- 01Arjuna's refusal to fight kin
- 02Krishna's rebuke and Arjuna's doubt
- 01Krishna's teaching on the immortal soul
- 02Duty to fight as a Kshatriya
- 03The deeper teaching of Yog and selfless action
- 01Steadfast meditation and the sage
Bhagavad Gita
c. 200 BCE · 17 chapters · 24/7 tutor
Duty, action, knowledge, and devotion.
17Chapters
31Lessons
72Topics
Certificate of completion included
This course was produced by Cavua from a public-domain text.
Skills this course leaves you with.
- Summarize the Bhagavad Gita's central teachings on duty, action, knowledge, and devotion
- Explain Krishna's guidance on karma yoga, selfless work, and disciplined action
- Interpret the dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna across the major chapters
- Describe the concepts of sannyasa, tyaga, and the three gunas
- Analyze the universal form vision and its role in the Gita's spiritual message
- Relate the text's teachings on devotion, wisdom, and liberation to its chapter structure
Curriculum
The full table of contents.
Every chapter, every lesson, every topic — laid out before you enroll. Click any chapter to expand it.
- Chapters
- 17
- Lessons
- 31
- Topics
- 72
- 01Arjuna's doubt about action and meditation
- 01Work and Sacrifice
- 01Duty performed without attachment
- 02Kama as the enemy of wisdom
- 01Krishna's divine birth and recurring incarnation
- 02Krishna as creator, sustainer, and teacher of action
- 01The wise man and the sacrifice of action
- 02Offerings of continence, austerity, and breath
- 03Knowledge as the highest sacrifice
- 01Arjuna's question on renunciation and work
- 02Krishna's teaching on yoga, action, and inner detachment
- 03Unity, equanimity, and liberation in Brahma
- 01Work, renunciation, and the true yogi
- 01Marks of equal grace and detachment
- 02Secluded meditation and disciplined yoga practice
- 03Moderation in food, sleep, and conduct
- 04The sheltered lamp as image of the Yogi's mind
- 01Peace through disciplined yoga
- 01Equanimity and self-command in Yoga
- 02The fate of the failed seeker
- 01Krishna's higher and lower nature
- 02Krishna as the source of all things
- 03Four kinds of devotees and worship of other gods
- 01Arjuna's questions about Brahma and the divine names
- 02Krishna's explanation of Brahma, karma, and sacrifice
- 03Meditation at death and the path to Purusha
- 04The return of worlds and the Unmanifest life
- 01Krishna's royal lore and divine immanence
- 02Sacrifice, worship, and the fruits of devotion
- 01Krishna's universal presence and devotion
- 02Krishna as source of all beings and virtues
- 03Arjuna's praise and request to know Krishna's forms
- 04Krishna's heavenly perfections and manifestations
- 01Arjuna's plea to behold Krishna's divine form
- 02Krishna reveals the universal form
- 03Arjuna's awe before the cosmic vision
- 04The consuming vision of destruction
- 01Krishna as Time the Destroyer
- 02Arjuna's hymn to the universal form
- 03Arjuna asks for Krishna's familiar form
- 01Krishna restores his gentle form
- 01Faith in the Manifest and Unmanifest Krishna
- 02The path of devotion, service, and renunciation
- 03Qualities of the beloved devotee
- 01Kshetra and Kshetrajna
- 02Marks of true wisdom
- 03The Supreme Brahman
- 04Nature, Spirit, and Purusha
- 01The Three Qualities of Nature
- 02Signs of One Beyond the Modes
- 01The Aswattha tree and detachment
- 02The Spirit entering and leaving the body
- 03Krishna as the Supreme Purushottama
- 01Signs of the heavenly birth
- 02Nature of the unheavenly
- 01Threefold faith and worship
- 02Threefold religious practice and gifts
- 01Sannyas and Tyaga defined
- 01Threefold qualities of knowledge, action, and doer
- 02Threefold qualities of intellect, steadfastness, and pleasure
- 01Duties of the four castes
- 02Path to perfection through work and renunciation
- 01Final exhortation to surrender and trust
- 01Krishna's final exhortation to surrender
- 02Arjuna's acceptance and resolve
- 03Sanjaya's closing praise of Krishna and the Gita
01How many chapters are in the Bhagavad Gita course?
The Bhagavad Gita course has 17 chapters, each with its own lessons and topics.
02How many lessons are in the Bhagavad Gita course?
There are 31 lessons across the course, and you can ask your 24/7 tutor about any of them.
03Can I see what the Bhagavad Gita course covers before I start?
Yes. The full curriculum is listed on this page, beginning with "CHAPTER II Sanjaya.".
04Do I get a certificate for the Bhagavad Gita course?
Yes. Finishing the course earns a personal Cavua certificate of completion.
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