
50 episodes
Swami Tattwamayananda’s class on Srimad Bhagavad Gita is held at the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco (founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) on Friday evenings in the First Universal Hindu Temple in the West (founded by Swami Trigunatitananda in 1905). Classes are held on Friday night at 7:30 pm. All are most welcome. The Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the most important spiritual classic of Hinduism. Swami Tattwamayananda, currently the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco, (originally founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) served in various centers of the Ramakrishna Order in India as editor, publisher, and teacher of Sanskrit, Advaitic texts s…

Daily Tamil SriVaishnava recitation and meaning.




Bhakti teaching through everyday reflection.
Patient Krishna consciousness for lived devotional practice.
Swami Tattwamayananda delivers the concluding lecture on the Bhagavad Gita's 18th chapter, covering verses 73-78 and the Gita's final teaching that spiritual wisdom (yogeshvara) and engaged action (dhanudhara) must operate together for victory and welfare to follow.
Swami Tattwamayananda lectures on Bhagavad Gita chapter 18, verses 63-68, focusing on the spiritual prerequisites for receiving Gita teachings and the historical significance of verse 18.63 — in which Krishna tells Arjuna to accept only what he finds convincing — as a unique statement Vivekananda cited at the 1893 Chicago Parliament of World Religions.
Swami Tattwamayananda lectures on Bhagavad Gita chapter 18, verses 45-53, exploring how swadharma — performing one's own duty — becomes a tool for spiritual enlightenment without requiring prayer or ritual.
Swami Tattwamayananda delivers the concluding lecture on Bhagavad Gita chapter 17, covering verses 27-28 and the concept of shraddha (spiritual sincerity) in its three forms — sattvika, rajasika, and tamasika.
Swami Tattwamayananda lectures on Bhagavad Gita chapter 17, verses 23-27, explaining the Om Tat Sat teaching — the triple designation of Brahman that purifies any spiritual practice by bringing the awareness of divine omnipresence into every word, thought, and deed.
A class on the Bhagavad Gita discussing the highest reality as the eternal divine spark present in all.