Harmony and the Bhagavad-gita: Lessons from a Life-Changing Move to the Wilderness

In a pristine valley embraced by mountains and the never-ending evergreen forests of British Columbia, Bhagavad-gita, one of the oldest spiritual teachings in existence, guides a community of off-the-grid joyful pioneers. In the silence and expanse of an unlikely but somehow ideal setting, ordinary people explore their tiny role in an incredibly complex and stunningly beautiful network of life that gently yet persistently asks for their awareness. This is the story of a family that joins this diverse community of individualists and harvests soul-stirring, sweeping life lessons suited for any time, place or circumstance. Here is a meditation on provocative wisdom that, in these trying times, offers an enduring basis for personal, ecological and social happiness and harmony. "Bhagavad-gita is one of the most beautiful and profound texts of world literature." Octavio Paz, Nobel Prize in Literature "Bhagavad-gita brings to the West a salutary reminder that our highly activistic and one-sided culture is faced with a crisis that may end in self-destruction because it lacks the inner depth of an authentic metaphysical consciousness." Thomas Merton, Trappist monk and author