Gita JyotiMy Gita
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An invitation to learn

The wisdom of the Gita is for every human life.

Across age, gender, nationality, culture and belief, the Gita invites us to discover the light within—and bring that clarity into the way we live.

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Inner clarity shapes our relationships—and the world we create together.

Truth. Realise. Use.

The Gita brings harmony to everyday life.

It does not ask us to escape the everyday life. It helps us see more clearly within it—our confusion, duty, relationships, decisions and deepest possibilities.

01Observe what is happening within and around us.
02Inquire into the assumptions that shape our response.
03Choose and act with greater steadiness, responsibility and care.

A living science of transformation

Not information alone.

Gita learning moves from truth heard, to truth examined, to truth realised and used. Its “scientific” spirit lies in sincere inquiry: observe, test through life, reflect on the result and refine one’s understanding.

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Across times & cultures

One text. Many lives touched.

Thinkers, leaders, teachers and explorers across generations have turned to the Gita for courage, philosophical inquiry and inner steadiness.

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Hugh Jackman

Cinema & performing arts · born 1968

The actor has spoken about being drawn to the Gita and the wider Vedic tradition in his search for truth and an understanding of mortality.

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Sunita Williams

Space exploration & aviation · born 1965

The astronaut carried the Gita to space as a companion for reflection.

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Swami Vivekananda

Spirituality, philosophy & social reform · born 1863

The monk and philosopher interpreted the Gita as a call to strength, self-mastery and fearless action.

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Abdullah Ibrahim

Jazz, cultural resistance & spiritual expression · born 1934

Growing up under apartheid, he read the Bhagavad Gita in a search for knowledge that helped preserve inner freedom amid external oppression.

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Manu Bhaker

Olympic shooting · born 2002

The Olympic medallist has spoken of reading the Gita and carrying its teaching—focus on action, not the result—into competition.

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More lives touched by the Gita

How we learn

Hear it. Contemplate it. Live it.

Learning is guided, reflective and connected to real situations—not reduced to memorising verses or accepting conclusions.

Chanting builds intimacy with the shlokas. Dialogue opens inquiry. Contemplation connects wisdom with one’s inner life. Practice carries it into choices and relationships.

Learning for every stage of life

  • Children
  • Youth
  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
1

Listen & chant

Encounter the shloka with attention, rhythm and meaning.

2

Inquire together

Enter the human question through story, dialogue and lived examples.

3

Contemplate

Recognise what the teaching reveals about one’s own field of experience.

4

Use in life

Try the insight in a real situation, return, reflect and deepen.

Our purpose

To help each person discover the divine within.

Gita Jyoti is an initiative of the Light of the Self Foundation. It is offered as gratitude and service to the great masters who kept this wisdom alive.

Our purpose is to make sincere Gita learning available across age, nationality, culture and belief—so that Krishna is not only admired outside, but discovered as clarity, love and wisdom within each one.

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Our founder

Sri Narasimha Prabhuji

A teacher of Vedanta for more than twenty-five years, Sri Prabhuji founded Light of the Self Foundation as a volunteer-led, non-commercial initiative. Inspired by his teacher Shri Ajja, he has guided seekers from varied walks of life through talks, workshops and self-inquiry.

About the Foundation & Sri Prabhuji

Offered in gratitude

We walk in the light of great masters.

We offer this learning in remembrance of the lineages, teachers and embodiments of wisdom whose lives continue to illuminate the way—from timeless spiritual sources to living guides.

Explore the lineage - Select a portrait to meet each master and discover their contribution.

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The invitation is open

Come as you are. Learn for the life you are living.

Begin a guided journey into the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, with learning pathways for different ages and stages of life.

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