DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA
Certificate Course in Bhagavadgita
Paper – I: Fundamental Concepts of Bhagavadgita
Syllabus
Theory – 80 Marks
Internal Assessment –
20 Marks
Total – 100 Marks
Time Allowed – 03 Hours
Objectives: The course is designed in order to
create awareness in Society about the Universal teachings of Bhagavadgita and Socio-ethical
relevance of Gita’s teachings in modern times.
Instructions: Out of Four units Eight questions
will be set. From each unit two alternative questions equitably distributed all
over the unit will be set .The examines will have to attempt five questions in
all, selecting at least one question from each unit. All questions carry equal
marks.
Unit
– I. Srimadbhagavadgita and its background.
Necessity of Gita’s teachings. Jnana Yoga, Understanding the Truth about self
and supreme, Characterisrics of individual soul (Jiva). Sthitaprajna as an
Ideal Person of Gita.
Unit – II. Karma; Kinds of Karma; Karma Yoga
and its importance; Contemporary relevance of Karma Yoga; Sakama Karma and
Niskama Karma Yoga. Karmyogi as an Ideal Person of Gita.
Qualities
which endevour to the supreme; Divine and demoniac qualities ( Aasuri-sampad
and daivi-sampad ).
Unit
– III. Nature of Purush(Self) and Prakriti and its three modes;
Time (Kala) and its influence; Dhyana Yoga; Instruction about flicker nature of
mind. Science and ne-Science ( Vidya and Avidya ).
Unit
– IV. Bhakti Yoga and its practices; Attaining the most confidential
knowledge (raja guhya Yoga ); Six qualities of God & realization of supreme
person (God). Relevance of Bhakti in modern times. Enlightenment (Liberation)as
the Ultimate goal of Man’s Life.
Suggested Books:-
I.
Srimad-Bhagavadgita: Original Text.
II.
Srimadbhagavatam 10 Vols.: A.C. Prabhupada,
BBT, Bombay, NewYork.
III.
Bhagavadgita as it is – His Divine
Grace: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
Bhaktivedanta Book, Mumbai, 2009.
IV.
Srimadbhagavadgita Sankara Bhasya
(Hindi), Gita Press, Gorakhpur.
V.
Srimadbhagavadgita Rahasaya: B.G.
Tilak, Tilak Brothers Publication, Poona.
VI.
Essays in the Gita: Sri Aurobindo,Sri
Aurobindo Ashram, Pandichery.
VII.
Kant and Gita: K.M.P. Verma, Classical
Publication, New Delhi.
VIII. Bhagavadgita
for Executives: V. Ramanathan,Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay.
IX.
The Gita in the light of modern
Science:R.B.Lal, Somaiya Publication,Bombay
