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Oxford CENTRE for HINDU STUDIES ONLINE COURSES Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Online Courses Prospectus 2021 Bhagavad-gita The Gita’s explanation of belief and Tutor: Dr Layne Little practice has had a huge influence Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton on Hindu thought. We study the Weekly Sessions: 7 main themes of Krishna’s teachings Course notes: 153pp and the principal ideas within the Video: 5hr 14min eighteen chapters (700 verses) of Pathways: Sacred Texts | Yoga Studies Bhagavad Gita. You are provided Optional assessment: 2000 word essay with a full English translation of the Total estimated study time: 37 hours Gita and discussions of the meaning and significance of these verses. We also reflect on the contemporary significance of the teachings and their relevance to the modern world. Discovering Ancient Temples In this course we learn about Tutor: Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray Hinduism through the prism of Course creator: Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray archaeology. We explore the Weekly Sessions: 7 multiple identities of sacred sites Course notes: 97pp and how these are negotiated. We Video: 4hr 27min learn how archaeology can uncover Pathways: Culture | History changes in ritual, transformations Optional assessment: 2000 word essay in diet, and changes in how sacred Total estimated study time: 29 hours spaces are used. The texts tell us only part of the story, the stones tell their own tales. Hindu Devotional Music & Chant This course presents a historical and Tutor: Dr Guy Beck theoretical study of Hindustani chant Course creator: Dr Guy Beck and music. We begin with sacred Weekly Sessions: 7 sound in ancient India and proceed Course notes: 111pp to important forms of chant and Video: 8hr 38min devotional music that have developed Pathways: Culture since. Chant and music are interwoven Optional assessment: 2000 word essay throughout the entire fabric of Total estimated study time: 40 hours Hinduism. Subject to theoretical discussion as well as practical prescriptions for use, chant and music are indispensible to Hindu life. Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Online Courses | ochsonline.org | 1 History of Yoga: Medieval to Modern The aim of this course is to cover Tutor: Daniel Simpson the key developments in the history Course creator: Dr Karen O’Brien of yoga in India from the medieval to Weekly Sessions: 7 modern periods, looking primarily Course notes: 93pp at Hindu traditions. This course Video: 3hr 17min shines a light on the new research Pathways: History | Yoga Studies in yoga studies that is expanding Optional assessment: 2000 word essay our knowledge about the historical Total estimated study time: 28 hours developments of yoga in India during pre-modern and modern times. India’s Epics: Mahabharata & Ramayana A broad study of the stories, Tutor: Dr Raj Balkaran teachings, and characters of the Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton Mahabharata and the Ramayana. In Weekly Sessions: 7 both works stories are told of the Course notes: 123pp descent of the Deity to earth and Video: 4hr 12min the conflict that ensues between Pathways: Sacred Texts good and evil. Yet these accounts are Optional assessment: 2000 word essay never one-dimensional, for there is Total estimated study time: 33 hours a subtlety to the storytelling that makes these great works as relevant now as they have ever been. India’s Lore: The Puranas The Puranas play a vital role in Tutor: Dr Raj Balkaran the construction of contemporary Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton Hinduism for it is in these works that Weekly Sessions: 7 many of the stories and concepts Course notes: 204pp central to Hindu dharma are to Video: 4hr 23min be found. This course is structured Pathways: Sacred Texts around selected readings from three Optional assessment: 2000 word essay of the major Puranas, the Bhagavata Total estimated study time: 40 hours Purana, the Shiva Purana, and the Markandeya Purana, and is based on a close reading of passages that relate to Vishnu, to Shiva, and to Durga, the great Goddess. Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Online Courses | ochsonline.org | 2 Introduction to Hindu Philosophy: Vedanta & Samkhya We look at Vedanta and Samkhya, Tutor: Dr Raj Balkaran two of the six Indian philosophical Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton systems that are recognised as Weekly Sessions: 7 orthodox because they accept the Course notes: 119pp Veda as revealed scripture. We Video: 6hr 50min begin with a look at all six before Pathways: Sacred Texts considering Vedanta and Samkhya in Optional assessment: 2000 word essay greater detail as these two have the Total estimated study time: 37 hours most relevance today. Introduction to Hinduism: History, Text, & Philosophy This course provides a broad Tutor: Gitte Poulsen survey of Hinduism. We give an Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton understanding of the nature and Weekly Sessions: 7 scope of Hindu religious traditions. Course notes: 122pp The big idea we explore here is Video: 6hr 50min ‘Hinduism’ or ‘Hindu dharma’. This Pathways: