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LIFE IS A BATTLEFIELD By PRIYA ARORA
In her insightful new book, author and spiritual enthusiast Priya Arora brings the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to life, offering readers practical tools to face the challenges of today’s world
Penguin Random House is proud to announce the release of Life is a Battlefield by Priya Arora. In her insightful new book, author and spiritual enthusiast Priya Arora brings the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to life, offering readers practical tools to face the challenges of today’s world. Drawing parallels to Arjuna’s journey in the epic Mahabharata, Arora reveals how the Gita’s teachings remain profoundly relevant for anyone grappling with adversity.
“Life is a Battlefield was born from years of studying the Bhagavad Gita and, more importantly, living its teachings. While often seen as a religious text, the Gita offers timeless wisdom that goes far beyond any single faith.” says Priya Arora. “Its message is practical, deeply human, and surprisingly modern. I believe it may well be the world’s first self-help book, with Krishna as perhaps the greatest life coach of all time.”
Priya Arora invites readers to discover enduring spiritual truths that empower them to meet life’s challenges with clarity and courage.
About The Book:
Like Arjuna, every human being must navigate the battlefield of life, so the Gita speaks to us all, providing invaluable coping skills to handle adversities that inevitably arise along the way.
In this book, Priya Arora clubs together verse that have a common theme or concept, such as the power of focus and how actions have consequences, and goes on to explain the instructions that the Gita offers on how to handle these situations. She contextualizes the verse and explains what the takeaway is meant to be.
The Gita’s spiritual teachings are forever pertinent because they are not born of the social constraints or moral conventions of a particular time in history. Instead, Krishna shows the path to overcoming suffering by adopting the right attitude to adversity.
This wonderful interpretation and explanation of the Gita shows the abiding relevance of Krishna’s instruction in our lives today.
About the Author:
Priya Arora is an author and spiritual enthusiast. She is particularly interested in Vedanta, promoting its beautiful philosophy of universal peace and oneness through her writings. Her journey includes learning Sanskrit to appreciate Vedic works in their original form.
The official release for the book is in July 2025.