Understanding Sāṃkhya
Sāṃkhya is a core philosophy that greatly influenced Indian thinking, especially the classical yoga exemplified by the Patañjali Yoga Śastra, so it is important to understand what it presents. This short course breaks it down and makes it comprehensible.
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Did you know that Sāṃkhya philosophy underpins the yoga philosophy given to us by Patañjali?
Sāṃkhya is a foundation philosophy and understanding it is quite important if we are to fully grasp the great depths of yoga philosophies from different schools.
Sāṃkhya has ancient roots. We will learn about its history, a little about how it fits into Indian spiritual philosophy, and some of its broader features.
Sāṃkhya is a dualistic, non-theistic philosophy of India that developed over a long period of time, from around the middle of the first millennium BCE, to reach its fully developed classical form around the fifth century CE.
Saṃkhya philosophy enumerates the fundamental elements of existence, starting out with Puruṣa, Pure Consciousness, and fundamental Nature, Mūlaprakṛti. When illuminated by Pure Consciousness, fundamental Nature, impelled by her powers of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, unfolds, first as Buddhi, discrimination, and Ahaṃkāra, I-ness, and then spilling into Manas, the faculty of feeling, sensing and cognition, and the Indriyas, the Jñānendriyas which are the organs of sensing, and the Karmendriyas, the organs of acting.
About the Facilitator
Tina Shettigara is a senior yoga teacher with Yoga Australia, a member of Meditation Australia, an IRI certified teacher of iRest® Yoga Nidra, a somatic movement teacher in the style of Thomas Hanna, and has a long-standing fascination and self-study practice in the philosophy and history of yoga.
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+42 enrolled CPD Course Includes
- 7 Lessons
- 1 Quiz
