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FREE FOR MEMBERS of The Theosophical Society, NON-MEMBERS can access the course by paying a fee of 50 USD or 25 USD (chosen countries) or 2000 INR (India).
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Dates: September 3 until 27 September, Tuesdays and Fridays
Time: 4 PM Paris, 2:00 PM GMT, 7:30 PM IST (India Time)
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CURRICULUM
First week
Session 1 – Tuesday September 3rd
- Introduction
- Fundaments
- Philosophical foundations 1
Session 2 – Friday September 6th
- Philosophical foundations 2
- Philosophical foundations 3
- Development of the teaching in various main schools
Second week
Session 3 – Tuesday September 10th
- Development of the teaching outside India
- Abhidharma (Abhidhamma)
- Outstanding historical figures 1
Session 4 – Friday September 13th
- Outstanding historical figures 2
- Practical applications: the flowering of logics and dialogue
- Nagarjuna and Madhyamaka (Madhyamika)
Third week
Session 5 – Tuesday September 17th
- Some other main Mahayana sutras
- The tantric confluence
Session 6 – Friday September 20th
- The real practice – The Paramitas
- The hindrances and the dangers
Fourth week
Session 7 – Tuesday September 24th
- Esoteric aspects 1: The invisible world – The Twelve Nidanas
- Mystic meaning of ‘Bodhisattva’ – The Four Great Vows
Session 8 – Friday September 27th
- Esoteric aspects 2: Arahatship, Initiations, Hierarchies, and Buddhas
- The ‘leaf‘of knowledge and the remaining ‘forest’ to know