The great work of your life : a guide for the journey to your true calling /
Cope, Stephen.
The great work of your life : a guide for the journey to your true calling / Stephen Cope. - 1st ed. - New York : Bantam Books, c2012. - xxvi, 272 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Krishna's counsel on the field of battle -- The four pillars of Dharma -- The first pillar: "Look to your Dharma" -- Jane Goodall: trust in the gift -- Henry David Thoreau: think of the small as large -- Walt Whitman: listen for the call of the times -- The second pillar: "Do it full out!" -- Robert Frost: find out who you are and do it on purpose -- Susan B. Anthony: unify! -- Camille Corot: practice deliberately -- The third pillar: "Let go of the fruits" -- John Keats: let desire give birth to aspiration -- Marion Woodman: when difficulties arise, see them as Dharma -- Ludwig van Beethoven: turn the wound into light -- The fourth pillar: "Turn it over to God" -- Harriet Tubman: walk by faith -- Mohandas K. Ghandi: take yourself to zero -- Epilogue.
An inspiring meditation on living a purposeful life draws on the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to present the spiritually relevant story of a young warrior in crisis and God in disguise.
0345535685 (ebook) 055380751X 9780345535689 (ebook) 9780553807516
2012000863
016106835 Uk
Bhagavadgītā--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Spiritual biography--Hinduism.
Vocation--Hinduism.
The great work of your life : a guide for the journey to your true calling / Stephen Cope. - 1st ed. - New York : Bantam Books, c2012. - xxvi, 272 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Krishna's counsel on the field of battle -- The four pillars of Dharma -- The first pillar: "Look to your Dharma" -- Jane Goodall: trust in the gift -- Henry David Thoreau: think of the small as large -- Walt Whitman: listen for the call of the times -- The second pillar: "Do it full out!" -- Robert Frost: find out who you are and do it on purpose -- Susan B. Anthony: unify! -- Camille Corot: practice deliberately -- The third pillar: "Let go of the fruits" -- John Keats: let desire give birth to aspiration -- Marion Woodman: when difficulties arise, see them as Dharma -- Ludwig van Beethoven: turn the wound into light -- The fourth pillar: "Turn it over to God" -- Harriet Tubman: walk by faith -- Mohandas K. Ghandi: take yourself to zero -- Epilogue.
An inspiring meditation on living a purposeful life draws on the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita to present the spiritually relevant story of a young warrior in crisis and God in disguise.
0345535685 (ebook) 055380751X 9780345535689 (ebook) 9780553807516
2012000863
016106835 Uk
Bhagavadgītā--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Spiritual biography--Hinduism.
Vocation--Hinduism.