Itihasa-Purana

इतिहास पुराण

Mahabharata Exploration

Mahabharata Exploration

Mahabharata Exploration is a program designed to use the itihasa-purana as a mirror to look at one’s life. The Mahabharata, the longest epic in the world, is a timeless text and has been an integral part of the life of the people of this land for eons. It retains a timeless appeal, allure and inspiration. It is often considered the 5th Veda and has a vast repository of human contexts that offers one a possibility for a self- reflective exploration of their inner-worlds. Perhaps this is why it’s said in its praise: “Whatever is here might be found elsewhere, but whatever is not here is nowhere else.”

This program is offered in many different formats – a 2 day exploration, a 10 week online exploration for 1.5 hours every week, and also as a certification program through the Hindu University of America (HUA). With HUA, the program is titled Antaranga Yoga certification program and is a certificate diploma course delivered online.

Join us on an exploration of stories from the Mahabharata as we use them as a mirror to look at our deepest inner realities in search for clarity and meaning. This is especially relevant given the changing and challenging external context that we find ourselves in today where the old seems to be falling away and the new is yet to come into being.

The next ONLINE exploration starts Tuesday, July 14, 2020. 

Brochure

This course is open for:

  • Anyone interested in exploring the Mahabharata in a self-reflective way
  • Yoga Teachers
  • Serious Practitioners of Yoga
  • Life Coaches

Varies. 2 full days, or 1.5 hours every 10 weeks, or offered as one-credit course with 30 hours (10 hours of online sessions and 20 hours of self-work) time commitment through Hindu University of America.

Our next edition of this program starts July 14, Tuesday and meets every week Tuesday evening from 20:00hrs to 21:30 hrs IST (Indian standard time), for 10 weeks ONLINE.

We will use Zoom, a web based video conferencing platform.  Anyone from across the globe can participate, subject to the suitability of the above time. The video conferencing platform details would be shared with the participants in advance.

Essential requirements to join the session through the web platform
• A strong broadband connection to have video call is essential
• Join in only through a laptop/ desktop
• One needs to be in a calm, well-lit place which will not be disturbed during the session timings

The program involves

  • reading select stories from the Mahabharata and a contemplative dialogue based on these stories.
  • exploring the archetypal characters from the Mahabharata in our life through dialogue and reflective activities

Facilitators from the Ritambhara Team will be anchoring the program.

To register for the upcoming editions of the program, please fill in this form or email puranam@ritambhara.org.in.

Our next edition of this program starts Tuesday, July 14, 2020, and meets every week Tuesday evening from 20:00hrs to 21:30 hrs IST (Indian standard time), for 10 weeks ONLINE.

July 2020 Mahabharata Exploration
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Testimonials

It was very interesting to see how all these characters are present within me, some of them active and some of them dormant. With these discussions and evocations every week, I have discovered to a large extent of who I am and why i act in a certain way.

Shravanthi G

Helped me get a deeper understanding of my own propensities, and a sense of how I can be conscious of their influence on my actions, reactions and responses

Krishnan Raghuram

I attended my first ME workshop 3 years ago and since then have done another ME and the MI in Feb 2019. Ever since I started there have been small shifts as well as major revelations  that have come up for me. When the lockdown started and I got the invite for the first ME online, I knew this would be a space to find an anchor for myself in this uncertain time. Every time/and every method with which I have engaged with the stories of the Mahabharat I have been able to find a great reflective space. It was great to be a part of this group.

Arshiya Takkar

I could relate to the characters and the price i paid in my life for it. It also gave me clearly an insight to how i think and how i manipulate myself with all reasons and justify my actions in my mind itself. With more awareness today i justify / think and respond out of my 100 actions for atleast 4-5 before hand and act. I hope with increased awareness am able to respond more often rather than react. I could not relate with a few characters when i read but later now even a few weeks later when i re-read a new understanding comes up and am aware of how its so much related to my life.

Savita Gowda

It was an interesting experience. A new way of looking at the Mahabharata opened up for me. The intrigue factor with each passing week was quite high. Every character had something new to offer and I liked the entire journey very  much.

Meenakshi Kumar

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