17th Jaina Studies Workshop: Jaina Tantra

Key information

Date
Time
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Venue
Brunei Gallery
Room
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

About this event

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.

See the book of abstracts.

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 Karṇāṭaka
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:

  • Ashok Jain (Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
  • Ashok Jain (Department of Botany, Gwalior University)
  • Atul Shah (University Campus Suffolk)
  • Bhattaraka Charukirti (Shri Jain Matha Jain Kashi Mudbidri)
  • Bindi Shah (University of Southampton)
  • Chakresh Jain (Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi)
  • Samani Pratibha Pragya (SOAS, Jain Vishva Bharati Institute Ladnun)
  • Sanjeev Sogani (Gyan Sagar Science Foundation, New Delhi)
18.00   Final Remarks

Organiser: Centres & Programmes Office

Contact email: centres@soas.ac.uk

Contact Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4893

Sponsor: Jivdaya Foundation, Gyan Sagar Science Foundation, V&A Jain Art Fund, JVB, A&H Faculty SOAS, Centre of Jaina Studies SOAS

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