Please be mindful to make your children’s association with the Gita emotionally and intellectually rewarding. We recommend you learn the Improving Sanga Principles to model best practice. Children learn by example more than precept. Don’t criticise their efforts; instead, model good habits yourself. Always appreciate and encourage them. This will help them associate the Gita with positive experiences and emotions. It doesn’t matter if they don’t understand everything perfectly. It is more important they develop an attraction for discussing the Gita throughout their lives. This attraction is the best gift we can give our children, for it will bring them under Krishna’s protection. (Link to ‘Two Secrets of the Bhagavad-gita)
Gita Support is a work in progress. We will constantly make improvements to it over time. Please feel welcome to give us your feedback on how it can be improved.
Gita Support comprises:
Gita Flow: Our understanding of Krishna’s intended message, verse by verse. Since we are not self-realised acharyas, we do not presume we have understood everything perfectly. However, we hope Gita Flow will at least inspire you to see the verses as part of a developing message rather than stand-alone aphorisms.
Gita Flow Evidence: Here we share the statements that influenced our understanding of each verse. These are taken from Srila Prabhupada’s books, lectures, etc.; Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura’s (VCT) commentary to the Gita; Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s (BV) commentary, Gita Bhusana; and Bhaktivinode Thakura’s (BT) presentation of the Gita.
Gita Analysis & Insights: We share our reflections on some Gita verses and purports.
