<p>This is another re-wrapping of some of my course material about the Bhagavad Gita, which I usually teach to Yoga Teacher Training students. This episode combines two context-related topics: authorship of the Gita, as well as its historical contexts and the greater Mahabharata story context from which the Gita is an exploded chapter.</p>

This is another re-wrapping of some of my course material about the Bhagavad Gita, which I usually teach to Yoga Teacher Training students. This episode combines two context-related topics: authorship of the Gita, as well as its historical contexts and the greater Mahabharata story context from which the Gita is an exploded chapter.

DK19-Bhagavad Gita and Its Many Contexts

What does it mean to be a spiritual warrior?  It's a phrase that gets a lot of mileage, but what does anyone actually mean when they use it?  What does it mean to have "quests" in the modern era?  What is my dharma, yours, and the dharma of others?  How do we embody spiritual practices in every day life?  What does it mean for martial artists or those who play literal warrior roles in society?  How do all these fit together?  What stories do we have to learn from, along these lines?

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What does it mean to be a spiritual warrior? It's a phrase that gets a lot of mileage, but what does anyone actually mean when they use it? What does it mean to have "quests" in the modern era? What is my dharma, yours, and the dharma of others? How do we embody spiritual practices in every day life? What does it mean for martial artists or those who play literal warrior roles in society? How do all these fit together? What stories do we have to learn from, along these lines?

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