SRV Special December Seminar (online)

Sankhya’s Tattva Samasa Sutras

Sankhya’s Crucial Place Among the Six Darshanas

December 28, 29, 30

**New schedule makes it easier to attend all classes in most time zones**

     One of the first body of teachings ever given in the early days of SRV retreats and classes involved the ancient Sankhya Yoga system, with its one remaining scripture, the Tattva Samasa Sutras.  Within its 25 slokas not only is the timeless principle of Purusha and Prakriti taught and described comprehensively, but teachings concerning the nature of suffering and its origin — taught by Lord Buddha thousands of years later — are taken up.  Nature’s unmanifested side, the appearance and influence of the three gunas, the subtle elements called tanmatras, and a host of other familiar but usually unsourced teachings are present there, and thus rise fortuitously for in depth contemplation in the minds of aspiring students in attendance.  Here is an opportunity to hear and study India’s foundational philosophy, which gave breadth and depth to systems as mature and powerful as Vedanta and Buddhism, and which broadened the darshana of Yoga and all systems of Shaivism as well.

These are essential teachings for students of Vedanta and Yoga Philosophy & Meditation