300 hour
Sāṁkhya Yoga Course
The intention of this course is to alter your perception and the nature of your thought process for a traditional phenomenology for examination (parikṣa) of characteristics (lakṣana) to allow a proper format for traditional diagnostics in Yoga Therapy, Āyurveda
- Overview of Sāṁkhya and the outline of the course (10 hours)
- Overview of the ṣaḍdarśana and the darśana time period (5 hours each = 35 hours)
[core texts & authors, modern texts and philosophers, core tenants, special focus on elements different from saṁkhya]- Nyāya
- Vaiśeṣika
- Sāṁkhya (as a darśana)
- Mīmāṁsā
- Yoga
- Vedānta & Buddhism (on related Sāṁkhya connections) & Chārvāka-Lokāyata
- Practical application of Sāṁkhya (20+hours)
Creation process, guṇas, tattva, and tanmātras, Buddhi,mahat , ahaṁkāra,asmita , andahamtva - Sāṁkhya Kārikā and Sāṁkhya-Pravachana Sūtra (75 hours)
Textual study of root Sanskrit texts and discussion upon them
Clarification of terminology and discernment of concepts
- Comparison of different Sāṁkhya traditions and alternative formats (20 hours)
Types of classical Sāṁkhya
Charaka Saṁhitā
Mahābhārata & Purāṇa variations
Bhagavata Sāṁkhya and the 25 tattvas
Saiva Tantra and the 36 tattvas