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Bhagavad Gita discourse held at India Consulate in New York
The talk was titled “Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita: Finding Balance, Purpose & Devotion.”
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Malvika Choudhary - Wed, 19, Nov 2025
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The Consulate General of India in New York hosted a public talk on the Bhagavad Gita on Nov 18. bringing together students, young professionals and community elders.
The talk, titled “Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita: Finding Balance, Purpose & Devotion,” centred on balance, purpose and devotion. It was hosted in partnership with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan USA.
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The programme opened with verse 6.5 — “Let a person lift oneself by oneself; let one not degrade oneself. For the self alone is one’s friend, and the self alone is one’s enemy.”
"Let a person lift oneself by oneself; let one not degrade oneself.
— India in New York (@IndiainNewYork) November 19, 2025
For the self alone is one’s friend, and the self alone is one’s enemy.” — Bhagavad Gita 6.5
The Consulate @IndiainNewYork, in collaboration with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan USA, organised a special talk on “Wisdom of… pic.twitter.com/UEndLN5WBT
The event featured speakers Sarvalakshana of Radha Krishna Mandir (ISKCON), New Jersey; Kartikeya of Bhakti Mandir, USA Chapter; and Sthaneshwar, Mattoo endowed chair in Classical Indic Humanities at Stony Brook University.
The speakers discussed how the Gita informs emotional resilience, ethical decision-making and personal grounding amid contemporary pressures.
The Consulate said the session was designed to explore the relevance of the text’s teachings in modern life, reaffirming the Gita’s value as a guide to purposeful action and inner steadiness.
Attendees — from students to community elders — engaged in discussions on applying the text’s teachings to everyday dilemmas, personal discipline and spiritual practice.
The programme formed part of ongoing International Gita Mahotsav 2025 activities observed by Indian missions worldwide.
The global initiative, rooted in celebrations established in Haryana, has expanded into an international cultural and spiritual collaboration involving lectures, recitations and diaspora-centric engagements.
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