Personal development: The lessons of the Bhagavad Gita April 8, 2017
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Concept of personal development.Tags: Bhagavad Gita, Hindu, life, personal growth, philosophy, self-actualization, spirituality
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By Dennis Mellersh
If your self-improvement or self-actualization program includes a desire to learn more about various Eastern spiritual programs and/or religions, such as the Bhagavad Gita, there are two websites that may interest you.
Taken together they provide considerable detail on the Bhagavad Gita, which is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit. It is divided into chapters and is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
The BHAGAVAD-GITA in English website provides a succinct explanation of each chapter plus the following information on each verse of each chapter:
(1) Original Sanskrit
(2) A vocalization of the verse
(3) Transliteration
(4) Translation in a variety of languages
Here is the link:
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/index-english.html
The other site, The Bhagavad Gita As Is offers very detailed explanations/exposition of the chapters and verses. It is also available in a number of languages.
Link:
Personal development and the avoidance of extremes April 7, 2017
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Personal Development Potential.Tags: Confucius, inspiration, life, personal growth, philosophy, self-improvement, spirituality
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By Dennis Mellersh
Both ancient and modern advice on methods for living our lives better suggests that “the middle way” is the most effective and satisfying path to realizing our self-actualization potential
If we do all of our work at breakneck speed, we will make mistakes, burn out, or both
If we drink or eat to excess we will harm our health
If we are too uncompromising, it’s hard to be empathetic
If we are always intense it’s hard to see the value of balance
And, this from Confucius:
The Master said: “When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly. And when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.” (1)
(1) Confucius, The Analects, translated by David Hinton in his book, The Four Chinese Classics, published by Counterpoint.
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