01 August 2019 - 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
1) Orientation
2) Introduction to the Course Structure
- Ms. Gazala Singh
3) Introduction to Indian Epistemology Situating Yoga in the Indian Intellectual Tradition
- Prof. V.N. Jha
02 August 2019
1) The 25 Principles of Samkhya-Yoga : Patanjalayogashastra with special reference to the understanding of Citta
- Prof. V.N. Jha
03 August 2019
1) Yoga and Samkhya in the Bhagavad Gita
- Prof. V.N. Jha
Public Seminar: Models of the Human in Tantric Hinduism [8 – 10 August]
08 August 2019
1) Shaktism and Kundaliniyoga – A Historical Overview
- Dr. Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen
09 August 2019
1) Tantric Models of the Human in the Netratantra (chapters 6-8)
- Dr. Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen
10 August 2019
1) The Shakta Anthropology of the Hathapradipika
- Dr. Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen
16 August 2019
1) Understanding the Problem of Mind-Body-Consciousness in Buddhism
2) Pancha Skhandha – Problem of No Self/Identity – Two Truths
- Dr. Supriya Rai
17 August 2019
1) An Overview of Buddhist Meditation in the Early Tradition
2) The Importance of Cultivating Jhanas – Meditation and Cosmology
- Dr. Supriya Rai
22 August 2019
1) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
2) Nagarjuna’s Madhyamaka
- Dr. Supriya Rai
23 August 2019
1) Yogachara and the 8 Consciousnesses
2) Meditation Techniques: Pure Land Visualisation – Zen Method
- Dr. Supriya Rai
29 August 2019
1) Knowing the Body: Mandala, Medicine and the Healing Arts of Tibetan Tantra
- Ms. Swati Chemburkar
30 August 2019
1) The Soul-Body Relationship in Jainism
2) Introduction to Jain Yoga with special reference to Haribhadra Virahanka
3) Introduction to Jain Tantric Practices: Mantra and Yantra
- Ms. Shilpa Chedda
31 August 2019 - Public Lecture - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
1) Karma, Fivefold Yoga, and Puja in the Yogabindu of Haribhadra Virahanka
- Prof. Christopher Chapple
Public Seminar: The Bengal-Vaishnava Body and its Yogic Affects [5 – 6 September]
05 September 2019
1) Bengal-Vaishnavism – A Historical Overview
2) The Yogic Affects of the Mind/Body-as-Place
- Dr. Sukanya Sarbadhikary
06 September 2019
1) The Yogic Affects of the Body-as-Instrument
- Dr. Sukanya Sarbadhikary
Yoga and Tantra | Praxis
13 September 2019
1) The Yoga of Classical Indian Dance
- Ms. Mandakini Trivedi
14 September 2019
1) Poetry of the Body: Yogic Vocabulary in the Nirgun Bhakti Poetry of Kabir & other poets
- Mr. Vipul Rikhi
Public Seminar: An Introduction to the Tradition of Pancharatra [18 – 21 September]
18 September 2019
1) Key Features, Early History, Scriptures
- Dr. Marion Rastelli
19 September 2019
1) Divine Manifestations: Cosmology and Theology
- Dr. Marion Rastelli
20 September 2019
1) Religious Practice
- Dr. Marion Rastelli
21 September 2019
1) Temples as Historical Testimonies
- Dr. Marion Rastelli
Yoga and Tantra | Praxis
26 September 2019
1) History of Modern Globalised Yoga
- Ms. Gazala Singh
27 September 2019
1) The Yoga Institute, Santacruz: ‘The World’s Oldest Yoga School’ Celebrating its Centenary Year: ‘Householder Yoga’ and the ‘Culture of Consciousness’
- Ms. Gazala Singh
03 October 2019
1) The Nath Connection in the Warikari Sampradaya of Maharashtra
- Ms. Shruti Vishwanath
04 October 2019
1) Mind-Body-Spirituality, Wellbeing, Health and Yoga as Therapy in Contemporary Culture
- Ms. Gazala Singh