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Ten days with Prabhupāda’s most cited verses

One verse a day: the ten verses Śrīla Prabhupāda cited most often, as published by Vanipedia. A gentle place to start.

10 days

  1. Day 1Bhagavad-gītā 18.66Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. D…
  2. Day 2Bhagavad-gītā 2.13As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly p…
  3. Day 3Bhagavad-gītā 4.9One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take…
  4. Day 4Bhagavad-gītā 7.19After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause …
  5. Day 5Bhagavad-gītā 7.14This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But t…
  6. Day 6Bhagavad-gītā 18.54One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires …
  7. Day 7Bhagavad-gītā 7.15Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and wh…
  8. Day 8Bhagavad-gītā 3.27The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be t…
  9. Day 9Bhagavad-gītā 18.61The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living ent…
  10. Day 10Bhagavad-gītā 15.15I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas …

The whole Gita in 18 weeks

One chapter a week, a few verses each day. Long chapters such as 2 and 18 mean a little more on those days. Each day ends where a topic ends.

126 days · 5–6 verses a day

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The whole Gita in 108 days

A steady daily reading for a little over three months. Each day ends where a topic ends.

108 days · 6–7 verses a day

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The whole Gita in a year

A short reading every day, for busy days: one or two verses with their purports.

365 days · about 2 verses a day

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Intensive: a chapter a day for 18 days

About 40 verses a day, up to 78 in Chapter 18. For readers who already know the Gita, or a festival such as Gītā Jayantī.

18 days · about 39 verses a day

  1. Day 1Chapter 1Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra
  2. Day 2Chapter 2Contents of the Gītā Summarized
  3. Day 3Chapter 3Karma-yoga
  4. Day 4Chapter 4Transcendental Knowledge
  5. Day 5Chapter 5Karma-yoga — Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness
  6. Day 6Chapter 6Sāṅkhya-yoga
  7. Day 7Chapter 7Knowledge of the Absolute
  8. Day 8Chapter 8Attaining the Supreme
  9. Day 9Chapter 9The Most Confidential Knowledge
  10. Day 10Chapter 10The Opulence of the Absolute
  11. Day 11Chapter 11The Universal Form
  12. Day 12Chapter 12Devotional Service
  13. Day 13Chapter 13Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
  14. Day 14Chapter 14The Three Modes of Material Nature
  15. Day 15Chapter 15The Yoga of the Supreme Person
  16. Day 16Chapter 16The Divine and Demoniac Natures
  17. Day 17Chapter 17The Divisions of Faith
  18. Day 18Chapter 18Conclusion — The Perfection of Renunciation