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On 31 January 2023, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the tenth session of ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swāmī Mitrānanda of Chinmaya Mission. The Chapter 4 of the ‘....

February 06, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Geeta , Chinmaya Mission , Swami Mitrananda

Gītā for Millenia, Ninth Lecture

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the ninth session of ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swāmī Mitrānanda of Chinmaya Mission on November 14, 2022. Swāmiji began the talk....

December 23, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Geeta , Swami Mitrananda , Swami Chinmayananda

Gītā for the Millennia, Eighth Lecture

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised the eighth session of ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swāmī Mitrananda of Chinmaya Mission on September 21, 2022. At the beginning of....

October 11, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , dharma , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Swami Mitrananda

Gītā for the Millennia (Lecture VII)

The seventh lecture of the online talk series ‘Gītā for the Millennia’, based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda of Chinmaya Mission, was hosted by Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on August 29, 2022. This session was a....

September 09, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Swami Mitrananda

Mohinī on a Swing: Between the Singularity and Plurality of Desire(s)

Rohith Krishna Article

“We bow to the god whose sign is a sea serpent, To Kāma , who makes the gods Śiva, Brahmā and Viṣṇu slaves in dark chambers of doe-eyed women; To Kāma, whose marvelous artifice eludes all words”

June 30, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Bhagavad Gita , Desires , Kama , Moha , Modern , Traditional , Swami Chinmayananda , Happiness

‘Gītā for the Millennia’ (Lecture IV)

On 12th May, 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized the fourth session on ‘Gītā for the Millennia, an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda of Chinmaya Mission. Svāmīji began the lectu....

May 31, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Swami Mitrananda

‘Gītā for the Millennia’ (Lecture II)

On 18th April 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted the second talk on ‘Gītā for the Millennia’; an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Svāmī Mitrananda, Chinmaya Mission. In his introductory remarks duri....

April 25, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Svāmī Mitrananda , Arjuna

‘Gītā for the Millennia’ by Swami Mitrananda

On 6th January 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted ‘Gītā for the Millennia’; an online talk series based on Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā by Swami Mitrananda, Chinmaya Mission. In his introductory remarks during the event, Dr. Ar....

January 12, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Vedas , Upanisads , Bhagavad Gita , Gita , Chinmaya Mission , Swami Mitrananda , Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā , achutam

Gandhi’s Contemporary Relevance

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869. It is remarkable that even after 150 years people read and study Gandhi in the hope that they will find answers to contemporary problems. This is testimony to the universalism of Gandhi’s ideas. On Gandhi Jay....

October 01, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Morality , Bhagavad Gita , Non violence , Sarvodya , Satyagraha , Swarajya

Vimasha: Dr. Bibek Deb Roy’s talk on ‘Understanding the Ancient Indian Texts: Puranas and the Bhagavad Gita’

Dr. Bibek Deb Roy, eminent scholar and Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, gave a talk on the Bhagavad Gita. He announced at the outset that he would not deal with the ‘big things’ about the Gita—dharma, karma, tyaga, ....

June 29, 2018 Vimarsh , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Bibek Deb Roy , Bhagavad Gita , Ancient Indian , Puranas , Vedanta tradition , Mahabharata