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S,SEASN N51 CCN: 81705 | 0020 BARROWS
MTuWTh 4-6pm |
| Instructor Contact |
| Name: | Christopher Tompkins, Christopher Wallis |
| Email: | cpt@berkeley.edu |
| Phone: | Not available |
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| Office Hours |
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| Course Contacts |
Christopher Tompkins (cptompkins@yahoo.com)
Christopher Wallis (nataliapinzon@gmail.com) |
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Course Catalog Description
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Selected introductory topics in the study of religion.
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Extended Course Description
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This course will constitute an engaging survey of the various forms
of Indian spiritual practice referred to with the term 'yoga' over
the last 2500 years. Using primary and secondary sources, we will
study not only specifically yogic practices such as breath control,
meditation, and visualization, but also and especially the various
forms of thought and religious doctrine with which they have been
associated. Surprisingly, the very same practices were utilized by
spiritual adepts of differing and even opposing philosophies. Thus
we will look at the early Upanishads, early Buddhism, the 'classical'
Yoga of Pata??jali, Tantric Yoga, and Hatha-yoga. As far as possible
we will situate these belief systems in their intellectual and
cultural context. This includes an examination of Indian ideas about
the nature of the mind, body, consciousness, and their
interrelationships. We will consider the questions of what Yoga was
supposed to accomplish, and why it became such a central part of
Indian religion. We will not be performing yoga practices in this
class, though students interested in such an experiment will be
exposed to materials in the course of their learning which would
facilitate it.
This course has a Facebook group at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11173649654 |
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