In this episode we unpack The Bhagavad Gita from The Mahabharata written circa 500-200 BCE.
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Links to Reading & Articles mentioned
The Bhagavad Gita (Translation: Gita Press)
The Bhagavad Gita (Translation: Eknath Easwaran)
Bhagavad Gita Lecture Series by Gandhar Mandlik *youtube*
*note* reading is not required to enjoy this episode!
Host: Zach Stehura UnpackingIdeas.com
Guest: Gandhar Mandlik YogaPoint.com Online/In-Person Yoga Courses and Teacher Training
Music: Polyenso
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Gandhar’s Personal Relationship to the Gita
04:36 Background of the Gita Story
08:56 All Problems are Interconnected
12:16 False Identification with the Physical Body
15:56 Cosmic Consciousness
18:22 The Trap of Sensual Desires
25:43 Right Understanding & Right Action
27:36 The Two Paths to Self Realization (Monk & Householder)
29:20 Karma Yoga / Dharma
32:20 Nonattached Action
35:00 Contributing to the Ecology
40:37 Bhakti & Jnana Yoga
48:07 Nondualism /The Cosmic Form
57:05 Characteristics of the Self-Realized Person
59:49 Service to Others as a key for Fighting Depression
1:00:47 Wrapping Up/Outro