COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HAMMET ARSLAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

It is aimed to analyze religious and cultural basis of purification and enligtenment in the Indian Religions. Students will get knowledge about yoga and meditation both theoretically and practically.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Fuat Aydın, Hint Dini Düşüncesinde Insanın Özgürlük Arayışı: Hinduizm de Kurtuluş, 2012.
2) Hammet Arslan, Hint Dinlerinde Bir Arınma ve Aydınlanma Yolu Olarak Yoga, DEÜ, SBE, Basılmamış Doktora Tezi, Izmir, 2013.
3) Georg Feuerstein, The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice, Hohm Press, Arizona, 2001.
4) Ian Whicher, The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana, D.K. Printworld, New Delhi, 2000.
5) Surendranath Dasgupta, Yoga Philosophy in Reletion to the other Systems of Indian Philosophy, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1996
6) Mircea Eliade, Yoga: Immortality and Freedom, Trans. by, Willard R. Trask, Arkana, Great Britain, 1989.
7) Edward Conze, Buddhist Meditation, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, 1997.
8) Mircea Eliade, Patanjali and Yoga, Schocken Books, New York, 1975.
9) Georg Feuerstein, The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala, Boston & London, 1997.
10) Georg Feuerstein, The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation and Commentary, Folkstone

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Brain Storming , Testing, Homework

Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hammet.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14.00- 16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

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