5 Must Read Books : Recommended by Gaur Gopal Das

 1. Bhagavad Gita

The teaching of Bhagavad Gita begins with a bold statement that these are illegal problems caused by ignorance of the true nature of the self. According to the essence of all Upanishads, the Sanskrit explains that "I", Atman, is infinite, immortal, and unborn.

Every stories in the book holds the life-lessons which can deal with all our modern ages problems. It's quiet shocking and fascinating at the same time that a book of thousand year back upholds all the answers of this modern days problems and most probably will solve a lot of our quest in the future too.

The essence of Bhagavad-Gita can be well understood by understanding its five main themes: Isvara (God), Jiva (all beings), Prakriti (materiality), Kala (time) and Karma (action).

Message from Bhagavad Gita :- The world is fleeting, and those who come to this world will leave one day. The soul will never be destroyed. Always remember that you are a soul, not a body. Death is just the transition of the soul from the material world to the spiritual world.

2. The Journey Home

Radhanath Swami , is the Guru of Gour Gopal Das.

The Journey Home: The Autobiography of an American Swami is a 2008 autobiographical , telling the journey of 19-year-old Richard Slavin from the suburbs of Chicago to the Himalayas and through this transformation to become Radhanatha Swami. , India’s most respected spiritual leader and one of the leaders of ISKCON. Yoga mystics, masters, and an epic journey through spiritual India are brief descriptions of these memories. In his autobiography, Radhanath Swami seems to weave a colorful carpet full of adventure, mysticism and love.

Auto-biography being always the highest source of learning from other's intense experience; and specially this book implies the route of becoming a incredible monk . It's a beautiful read ; you should give it a read.

3. leaders Eat Last

It's a incredible read on leadership .

Simon Sinek's Leaders Eat Last is inspiring and thought-provoking, partly because it uses many non-commercial metaphors to illustrate its message: military agreements, parenting, news, and even the evolution of our own thinking. body. He wrote a lot of articles about powerful historical forces that not only shaped our overall culture, but also affected our behavior and interaction as individuals. Factors such as the need for safety, sense of belonging, survival instinct, catastrophic events, addiction, intergenerational separation, and our own physiology also have a significant impact on our professional ethics.

4. Positive Personality Profiles

This particular book helps to analyse your personality type in great details and helps you to work on yourselves leading to your optimum capacity.

This good book on personality types is helpful because it provides strategies for dealing with different types of people, especially in childhood. (Based on the four classic types, the author gives more accurate terms:

Choleric = Dominant

Sanguine = Influencing

Melancholy = Cautious

Phlegmatic = Supportive

These types are a combination of extrovert/introvert and task-oriented /people.

5.Mahabharata 

"Maha" means "high" or "big" in Sanskrit; the "maharaja" is a great king. And Bharat is an ancient royal family, descended from the legendary Bharata emperor.

To understand the Mahabharata, one must understand the concept of Dharma, because all the characters in the poem have been talking about it. As explained, "One person's Dharma is what they must do, but one person's Dharma is different from another."

"Maha Bharata" is considered "the longest poem ever".