09.05.2015 ►JVB NJ ►Invitation - Online Lecture Series on Jain Texts Starts @ HereNow4U

The Jain Studies Program at FIU welcomes you to the inauguration of the Online Lecture Series on Jain Texts

This program is launched to enrich textual studies in Jainism and nurture the study of ancient languages like Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabraṃsa and other Indic languages. This will promote, rejuvenate and invigorate scholarship and research on primary sources. Scholars will present their research on a chosen Jain text through interactive video conferencing.

The text chosen for this year is the Ācārāṅga Sūtra. We welcome you to the inauguration of the program with an introductory lecture on the text, followed by a series of four lectures. Each lecture will be approximately 50 to 60 mins with a discussion session to follow. The sessions will be hosted on Saturdays GMT 17.00 (5 PM). The video conference is open to all. The content will also be archived on the FIU Jain Studies Program website.

Schedule:

9th May – Prof. Kamal Chand Sogani & Ven. Samani Unnata Pragya (FIU): An Overview of Scholarship on Ācārāṅga Sūtra
16th May – Prof. Nalini Balbir (Sorbonne): Monastic Discipline in the Ācārāṅga Sūtra
23rd May -Prof. Christopher Chapple (Loyola Marymount): Ethics of Ācārāṅga Sūtra
30 May -Prof. Ellen Gough (Emory): Enlightenment and Liberation in the Ācārāṅga Sūtra
6th June - Ven. Samani Chaitanya Pragya (JVBI): Concept of Violence and Nonviolence in Ācārāṅga Sūtra

Please join meeting by clicking on the link
https://connect.fiu.edu/jainstudies/
Time: GMT 17.00 (1 PM EST)
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Sources
Archive.org
http://jainlibrary.org/

Contact Us:
Steven Vose -
Samani Unnata Pragya -

More Info: http://jainstudies.fiu.edu/