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Let us pause and think for a moment...why should we study the Gita?

Many people read Gita as a pious act, some people read the Gita for a little bit of peace of mind when they are in trouble or for a little spiritual stimulus.

Yes, the Gita can be helpful on these fronts. But, it’s a complete under-utilization of this great scripture. Most of us never realized that this is a book of intense practicality that can help a human being to find the best expression of his/ her life.

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The teachings of the Bhagavad Gita are eternal and transcend historical contexts. In this lesson, we will be discussing the history of the current verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

Topics covered include

1) Gita in Mahabharata

2) Contribution of Shankaracharya

3) Major Sanskrit commentaries

4)Importance of Janeshwari

5) English Translations of the Gita

6)Reception of Gita in the west

7) Role of the Gita in the Indian freedom struggle and

8) Masters of 20th century.

This is the second lesson of our Deep Learning Gita program.

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The objective of this series is to cover the essence of the Bhagavad Gita in 200 lessons.    The first lesson is going to discuss the meaning of the word ' Bhagavad Gita'   Please contact us ([email protected],  https://projectgita.org, (732) 419-8510‬  if you have any questions or are interested in the detailed study of the Bhagavad Gita.  This is an initiative of Project Self - a nonprofit organization in the USA with an objective of spreading the timeliness message of the Bhagavad Gita for the wellness of humanity

This lesson will discuss the topic of the fundamental human problem.

A human being highly conscious can make a wrong judgment about himself. And the most common misjudgment is: “I am a limited person; I am incomplete”. Every person tries to remove this limitation by pursuing more security (Artha) and pleasures (Kama). Every gain of security and pleasure, even though there is a temporary release from the sense of limitation, the original problem soon returns. So when a mature person analyses his experiences, he discovers that behind his pursuit of security and pleasure is a basic desire to be free from all insufficiency, to be free from incompleteness itself, a basic desire which no amount of security and pleasures fulfills. This realization brings makes a mature person ready to seek liberation or Moksha directly. Such a person is known as Mumukshu

This lesson discusses about the four proper goals or aims of human life. The four puruṣārthas are Artha (Securities), Kama (Pleasure), Dharma and Moksha (Liberation).

The objective of this series is to introduce Vedanta to people of the 21st century.

There will be 18 lessons in this series.

The first lesson covers the topic "What is Vedanta"