The Bhagavad Gita:
A Meditative Journey Through Action, Clarity, and Devotion
The Bhagavad Gita (The Gita), “The Song of the Lord,” is the best known of all the Indian spiritual scriptures. It opens, dramatically, on a battlefield, as the warrior Arjuna turns in anguish to his charioteer and spiritual guide, Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life.
But 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 to live a life that is meaningful, fulfilling, and worthwhile.
Like the Upanishads and Buddhist Dhammapada, The Gita is among the earliest and most universal of messages sent to inform us that there is more to life than the everyday experiences of our senses.
But where the Upanishads and Buddhist Dhammapada have not been sorted in a way that makes sense to us today, The Gita gives us a map and guidebook. It gives a systematic overview of the territory of the journey, shows various approaches to the summit with their benefits and pitfalls, offers recommendations, tells us what to pack and what to leave behind.
More than either of the others, it asks and answers the questions that you or I might ask – questions not about philosophy or mysticism, but about how to live effectively in a world of challenge and change. Of the three classics mentioned, it is the Gita that has been a personal handbook for life to millions of people, just as it was for Mahatma Gandhi.
The Bhagavad Gita is not a philosophical treatise. It is a conversation held at the exact moment when a human being can no longer avoid their life. The Gita addresses fear, paralysis, duty, love, doubt, and the search for freedom while still living in the world.
This 20-week live online course approaches The Gita as a living transmission rather than a text to be analyzed. Each 90-minute gathering begins with meditation (instruction provided), followed by the spoken reading of selected passages from a chapter of The Gita, then a period of silence, followed by a guided inquiry grounded in lived experience. We move sequentially through all 18 chapters, allowing the internal architecture of The Gita to unfold naturally.
Rather than focusing on belief systems or historical analysis, the course emphasizes direct perception: how the teachings land in the body, how they challenge habitual identity, and how they reshape one’s relationship to action, responsibility, and surrender. No prior knowledge of the Gita, Hinduism, or Sanskrit is required. Curiosity, sincerity, and a willingness to sit with uncertainty are.
This course is for those who sense that the real battlefield is internal and that clarity is not found by escaping life, but by meeting it without illusion.
Course Details
20 Saturdays at 10:00am PST • Live Online • Starts May 30, 2026 • Ends October 24, 2026 (no class on both July 4 for “Independence” Day and September 6 for Labor Day weekend) • All time zones are welcome • Click here to calculate the day/time in your part of the world.
How to Enroll
Complete the registration form. After submitting the form, you’ll receive a confirmation email with a link to make a donation to our school.
Enrollment is complete once a donation has been made in an amount you can afford and feel comfortable offering for this 20-class course. We operate on trust and do not require an explanation.
