Music / Architecture / Self-Pulse / Culture & Religion

Music, Architecture, and Veda

Wholeness for both Music and Architecture Lessons

Every sound has a form; every form has a sound. The coherent properties within sound and form have the power to create an influence of coherence and harmony for the individual and society. The highest goal of both music and architecture is to align individual intelligence with cosmic intelligence.

Study Questions for Music

• What is the relationship between sound and silence?
• What is the Sanskrit term for “musical note”? Explain the significance of this.
• Draw a diagram and explain the time theory according to Gandharva Veda.
• What is the purpose of Vedic music?

Study Questions for Architecture

• Write two study questions and answers about Vedic architecture.

Self-Pulse Reading

Wholeness:

Nadi vigyan (self-pulse reading) is a technology for assessing and also balancing the connection between consciousness and the physiology.

Study Questions:

• What is the direct link between physiology and consciousness, how is it measured, and for what 2-fold purpose?

Teaching Resources:

This template can be used for students’ personal pulse journal, in class or at home:
View the file: Pulse Journal template STC new 3-12-14.xls
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of the personal nature of this question, “How did you feel internally (physically, mentally, emotionally)”, students should be encouraged to answer that question in their private journals only. Please make it clear to them that they are NOT required to submit those answers to the teachers for grading.

Transcendence and Unity Across Cultures and Religions

Wholeness

Transcendence and Unity are Common Fundamentals in the World’s Cultures and Religions

Study Questions

Write one study question and answer about culture, and one about religion, according to STC.

Teaching Resources

Culture (morning):

Read: Descriptions of Transcendence and Unity across Culture and Religions

Video: Purpose of Culture, SCI & Mgt #32 (11 min.)

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