The Epistemology of Perception and Imagination in Tantric Buddhism
Special Online Seminar with Vesna A Wallace • March 23rd, 2024 • 4pm-6pm (Europe/London)
Perception and Imagination in Tantric Buddhism
A special online seminar with Vesna A. Wallace
Join renowned translator, professor and scholar, Vesna A. Wallace, for an enlightening discussion exploring the connection between perception, imagination, and spiritual practices in Tantric Buddhism.
This lecture focuses on two important modes of practice in tantric Buddhism:
One relates to how the epistemology of perception becomes closely related to the bodily chakras and their constitutive channels, responsible for our modes of perceiving and experiencing the world.
The second topic relates to the role of imagination and to the ritual performance of imagination as the forms of a mental exercise that serve several important functions, including methodological, epistemic, and ultimately soteriological. The presentation draws the examples from different Indian and Mongolian Kālacakra tantric sources.
This seminar will be recorded and made available to registered participants.
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
United Kingdom (GMT) – 4:00pm-6:00pm
Central Europe (CET) – 5:00pm-7:00pm
Eastern Time (EDT) – 12:00pm-2:00pm
Central Time (CDT) – 11:00am-1:00pm
Mountain Time (MDT) – 10:00am-12:00pm
Pacific Time (PDT) – 09:00am-11:00am
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Time & Location
- Online (Via Zoom)
- Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 • 4pm - 6pm (Europe/London)
The Teacher
Vesna A Wallace
Professor, Translator and Scholar
Vesna A. Wallace teaches South Asian and Inner Asian religions and advanced Sanskrit courses in the Department of Religious Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Her areas of specialization are Indian Buddhism, particularly Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions and Mongolian Buddhism. She is widely considered one of the world’s leading experts on the Kalachakra Tantra. She has authored and translated four books related to Indian Buddhism, three of which pertain to the Kalachakra tantric tradition in India, and has published numerous articles on Indian and Mongolian Buddhism.
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