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