2. Hindu scripture overview in classical Hinduism
• Emerged as early as 1500 B.C
• The Vedas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWTdCorvOWU (8 min)
• Rigveda
• Yajurveda
• Samaveda
• Atharvaveda
• Significance of the Vedas
• Key literature in Hinduism:
• Bhagavad Gita:
• Mahabhrata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXz0mggaAw4 (13 min)
• Ramayana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AnML04ocA&t=30s (13 min)
3. Popular gods in classical Hinduism
Shiva: God of death/destruction Vishnu: God of preservation/maintainer
4. Emergence of tantras
• Secret oral teaching
• Coded symbolic language
• Teaches self-realization by unifying oneself with Absolute Reality
• Tantra symbols – e.g. shri yantra or shri cakhra
• Explanation of the shri yantra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AwWFmYSUCs (10 min)
5. Shri Yantra
• Sri Yantra, also
known as Sri Chakra,
is a complex sacred
geometry used
for worship, devotion
and meditation.
• Yantra means
'instrument' or
'machine' in Sanskrit.
• This sacred symbol is
in use for thousands
of years, and its origin
is clouded in mystery.
It is one of the most
difficult geometrical
figures to draw
7. Kundalini yoga, chakras, mantras and mudras
• Mapping the human body onto the macrocosm of the universe
• Yoga and Hinduism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsayLCPNXpE (2 min)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdCyDYpUXIw (6 min)
• Psychic energy in the body is awakened and manipulated by
• Mantras (utterances). E.g. “OM”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHJAVFyl5SI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IKwiV4dioQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTKbw0_-mNs (8 min)
• Mudras (gestures):
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDHknhCXyww (7 min)
• Yantras and mandalas (symbolic constructions)
• Drawing the yantra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vval5SAbSsE (3 min)
• Drawing the yantra freehand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f499WxIcoMc (5 min)
• Drawing the modern mandala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U49TaN-MkM8 (4 min)
• Explaining mandala art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCFi5ss7ZI (4 min)
