Jain Yoga Conference

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I have received an E-Mail from SOAS about their conference on Jain Yoga and presenting here for your perusal. SOAS is working under London University.

JAINA YOGA

18-19 March 2010
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS

Registration details can be found below.

Lecture
18 March 2010, 6-8 pm
Speaker: Sagarmal Jain
The Historical Development of the Jaina-Yoga System and the Impact of other Indian Yoga Systems on it. A Comparative and Critical Study

Workshop
19 March 2010, 9-6 pm
Speaker details can be found on the online page (see link above)




Participants & Talk Titles:

• Piotr Balcerowicz (University of Warsaw)
  Extrasensory Perception (yogi-pratyakṣa) in Jainism and its Soteriological Implications
• Bansidhar Bhatt (University of Münster)
  Study in Meditational Techniques in Early Jainism
• Johannes Bronkhorst (University of Lausanne)
  Kundakunda versus Sāṃkhya on the Soul
• Samani Chaitypragya & Samani Rohinipragya (Jaina Vishva Bharati)
  Concept of ‘Sandhi’ In Jain Scriptures - A Hermeneutic Approach
• John E. Cort (Denison University)
  When Will I Meet Such a Guru? Images of the Yogī in Digambara Hymns
• Chris Chapple (Loyola University, Los Angeles)
  The Jaina Yogas of Haribhadra
• Andrea R. Jain (Rice University, Houston)
  Prekṣā: A Jain Form of Modern Yoga
• Smita Kothari (University of Toronto)
  A Case Study of Prekṣā Dhyāna and the Terāpanth
• Jefferey Long (Elizabethtown College)
  Yaśovijaya’s View of Yoga
• Olle Qvarnström (Lund University)
  On the Concept of Yoga in Jainism
• Jayandra Soni (University of Marburg)
  Yoga in Jaina Philosophical Works

Supported by:
Swedish Research Council
Oscar och Signe Krooks stiftelse
The Lars Hierta Memorial Foundation
Victoria & Albert Museum Jain Art Fund
Lund University

The event is free and open to the public.

Registration:
Contact Centres & Programmes (REO)
events@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4892/3

All Welcome
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT)
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG

Karma Theory Part 1
Karma Theory Part 2
Karma Theory Part 3
Karma Theory part 4
Karma Theory part 5

Thanks,
Jyoti Kothari

Jyoti Kothari is an author and hubber who writes about Gems and Jewelry, India, Economy, Finance, Management, Skills, Job, Employment, Food, Environment, Jainism and on many other topics.
He is proprietor, Vardhaman Gems, Jaipur, representing centuries old tradition of Excellence in Gems and Jewelry.  

Jain Yoga Conference

Image via Wikipedia

I have received an E-Mail from SOAS about their conference on Jain Yoga and presenting here for your perusal. SOAS is working under London University.

JAINA YOGA

18-19 March 2010
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS

Registration details can be found below.

Lecture
18 March 2010, 6-8 pm
Speaker: Sagarmal Jain
The Historical Development of the Jaina-Yoga System and the Impact of other Indian Yoga Systems on it. A Comparative and Critical Study

Workshop
19 March 2010, 9-6 pm
Speaker details can be found on the online page (see link above)




Participants & Talk Titles:

• Piotr Balcerowicz (University of Warsaw)
  Extrasensory Perception (yogi-pratyakṣa) in Jainism and its Soteriological Implications
• Bansidhar Bhatt (University of Münster)
  Study in Meditational Techniques in Early Jainism
• Johannes Bronkhorst (University of Lausanne)
  Kundakunda versus Sāṃkhya on the Soul
• Samani Chaitypragya & Samani Rohinipragya (Jaina Vishva Bharati)
  Concept of ‘Sandhi’ In Jain Scriptures - A Hermeneutic Approach
• John E. Cort (Denison University)
  When Will I Meet Such a Guru? Images of the Yogī in Digambara Hymns
• Chris Chapple (Loyola University, Los Angeles)
  The Jaina Yogas of Haribhadra
• Andrea R. Jain (Rice University, Houston)
  Prekṣā: A Jain Form of Modern Yoga
• Smita Kothari (University of Toronto)
  A Case Study of Prekṣā Dhyāna and the Terāpanth
• Jefferey Long (Elizabethtown College)
  Yaśovijaya’s View of Yoga
• Olle Qvarnström (Lund University)
  On the Concept of Yoga in Jainism
• Jayandra Soni (University of Marburg)
  Yoga in Jaina Philosophical Works

Supported by:
Swedish Research Council
Oscar och Signe Krooks stiftelse
The Lars Hierta Memorial Foundation
Victoria & Albert Museum Jain Art Fund
Lund University

The event is free and open to the public.

Registration:
Contact Centres & Programmes (REO)
events@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4892/3

All Welcome
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT)
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG

Karma Theory Part 1
Karma Theory Part 2
Karma Theory Part 3
Karma Theory part 4
Karma Theory part 5

Thanks,
Jyoti Kothari

Jyoti Kothari is an author and hubber who writes about Gems and Jewelry, India, Economy, Finance, Management, Skills, Job, Employment, Food, Environment, Jainism and on many other topics.
He is proprietor, Vardhaman Gems, Jaipur, representing centuries old tradition of Excellence in Gems and Jewelry.