GITA MAKARANDAM#SWAMI VIDYA PRAKASHANANDAGIRI
Makaranda means honey. The Bhagavad Gita is sweet and relishing like honey. So this work is entitled Gita Makarandam . Honey is a potent antidote to different kinds of bodily diseases. So also the Gita Makaranda is a powerful purifying agent which washes away the accumulated sins and bestows the supreme bliss of liberation on mankind The bee collects honey from different flowers. Upanishads are the most beautiful flowers of Divine Knowledge and Lord Krishna drew the honey of the Gita from the Upanishads May the seekers of spiritual truth drew their inspiration and illumination from the Gita and fulfil the purpose of human existence. On the banks of the sacred river Swarnamukhi in Kalahasti (a pilgrim-centre in Andhra Pradesh-India) is situated a peaceful and beautiful hermitage well known as Sri Suka Brahma Ashram. The founder of that Ashram Swami Vidya Prakashananda is a saintly personality working with untiring zeal to spread the message of the Gita through his lectures and pu...