Term 2: Happiness

May all be happy.
May all be without disease.
May all creatures have well-being.
None should be in misery of any sort.
- Vedic Prayer

* What is happiness?
* Is it a natural state?
* How is happiness experienced and how is it lost?
* Is it permanent or transient?
* Four states of attention, the nature of observation.

Term 3: Love

"Love is wonderful, because anyone with love in his heart wants to see everyone in bliss, everyone healthy and everyone availing freedom. This is the state of a man who considers the world as his family. Such are the wise men, the great souls."
- Shri Shantananda Saraswati, Conversations, 1993

* What does it mean to love something or someone?
* Is love universal or particular?
* How is love lost and how may it be rediscovered?
* What is the relationship between love, devotion and service?
* Four functions of the mind.

Term 4: Presence of mind

“If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.”
- Isaac Newton

* What is meant by the present moment? How does one trust it?
* How does one discriminate between the transient and the eternal?
* What are the effects of positive and negative thoughts?
* How is the mind influenced by the three qualities inherent in all things?
* The importance of meditation.

Term 5: Freedom

“Freedom!"
- Mel Gibson, as William Wallace in "Braveheart"

* How are freedom, love and truth related?
* What is true freedom of speech?
* How does one escape the tyranny of 'I', 'me', and 'mine'?
* How can the intellect be used to refine our choices?
* What is economic freedom?
* Meditation is introduced.