SUGGESTED SYLLABUS FOR TEACHING BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS

(Numbers in parentheses refer to verse numbers. Purports should be read along with the verses.)

ONE-WEEK SYLLABUS
(Major selections totalling 125 pages)

Two class sessions per week:
READINGS    QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
session 1    Introduction     (all)
        Chapter 2     (1-30, 54-72)      1-4
        Chapter 3     (1-9, 27-43)      1-3
        Chapter 4     (1-11, 34-42)      1,3
session 2    Chapter 5     (7-29)          1-3
        Chapter 6     (46-47)          4
        Chapter 7     (1-7)          1
        Chapter 8     (5-9)          1-3
        Chapter 9     (1-14)          1,2
        Chapter 10     (1-15)          1
        Chapter 12     (1-8)          1
        Chapter 13     (all)              1,2
        Chapter 14     (all)              1-3
        Chapter 18     (50-78)          3-5

Three class sessions per week:
    READINGS    QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
session 1    Introduction     (all)
        Chapter 2     (1-30, 54-72)      1-4
        Chapter 3    (1-9, 21-43)      1-3
        Chapter 4     (1-11, 34-42)      1,3
session 2    Chapter 5     (7-29)          1-3
        Chapter 6     (46-47)          4
        Chapter 7     (1-7)          1
        Chapter 8     (5-9)          1-3
session 3    Chapter 9     (1-14)          1,2
        Chapter 10     (1-15)          1
        Chapter 12     (1-8)          1
        Chapter 13     (all)              1,2
        Chapter 14     (all)              1-3
        Chapter 18     (50-78)          3-5
TWO-WEEK SYLLABUS
(Major selections totalling 200 pages)

Two class sessions per week:
    READINGS    QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1st week:
session 1    Introduction     (all)
        Chapter 2     (1-30, 54-72)      1-4
        Chapter 3     (all)             1-3
session 2    Chapter 4     (1-24, 34-42)      1-3
        Chapter 5     (all)              1-3
        Chapter 6     (46-47)          4
        Chapter 7     (all)              1-3

2nd week:
session 3    Chapter 8     (5-27)          1-3
        Chapter 10     (1-15)          1
        Chapter 12     (all)              1,2
        Chapter 13     (all)              1,2
session 4    Chapter 14     (all)              1-3
        Chapter 15     (all)              1,2
        Chapter 16     (all)              1-2
        Chapter 18     (19-78)          1-5

Three class sessions per week:
    READINGS    QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1st week:
session 1    Introduction     (all)
        Chapter 2     (1-30, 54-72)     1-4
session 2    Chapter 3     (all)             1-3
        Chapter 4     (1-24, 34-42)     1-3
session 3    Chapter 5     (all)             1-3
        Chapter 6     (46-47)         4
        Chapter 7     (all)             1-3

2nd week:
session 4    Chapter 8     (5-27)         1-4
        Chapter 9     (all)             1-3
        Chapter 10     (1-15)          1
session 5    Chapter 12     (all)              1,2
        Chapter 13     (all)              1,2
        Chapter 14     (all)             1-3
session 6    Chapter 15     (all)              1,2
        Chapter 16     (all)              1-3
        Chapter 18     (19-78)          1-5
THREE-WEEK SYLLABUS
(Complete text read)
Two class sessions per week:
    READINGS    QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1st week:
session 1    Introduction     (all)
        Chapter 1          (all)
        Chapter 2          (all)
session 2    Chapter 3, 4     (all)

2nd week:
session 3    Chapters 5-7     (all)
session 4    Chapters 8-11    (all)

3rd week:
session 5    Chapters 12-15     (all)
session 6    Chapters 16-18     (all)

Three class sessions per week:
    READINGS    QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1st week:
session 1    Introduction     (all)
        Chapter 1          (all)
session 2    Chapter 2          (all)
session 3    Chapter 3          (all)

2nd week:
session 4    Chapters 4 & 5     (all)
session 5    Chapters 6 & 7     (all)
session 6    Chapters 8-10     (all)

3rd week:
Session 7    Chapters 11-13     (all)
Session 8 Chapters 14-16     (all)
Session 9    Chapters 17 & 18    (all)