Concepts of the self in classical Indian philosophy

• CG50.
• This course considers concepts of self in the early writings of the upanizads, in the Buddhist canon, and in the systematic analyses of the {y}ogasUtras and {b}rahmasUtras.
• Instructor: Peter M. Scharf.
• Schedule: Saturdays, 7 September – 9 November 2024.
• Course meeting times: 10:00–11:00am U.S. Central Time; 8:30–9:30pm IST.
• Course fee: $500.
• Indian course fee: ₹5,000.
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Lecture	Topic
1	The materialist opinion of the self.
2	The {b}fhadAraRyaka {u}panizad and the {C}Andogya {u}panizad.
3	The {t}EttirIya {u}panizad and the {k}OzItaki {u}panizad.
4	The {k}ena {u}panizad and the {m}ARqUkya {u}panizad.
5	Early Buddhist philosophy of mind and the person: the story of King Milinda.
6	{s}ANKya and {y}oga ontology.
7	{y}oga: culturing self-sufficiency.
8	{S}aNkara's commentary on the {b}rahmasUtras.
9	Concepts of the self in {y}oga and {v}edAnta
10	How many selves are there: many, one, or none?