The course is an in-depth study of the fifth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, containing practical and illuminating teachings of the Gita, that the place which is reached by the Jnanis is reached by the Karma Yogis, knowledge and the performance of action (Karma Yoga) are one.

Some of the topics included are:

• What makes our spiritual life fulfilling and fully integrated with our everyday activities.
• How to cultivate mental equanimity and overcome emotional disturbances and attachments.
  
• How to attain Self-knowledge and inner freedom while engaging with the world.
• The liberated sage or a Jnani always remains as a witness of the activities of the senses as he identifies himself with the Self or Brahman. He thinks and says, “I do not see; the eyes perceive. I do not hear; the ears hear. I do not smell, the nose smells, etc.” He beholds inaction in action as he has burnt his actions in the fire of wisdom.
• The harmonious man who does actions for the sake of the Lord without expectation of the fruit and who says, “I do actions for my Lord only, not for my personal gain or profit,” attains to the peace born of devotion, through the following four stages, viz., purity of mind, the attainment of knowledge, renunciation of actions, and steadiness in wisdom.
  
• The unbalanced or the unharmonised man who is led by desire and who is attached to the fruits of the actions and who says, “I have done such and such an action; I will get such and such a fruit,” is firmly bound.
• The sun’s reflection falls on the river Ganga, on the ocean or on a dirty stream. The sun is not at all affected in any way. This makes no difference to the sun. So is the case with the Supreme Self. The Upadhis (limiting adjuncts) cannot affect Him. Just as the ether is not affected by the limiting adjuncts, viz,. A pot, the walls of a room, cloud, etc. so also the Self is not affected by the Upadhis.
• The Brahmana is Sattvic. The Cow is Rajasic. The elephant, the dog and the outcaste are Tamasic. The sage sees in all of them one homogeneous immortal Self Who is not affected by the three Gunas and their tendencies.
• The enjoyments that are born of contacts are generators of pain only, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna! The wise do not rejoice in them.