- Cost: £95.00
This course provides a broad survey of the scope of Hindu Studies, touching on a range of different topics. The principal idea is to explore what is meant by 'Hinduism' or 'Hindu Dharma' and thereby go some way towards an understanding of what is meant by the Hindu identity and the significance of the identity, both traditionally and in the modern world.
- Cost: £95.00This course provides a broad understanding of the Vedas and the Upanishads and the beliefs and practices they advocate. The Vedas and the Upanishads are truly vast in their extent and there are few if any who can claim to have full knowledge of their contents. Hence what we aim to do here is present a broad outline of the principal themes and then indulge in a more detailed study of a limited number of selected passages.
- Teacher: Rembert Lutjeharms
- Teacher: Anuradha Dooney
- Teacher: Nick Sutton
Cost: £95.00The Puranas play a vitally important role in the construction of contemporary Hinduism for it is in these works that many of the stories and concepts central to Hindu dharma are to be found. This course is structured around selected readings from three of the major Puranas, the Bhagavata Purana, the Shiva Purana and the Markandeya Purana, and is based on a close reading of specific passages that relate to Vishnu and his avatars, to Shiva, and then finally to Durga, the great Goddess.- Cost: £95.00This course will make a broad study of the stories and characters represented in the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and consider their religious teachings that are imparted. In both works stories are told of the descent of the Deity to earth and the conflict that ensues between good and evil. And yet these accounts are never one-dimensional, for there is a subtlety to the storytelling that makes these great works as relevant today as they have ever been.
- Cost: £95.00A detailed study of the text and the principal religious ideas contained within the eighteen chapters (700 verses) of Bhagavad Gita, the main themes of Krishna’s discourse, and the principal ideas presented. The Bhagavad Gita is an exposition of belief and practice that has had an immeasurable influence on the formation of Hindu Dharma. You are provided with an English translation of the chapters under consideration and discussions of the meaning and significance of these verses. We also reflect on the contemporary significance of the teachings and how they can be of relevance to the modern world.
- Cost: £95.00
This course provides a broad survey of the scope of Hindu Studies, touching on a range of different topics. The principal idea is to explore what is meant by 'Hinduism' or 'Hindu Dharma' and thereby go some way towards an understanding of what is meant by the Hindu identity and the significance of the identity, both traditionally and in the modern world.
- Cost: £95.00This course provides a broad understanding of the Vedas and the Upanishads and the beliefs and practices they advocate. The Vedas and the Upanishads are truly vast in their extent and there are few if any who can claim to have full knowledge of their contents. Hence what we aim to do here is present a broad outline of the principal themes and then indulge in a more detailed study of a limited number of selected passages.
- Cost: £95.00This course will make a broad study of the stories and characters represented in the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and consider their religious teachings that are imparted. In both works stories are told of the descent of the Deity to earth and the conflict that ensues between good and evil. And yet these accounts are never one-dimensional, for there is a subtlety to the storytelling that makes these great works as relevant today as they have ever been.
- Cost: £95.00A detailed study of the text and the principal religious ideas contained within the eighteen chapters (700 verses) of Bhagavad Gita, the main themes of Krishna’s discourse, and the principal ideas presented. The Bhagavad Gita is an exposition of belief and practice that has had an immeasurable influence on the formation of Hindu Dharma. You are provided with an English translation of the chapters under consideration and discussions of the meaning and significance of these verses. We also reflect on the contemporary significance of the teachings and how they can be of relevance to the modern world.