Learning to Love, Part 2

Book excerpt: A highly-regarded spiritual teacher and interpreter of the Bhagavad Gita shows how love is a skill – one which we can all learn, and apply, to build lasting, loving relationships. A lasting, loving relationship comes high on the list of life goals for many of us – so why is it so hard to achieve? And where can we find help? Eknath Easwaran is a highly regarded, much-loved spiritual teacher and author who has guided thousands of readers over the decades. Love is a skill, he tells us, and one that – with some effort – we can all learn. With humor, wisdom, lived experience, and lots of compassion, he gives us practical insights and spiritual advice that anyone from any background can follow to find true love. This is the second of two short ebooks from Easwaran titled Learning to Love, and you can read them in any order. Here he draws on two sources of inspiration. One is the Bhagavad Gita, the Indian scripture for which he is a leading translator and interpreter. The other is Shakespeare’s famous sonnet on love, which he knew well as a Professor of English in India before coming to the US. He comments on it in the light of all our modern challenges and offers his own light-hearted update on the plot of Romeo and Juliet. But you don’t need to know anything about these sources to enjoy this little book. Download it, read it, and get to work learning to love.