Course Syllabi
Specific information about the course
Course Benefits
Provide structured learning opportunities
Instructors & Admins
Educators responsible for teaching and facilitating learning
Goal
Encourage Philosophical Temper and Spiritual Wisdom that converge to foster solutions on classical issues
Duration
Trimester
(Twelve 90 minute sessions and optional interactive sessions)
Eligibility
10+2 (Science) with Distinction + Very Strong Inclination towards Vedanta / Philosophy / Spirituality
Equivalent Credits
01 International Credit
Course Description
The online certificate courses namely Foundations of Science and Spirituality (FSS) and Nature of Reality (NR) of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata trained a delegate to develop a strong interest in philosophy through the mediums of phllosophy of science, epistemology and ontology of science and spirituality, philosophical worldview and synthesis of science and spirituality. However, human curiosity to further understand the competence and maturity of philosophy to understand and realize the nature of the reality needs further and deeper explorations of the subject matter.
Thereby, mature explorations of philosophical overview in conjunction with the foundations of spirituality requires exploration of the subject matter in philosophical foundations of science, spirituality and their synthesis, mysticism, Western and Vedantic philosophical views, ultimate meaning and purpose of life, and science-philosophy-spirituality of God’s existence and God realization process. Such explorations will strengthen the philosophical synergy with the spirituality and pave the way for a convergent framework to posit upon the reality, its existence and purpose. Addressing the mentioned subjects, the online certificate course on Philosophical Excellence (PHILEX) will enhance the finesse in philosophical analysis and worldview in the context of their greater synergy with the foundations of spirituality. Thereby, the delegates after completing the course will have higher levels of sublimity and character due to their queries resolved on the ultimate meaning, purpose and goal of life. Thereby, their intellectual abilities will be converge upon the distinction of human life, which is advocated in the Vedanta as ‘athatho brahma jijnasa’.
Course Benefits
- Strengthen Philosophical Abilities for Personal Excellence
- Enhance Creativity and Research aptitude
- Inclusive knowledge
- Deeper understanding of science, philosophy and spirituality
- Adequate training in systematic and creative thinking
- Broader perception of the reality
- Realization of the role of spirituality and its effective integration with philosophical worldview for comprehending better the nature of reality, its existence and purpose
- Improvised character and actions of a person
- Enhanced emphasis on contentment and sublime peace
- Improvisation of Sublime Human Qualities that profusely contribute towards Excellence and Distinction in all spheres of Life
- Evolution of human conscience from pessimistic and nihilistic to optimistic and theistic world view
- Ultimate Meaning and Purpose of Life based on philosophical worldview and spiritual foundations
- Positive Thinking based on Inclusive and Holistic knowledge frameworks
- Enhanced faith in Theism
- Achieving Sublime and Transcendent peace
- Knowledge paradigm on the ultimate reality converges into a reality of transcendence
- Solutions for the 1st aphorism of Vedanta – athatho Brahma Jijnasa
- Contentment driving peace due to affirming of knowledge paradigm that culminates in the transcendence
Course Pedagogy
- Scientific, Philosophical, Vedantic and Synthesis perspectives and their customization to enhance philosophical excellence indices
- Deeper explorations of scientific and philosophical rationality for their greater convergence with the foundations of spirituality
- Cultivation of foundational philosophical traits of the delegate in conjuction with the foundations of spirituality
- Pedagogy associated to science-spirituality synthesis application in the domain of philosophical personality traits of a delegate
- Effective life-preparing knowledge transfer to enhance sublimity, character and transcendence in personality traits of the delegate
- Theory, Case study, understanding and assignment-based approach for the enhancement of spirituality and applied philosophy in personal sphere of life including healthy relationships, enhancing sublimity or character, contentment, and enriching life with the ultimate goal, meaning and purpose of life.
- Enhanced faith in theism based on philosophical worldview and its convergence with the foundations of spirituality advocated in Vedanta
Who can Register?
- Massive Online Open Course (MOOCs) Trainees in Value Education based on a rational framework
- Students enrolled in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) discipline desiring academic training into philosophy, Vedanta, Human Sciences and Ethics
- Enthusiastic Science and Technology Graduates desiring adequate training in Philosophical Analysis and Worldview in conjunction with the foundations of spirituality advocated in the Vedanta.
- College and School Teachers in Science and Humanities Desiring Applications of Philosophical Worldview and Spirituality for human excellence
- Life Coach/Counsellors Desiring Holistic Approaches for the Excellence and Distinction of Human Life
- All those who wish to enhance philosophical overview and integrate it with foundations of spirituality for the evolution of philosophical skillset and its acumen.
Eligibility
- Graduate students and Professionals in any stream be science or arts
- Very strong interests to get trained into Philosophical Analysis, Worldview and Foundations of Spirituality based on Vedanta
Course Syllabi
Science and Spirituality – Philosophical Explorations
- Reality definition
- Crisis of science and paradigm shift
- Features of absolute truth based on principles of science and Vedanta
- Experiential and experimental domains and their philosophical analyses.
Mysticism – The Meeting Point of Science and Religion
- Definitions; common features
- Mysticism in science
- Features of religious mysticism
- Mysticism as common ground
- Vedanta and mysticism
- Science-spirituality synthesis based on mysticism.
Synthesis of Western Philosophical Views
- Definition
- Common philosophical questions
- Major disciplines of philosophy
- Ancient philosophical views
- Medieval philosophical views
- Modern philosophical views
- Vaisnava Vedanta based synthesis of philosophical views
- God realization as ultimate quest of philosophical quest
- Summary.
Synthesis of Vedantic Philosophical Views
- Introduction to alternate Vedantic schools
- Benefits of philosophical analyses
- Science-spirituality synthesis based realization of the nature of the reality in Advaita, Dwaita, Dvaitadvaita, Suddha advaita and Acintya Bheda abheda. Acintya bheda-abheda as the amalgamation of all four Vaisnava philosophies
- Purpose of Vedanta and God realization.
Ultimate Meaning and Purpose of Life
- Scientific Perspectives and limitations
- Views of famous statesmen and thinkers on scientific perspectives and limitations
- Views of foundational Western philosophers
- Views of Indian Philosophers/Statesmen
- Convergence on the quest based on Vedantic perspectives
- Summary.
Science of God
- Benefits of God realization process
- Inductive inference as a basis for the existence of God
- Logical basis of inference
- Inferential philosophical proofs of God
- Signatures of God
- Vedantic axioms on the nature of God
- Vedantic lifestyle for God experient
- God experient in Christianity and Islam
- Experiential convergence of spiritual experients
- Summary.
Credit Equivalence
| S. No. | Module Name | Lecture Hours | Assignment hours | Equivalent International Credits |
| 1 | Science and Spirituality: Philosophical Explorations | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2 | Mysticism: The meeting point of science and religion | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 3 | Synthesis of Western Philosophical Views | 3 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 4 | Synthesis of Vedantic Philosophical Views | 3 | 3 | 0.3 |
| 5 | Ultimate Meaning and Purpose of Life | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 6 | Science of God | 3 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Total | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | |
Course Instructors and Administrators
Prof. Ramagopal Uppaluri
Honorary Director
Responsibilities
● Western Philosophical Views
● Science of God
Segar Millindar
Deputy Director
Responsibilities
● Vedantic Philosophical views
Prof. Ramjee Repaka
Honorary Faculty
Responsibilities
● Philosophical Explorations of Science and Spirituality
● Ultimate Meaning and Purpose of Life
Sravan Kumar Velisela
Dean (Outreach)
Responsibilities
● Registration & Enrollment
● Learning Support
● Assignment Release and Grading
● Issue of Certificates