30. The Bhagavad Gita on Nonattachment Unpacking Ideas

In this episode we unpack The Bhagavad Gita from The Mahabharata written circa 500-200 BCE.

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Karma Yoga & Non-attachment
The Link Between Right Understanding and Right Action
The Interconnectedness of All Things

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