17th Jaina Studies Workshop - Jaina Tantra
19th century Image of an apsarāḥ, Śāntinātha Jaina Mandira, Cūru/Rajasthan (Photo: P.F. 2014)
Date: 20 March 2015Time: 9:00 AM
Finishes: 20 March 2015Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Brunei GalleryRoom: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Type of Event: Workshop
The 15th Annual lecture given by Professor Alexis Sanderson (All Souls, Oxford University) on The Jaina Appropriation and Adaptation of Śaiva Ritual: The Case of Pādliptasūri’s Nirvāṇakalikā
takes place on Thursday, 19 March at 6pm. Further details
Registration
This workshop is free and open to all. Registration is required. Online Registration
Programme
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 09.00 | Tea and Coffee |
| First Session: Textual Studies | |
| 09.15 | Paul Dundas (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) Tantra Without ‘Tantrism’: The Quotidian Jain Mantra According to Somasena Bhaṭṭāraka |
| 09.45 | Jagat Ram Bhattacharyya (Shantiniketan, India) Tantric Elements in the Original Praśnavyākaraṇa‒ A Study |
| 10.15 | Ellen Gough (Yale University, USA) The Digambara Sūrimantra and the Tantricization of Jain Image Consecration |
| 10.45 | Tea & Coffee |
| Second Session: Jaina Tantra & Meditation | |
| 11.15 | Shugan Chand Jain (International Summer School for Jain Studies, New Delhi) Peculiarities of Jaina Yoga as depicted in Jñānārṇava by Śubhacandra (1003-1068 A.D.) |
| 11.45 | Christopher Key Chapple (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA) The Five Great Elements (pañca mahābhūta) in Jaina Meditation Manuals |
| 12.15 | Samaṇī Pratibhāprajñā (SOAS, University of London & Jain Viśva Bhāratī Ladnun) Tantric Elements in Prekṣa-Meditation |
| 12.45 | Group Photo |
| 13.00 | Lunch: Brunei Gallery Suite |
| Third Session: Tantric Elements in Jaina Ritual | |
| 14.00 | Michael Slouber (Western Washington University, USA) Mundane Matters: Sex and Violence in Early Medieval Jain Tantra |
| 14.30 | Peter Flügel (SOAS, University of London) Digambara Jaina Divination Rituals in Coastal Karṇāṭāka |
| 15.00 | Tea & Coffee |
| Fourth Session: Tantra in Hinduism and Jainism | |
| 15.30 | John E. Cort (Denison University, USA) Reading Gorakhnāth through a Jain Lens: Jain Receptions of the Nāths in Pre-Colonial North India |
| 16.00 | Olle Qvarnström (University of Lund, Sweden) Tantra in Practice: How to Convert a King |
| 16.30 | Brief Break |
| Roundtable | |
| 16.45 | Addressing the question: "In the 19th century, many Indian social and religious reformers differentiated 'custom and rituals' from 'true religion'. Is this distinction still relevant for lived Jainism today?" In the Chair: John E. Cort (Denison University, USA) Featuring:
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| 18.00 | Final Remarks |
Organiser: Centres & Programmes Office
Contact email: centres@soas.ac.uk
Contact Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4893
Sponsor: SOAS Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Gyan Sagar Science Foundation, JivDaya Foundation