it is in the Music section at Amazon.com because it is essentially an audiobook with music added.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bhagavad Gita CD, February 27, 2010

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Kristen L. Hedene - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bhagavad Gita (Audio CD)

The Gita is a great spiritual book. Some of the actors on this CD are pretty awful. The story is intact but hard to listen to because of the poor reading/acting.