Sunday 12th June, 10.00am – 12.30pm
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What is the Bhagavad Gita?
The Bhagavad Gita is about many things, yet perhaps it’s most encompassing theme is that of yoga, if by this we understand the term to refer to our aligning ourselves with a divine power of life and love that supports all things, including our own lives. In this, one of the most important of yogic texts, Lord Krishna leads his beloved friend Arjuna to his heart so that Arjuna can live a life of responsible service to the world in the embrace of this divine love.
What to expect from this workshop
In this session we will hear and discuss teachings from this Song of the Beloved One that can give us guidance in refining our own harmonious, balanced, powerful life of yoga in the context of today’s challenges and opportunities.
This session will be a gentle introduction to one of the most important texts in yoga philosophy, taught by an internationally admired and distinguished scholar-teacher. If you have not studied the Bhagavad Gita, this session will give you an excellent entry into it. If you have studied this majestic text for years, this session will give you a renewed understanding of its deep and broad relevance to your life today.
Bill Mahony is known in the international yoga community for his deeply informed and refined knowledge and for his gentle, warm teaching style that is accessible to students at all levels. Bill travels widely to lead retreats, seminars and workshops on yoga philosophy and practice. He has a deep personal understanding of the yogic life grounded in nearly five decades of his own spiritual practice.
As William K. Mahony, PhD, he has written numerous well-received books on the religions of India, including The Artful Universe, which includes substantial discussion of the Upanishads, and Exquisite Love, which consists of his reflections on the spiritual love based on the Bhakti Sutra. He holds a BA from Williams College, an MDiv from Yale University and a PhD from the University of Chicago. For thirty-four years Bill has also been a full time Professor of the Religions of India at Davidson College, one of the premier institutions of higher education in the United States. For more information, visit www.wkmahony.com