Starting Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 7:30pm CEST / 1:30-2:30pm EDT

This unique course will be conducted via Zoom and last for approximately 11 months. Recordings will be available for several months after the course ends.

**A Profound Journey for Meditators, Sidhas and, TM* Teachers**

Experience the timeless wisdom of the Bhagavad-Gītā, brought to life via recorded lectures by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and presented and commented upon by Vedic scholar John Bright, PhD.

Bhagavad-Gītā Course One is a foundational course on this most enlightening texts and a prerequisite for the more advanced second course. It features recorded lectures by Maharishi from the 1960s and 1970s. In these unique talks, Maharishi underlines the central themes of the Bhagavad- Gītā and reveals how its profound wisdom can be practically applied in daily life.

Get Going With Gita

Topics include:

How Maharishi began his commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.
The importance of the Bhagavad-Gītā.
Understanding Dharma—the first word of the Gītā—and its relationship with Karma, Adharma, and the TM program.
Understanding Karma Yoga and how it relates to Transcendental Meditation*.
How the first verse of the Bhagavad-Gītā contains the teachings of all six systems of Indian philosophy.
Importance of the first chapter of the Bhagavad-Gītā and how it has been overlooked by previous commentators.
How the answers to the sixteen basic problems of life are brought out in the first chapter and answered in the whole of the Bhagavad-Gītā.
The formula for rising above the problems of life, as given to Arjuna by Lord Kṛishṇa: Nistrai-guṇyo bhav-Arjuna and Yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi.
Understanding the fundamental importance of the three Guṇas and how Nistrai-guṇyo bhav-Arjuna is the main teaching of the Bhagavad-Gītā.
The importance of developing both the heart and the mind to their fullest extent, and in complete coordination with each other, in order to live fulfilment in life.
How devotion refines the body and mind and supports the development of God Consciousness, the sixth state of consciousness.

If this teaching is followed, effectiveness in life will be achieved, men will be fulfilled on all levels, and the historical need of the age will be fulfilled also. —Maharishi

Your Course Leaders

John Bright, PhD, has been a full time Teacher of Transcendental Meditation since 1970. He did advanced studies in consciousness with Maharishi and Maharaja in 2005 when he was assigned the title of Purusha Raja. He lives in the Silicon Valley area where he teaches and coaches founders and executives in leadership and personal growth through Maharishi Vedic technologies.

Antonio Bartolomé, PhD is Raja (Administrator) for Spain, Portugal, Andorra, as well as Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries in Africa, and Co-Raja of Lebanon.
For several years, he has been teaching courses on the Bhagavad Gita, and currently offers weekly sessions with Raja Bright covering Chapters 1–6 and 7–10.

The wise and insightful comments of John Bright and Antonio Bartolomé add another dimension of understanding and clarity to the verses—Peter Seal, Bhagavad-Gita ch.7 course

Explore the Wisdom of the Gītā