Ep. 70: Gita Series: No Otherness

In this reflective episode, James navigates the profound concept within the Bhagavad Gita encapsulated in the word "Samaha," meaning no otherness. He explores into the lesser-discussed theme of seeing no distinctions in the world, emphasizing that grasping just one word from the Gita, truly understanding and experiencing it, can lead to instant enlightenment. James explores how embracing the idea of Samaha is the pinnacle of spiritual growth, representing the end state and the method to reach enlightenment. Drawing parallels with the concept of expanding rings of identification, he shares the transformative journey from self to community and ultimately to a state of oneness with all. Join James in contemplating the profound wisdom encapsulated in the word "Samaha" as the North Star guiding the path to enlightenment.

The Daily Vedantic is a daily podcast and YouTube channel dedicated to the timeless wisdom of the Upanishads (https://www.thedailyvedantic.co). Dating back to over 5,000 years ago, the source of nearly all Eastern Philosophy, and loved by Western giants from Emerson to Thoreau to Carl Jung and Alan Watts, studied daily by Joseph Campbell to Aldous Huxley to Arthur Schopenhauer and countless others, The Daily Vedantic aims to make this ancient philosophy as modern and accessible as it is simple, practical — and profound.

James Beshara (https://www.twitter.com/jamesbeshara) is a renowned startup founder of multiple companies, a prolific startup investor in 200+ others including some of the biggest startup names on the planet, a husband and father of three little girls, and philosophy student and teacher in Los Angeles.

James also co-hosts Yoga For Your Intellect (https://www.YFYI.co), a biweekly long-form conversational podcast with his teacher Joseph Emmett ( https://www.instagram.com/yogaforyourintellect ).

James is a student of Swami Parthasarathy, the acclaimed author of Vedanta Treatise (Vedanta Treatise – The Eternities)  and teacher at Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India. As James says often, when you’re ready for the real thing, Swami’s daily lectures are where the true wisdom and systematic discovery of the world’s oldest continually studied philosophy resides: https://www.vedantaworld.org

Interested in this particular translation of the Bhagavad Gita? Find it here: ⁠https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita⁠