Key Ideas from the Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother: A Postgraduate Certificate Course under ICIS-IGNOU Collaboration

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Foundations of Growth of Consciousness Friday, 7 August, 06:00 AM » Thursday, 31 December, 11:55 PM Facilitated by Ameeta Mehra A Postgraduate Certificate Course: 8 Credits, 150 Days Under ICIS-IGNOU Collaboration BEGINNING 7TH AUGUST, 2009' Lecture Units
Chitta-suddhi - 'Purification of Consciousness'
The Tapasya of the Mind
The Tapasya of the Vital
The Tapasya of the Body
The Psychic Discipline
Concentration & Meditation - Practicum during the onsite retreat
Self-Observation & Self-Organisation - theory & practice of the Self-reflective Journal
Power of Attitude
True Attitude in Works - 'Karmayoga'
The Three Modes of Nature, Establishing 'Samata' or Equality Ameeta Mehra is the Chairperson-cum-Director of ICIS, as well as The Gnostic Centre (a research centre for the growth of consciousness). Ameeta has had the privelege of studying and being guided in Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s Integral Yoga (from 1988 to 2000) under Dr. Nirodbaran (Literary Secretary & Personal Attendant to Sri Aurobindo). Ameeta has facilitated several courses and training programmes based on Integral Yoga, Integral Education and Management. For Application form & full Details, Contact: admin@integralstudiescentre.org ; ameetamehra@hotmail.com / +91-9811066667, 9810052545, 9810515693

An Introduction to Integral Studies: Key Ideas from the Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother Friday, 7 August, 06:00 AM » Thursday, 31 December, 11:55 PM
Facilitated by Monica Gupta A Postgraduate Certificate Course: 6 Credits, 120 Days Under ICIS-IGNOU Collaboration BEGINNING 7TH AUGUST, 2009 Lecture Units
Introduction to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
Integral Philosophy: Some Key Concepts
The Planes and Parts of the Being
The Fundamentals of Integral Yoga & Transformation
Social Evolution: Moving towards a Life Divine on Earth Monica Gupta teaches Educational Psychology at the University of Delhi, and is well-versed with the concepts of Integral Yoga, Integral Psychology and Integral Education. For Application form & full Details, Contact: admin@integralstudiescentre.org ; ameetamehra@hotmail.com / +91-9811066667, 9810052545, 9810515693

Paradigms of Psychological Knowledge: A Historical & Cross-cultural Perspective Friday, 7 August, 06:00 AM » Thursday, 31 December, 11:55 PM
Facilitated by Suneet Varma, PhD A Postgraduate Certificate Course: 8 Credits, 150 Days Under ICIS-IGNOU Collaboration BEGINNING 7TH AUGUST, 2009 Lecture Units:
Three aspects of knowledge paradigms: Ontology, Epistemology, and Methodology
Historical emergence of Psychology as a science: Four paths of scientific Psychology
Positivism, Post-positivism, and the Critical perspective
The Social Constructionist movement in Psychology
Participative Research/Co-operative Enquiry in Psychology
The Existential-Phenomenological and the Indian conception of knowledge
An alternative history of Psychology. Perspectives from non Euro-American backgrounds
Avidya and Vidya as two distinct forms of knowing in the Indian tradition
Self knowledge in the Indian tradition: A selective appraisal
The Integral way of knowledge: Sri Aurobindo’s contribution Suneet Varma is an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi (India). His early work was in the area of Philosophy of Psychology / Theoretical Psychology. He now works on Indian perspectives on Psychology – e.g., Yoga Psychology, Sufism, Buddhist Psychology, and their links with Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga Psychology. For Application form & full Details, Contact: admin@integralstudiescentre.org ; ameetamehra@hotmail.com / +91-9811066667, 9810052545, 9810515693

An Introduction to the Vedas in the Light of Sri Aurobindo Friday, 7 August, 06:00 AM » Thursday, 31 December, 11:55 PM
Facilitated by Vladimir Yatsenko A Postgraduate Certificate Course: 8 Credits, 150 Days Under ICIS-IGNOU Collaboration BEGINNING 7TH AUGUST, 2009 Lecture Units
Shruti and Smriti: The Structure and the general content of the Veda
The Vedic Vision
Night and Dawn
The Myth of the Lost Herds of Light and the Angirasa Rishis
Myths of Creation: Nasadiya sukta, Heaven & Earth, Hiranya Garbha
Myths of Creation: Purusha Suktam, Visvakarman
Agni and the Concept of the Sacrifice
Hymns to the Mystic Fire
The conception of Speech in the Vedic Literature
The five Myths of Immortality Vladimir Yatsenko is a Sanskrit and Vedic scholar, resident of Auroville (an international township for human unity, in south India). For Application form & full Details, Contact: admin@integralstudiescentre.org ; ameetamehra@hotmail.com / +91-9811066667, 9810052545, 9810515693