YogavāsiṣṭhaWorkshop on

(The psychology, ethics, and medita�on techniques of the Yogavāsiṣṭha.)

ByDr. Christopher Key Chapple,Doshi Professor of Indic and Compara�ve Theology,Loyola Marymount University,Los Angeles, USA

27-29 February, 2020(2:00pm to 8:00 pm)

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Yogavāsiṣṭha

rāma recoils at this idea and laments that all activities in life lead to suffering. Vasistha provides instruction that restores rāma’s confidence and resolve, empowering him to fulfill his dharma. as part of their dialogue (some 29,000 verses in the longer version), Vasistha talks about kings who change shape and lead alternative lives; a queen who becomes liberated and then helps her husband not only to become free but also to rule justly; and a young man, paralyzed by grief upon the death of his parents, who is coached back to emotional health by an older brother—who reminds him of all his various prior births, from an ant in a dunghill to a glorious swan—helping him regain his equilibrium. This and scores of other stories make the point that interactions with the world are shaped by the nature and quality of thought, and that through understanding one’s motivations and intentions, one can gain perspective, turn to the sacred texts, and build and rebuild the world into a place of wholesomeness and freedom. The Yogavāsistha proclaims the possibility of becoming liberated in the embodied state and points to an ultimate nirvāna state after the body passes. The practice of yoga at the time of Yogavāsistha was an engrained part of india’s spiritual landscape. numerous levels and stages of yoga were articulated by Hindu, Jaina, and Buddhist philosophers.

The Yogavāsistha, also known as the Moksopāya, was compiled in longer and shorter versions over the course of several centu-ries, most likely from the end of the gupta period (ca. 500 ce) until it reached its expanded form by the eleventh century. its philos-ophy combines aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism with advaita Vedānta and served as the foundation for the later school known as emergence-through-Thought. it is also closely associated with the key ideas and vocabulary of Kashmir Śaivism. it was a favorite of important figures in the development of modern-day Hinduism, including Sri ramakrishna and Swami Sivananda. The Yogavāsistha contains more than sixty nested stories told by the sage Vasistha to his protégé, the young Lord rāma. one day, a sage named Viśvāmitra asks Daśaratha, rāma’s father, to send rāma into the forest to chase away troublesome characters who are disrupting the sages in their forest retreats.

Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and Founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, USA. He earned his BA at Stony Brook University and the MA and PhD at Fordham University in New York City. He joined the faculty of LMU in 1985. He has published more than 20 books, including the following single author studies (all with State University of New York Press):Karma and Creativity (1986)Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions (1993)Reconciling Yogas: Haribhadra’s Array of Views on Yoga with a New Translation of theYogadṛṣṭisamuccaya (2003)Yoga and the Luminous: Patañjali’s Spiritual Path to Freedom (2008)Living Land-scapes: Meditation on the Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas (2020) etc.

Workshop ScheduleThursday, February 27, 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM

2:00 PM to 2:30 PM2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

3:30 PM to 4:30 PM4:30 PM to 5:00 PM5:00 PM to 6:15 PM6:15 PM to 7:00 PM7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Inaugura�on

Yoga āsana and prāṇāyāma sequenceTeaPuṇya and PavanaMedita�on and prāṇāyāmaSmall group discussion and group sharing

LectureThe story of Rāma’s despair and the teaching technique employed by Vasiṣṭha

Friday, February 28, 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM

2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

3:15 PM to 4:30 PM4:30 PM to 5:00 PM5:00 PM to 6:15 PM6:15 PM to 7:00 PM7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Yoga āsana and prāṇāyāma sequenceTeaThe Story of CuḍālāMedita�on and prāṇāyāmaSmall group discussion and group sharing

LectureSevenfold Yoga of Yogavāsiṣṭa

Saturday, February 29, 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM

2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

3:15 PM to 4:30 PM4:30 PM to 5:00 PM5:00 PM to 5:15 PM5:15 PM to 5:30 PM5:30 PM to 5:45 PM5:45 PM to 6:00 PM6:00 PM to 6:15 PM6:15 PM to 8:00 PM

Yoga āsana and prāṇāyāma sequenceTeaMedita�on on EarthMedita�on on WaterMedita�on on FireMedita�on on AirMedita�on on Spaceclosing reflec�ons

LectureYoga and the Elements: Medita�on and Freedom

GENERAL GUIDELINESPar�cipa�on capacity: Registra�on is limited to 60 Par�cipants (out of 60 seats 30 seats are reserved for MDNIY students) and that will be first-cum-first basis.

Workshop Fee: Registra�on fee-Rs. 250 and Workshop fee –Rs.1500 (for the students of D.Ysc.,PGDYTMP, B.Sc.(Yoga),M.Sc.(Yoga) course of MDNIY will be Rs.750). Fee will be non-refundable. Par�cipa�on cer�ficate will be given.

Registra�on Process: the form for registra�on may be downloaded from MDNIY website or may be collected from MDNIY recep�on.

Medium of Instruc�on: English.

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