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[2024.11.16] Prof. Howard on Dhyāna
As as invited speaker at the Still & Moving Center, Hawaii’s Premier Center for Mindful Movement Classes & Bodywork. Professor Howard delivered a talk about the Hindu tradition, entitled "Dhyāna - The Virtue of Contemplation." She has spoken at this venue before. Past recordings of talks - hers and others - can be found here: https://stillandmovingcenter.com/2020/07/gems-from-the-wisdom-traditions-a-dialogue-circle-live-online/.
[2024.11.15] Truth in Jainism
At an online conference under the heading 'Perspectives about Truth 3,' held at the National University of Science and Technology ‘Politehnica’ Bucharest, in Bucharest, Romania, Professor Rosenhagen presented a talk on 'Truth in Jainism' . After introducing Jain Dharma to the audience, he argued against the mainstream of available interpretations of the Jain doctrine of syādvāda. According to these interpretations, syādvāda is the claim that the truth of a statement is dependent on [or to be assessed relative to] the perspective of the speaker who is making it. Moreover, it is held that each such perspective affords partial truth. Professor Rosenhagen argued against the universally quantified statement expressed in the previous sentence and, also, that syādvāda should taken to be unrelated to claims regarding the dependence of the truth-value of statements on perspectives. On the view he suggested, some possible perspectives are so skewed that with respect to a given situation that they don't even afford access to partial truth. However, from such perspectives, there will still be claims that are rationally assertible. He proposed that what depends on a perspective, rather than the truth of statements, is a) what truths, if any, are accessible from it, and b) what statements [which may or may not be true] are rationally assertible from it.
[2024.04.18] "Tangible Truths: Art Forms in Janism, Buddhism, and Hinduism"
April 18, 2024 9:00AM-5:30PM, Peters Ellipse Gallery in Fresno State Library, 2nd Floor
Organizers: Dr. W. Saam Noonsuk Noonsuk@csufresno.edu and Dr. Veena R. Howard Vehoward@mail.fresnostate.edu
