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Arjuna's Despondency: Quick Summary
Seeing his own people before him, Arjuna's body gives way: his limbs weaken and the bow begins to slip from his hand (1.29-30).
English 11 min Arjuna's Despondency
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Arjuna's Seven Steps: The Road Through a Crisis
Arjuna's road has seven steps: shock, freezing, arguing, asking for help, learning, doubting again and acting. None of them is a fault.
In Depth English 8 min Arjuna, Our Mirror
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Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound: Quick Summary
Three things are to be known: right action, wrong action and non-action, and even the wise are confused about them (4.16-17).
English 9 min Karma and Akarma: Acting Without Being Bound
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Who Is the Doer?: Quick Summary
All actions are done by the qualities of nature, but a mind deluded by ego thinks 'I am the doer' (3.27).
English 9 min Who Is the Doer?
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Work as Sacrifice: Quick Summary
Action done in the spirit of sacrifice frees; all other action binds in this world (3.9).
English 12 min Work as Sacrifice
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Working Under Pressure: Quick Summary
Work pressure has three layers: the real demand of the work, fear of the result and inner panic.
English 13 min Working Under Pressure
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The Gita on Work Pressure: Three Layers, Three Handles, and a Workday Practice (Gita 2.14, 2.47-51, 3.30, 5.12)
Work pressure has three layers: the demand of the work, the fear of the outcome and the wave of panic inside.
In Depth English 12 min Working Under Pressure
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Who Is the Doer? The Five Causes of Action and the Mistake of 'I Do It All'
The Gita does not remove the doer. It removes the belief that I do everything and that it is all mine (3.27, 18.16).
In Depth English 13 min Who Is the Doer?
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The Concept of Leadership in the Bhagavad Gita: A Philosophy of Duty, Self-Control, and Lokasangraha
In the Gita, true leadership begins with mastering one's own mind, desires and reactions.
In Depth English 16 min
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