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Indian Philosophy
From the Vedic hymns to Ambedkar's critique of caste — three thousand years of Indian philosophical thought. Explores Brahman and Atman, the heterodox challengers (Buddhism, Jainism), the six orthodox schools, the Vedanta debates of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva, the devotional poetry of Mirabai and Kabir, and the modern thinkers who brought Indian philosophy into dialogue with the world.
Philosophy
- Indian Philosophy I: The Vedic World Explore the foundational texts and ideas that shaped Indian thought for millennia.You'll encounter the Rigveda's creation myths, the philosophy of ritual as cosmic maintenance, and how ancient thinkers understood social order and human life stages as reflections of universal principles.
- Indian Philosophy II: The Heterodox Schools Explore Buddhism's radical challenge to Hindu orthodoxy through its core teachings on suffering, selflessness, and liberation.You'll examine how the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path offer a practical path to nirvana, and grapple with the counterintuitive idea that the self doesn't exist—a claim that fundamentally reshapes how we understand consciousness and freedom.
- Indian Philosophy III: The Six Orthodox Schools Explore how classical Indian philosophers built rigorous arguments about knowledge, reality, and God's existence.You'll master Nyaya logic and epistemology—learning to construct and evaluate syllogisms, understand different types of evidence, and see how ancient thinkers debated the very foundations of what we can know.
- Indian Philosophy IV: Vedanta Explore how Shankara revolutionized Hindu philosophy by arguing that Brahman alone is real and everything else is illusion born from ignorance.You'll examine the radical metaphysics of Vedanta and trace how this non-dualistic vision shaped centuries of Indian thought.
- Indian Philosophy V: Bhakti, Tantra, and Medieval Synthesis Explore how medieval Indian philosophers and poets revolutionized spiritual practice by centering devotion, emotion, and direct divine experience over ritual hierarchy.From the Tamil saints to Kabir's boundary-crossing verses, discover how bhakti movements challenged caste systems and created radical new paths to the sacred.
- Indian Philosophy VI: Modern Indian Philosophy Explore how Indian philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries reimagined ancient Vedantic thought for a modern world, grappling with reason, social reform, and the meeting of East and West through thinkers like Vivekananda, Ramakrishna, and Roy.
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