Certificate Course on Consciousness Studies and Self-Awareness:
Modern Science and Ancient Indian Science
Jointly Organised by: Kaivalyadhama, Lonavla and ARCIS, Kolkata
Faculty Members
Prof. Madhusudan Penna
Dean, Faculty of Indian Philosophy and Culture, K.K.Sanskrit University, Ramtek
Prof. Somenath Chakrabarty
Professor of Physics,
Visva-Bharati University
Santiniketan
Dr. Kakali Ghosh
Associate Professor,
Department of Sanskrit,
Jadavpur University
Dr. Ananya Mahapatra
M.D Psychiatry (AIIMS)
Specialist Consultant & Head
ESIC Hospital, Sector-15, Rohini,
New Delhi
Specialist Consultant & Head
ESIC Hospital, Sector-15, Rohini,
New Delhi
Dr. Rajeshwar Mukherjee
Assistant Director (Research),
Kaivalyadhama Research Institute,
Lonavala
Prof. Bindu Kutti
Head, Centre for Consciousness Studies,
NIMHANS, Bangalore
Dr. Ravindra Nagendra
NIMHANS, Bangalore
Dr. Praseeda Menon
Research Officer,
Scientific Research Department (Psychology Section)
Kaivalyadhama Research Institute,
Lonavala
Lonavala
Dr V. V. Binoy
Assistant Professor
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Bangalore
PROF. RAVINDRANATH BODHE
Ex. Asst Director
Philosophico-Literary Research Department.
Kaivalyadhama Research Institute, Lonavala, Pune, Maharashtra
Prof. R. S. Bhogal
Joint Director of Research
Kaivalyadhama Research Institute,
Lonavala
Lonavala
Mr. Rajiv Rainier
Founder & Managing Director
CEEC Incorporated, San Diego, USA.
Outcome
of the Course:
- The participants will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the science of consciousness.
- The students will receive an exposure to the ancient Indian Science of Consciousness.
- Students will have the orientation of different levels of Consciousness
- Develop a deep awareness of the Self
- The Theoretical and Practical Training in Meditation will help the Participants to experience how meditation is associated with the evolution of consciousness.
- Knowledge of Different Layers of Consciousness
- Can Learn the Techniques of Self-Management
- Total immersion in consciousness.
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Online Course Duration
160 Hours 4 Months
Saturday and Sunday (evening) every week for four months
Course will start from 1st week of January 2021
Course Fees:
₹10,000/-
(Rupees Ten Thousand Only)
Course Content
1. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind, Brain and Consciousness
Human Brain and Mind, Brain and computer, Nature of Mental states, Mind and Machine, Human intelligence-vis-à-vis Artificial Intelligence, Levels of Consciousness, Is Consciousness an epiphenomenon? Consciousness in Lower animals, Consciousness in plants, Elements of Modern Psychology.
2. Scientific Approaches to Consciousness
(A) Quantum Physics and Consciousness
de Broglie wave-particle duality, Double Slit Experiment, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and its philosophical significance, Wave Function, Schrödinger Equation, Born’s Interpretation, EPR Paradox, Copenhagen interpretation, Wigner Interpretation, Bohm’s Explicit and Implicit Order, Measurement Problem in Quantum theory and the Role of Observer. Is quantum theory necessary to understand the function of the brain? Von Neumann, Pauli, Stapp, Penrose and Hameroff et al.
(B) Neuronal Basis of Consciousness:
Anatomy of the brain. Neural Network, Awake, REM sleep and Deep sleep and the neuronal activities. Rhythm of the brain. Brain waves and various cognitive activities
Different Imaging Techniques: EEG, FMRi, MEG etc. Neural Correlates of Consciousness.
3. Vedic Principles of Consciousness
(A) Select Vedic Sūktas: Nāsadīya-, Puruṣa-, Hiraṇyagarbha-, Vāk-sūkta
(B) Select Portions from the Upaniṣads: Isopaniṣad, Kenopaniṣad, Taittirīyopaniṣad, Māṇḍukyopaniṣad, Praśnopaniṣad, Aitareyopaniṣad
4. Consciousness and Yoga Philosophy
Select Portions of Pātañjala-Yoga-Sūtra and Relevant Vyāsa-Bhāṣya, Select portions of Brahma-Sūtra: Sāṁkara-Bhāṣya. Concepts from Āyurveda, Concepts of Cakras and Kuṇḍalinī, Concepts of Tantra
5. Meditation and Evolution of Consciousness (Practical)
Rāja-Yoga Meditation, Haṭha-Yoga Meditation, Buddhist Meditation, Awareness Techniques
Mode of Teaching:
Online
