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The yogic text book, Bhagavad Gita, in a friendly, conversational style? I didn't think it was possible until I read the Dru Bhagavad Gita by Chris Barrington, John Jones, Savitri MacCuish and Mansukh Patel. It has to be one of the best manuals for surviving London life I've come across! Chris, John, Mansukh and Savitri have a knack of making this classic's timeless wisdom easily available and I wanted more... The Dru Bhagavad Gita (or 'Song of the Spirit') presents the Gita in three volumes, each covering six of its eighteen chapters. Its a metaphor in the shape of a great battle, in which the main players represent the powerful forces which compete for supremacy within our own minds – the greatest battlefields of all. The first part of each volume is a retelling of the Gita’s story and its main characters by Mansukh Patel, and it's a rattling good read! Then I use the second part of each book for day to day guidance. It gives the verses of the Gita, first in Sanskrit and then translated into English. This is followed by a commentary by Chris, John, Savitri and Mansukh as well as a helpful exercise to do during the day. Chris, John, Mansukh and Savitri make a particular point of asking just the right questions to catalyse us into understanding it's keys in very powerful ways. Because of this, you can read the same verse over and over again, and find it giving you ever new and more valuable insights every time! In my Dru Yoga Teacher training I find this particular version of the Bhagavad Gita very useful. It easily makes the wisdom of this ancient text applicable to their own lives. For more information, have a look at the Dru Bhagavad Gita by John Jones, Chris Barrington, Savitri MacCuish and Mansukh Patel, compiled and edited by Yamuna Loyal, Life Foundation Publications |
