DAILY TIME
The days start with Meditation followed by classes of 2-2.5 hours in the morning and 1.5-2 hours in the afternoon.
Detailed timing will be provided for the participants.

INTRODUCTION

Each searcher periodically wonders why I have been created on this small planet earth in the vast universe and only for a few decades.  What is my responsibility during my transient existence. Much wise advice is brought by great sages. All the sages call us to be free of our usual occupation with me-my-mine and to cultivate a quality of being that will relate us more and more with the mysterious Divine forces of Truth, Love, Consciousness, Delight and sense of Unity and Service.

Each of the sages, ancient ones as well as the modern ones, express their insights and instructions uniquely and emphasize some different aspects. Our wish and effort in the context of this course in the SOW is to explore how we can apply their teachings in our contemporary context and actually try to practice them in daily life. We will take some recommendations or instructions of the great classical spiritual teachers Krishna, Buddha, Christ and Patañjali. Also,  if time permits, we will take some suggestions from the modern teachers G.I. Gurdjieff and J. Krishnamurti. 

Recommended Readings: 

• The Yoga of the Christ by Ravi Ravindra [Also published by the Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar]. 
• The Bhagavad Gita: A Guide to Navigating the Battle of Life by Ravi Ravindra [Shambhala Publications; also published by Jaico Press in India].
• The Wisdom of Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras by Ravi Ravindra [Also published by the Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar].
• The Dhammapada: Sayings of the Buddha [Any publication of this great text will do].
• Heart Without Measure: Gurdjieff Work with Madame de Salzmann by Ravi Ravindra.

• Centered Self Without Being Self-Centered: Remembering Krishnamurti [Also published by the Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar].

   

FACILITATOR

Prof.Emeritus Ravi Ravindra (Click here to see biodata)