Short Term Certification Course


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Indian Knowledge Traditions

Module 1: Darshan (Worldview)

  1. Course Overview – (What ground will be covered?)
  2. Vedic vision and the Upanishads: Macrocosmic order – Rta, Satya, Dharma, Atman,Brahman, Chetana
  3. Sramanic Negation: Buddhism, Jainism, Carvakism etc.
  4. Synthesis of Yoga in Gita

Module 2: Srishti aur Vyavahar (Microcosmic Order and Practice)

  1. Kama, Artha, Moksha: The human body as Living Vehicle (Yaan): Sanskara, Yoga, Sadhana,  Dhyana, Samadhi
  2. The Social Order: Ashramas, (Artha Shastra)
  3. State and Governance (Artha Shastra)

Module 3: Shilpa (Creativity and Symbolic Forms)

  1. Bhava and Bhasha: Aesthetics, Language, (theories of Bhava, Rasa, Dhvani Natyashastra)
  2. Music and Dance
  3. Literature: (examples from Mahabharata, Kalidasa)
  4. Sculpture, Painting, crafts etc.
  5. Architecture and Planning

Module 4: Vigyan: (Science and Mathematics)

  1. Philology and Linguistics
  2. Mathematics
  3. Astronomy
  4. Ayurveda
  5. Chemistry and Metallurgy
  6. The Design of Indian thought and its contemporary relevance