13/12/2022 Introduction
Schedule
20/12/2022 5 subject matters of BG
27/12/2022 chapter 1
03/01/2023 chapters 2
10/01/2023 Chapters 3,4,5
17/01/2023 Chapters 6
24/01/2023 Chapters 7,8,9
31/01/2023 Chapters 10,11,12
07/02/2023 Chapters 13,14
14/02/2023 Chapters 15
21/02/2023 Chapters 16,17
28/02/2023 Chapter 18
07/03/2023 What is special about human life? How is human life different from animal life
14/03/2023 Where can we find answers to our questions - how is vedic knowledge infallible
21/03/2023 Most basic question- who am I?
28/03/2023 Why I am not always happy?
04/04/2023 What is the world that I live in? is it possible to have everlasting happiness?
11/04/2023 Who is God?
18/04/2023 Self realisation
25/04/2023 How can I attain the highest goal - do I have to go to the himalayas and do yoga?
Introduction
To
Bhagavad
Gita
Day 1 – Topics covered
• What is Bhagavad Gita?
• Is Bhagavad-gita relevant today?
• Sanatana dharma
• Where does Bhagavad-gita fit in vedic literature?
• Great minds who have appreciated Bhagavad-gita
• What benefit do I get by studying Bhagavad-gita?
What is Bhagavad Gita?
Spoken at The
Battle field of
Kuruksetra 5000
years ago
• Pandavas Vs Kauravas
• Divine Vs Demoniac
Is Bhagavad Gita Relevant Today?
The Battle of Kurukshetra Continues Even Today
Teachings of
Bhagavad Gita:
Helps to
Strengthen
The Divine
Within Us
And To Win
Over The
Internal
Struggle
For whom does Knowledge of
Bhagavad Gita benefit :
• It is non-sectarian or
religious
• It is universal
• It is for the well being of
human beings
Sanatana dharma
• religion / sanātana-dharma.
• Religion conveys the idea of faith, and faith may change
• but sanātana-dharma refers to that activity which cannot be changed.
• For instance, liquidity cannot be taken from water, nor can heat be taken
from fire.
• Similarly, the eternal function of the eternal living entity cannot be taken
from the living entity.
• it has neither beginning nor end.
• That which has neither end nor beginning must not be sectarian, for it
cannot be limited by any boundaries.
• sanātana-dharma is the business of all the people of the world
When I read the
Bhagavad Gita and
reflect about how
God created this
universe everything
seems so
superfluous.
BEST SELF HELP BOOK
Certainly Brings Change of Heart
What Does The
Reading of
Bhagavad Gita
Do?
We Will Change
Inside And Out
But…
This Wisdom Is
Password Protected
BG 4.3
स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः ।
भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥ ३ ॥
sa evāyaṁ mayā te ’dya
yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ
bhakto ’si me sakhā ceti
rahasyaṁ hy etad uttamam
Translation
That very ancient science of the relationship
with the Supreme is today told by Me to you
because you are My devotee as well as My
friend and can therefore understand the
transcendental mystery of this science.
What Will I Get By
Understanding Bhagavad Gita ?
Shows You the best
route to reach your
destination
And it Helps to Rise
Above Untoward
Calamities
It Tells Us What
Is Our Actual
Destination
Life changing book Start: confusion
Middle: Enquiry
End: clarity
Prasthana traya
(Three divisions of
knowledge
Nyaya-prasthana Śruti Smṛti
(knowledge by logic, (proof established by
(proof established by
arguments, and statements derived from
hearing from authorities)
philosophical research) the śruti)
Vedanta Bhagavad-gītā,
philosophy Upaniṣads and
Mahābhārata,
Vedic mantras
(analytical study Purāṇas, etc.
• Rg (praise)
Vedas •
•
•
Sama (song)
Yajur (sacrifice)
Atharva (misc)
Upanishads • Corollary to the vedas
• 108 upanishads
• Smriti
• Simple Sanskrit
Puranas • Mode of goodness(6 puranas)
• Mode of passion(6Puranas)
• Mode of ignorance(6 puranas)
• Story form
Itihasas • Mahabharata
• Ramayana
Vedanta • Formulae
• Athato brahma jijnasa
Sutras • Aham brahmasmi
Subject Matters of
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
Answers All
Possible
Questions Like:
•Why do bad things
happen to good people?
•How to live a happy
life?
•Does God exist, if yes,
who is He?
•What happens after
death?
His Divine Grace
A.C Bhaktivedanta
Swami Srila
Prabhupada:
ISKCON Founder
Acharya
Who Lived The Life
of Bhagavad Gita
and Gave us
Bhagavad Gita
As It Is
Published in more than 87 languages
International
Society for Krsna
Consciousness
(ISKCON)
Registered in
1966
11 years…
In the age between 70-80!!!
Srila Prabhupada
• dictated total of 22,000 pages of text
• translated and wrote purports to Srimad Bhagavatam.
• translated and wrote the purports to the 17 volumes of Chaitanya Caritamrita
• Bhagavad Gita lectures are compiled in 7 volumes of books
• conversations have been compiled in 42 volumes of books
• produced innumerable recordings
• established 108 temples
• published 147 books.
• traveled around the world 14 times
Beside this Srila Prabhupada changed lives of at least 10000 people
who became His initiating disciples
