Modules Include
- Academic Content
- Spiritual Insights
- Engaging Storytelling
- Personal Anecdotes
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- Understand the Bhagavad Gītā’s central narrative frame (Arjuna’s crisis) and its symbolic resonance with modern human dilemmas.
- Grasp the key teachings of Karma-yoga, Bhakti-yoga, Jñāna-yoga, and their integration in the Gītā.
- Recognize the Gītā’s use of crisis, duty, devotion, vision, and surrender as progressive stages of spiritual transformation.
- Appreciate how selective verses (BG 1–2, 2.47–50, 3.19, 9.22, 11.32, 11.54, 18.66) distill the Gītā’s essence.
- Situate the Gītā’s timeless teachings in relation to contemporary challenges such as uncertainty, burnout, polarization, and ecological crisis.
Skill Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Discern their own “battlefields” by identifying key personal and collective crises in their lives.
- Apply the principle of action without attachment (Karma-yoga) to reframe responsibility, activism, and professional life.
- Practice contemplative exercises that shift perception from narrow ego-vision to a larger, cosmic horizon.
- Cultivate devotion and trust as resources for resilience and anchoring in turbulent times.
- Integrate dharmic wisdom into decision-making without rigidity, balancing action with surrender.
- Create a personal guiding verse or mantra distilled from the course to serve as a lifelong compass for navigating tumultuous times.
