Transmission of the knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita
The Lord is the sole author of this Knowledge, He expounded this imperishable yoga at the beginning of times
How to study the Bhagavad Gita
The Lord is the sole author of this Knowledge, He expounded “this imperishable yoga at the beginning of time” (Bhagavad Gita 4- The Yoga of Knowledge-1).
“When evil lurked” (Bhagavad Gita 4.7) before the imminent battle of Kurukshetra, Sri Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu, the Master of Yoga (Bhagavad Gita 18- The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation -78), transmitted to Arjuna for all humanity.
It was later compiled by the great sage Veda Vyasa. For several centuries this knowledge was transmitted by the great Rishis, Acharyas, Swamis and Mahatmas such as Lokamanya Tilak, Sri Sridhara, Sri Shankara, Sri Ramanuja, Sri Madhava, Valmiki, Kapila and many others. Thanks to all of them!
In the 19th century, when “the evil” of the British Empire was ravaging India, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, the illiterate monk who saw God, initiated the Spiritual revival of India, managing to unite dualists and non-dualists under Hinduism, with his vision “Yato mat, tato path” (So many religions, so many paths), was considered as an incarnation by Gandhi and as the prophet of harmony between religions.
His disciple Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest sages and philosophers of humanity, understood that he must explain Hindu spirituality to all the Indian masses and to the West. If today we know the Raja Yoga and the Bhagavad Gita in the West, it is thanks to him.
“The essence of the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita could be summarized in: whoever perceives the Supreme Lord dwelling equally in all beings, he truly sees” Swami Vivekananda.
The wisdom of Sri Ramakrishna and devotion to the work of Swami Vivekananda illuminated Mahatma Gandhi who achieved the peaceful independence of India, based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. His translator, Mahadev Desai, contributed wise comments to his version.
Later the doctor and later monk Swami Sivananda, inspired by the previous figures, continued to propagate the Bhagavad Gita throughout the World.
Swami Vidya Prakashananda wrote his own interpretation, the Gita Makaranadam, with his comments on each shloka and later reflections by Ramakrishna and Vivekananda were included .
Swami Vivekananda, Gandhi (with the translation and comments of Mahadev Desai), Swami Sivananda and Swami Vidya Prakashananda made their own interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita (Philosophy of Yoga), and they are the ones worked on in the Bhagavad Gita Institute courses. Our model of transmitting this sacred knowledge is based on these great figures, and on Sri Ramakrishna's principle of harmony between religions.
The Lord can be called in different ways: God, Allah, Sat-Chit-Ananda or Brahma; The Bhagavad Gita offers all humanity profound wisdom independent of any religion, sex, social condition, place or time. It also implies that the essence of this wisdom has been transmitted several times in history to humanity through reincarnations of the Lord in Sri Krishna, Jesus, Muhammad, Mahavira or Buddha.
As we can understand, the responsibility of both the Bhagavad Gita Institute and the teachers is enormous, and they must be absolutely faithful to this chain of transmission of the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita. From this responsibility derives the training methodology that we will use based on the concepts of the Bhagavad Gita.
Transmisión del Conocimiento del Bhagavad Gita 
Transmissão do Conhecimento Bhagavad-Gita.
Versions, Para-Vidya, Self-Knowledge, General overview, modalities, Study guide, chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, reading, one to one, Exercises, Teachers, Should we believe in something?, dogmas
Course: Bhagavad Gita (according to Gandhi)
Advanced training
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