[Advaita-l] Intensive Vedanta Retreat - Unfolding the teachings - April 18-25

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

https://www.yoga-vidya.org/english/seminars/#c248599
Yoga Vidya - Bad Meinberg, Germany.

Atma Chaitanya/Musta Ram/Ira Shepetin & Michael Chandra
Manana & Meditation
Each morning we will first sit quietly and calm the mind in preparation for
guided reflections that unfold the teachings of the classical texts and of
Shankara, the most important Acharya of the nondual tradition. Meditation
will be followed by chanting and then group discussions among participants.
Questions and answers will follow as required.
Fundamental wisdom teachings of Vedanta
This is the centrepiece of the intensive course. Our afternoons will be
filled with lectures highlighting the core principles of the classical
texts: The 10 Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras, as well
as the precepts taught by Shankaracharya and others familiar with this
original methodology. The discussions will revolve around these topics,
among others:

1. What is the true nature of the self?
2. What exactly is the ignorance that causes all of life's problems?
3. What is the difference between doing something and recognising something?
4. the difference between the worldly view and the absolute view
5. What is the unique method of Vedanta by which one attains liberation
from ignorance?
6. the place of scriptures, reasoning and experience in the Vedantic
teachings. English with German translation.