Dates and times: Weekly on Saturdays from 7:30am-8:30am PST
(4:30 pm-5:30pm CET; 9:00pm-10:00pm IST)

Cost:  There is no cost but out of reverence for the sanctity of the text, in order to fully assimilate the content and get the benefit, some time commitment and creating mental space to attend, and following up with the recordings on days missed, is essential. 

Registration link

Slides: Available below

Format: 

• Approximately 8 shlokas per class in a brisk-paced style

• Chanting with participant involvement in the traditional chandas (meters)  

• Word by word meaning of the Shlokas

• Following the Advaita Vedanta philosophy using Shankara's commentary as expounded by Swami Paramarthananda Saraswati

• With special emphasis on the Bhagavad Gita as a Yoga Shastra

• Inclusion of stories from the Mahabharata

Video Recordings of past classes 

Class notes and references

Points to ponder (assimilating the main contents of each chapter through Q&A)

Book references for the Bhagavad Gita

Short versions

1) Bhagavad Gita text and commentary by Swami Sivananda

2) Bhagavad Gita commentary by Swami Chidbhavananda

Long discourses

3) Swami Paramarthananda's discourse on the Bhagavad Gita (available online)

4) Swami Dayanada Bhagavad Gita home study  (available online)

Shlokas with Sanskrit and English transliteration (without meaning)

Book references for "The Mahabharatha"

1) Amar Chitra Katha Mahabharata comics

2) Mahabharata by Kamala Subramaniam (Excellent traditional rendering in English)

Youtube videos for traditional Chanting of the Bhagavad Gita 

 1) Swami Paramarthananda 

2) Smt. Pramodhini Rao

3) Swami Brahmananda

4) Unknown female voice in very traditional style (video has lyrics based on Prabhupada interprettion)