Bhagavad Gītā Articles
Beyond the Bright Lights
In a recent interview on the Joe Rogan experience, Sadhguru pointed out that a main reason for our human problems is because we have got into deep grooves of searching for...
The Bhagavad Gītā: Reconciling Paradox and Making the Whole Field Sing
Weaving harmony into the fabric of life and making the whole field sing. A few brief introductory notes to the Bhagavad Gītā. A few notes following last Friday’s two hour talk on the Gītā What’s in...
Practical Bhakti
Bhakti yoga is the yoga of devotion. It is associated with practices of singing, dancing, with selfless service, with the dedication of one’s actions to that which one considers the highest, with...
Pain and Yoga – Note to Self
Pain is inevitable. Pain is an intrinsic and very necessary part of the human experience. Pain helps protect us. It can be our friend. Yes, pain and suffering can beat us down, if we let them, but...
Bob Marley and the Bhagavad Gītā
Q. So James, could you tell us a bit about this Bob Marley and the Bhagavad Gītā weekend? I’m intrigued and was wondering what it’s all about.A: Sure, when I first started getting into yoga and...
The Battle of Yoga: The Gita: Pandava-s and Kaurava-s
If yoga’s all about peace, why is the Bhagavad Gītā set on a battlefield? And come to think of it, why are we doing all these ‘warrior’ poses? Questions like this are not unusual when we first...
The Gita: the Song of Now and the Glorious Opportunity of Our Human Life
A long time ago, in a situation that challenged him like he’d never quite been challenged before, a human being felt torn. He didn’t know what to do. The techniques, ways and patterns that he had...
The ‘Gift’ of Conflict
When I first came across the Bhagavad Gītā, I was puzzled. I had heard that it was one of the greatest spiritual texts out there, and I’d come to understand that yoga was all about coming back to...
Ancient and Always New
A story stays alive when it stays relevant, when it continues to move people. The story of yoga, of the quest of the individual to recognise his or her innate self, is timeless, and it moves us...