Book description
Discover the deep purpose hidden at the very core of your being
To know your true calling-your dharma, as the yogis say-is perhaps the greatest desire within each of us. And yet, few can say we know our purpose with absolute certainty. Fortunately, there is a time-tested guide-an ancient map-for…
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I had been wanting to begin exploring historically and spiritually important texts, and I was drawn to this example-driven, practitioner-led exploration of the Bhagavad Gita by Stephen Cope. It highlights the key themes of the Gita and then uses examples from the life stories of real people — both famous and not famous — to expand on the core messages.
Stephen Cope is a careful, considerate, and nuanced writer who brings a text to life in a way that other authors could have produced yet another popular spirituality book.
His deep knowledge of the reference text, plus sibling texts from…
If I only had one book I could bring on a deserted island, The Great Work of Your Life, would be that book. It focuses on what is known in the Hindu tradition as one’s “dharma” or our soul’s unique duty or mission we are called to endeavor. Using The Bhagavad Gita—an epic Hindu folktale as an analogy, TGWOYL follows the lives of culturally known (Beethoven, Gandhi, Harriet Tubman, Susan B Anthony) and everyday characters from the author’s life, as an exploration of what it means (and requires) to live one’s dharma in the world. We all know…
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