Online classes on Bhagavad Gita
Structured and traditional Gita classes | course adhering to Advaita on Sunday mornings. These systematic classes are designed to learn and understand the meaning of the Gita in a fundamental way. Each verse of the Gita is taught elaborately in keeping with the commentary of Adi Sankaracharya. You can find recordings of the first few classes here.
Why should I take regular classes of Vedanta? -
The subject matter of Vedanta (Bhagavad Gita) is such that unfortunately it cannot be studied independently by anyone. If it could be, it would have been possible to gain this knowledge by just "Googling". But that is never the case. Even if one manages to know a little from varied sources, the understanding is inevitably full of gaps that have to be necessarily filled in by a qualified teacher.
So, the knowledge has to be unfolded by a competent teacher, who himself has systematically studied from another teacher. Also one has to expose himself/herself to this teaching systematically for a reasonable length of time. This has been the way innumerable generations in the past have gained this knowledge and preserved it to this day.
Some frequently asked questions about the study of Vedanta.
The weekly online classes are in keeping with the traditional Advaita Vedanta. And eternally valid because by its very nature the knowledge is timeless. Classes are in English and conducted on Zoom by Bindu Sharma.
Listeners are expected to have a reasonably good Broadband connection and a video camera so that the teacher can also see the listener. There is an interactive Q & A session at the completion of each class, where the students can get their doubts clarified.
Brief Overview of What Will You Be Learning in This Course?
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