TAT4000 – (C.P.H.S – Core Course) This course will unfold the adhyasa bhasya, considered perhaps to be the magnum opus of Adi Sankara. This text finds its place as the introduction to Sankara’s exhaustive commentary of the brahma sutras, known also by different names such as Vyasa sutras, bhiksu sutras or saririka sutras.
Adhyasa means superimposition, which causes the appearance of a thing on a locus other than its own. This is the main source of bondage due to the ignorance of the Self and subsequently taking the non-Self to be the Self. Sankara outlines adroitly the different intricacies of Adhyasa for the very purpose of removing it through knowledge and realize the oneness of the jiva and Brahman.
Admission into a program of study. Some exposure to the Vēdānta śāstra and ability to read Sanskrit.
Semester / Quarter:
Quarter
Number of Weeks:
11
Required / Core / Elective:
Core
Semester / Quarter Offered:
Fall 2023
Days of the Week:
Mondays
Time:
8:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
Start Date:
October 9, 2023
End Date:
December 18, 2023
Faculty
Dr. Venkataraman Swaminathan
Dr. Venkataraman Swaminathan obtained his doctorate in Materials Science from the University of Southern California in 1975. He worked at Bell Laboratories for 21 years in many aspects of fiber optic communication systems and fiber-to-the-home technologies. V. Swaminathan has been a student of Pūjya Swami Dayananda Saraswati and the other revered ācāryas of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam for nearly 30 years.
