Atul Sathe (Originally published on Esamskriti.com) Ancient India is known for its knowledge and genius in all walks of life, ranging from medicine to economics and architecture to spiritual growth. India’s traditions based on the holistic Vedic philosophy have always advocated a balance in all human endeavours. This ensured economic development without harming the ecology and the social fabric, over millennia. Ancient literature in Sanskrit and other Indian regional languages has extensively discussed conservation, even in eras when the natural habitats were intact and far from any damage. The two greatest epics experienced by humanity – Ramayan and Mahabharat (which…
Introduction MIT SVS announces the launch of the next batch of its masters’ program – MA in Samskrit – designed for the 21st century seekers. This authentic, convenient and customizable program is meant for the smart seeker yearning to dive deep into the ocean of knowledge available in the Samskrit language. Admission Workflow – For those residing outside India Please click here. Admission Workflow – For residents of India Here are all the steps for admission. Skip ahead to the step that applies to you. Fill the pre-registration form Decide which option to take: Master’s Certificate in Samskrit, or MA…
Dr Vaishnavi Nishankar While the world of vested interests is still debating on the done to death topics of whether Sanskrit is a living or a dead language, whether Sanskrit should be compulsory in the scheme of Indian education or not, whether the ‘orthodox’ Vedic shaastras have any contemporary relevance or not, what is to be done to ‘resurrect’ shaastras and Sanskrit, is Sanskrit ‘secular’ or ‘pro-Hindutva’……. and so on, here is an institution that has been silently, modestly, avidly and tenaciously working for the welfare of the contemporary society in helping it reach out to the fountainhead of an…
Excerpts from The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo, pp. 178-179] Whence then does the limiting Avidya, the fall of mind from Supermind and the consequent idea of real division originally proceed? Exactly from what perversion of the supramental functioning? It proceeds from the individualised soul viewing everything from its own standpoint and excluding all others; it proceeds, that is to say, by an exclusive concentration of consciousness, an exclusive self-identification of the soul with a particular temporal and spatial action which is only a part of its own play of being; it starts from the soul’s ignoring the fact that…
Here are some excerpts from Sri Aurobindo’s “The Life Divine” available online as PDF. Taken from pages 115-117. The Nature of Pain and Pleasure Pain of mind and body is a device of Nature, that is to say, of Force in her works, meant to subserve a definite transitional end in her upward evolution. The world is from the point of view of the individual a play and complex shock of multitudinous forces. In the midst of this complex play the individual stands as a limited constructed being with a limited amount of force exposed to numberless shocks which may…
India’s Vedic culture is one of those few surviving traditions on Earth that have advocated sustainable development all along. Here is an article discussing the inherently eco-friendly nature of the Indian way of life. It also talks about the MIT SVS courses that cover such aspects of sustainable living.
मराठीत वाचा తెలుగులో చదవండి Overview Samskrita Praveshikaa Delivery mode: Online: Recorded sessions twice a week and live session once a week to clear doubts Designer & instructor: Asst. Prof. Suryanarayana Duration: 5 months Total lecture hours: 75; Credits: 5 Course fee: Rs 6,000 Eligibility: Knowledge of Hindi script Medium of instruction: Samskrit, with support in regional languages Shaastra Praveshikaa Delivery mode: Online: Live sessions twice a week Designer & instructor: Asst. Prof. Suryanarayana Duration: 4 months Total lecture hours: 45; Credits: 3 Course fee: Rs 4,000 Eligibility: Having scored 70% in Samskrita Praveshikaa or Samskrit Proficiency Test Medium of instruction:…
