Talk Series: The Culure of Breath

The Foundation For Universal Responsibility
of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
&
The India International Centre
Invite you for a talk

The Culture of Breath
on

  • “The Space of Breath in the Kashmiri Shaivagamas”

by Dr. Bettina Bäumer

Date : 27th August , 2008
Time : 6:30p.m.- 8:00

Venue : Lecture Hall, Annexe, India International Centre, Max-Mueller Road, New Delhi- 110003

  • "Sandhyavandanam"

Meditation on the Sun

by S. Sreedharan

Date : 28th August , 2008
Time : 6:30p.m.- 8:00

Venue : Lecture Hall, Annexe, India International Centre, Max-Mueller Road, New Delhi- 110003

“The Space of Breath in the Kashmiri Shaivagamas”

by

Dr. Bettina Bäumer

Dr. Bettina Bäumer is an indologist from Austria, living and working in Varanasi since 1967. Her main fields of research and publication are: Kashmir Shaivism, Indian aesthetics, Silpasastra and temple architecture of Orissa, and interreligious dialogue. She has been Visiting Professor in Religious Studies at the Universities of Vienna, Salzburg, Berne, and Fellow at Harvard University. She recently completed a Fellowship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. She has been giving seminars on Kashmir Shaivism for the last 16 years, in Europe and in India. Her main publications are translations of Sanskrit texts into German (Yogasutras, Upanisads, Vijnana Bhairava, Tantrasara of Abhinavagupta) and English (Silparatnakosa, Vijnana Bhairava, etc.), besides a number of research articles. She has edited three volumes of Kalatattvakosa, A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts (IGNCA). She was Coordinator of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Director of a Research Institute in Varanasi.

"Sandhyavandanam"

Meditation on the Sun

by

S. Sreedharan

( Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram )

S. Sridharan, is a managing Trustee of Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) and is amongst the foremost disciples of student of Shri TKV Desikachar He has been is teaching Yoga for the last 20 years . At KYM he teaches yoga for therapy purposes on a “one to one basis” and is a part of the group of consultants. He is a faculty for two years Post Graduate Diploma apart from the International Seminars and workshops. He is deeply interested in our ancient tradition and Classical Carnatic music. Continuing to learn Vedic Chanting and Vedic Philosophy fro Shri Desikachar , he takes Vedic chanting classes and delivers philosophy lectures. He is the author of Tamil Biography of “Yogacharya Shri T Krishnamacharya.”

Preparing for Meditation. Patanjali has suggested Agitated or Dull Mind can not meditate. Breathing is the pre-requisite for Meditation. Having prepared through breath, attempt can be made to meditate. Meditation must be done from gross to subtle. The most acceptable meditation is Sun Meditation. Sun Meditation is best done through gestures.

Hence the steps are: 1. Use Breath, 2. Use gestures for inviting Sun, 3. Meditate with visualisation of Sun - Use Sound, 4. Stay quiet, 5. Use Breath again, 6. Thank the Sun, 7.End by praising Sun

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