DK34 - Bhagavad Gita Overview - Ch 5

Matt Murphy here.  I've been on a long break from making podcast content, largely due to taking on a management role at a job for a big company.  But, that's been on a steady maintenance roll for a while now, so I thought I'd come back to making this content for any listeners I still have.  Good to be back.

Here's an overview and summary of the Bhagavad Gita, seventh chapter. This is audio taken from course materials Matt (the host) has published elsewhere.

  Here's an overview and summary of the Bhagavad Gita, sixth chapter. This is audio taken from course materials Matt (the host) has published elsewhere.  

Here's an overview and summary of the Bhagavad Gita, fifth chapter. This is audio taken from course materials Matt (the host) has published elsewhere.

Here's an overview and summary of the Bhagavad Gita, fourth chapter. This is audio taken from course materials Matt (the host) has published elsewhere.

Here's an overview and summary of the Bhagavad Gita, third chapter. This is audio taken from course materials Matt (the host) has published elsewhere.

Here's an overview and summary of the Bhagavad Gita, second chapter.  This is audio taken from course materials Matt (the host) has published elsewhere.

Should yoga philosophy teachers be perfect yogic saints?  Should they be flawless (or act like it, anyway)? Or should they own their flaws?  And is the Yogic philosophy the only lens and spiritual toolbox they are allowed?

What biographical details can help one reconnect with powerful creativity?  What parts of daily life, what investment in disciplined activities, and what essential relationships or prospects allow us to reconnect with a previously powerful supply of creativity and production?

Shame is a bad and toxic emotion to be avoided... right?  Or is there something else to shame, which we evolved for a reason? Can we realign a sense of shame as a useful tool that helps our aim, or is it all just so much psychological waste to be discarded?