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Bhagavad Gita Home Study Course

At the beginning of the Bhagavad Gita the great warrior Arjuna has doubts about how he should act, about his duty, about how to overcome sorrow and secure his highest welfare. By the end of the 700th verse his doubts have been cleared by Lord Krishna. What does he hear?

Find out by attending weekly/fortnightly study sessions. Please contact the location nearest to you (see chart below) for details of time and venue.

LOCATION CONTACT/HOST
Beckenham Rupal Kapadia 020 8663 3435
Birmingham Anuradha Sharma 01922 458 317
Birmingham Dr Rajeshwari Jawahar 01922 611 283
Chiswick David Mendes da Costa 020 8747 4633
Hillingdon Sarada Murthy 077 5357 1909
Ilford Thilaka Moorthy 079 8084 6113
Lewisham Vasanta Malika Karunakaran 020 8309 5076
Maidenhead Sharath K Sekar 01628 829 838
Manchester Dr Paresh Parikh 079 6897 1113
Southgate Richard Garry 079 5848 4898
Swiss Cottage Sakunthala Balasubramaniam 020 7435 5589
Watford Dr Manga Sabaratnam 01923 226 000

Gita Home Study Course material

The course is the fruit of a systematic programme of 363 recorded talks given by HH Swami Dayananda Saraswati over a three–year period. They reveal the essence of the Bhagavad Gita and the true purport of Adi Shankara's bhashyam.

Read/download the text's 38–page Introduction* (Free) 2.2MB

Read/download a 15–page sample of the text (Ch.2 v47)* (Free) 1MB

A beautifully produced transcript of the entire programme of talks, forming a complete Bhagavad Gita Home Study Course, is available for purchase online as a 9–volume set of harback books. There is a fully searchable PDF version of the course too, with embedded audio and video. An audio CD compilation of the original 363 talks is also available. Go to the American Arsha Vidya Bookstore and enter the phrase gita home study into the search box to see all the options.

Listen to Swamiji outline how the study programme works 3 mins 47 secs

Swami Dayanandaji chants the Gita Dhyanam 3 mins 36 secs

Start a Gita Home Study group

If you would like to create one in your area, contact Peter Bonnici on 079 6780 3564.

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GITA HOME STUDY COURSE


HOW IT WORKS

Study the Gita with a group of friends in a home setting using comprehensive study notes transcribed from discourses given by Pujya Swami Dayanandaji.

This is an opportunity to really understand the Gita for the sake of full self–knowledge. Self–knowledge is the only stable basis for a way of living that is enriching, secure and happy.

The study of this peerless Vedanta text requires regularity, perseverance and trust. Doubts will be resolved by the text itself to reveal the complete Vedanta vision.

In addition, Swamini Atmaprakasanandaji will meet with the groups from time to time to respond to questions, and questions can also be put to HH Swami Dayananda himself on his UK visits.