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"The India Story" Seminar
  
Programme - How it began


DAY THREE :

SESSION I A – The beginning of Thought.

  • Discussing “Nasadiya” – The Creation Hymn. Background references by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Philosopher & President of India (Oxford University lectures) , Dr. Carl Sagan, Astrophysicist ( COSMOS).



  • An introduction to the Vedas.

SESSION I B - The Mahabharata.


  • Selective viewing of Peter Brook’s Mahabharata.

    • The Dice Game.

    • Krishna & Arjuna.

    • The Killing of Drona.
  • Analysis and discussion on all 3 episodes.

  • Understanding how the Mahabharata works at 3 levels.
    • The Physical

    • The Ethical.

    • The Metaphysical.

The role of various players for creation of each of the 3 themes. The issues of Life that binds the themes.

SESSION II – Free Time


SESSION III. – Understanding the Power of Yoga and Meditation.

  • Yoga with whom or what?

  • Meditation on whom or what?

  • Where and how they originated? Their background logic. Their spread to all parts of the world and acceptance by modernity.

  • Elementary Phenomenology
  • Asana, Pranayam and “Chakras”

  • Application in Health and Disease
    Exploration of Psychoneuroimmunology and Psychoneuroendocrinology

[This is a lecture session. Everyday hereafter a separate morning session before breakfast will be scheduled for teaching participants the basic yoga exercise and the actual practice of meditation.]


Days: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21