Courses Taught By Shri. Krishna Kashyap

Explore our comprehensive curriculum designed to deepen your understanding of ancient texts, languages, and philosophies.

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Advaita, Visistadvaita, Dvaita – The three flavors of Vedanta Sastra

TAT4001 – Hindu Thought provides for the simultaneous co-existence of varied perspectives on the nature of ultimate Reality. When developed deeply, these perspectives naturally mature into diverse Sampradāyas. This course will examine the three main Vēdānta Sampradāyas i.e., Advaita, Viśiśtādvaita and Dvaita. Through this course, students will be able to recognize the underlying unity of Hindu thought, while appreciating the diversity of perspectives that emerge from that fundamental unity, tailored to different people’s pre-dispositions, tastes, age, and era.
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The Three Vedantic Perspectives on the Bhagavad Gita

TAT4002 – Hindu Thought provides for the simultaneous co-existence of varied perspectives on the nature of ultimate Reality. When developed deeply, these perspectives naturally mature into diverse Sampradāyas. This course will explore the commentaries of the three famous Acharyas, Sri Shankarāchārya, Sri Rāmānujācharya and Sri Madhvāchārya on the Bhagavad Gita. Through this course, students will be able to recognize the underlying unity of Hindu thought, while appreciating the diversity of perspectives that emerge from that fundamental unity, tailored to different people’s pre-dispositions, tastes, age, and era.
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The Three Vedantic Perspectives of Ishavasya Upanishad

TAT4003 – An overview of three commentaries on the IsA-vAsya Upanishad is the main topic of this course. IsA-vAsya Upanishad is traditionally listed as the first among the well-known ten Upanishads, namely, 1) Isa 2) Kena 3) Kata 4) Prasna 5) Mundaka 6) Mandukya 7) Taittiriya 8) Aitareya 9) Chandogya 10) Brihadaranyaka. This Upanishad contains the main tenets of all the major useful to understand the philosophy of Vedanta. This course focuses on the summary of the views of Shankaracharya, Vedanta Desika and Madhvacharya on the IsA-vAsya-Upanishad. These three commentaries represent three Vedantic schools are known as mata-traya or the 3 major schools namely Advaita, Visistadvaita and Dvaita respectively. These three views are comprehensive and definitive in terms of concepts of Vedanta in general.
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