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What the Bhagavad Gita Knew About Anxiety

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  2. The insight — How Arjuna's psychological state at the opening of the Bhagavad Gita maps to clinical anxiety, and how Krishna's teac...

    How Arjuna's psychological state at the opening of the Bhagavad Gita maps to clinical anxiety, and how Krishna's teac...

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  4. Key takeaway — How Arjuna's psychological state at the opening of the Bhagavad Gita maps to clinical anxiety, and how Krishna's teac...

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How Arjuna's psychological state at the opening of the Bhagavad Gita maps to clinical anxiety, and how Krishna's teaching on karma yoga, nishkama karma, and the relationship to action and outcome maps to contemporary cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches to treating anxiety.

 

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