Level 9
(Age 14)
Curriculum:
- Prayers: Beginning of Class
- Purana Vidya (Part 9)
- Prayers: End of Class
Syllabus:
- Overview of Ramayana and Mahabharatha with emphasis on core values.
- Discussion of Importance of Value and the Values.
- Importance of Avatara.
- Who is Isvara?
- Discussion of how to look at the jagat and appreciate an Isvara, how to see the intelligently put-together “creation” and infer a creator and then go into the nature of that Isvara and how to “understand” (not “believe”) Isvara as material and the maker and then, appreciate that Isvara without a feeling of alienation as the Order.
- Four Purusharthas.
- Purusharthas leading to moksha as the goal and introduction to the fundamental human problem.
- Fundamental Human Problem.
- Introduction to the need for a Pramana and why other available Pramanas do not help us here.
- Veda as a Pramana, Vedas as an oral tradition, 14X Vedic Knowledge.
- Follow the Purana Vidya Books (9-12) on Sanatana Dharma, Religious culture, Vedic Knowledge and Introduction to Gita.
- Karma – Rebirth – Moksha, Jivan Mukti.
- Glory of Hinduism.
- Symbolism of Jyoti/Deepam.
- Myths of casteism.
Resources:
Core Reference Books:
- Purna Vidya (Part 9)
- Hinduism by Anantanand Rambachan
- Hindu Dharma – basics and beyond by Swami Viditatmananda