For the academic school year 2008-2009, Srila Acharyadeva has been sponsored by the Center for Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) to teach in the Religious Studies Department at the University of Florida in Gainesville. During this fall semester, Acharyadeva will be teaching two courses:
Religions of India (REL 3330) & Advanced Sanskrit I (REL 3410).
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The following are lectures from the course entitled Religions of India. Click here to view the syllabus, which contains further information about the class, reading lists, and assignments. You will find the lectures posted below on the same day in which they were given.
Class 1 Introduction (Monday- August 25, 2008)
Class 2 Karma, Cosmology, & Theodicy (Wednesday- August 27, 2008)
Class 3 Dharma, Social Order, Purity & Pollution (Friday- August 29, 2008)
Class 4 The Indo-European Issue (Wednesday- September 3, 2008)
Class 5 Vedic Religion (Friday- September 5, 2008)
Class 6 Jaina Dharma (Monday- September 8, 2008)
Class 7 Buddha: Life & Teachings (Wednesday- September 10, 2008)
Class 8 Buddhism: Karma, Cosmos, Sangha & Mahayana (Friday- September 12, 2008)
Class 9 Buddhist Philosophy (Monday- September 15, 2008)
Class 10 Hindu response to Buddhism: Purva Mimamsa (Wednesday- September 17, 2008)
Class 11 Vedanta: Upanisads (Friday- September 19, 2008)
Class 12 Vedanta: Brahma-sutras, Advaita (Monday- September 22, 2008)
Class 13 Vedanta: Brahma-sutras: Ramanuja, Madhva (Wednesday- September 24, 2008)
Class 14 Ramayana: personalism, avatara (Friday- September 26, 2008)
Class 15 Ramayana: political theory (Monday- September 29, 2008)
Class 16 Mahabharata: cosmic struggle (Wednesday- October 1, 2008)
Class 17 Mahabharata: earthly struggle (Friday- October 3, 2008)
Class 18 Bhagavad Gita within Mahabharata (Monday- October 6, 2008)
Class 19 Bhagavad Gita: chapters 3-6 (Wednesday- October 8, 2008)
Class 20 Bhagavad Gita: chapters 7-10 (Friday- October 10, 2008)
Class 21 Bhagavad Gita: chapters 11-14 (Monday- October 13, 2008)
Class 22 Bhagavad Gita: chapters 15-18 (Wednesday- October 15, 2008)
Class 23 Midterm Review (Friday- October 17, 2008) *class cut short by fire alarm
Class 24 Dharma & The Individual (Monday- October 20, 2008)
*Classes cancelled on Wednesday, 10/22 and Friday, 10/24
Class 25 Vaisesika, Nyaya & Sankhya (Monday- October 27, 2008)
Class 26 Yoga (Wednesday- October 29, 2008)
Class 27 Hindu Deities & The Puranas (Friday- October 31, 2008)
Class 28 Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism (Monday- November 3, 2008)
Class 29 Hindu Worship (Wednesday- November 5, 2008)
Class 30 Tantra (Friday- November 7, 2008)
Class 31 Islam & India: a history (Monday- November 10, 2008)
Class 32 Islam in India (Wednesday- November 12, 2008)
*Class cancelled on Friday, 11/14
Class 33 Sikh History (Monday- November 17, 2008)
Class 34 Medieval Bhakti: Mirabai & Caitanya (Wednesday- November 19, 2008)
Class 35 Bheda-Abheda & Rasa (Friday- November 21, 2008) (Listen to Part II)
Class 36 First European Contacts (Monday- November 24, 2008)
*Classes cancelled on Wednesday, 11/26 & Friday, 11/28
Class 37 19th Century Indian Reaction to Europe (Monday- December 1, 2008)
Class 38 20th Century Indian Reaction to Europe (Wednesday- December 3, 2008)
Class 39 Hinduism and the West (Friday- December 5, 2008)
Class 40Hare Krishna (Monday- December 8, 2008)
Class 41 Hinduism & Ecology (Wednesday- December 10, 2008)
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