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GP Book Study - Bhagavad Gita
We will commence studying this book as part of the classes starting in February 2023.
The Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures. The Bhagavad Gita opens, dramatically, on a battlefield, as the warrior Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life. Yet, as Easwaran points out, the Gita is not what it seems – it’s not a dialogue between two mythical figures at the dawn of Indian history. “The battlefield is a perfect backdrop, but the Gita’s subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious.”
He has lost his way on the battlefield of life and turns to find the path again by asking direct, uncompromising questions of his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, the Lord himself. Krishna replies in 700 verses of sublime instruction on living and dying, loving and working, and the nature of the soul. |
All the recordings for the classes studying this book are below.
Book Study Notes - The Bhagavad Gita
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Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
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5th February 2023
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Recording Index
00:00 Introductions 01:36 Book club website https://www.helenhamilton.org/gp-the-book-study-classes.html 05:30 Introduction to Mahabharata 11:07 Short movie on Mahabharata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXz0mggaAw4 31:00 Helen's commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita. Click above to download the PDF file. ![]()
Homework - Introduction (first 70 pages of the book)
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12th February 2023
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Homework - Chapters 1, 2, 3
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19th February 2023
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Homework - Chapters 4, 5, 6
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26th February 2023 - Session with Questions to Helen
For access to the video for the class, please click here
This will take you to the video on a hidden YouTube channel Homework - Chapters 7, 8, 9
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5th March 2023
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Homework - Chapters 10, 11, 12
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11th March 2023
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Homework - Chapters 13, 14, 15
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19th March 2023
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Homework - Chapters 16, 17, 18
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26th March 2023 - Session with Questions to Helen
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