Evergreen Forum Course, February 2020 – Reading and Viewing Material:
LECTURE PLAN:
- Introduction to the Indian Philosophy and the Gita
- The Concept of Sthitaprajna
- Introduction to Stoic Seneca
- The Concept of the Sapiens
- Strategies for Emotional Control in both Philosophies
- Wisdom Vs Non-wisdom in Seneca and the Gita
- Comparison of Sapiens and Sthitaprajna
- Happiness, Sukha, Shanti, Eudaimonia
Books Recommended for Further Reading:
- Sapiens and Sthitaprajna by Ashwini Mokashi – Useful for all Lectures
- De Vita Beata by Seneca (Available on Amazon, or in the local libraries, certainly at the Firestone library at the University) – Useful for Lecture 8
- Seneca’s Letters – Useful for Lectures 3, 4 and 8
- https://hillelettersfromstoic.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/letters-from-a-stoic_lucius-annaeus-seneca.pdf, other pdfs available on the internet too.
- Moral Essays by Seneca (Available on Amazon, or in the local libraries, certainly at the Firestone library at the University) – Useful for Lectures 5, 6, 7
- Bhagavad-Gita, Translation of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd chapters – you are welcome to read all the chapters. (There are many good books available on the Gita, also many PDFs. Here is one that I think highly of. The print version is available in the bookstores. http://www.bhagavatgita.ru/files/Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is.pdf) – Useful for Lectures 1 and 2
- Raj-Yoga by Swami Vivekananda (available on Amazon) – Useful for Lecture 8
- Theaetetus by Plato (Available on Amazon or the Firestone library)
- History of Indian Philosophy by R D Ranade and S K Belvalkar (Available on Amazon) – Useful for Lecture 1 and 2
- Seneca: A Philosopher in Politics by Mirium Griffin (Available on Amazon or the Firestone library) – Useful for Lecture 3 and 4
- ‘A Constructive Survey by Upanishadic Philosophy’ by R. D. Ranade (Available on Amazon) – Useful for Lectures 7 and 8
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger