Ongoing Courses

After completing the Introductory and Foundation courses, you are invited to continue your adventure in practical philosophy. Further courses are offered, which serve to expand and deepen students’ appreciation of the search for wisdom. 

Practical philosophy is not so much a subject of study as it is a way of life, and these courses provide the opportunity for ongoing exploration. There are many students around the world who have been attending the School’s courses for several decades!

Information about the next courses to be offered in term 2, 2026 (commencing End of May) is available below.

Eligibility criteria may apply to ongoing courses and students transferring from other locations or returning from a break in attendance are invited to contact us before enrolling.

Emotional Freedom

We all experience emotions; these may change from moment to moment throughout the day. By and large all the circumstances we encounter both internally and externally lead to an emotional response.The emotions we experience have a significant effect on our experience of life. Indeed, in many ways they create our lives. Therefore, it is well worth enquiring as fully as we can into this. We will consider emotions which are more likely to be freeing and liberating and contrast with those which are more likely to be binding.

Prerequisite: completion of the Freedom in Action course.

Philosophy as a Way of Life – Online only

The philosophers of Ancient Greece and India did not regard philosophy as just an intellectual or academic subject. To them it was about how people lived and the quality of their lives. When other areas of life fall into a state of uncertainty or doubt, philosophy can provide direction, and a sense of certainty. It can give us a greater sense of perspective on life. Philosophy can simplify, clarify and enrich our lives.

Prerequisite: completion of the Knowledge and Freedom online course.

Harmony

We have previously studied the law of three, describing the different qualities that any situation or thing may have according to the balance of the three guṇāh. The law which describes how an event unfolds or the succession of events is called the law of seven. It is the law of harmonious action. This law describes how the most mundane of events take place as well as how the most profound activities that human beings can undertake proceed. It is closely related to the idea of harmony, not just as it appears in music but also in the idea of universal harmony and harmony between human beings.

Prerequisite: Completion of The Five Koshas Course

The Raft of Knowledge

Our subject this term is the ‘raft of knowledge’ as described by Ādi Śaṅkara. He lived in the early 8th century and is believed to have died at the age of 32. He wrote commentaries on the Bhagavad Gītā, the Upanishads and the Brahma Sūtra, expounding what we know as Advaita philosophy. Śaṅkara describes the ‘raft of knowledge’ in several of his commentaries, most fully in his commentary on the Aitareya Upaniṣad. It describes the journey to freedom across the ocean of existence.

Prerequisite: Completion of The Inner Being Course

Three Lines of Work – Online Only

We ended last term considering the of the three lines of work. Spiritual work has three aspects or three lines. The first line of work is work on oneself. The second line of work is work with and for others, without reward. The third line of work is described as work for the work’s sake. The subject of this term will be the three lines of work, a closer examination of them and how they may be experienced and understood in practice.

Prerequisite: Completion of The Art of Practice course

Introduction to Vivekacudamani – Online Only

We are commencing a study of the Vivekacūḍāmaṇi. The Vivekacūḍāmaṇi has been ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkara. He wrote commentaries on eleven of the most important Upaniṣads, the Bhagavadgīta, the Brahmasūtra and other texts. The Vivekacūḍāmaṇi, however, is not a commentary. It has been described as his most famous non-commentarial work. The Vivekacūḍāmaṇi is a manual for the practical application of Advaita philosophy in everyday life.

Prerequisite: Continuation of Introduction to Vivekacudamani