The Great Work of Your Life

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From the senior scholar-in-residence and ambassador for the framed Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health comes an inspiring meditation on realizing your life’s purpose – what spiritual teachers call dharma. Stephen Cope says that in order to have a fulfilling life, you must discover the deep purpose hidden at the very core of yourself. The secret to unlocking this mystery, he asserts can be found in the pages of a two-thousand-year-old spiritual classic called the Bhagavad Gita – an ancient allegory about the path of dharma told through a timeless dialogue between the fabled archer, Arjuna, and his divine mentor, Krishna. Cope takes the reader on a step-by-step tour of this revered tale and highlights well-known Western lives that embody this central principle- including such luminaries as Jane Goodall, Watt Whitman, Susan B. Anthony, John Keats, and Harriet Tubman, along with stories of ordinary people as well. If you’re feeling lost in your own life’s journey, The Great Work of Your Life may help you to find and to embrace your true calling.