kalayoga Summer School 2016 will be held on at Saturday, 2 July 2016 , 10:00am - 6:00pm.
This Sanskrit verse illustrates the uniqueness of Indian Art, especially as a path of Self-realisation.
Unlike many other cultures, Sanatana-dharma emphasizes a lot on the importance and realization of Art as an Experience. Apart from Art-creation and its deep appreciation, its philosophy is also well developed in India since many centuries. To put it in a technical way, Kalayoga or Art Experience is a means to Self-realization. Many great saints and philosophers too have deeply involved in the creation and appreciation of various forms of arts while very many great artistes too were regarded as torch bearers of our spiritual culture. That's why Prof. M. Hiriyanna declares, "Art is layman's yoga for ultimate realization by passing logic".
Even art meant for entertaining the masses, or a means to pleasure, or as a pretty pass-time, can become a way of sublime worship. Cosmic Devotion expressed in Vibhuti-yoga, one of the cherished chapters of the Bhagavad-gita, naturally attracts the mind of the seekers and motivates them to have a better understanding of the Art Experience.
The highest truth or the Brahman, as termed by the vedantin-s, can be understood at the theoretical level as we have the well-paved sastrik path of adhyaropa and apavada prakriya. But we cannot have any such scientific understanding of maya as it defies all logical inquiries. Hence, to understand the nature of maya, the cosmic power of Brahman, or the eternal liability of the jiva, one has to immerse oneself in the Art Experience. Here we can simultaneously enjoy the bliss that Art bestows and the awareness it brings about in the nature of emotional world within and beyond.
In the Summer School 2016 on Kalayoga, we are going to have an insightful introduction to the nature and culture of Art, its creation and appreciation in the light of various Classical Indian art forms that mainly include poetry, music, dance/drama, painting/sculpture. Here the emphasis will be more on Sanskrit poetry and its aesthetics as they form the backbone for the rest of the classical arts. There will be several sessions dealing with the basic features of Indian art and its aesthetics. The beauty of Classical Sanskrit Poetry and its Poetics will be revealed so that a true seeker can explore further on his/her own.
Resource persons for various classical arts will be delivering the lecture-cum-demonstration sessions so that the oneness of Indian art in general will be realized. Apart from these, there will be plenty of opportunities for close interaction with the resource persons so that fruitful discussions both in and outside the sessions are carried out.
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