DATES: January 16-26, 2024 - At Adyar

FACILITATOR: Prof. Emeritus Ravi Ravindra

VENUE: International Headquarters, Adyar

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While the courses are primarily offered for FREE FOR MEMBERS of The Theosophical Society, NON-MEMBERS can still access the course by paying a fee of 50 USD or Rs.2000 (India).

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Non-members will receive a payment link after the approved application.

In this session, we shall explore the themes of love and death in the great spiritual traditions. 

According to the great sages—especially as enunciated in the  Gospels and the Bhagavad Gita—it is much more important that I am loved by the Christ or by Krishna or by God than that I love them. When I am loved by them, they reveal themselves to me in their true nature, not as I, conditioned by my cultural background, imagine them to be. Then the subtle conscious energy can dwell in me and assist me to live with compassion and truth in the service of the whole life on the planet Earth. What is required from the human side is for each one of us to become more and more loveable by God.

Every human being is interested in the meaning of one’s existence and wonders what happens to me when my body dies. Does anything survive and how? In the Indian spiritual teachings, unlike in the Abrahamic ones, there is a great deal of emphasis on reincarnation. In the Abrahamic traditions each individual has a unique birth and unique death eternally. We will explore the consequences of these cultural differences.

FACILITATOR

Prof.Emeritus Ravi Ravindra is a life member of the Theosophical Society.  He has taught many courses in the School of the Wisdom in Adyar and in the Krotona School of Theosophy in Ojai, California. He is Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, where he had taught in three departments-- Physics, Philosophy and Comparative Religion.  He is the author of many books; among them are Science and the Sacred; Krishnamurti: Two Birds on One Tree; The Wisdom of Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras; The Bhagavad Gita: A Guide to Navigating the Battle of Life. And he is the co-author of Theory of Seismic Head Waves.
www.ravindra.ca

Ricardo Lindemann 

holds a PhD in Science of Religion (Federal University Juiz de Fora. His PhD thesis focused on Yoga Philosophy. He also holds an MPhil in Religion (Federal University of Brasilia). In 1982 graduated as Civil Engineer, and in 1988 he graduated in Philosophy. Since 2003 he has been the President of the Union of Astrologers of the Federal District of Brazil. A member of the Theosophical Society since 1979. Former member of the General Council of ST (1999 - 2013); former Secretary General of ST in Brazil (1999-2008); former Secretary of the Inter-American Theosophical Federation (1991). He is an international speaker, having lectured in more than 20 countries. He also has facilitated two sessions of The School of Wisdom, Adyar 1996 and 2011). He has been a Buddhist since 1995 and Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church since 2008. He is also the author of The Science of Astrology and the Mysteries Schools and Co-author of The Wisdom-Tradition. He translated The Bhagavad-Gîtâ and At the Feet of the Master into Portuguese.

FACILITADOR: Otavio Ernesto Marchesini

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A partir de la literatura teosófica, considerando los objetivos de la Sociedad Teosófica y el propósito para el cual ella fue fundada, este curso se enfoca en la investigación de las posibles Dimensiones del Trabajo Teosófico, adentrándose en una búsqueda de lo que es la Vida, el Ser y la Existencia, como ejes de convergencia con la Teosofía. Inspirados en la Misión de la Sociedad Teosófica, abordaremos estas dimensiones en cuatro etapas complementarias, que apuntan a la Vida Externa, la Vida Interna y la Vida Una, buscando una mejor comprensión y realización de lo que puede ser la Vida Teosófica, así llamados: a) Cultivo de la Vida Interior; b) Sacralizar la Vida Cotidiana; c) Despertar a la Vida Una; d) La Vida Teosófica. Conectando, por lo tanto, teoría y práctica, el curso se propone a profundizar las percepciones sobre la Vida y el sentido del Vivir, en la realización de la Teosofía.
 

FACILITADOR

Otavio Ernesto Marchesini

es brasileño, abogado y profesor. Es especialista en Teoría General del Derecho y cuenta con experiencia docente en áreas de Derecho Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Filosofía del Derecho. Miembro de la Sociedad Teosófica desde 2003, donde actúa a lo largo de los años, habiendo presidido las Logias Liberación y Paraná, ubicadas en la Ciudad de Curitiba (PR), así como la Fundación Centro Teosófico Raja. También se desempeñó como Coordinador Regional Sur de la Sociedad Teosófica en Brasil. Actualmente es el Secretario General de la Sección Brasileña de la Sociedad Teosófica. Dedica su investigación a las causas del encarcelamiento de la conciencia humana y los medios para obtener la liberación.

FACILITATOR: Dr Sadananda Das

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Sanskrit is regarded as one of the most ancient and richest languages in the world. It is the treasure house of Wisdom. In order to understand ancient India, its literature, culture, traditions, philosophy, religions especially Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism and Indian spirituality, knowledge of Sanskrit is essential.

Dr Sadanada Das after obtaining a traditional Shastri degree (B.A.) from Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, received Masters and Ph. D. degrees from the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune. From 1993 to 1996, he worked as a Junior Research fellow in Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts at Varanasi Branch. From 1997 to 2000 he worked as a Research Assistant and from 2000 till  March 2005 as a Research Officer in Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi. He received the German Academic Exchange Service Fellowship and visited Tübingen University, Germany in connection with his research on the Atharvaveda in 1996.

FACILITATOR: Ms Jaishree Kannan

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TIME: 7 PM to 8 PM

For SOW participants

Location: Blavatsky Bungalow upstairs, Adyar

Mantra Language: Sanskrit

In this workshop, you will learn a shanti mantra in Sanskrit Language. Shanti Mantras or “Peace Mantras” are Hindu prayers or sacred utterances usually chanted at the beginning or at the end of a Vedic ceremony invoking peace. 

We will follow the sacred ancient Vedic methodology of teaching a chant, including mnemonic techniques. Hence there is no need of any stationery or  electronic gadgets for the sessions. 

Learning from listening and chanting will be encouraged.

At the end of the workshop, each one of the participants will be able to chant a mantra!

Jaishree Kannan

is a member of the Theosophical Society and a long-time resident of the TS in Adyar. She is interested in music and has been practising chanting for many years. Of late, she has been combining music/chanting with Theosophical Teachings in the form of singing, and lectures to interested audiences.

Introducing the SOW Team