Between the last week of January & March 2025, across 9 weeks, Our Gita Project 2.0 (๐๐๐ ๐.๐) brought together educators, professionals, parents & seekers of personal development, to explore how the timeless teachings of the ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ can meet us in the mess & magic of everyday life.
OGP 2.0 unfolded across ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซย powerful tracks:
๐ธ Gita for Youth & Education
๐ธ Gita for Leadership
๐ธ Gita for Self-Development
๐ธ Gita for Communication & Relationships
Each track was a commitment to what we called a ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐?
The Karma Yajna is the ๐ ๐๐ข๐ of Our Gita Project. In traditional settings, Gita is revered for its ๐๐ฬ๐๐๐๐ฬ๐๐กโ๐๐๐ value – a guide for moksha, spiritual liberation. And rightly so. But letโs be honest: not everyone is seeking spiritual emancipation right now. Most of us are simply trying to live a better life:
๐ธ As a manager under performance pressure
๐ธ A parent watching a child struggle
๐ธ A professional facing toxic politics at work
๐ธ A teacher in a crowded classroom
๐ธ Or just as a human being stuck in traffic wondering if there’s more to life
OGP makes the Gita ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฬ๐ฃ๐โ๐ฬ๐๐๐๐ – relevant for daily life. This is not Gita as discourse. This is ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐?
It means that learning is not the goal. ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ is.
It means:
๐ We didnโt study all 700 shlokas. We focused on 2 shlokas per weekโa carefully curated set of 18 across 9 core concepts in each track.
๐ We came ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, not just present.
๐ We ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐, not just listened.
๐ We ๐ โ๐๐๐๐ย vulnerablyโbringing our parenting dilemmas, career confusions, moral grey zones into the Zoom discussions.
๐ We didnโt stop at reflectionโwe built ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ to integrate the Gita into our lives.
The Karma Yajna was not easy. Itโs easier to attend a Gita ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐โ๐๐ and go back to โreal life.โ But to bring the Gita into real life? That takes commitment. And for those who walked all 9 weeks with us, It was transformational.
We have condensed the happenings of OGP 2.0 into a set of Souvenirs – one per track – and are offering it to you for download and perusal at your leisure!
Sarvam Krishnarpanam!