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Purna Vidya: Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita Text Book (Volume 12)
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About Purna Vidya: Introduction To The Bhagavad Gita Text
Purna Vidya is a twelve year program designed to provide a structured and developmentally based teaching of Vedic tradition and culture to children. It consists of teaching materials, assignments, lesson plans, and fun filled exercises and topics for group discussion. It is very comprehensive and includes a wide range of subject matter. The subject matter selected is based on the developmental and chronological age of a child such that the concepts are well within their grasp. Purna Vidya curriculum is used in several schools and communities in many countries. Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita Text Book is the twelfth of twelve parts in the Purna Vidya series of books. This volume introduces to the older teenager the most widely known scripture of Vedic Tradition namely Bhagavad Gita. Bhagavad Gita is considered to encapsulate the essential teachings that are contained in Vedas, the original scripture of Vedic or Hindu religious tradition. The teaching is in the form of a dialogue between Arjuna, the prince and Bhagavan Sri Krishna, the Lord. The text book provides a background explanation of the context of the Gita and explains the verses of the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita. The second chapter of Bhagavad Gita is looked upon as the gateway to Bhagavad Gita since it encapsulates the essence of the teaching that is contained in all the eighteen chapters of the Gita. Hence it is an ideal chapter for youngsters in order to develop within themselves a desire to study the Gita in detail at a later date. The text book also contains exercises in the form of topics and questions that stimulate independent thinking and group discussion.