History | Sacred Texts | helps us understand Hindu identity, Understanding Hinduism both traditionally and in the modern Optional assessment: 2000 word essay world. This course explains Hindu Total estimated study time: 34 hours beliefs and values and encourages you to consider the significance of these ideas to modern life. Introduction to Hinduism: Ritual, Yoga, Caste, & Gender In this course, we begin with a look Tutor: Gitte Poulsen at Hindu religious practice, including Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton temple ritual and the meditational Weekly Sessions: 7 techniques of classical yoga. We then Course notes: 207pp explore social Hinduism, particularly Video: 5hr 09min caste and gender, before considering Pathways: Understanding Hinduism | Yoga Studies how Hinduism has responded to Optional assessment: 2000 word essay the challenges posed by foreign Total estimated study time: 41 hours rule and modernity. We also take the opportunity to look at some of the great works of Hindu religious literature. Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Online Courses | ochsonline.org | 3 Philosophy of Yoga A study of the origins and Tutor: Daniel Simpson development of Yoga. We begin with Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton the ideas of Vedanta and Samkhya Weekly Sessions: 7 on which early expositions of Yoga Course notes: 194pp are based. This leads to a study of Video: 6hr 32min the Upanishads, Bhagavad-gita, and Pathways: Sacred Texts | Yoga Studies Yoga Sutras, and a review of the Optional assessment: 2000 word essay Tantric roots of Hatha Yoga. This Total estimated study time: 43 hours course gives an understanding of the fundamental ideas on which Yoga practice is based and how it has developed over the millennia. Shaivism In this course we look at the Tutor: Dr Nick Sutton position of Śiva and his followers in Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton Hinduism. Almost all Hindus show Weekly Sessions: 9 reverence for Śiva. However, there Course notes: 206pp is one strand of Hinduism that sees Video: 10hr 02min Śiva as the Supreme Deity. Who Pathways: Hindu Traditions | Sacred Texts is Śiva? Who are his worshippers? Optional assessment: 2000 word essay What is the history of Śaivism? And Total estimated study time: 46 hours what are the fundamental texts and practices of this tradition? Tantra: A New Understanding Some have criticised Tantra as Tutor: Prof. Gavin Flood immoral while others have hailed Course creator: Prof. Gavin Flood it as life-affirming. The word ‘tantra’ Weekly Sessions: 7 refers to medieval texts regarded as Course notes: 180pp revelation from God (Śiva at first). It Video: 5hr 02min attracted the patronage of kings and Pathways: Hindu Traditions | Sacred Texts spread quickly as far as South-East Optional assessment: 2000 word essay and East Asia. Today Tantric traditions Total estimated study time: 41 hours thrive in India and Nepal and we trace their development into the modern world. We reflect on what the Tantric traditions are, their origin, formation, core texts and practices, and what they mean for us today. Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Online Courses | ochsonline.org | 4 Sanksrit (Level 1–10) We integrate traditional Indian and Tutor: Zoë Slatoff Western methods to provide an Course creator: Zoë Slatoff interactive learning experience. Weekly Sessions: 7–9 This course is ideal for beginners Course notes: Varies by level and those with some experience Video: Varies by level who would like to reinvigorate their Pathways: Sanskrit studies. We begin with pronunciation Optional assessment: Weekly course work and sound moving on to reading Total estimated study time: 40 hours per level and grammar using Yogavataranam: The Translation of Yoga. Joining theory with practice, this course use video, audio, and written material, with weekly assignments. Three Short Upanishads A detailed study of three of the Tutor: Dr Raj Balkaran shortest of the major Upanishads: Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton the Kena, the Isha, and the Mandukya. Weekly Sessions: 7 Despite the brevity of these Course notes: 62pp works, they are fundamental to Video: 4hr 18min the doctrines of Hindu Dharma. Pathways: Sacred Texts Because these Upanishads are so Optional assessment: 2000 word essay short we can undertake a verse-by- Total estimated study time: 29 hours verse study, with reference to the commentary of Shankaracharya and others. We reflect on the significance of the teachings in relation to the contemporary practice of various forms of Hindu spirituality. Vedas and Upanishads This course provides a broad Tutor: Daniel Simpson understanding of the Vedas and Course creator: Dr Nick Sutton the Upanishads and the beliefs and Weekly Sessions: 7 practices they advocate. The Vedas Course notes: 92pp and the Upanishads are truly vast Video: 3hr 51min and there are few if any who can Pathways: Sacred Texts claim to have full knowledge of them. Optional assessment: 2000 word essay Hence, what we do here is present a Total estimated study time: 29 hours broad outline of the principal themes and then perform a more detailed study of selected passages.
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