Asian Philosophies | Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 (Final)

Our schedule for 2024 is every Saturday 2:00pm Pacific (5:00pm East)
We will continue the Bhagavad Gita study and discussion in 2024.
Here is the reading material: (please read Chapter 18) Final Chapter

1. Sri Aurobindo's verse by verse translation: Click here
2. Gandhi's interpretation: Click here

Gita is basically a poetic song of God, if you will, not meant to be taken literally. The notion of God is commonly understood as Krishna, but the way we approach it here is as the God within us all. Its our own song, that we all seem to have forgotten and we are reminding ourself our purpose of life via Gita. You can read it as God, or you can read it as a human. Ultimately, its our own personal journey to that higher state and deeper depths within ourselves to the Parm-atma (The Supreme Soul).There are 1000s of interpretations of Gita, some in English and many in other languages. Each interpretation has that author's personal take. We can start with any one of those, but depending on your specific place in your life you will need to internalize this for yourself with the goal that one is able to stay mentally unperturbed even in chaos. Please feel free to explore on your own, in the context of your life.The presenter will use the verse translation listed above and guide the conversation with a philosophical interpretation.
There are 18 chapters in this book. We have completed through Chapter 14 sine 2023. For rest of 2024 we will have a session every two weeks. We will cover the remaining Chapter 15-18. We will alternate the session content between the whole Bhagvad Gita review for new comers followed by a chapter in as much detail as possible in the 2 hours.
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Our Schedule as follows:

• (2024-06-29) History of Chinese Philosophy -9 : Lao Zi, Tao Te Ching

- (2024-07-03) Bhagvad Gita Chapter 14
- (2024-07-13) History of Chinese Philosophy-10: Zhuang Zi
- (2024-07-20) Bhagvad Gita Review 1 - Crisis, Conditioning, Dilemmas
- (2024-07-27) Bhagvad Gita Chapter 15 (2024-07-27)
- (2024-08-03) History of Chinese Philosophy -11 Later Mohists
- (2024-08-17) Bhagvad Gita Review 2 - Action, Duty, Humility
- (2024-08-24) History of Chinese Philosophy - 12 : Yin-Yang School
- (2024-08-31) Bhagvad Gita Chapter 16
- (2024-09-07) No Meeting
- (2024-09-14) History of Chinese Philosophy -13 Xun Zi
- (2024-09-21) Bhagvad Gita Review 3 - Devotion, God, Ego
- (2024-09-28) History of Chinese Philosophy -14 Legalism - Han Fei

• (2024-10-19) ** Reading The Book of Odes (Shi Jing)- (2024-10-26)

- Bhagvad Gita Review 4 and Chapter 17
- (2024-11-02) ** Reading Book of Changes (I-Ching)
- (2024-11-09) History of Chinese Philosophy -15 Confucian Metaphysics
- (2024-11-09) Bhagvad Gita Chapter 18 (final)
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