Indic Academy’s Inter Gurukula – University Center is delighted to announce the list of speakers and themes at the Oneness Conference, discussing the role of Advaita in the contemporary world by sages & scholars.
You can find more details and schedule of the conference here Conference on ONENESS Schedule-i4
Indic Academy is also happy to announce the book launch of Journey Beyond – A Non-Dual Approach, authored by Acharya Kuntimaddi Sadananda.
The Oneness Conference will be held at Chinmaya Eswar Gurukula in Kochi, Kerala from 15th – 17th October 2019. A host of scholars and academicians will be presenting papers at the conference. Below is the list of speakers and the topics of the research papers.
Retrospective of Shankara’s Works
| Sri Mani Dravid Sastrigal | Prasthana Traya Bhashya |
| Prof. Madhusudan Penna | Prakarana Granthas – Atma Bodha |
| Dr. Nagaraj Paturi | Jnaanaabhyaasa Stutis |
| Swami Sharadananda | Bhakti Stutis |
Conceptual Issues
| Sri Korada Subrahmanyam | Moderator |
| Dr. Tulasi Kumar Joshi | Ambiguity and its Resolution, Perspectives from Advaita Vedānta |
| Dr. Naveen Bhat | Vedasya Vedanta Dindimatvam |
| Swami Vedarthananda | Sayanacharyanam |
| Swami Japasiddhananda | Advaita in Vakyapadiyam (Sanskrit) |
| Dr. Manjushree Hegde | Analysis of Suṣupti according to Sri Satchidānandendra Saraswati |
Advaita in Leadership, Science & Sustainability
| Prof. B. Mahadevan | Indic Leadership |
| Sri Kuntimaddi Sadananda | Science & Advaita |
| Dr. Chethana Radhakrishna P. M. | Experience of Advaita through Bharatanatya Margam |
| Dr. Vinod R. R. & Dr. M. Satish | Oneness Management Strategy |
| Dr. Prasad Kaipa | From Smart to Wise |
Vaakyaartha Sadas
| Sri Mani Dravid Shastrigal | Chair |
| Sri Ramakrishna Bhatt | Special Guest |
| Sri Ganesheshwar Bhatt | Inquiry into on “Kutasthaatman” (Stable base-self) |
| Sri Maheswaran K. S. | Aikyaavarodha’ in “Dva Suparna” Mantra of Veda |
| Sri Ganeshwar Nath Jha | Shabdaadvaita is intended to be Nirvikalpaka |
| Sri Kuppa Sri Guru Bilvesh Sarma | Proposition of all the three and questioning all the three |
| Sri Vasudevan P. R. | The oneness of meaning in all the true knowledge systems |
| Sri Pushkar Deopujari | Inquiry into the statement “Nastyatosti Drashtaa” from Shruti |
| Sri Karthik Sharma |
How to avoid the fallacyof infinite regress in the proposition of second level of Mithyaa
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Discourse : Laghu Vakya Vritti : Swami Advayananda
| Dr. Shilpa Ashok Pandit | Yoga, Advaita and Srividya – Some Yantra aspects |
| Sri Srinivas Jammalamadaka | Pranayama for Advaitic Experience |
| Mr. Love Kumar Sharma | Siva Samhita |
| Dr. Karanam Aravinda Rao | Non-Duality and Multitude of Rituals |
| Dr. S. Ramaratnam | Advaitic Overtones in The Grihya Rituals |
Rare books & Rare exponents of Advaita
| Dr. V. Yamuna Devi | Tattvaanusandhaanam of Mahadevananda Saraswati |
| Dr. Sita Sundar Ram | Advaita Makaranda of Sri Lakshmidharakavi |
| Dr. Vasumati Rajaram | Some Rare Unpublished Advaita Books in Tamil Nadu |
| Mrs. Lavanya V. Eswar | Gitamritamahodadhi – A 20th Century Contribution to Advaita |
| Prof. V. Lalitha | Allegorical plays based on Advaita |
Variants of Advaita
| Ms. Bhairavi Parag Ashar | Shuddhaadvaita |
| Dr. Gopala Desikan | Vishishtadvaita |
| Dr. L. Sampath Kumar | Vishishtadvaita |
| Ms. Kavita Krishna Meegama | Advaita for Sustainable Development (Adjusted) |
| Sri T. Ganesan | Advaita in Saivasiddhanta |
Advaita in Arts, Music & Dance
| Dr. Bharat Gupt (Will also moderate the session after his talk) | Natyashastra & Vedanta |
| Ms. Mridula Ashwin | Tantra and Sangita |
| Dr. Duddu Radhika | Advaita in Carnatic Music |
| Dr. Shobha Sahasrabuddhe | Advaitic Reflections from the Compositions of Saint Poets |
| Sri Priyank Kumar Chauhan | Advait Vedantic Undertones in Haryanvi Raginis |
| Mr. Nithin Sridhar | Ideas of Advaita Vedanta in the Sarvajna Tripadis |
| Prof. Rakesh Das | Advaita in Popular Hinduism |
| Ms. Sonali Ambasankar | Advaitic Kritis composed by Swami Dayananda Saraswati |
| Sri Swapnil Chaphekar | Expression of Advaita through Khayal compositions of Hindustani Music |
| Sri Srider Vasudevan Iyer | Contemporary Gurus of Advaita and their contribution |
Contemporary Gurus of Advaita
| Dr. P. Vamadeva Sastry | Ramana Maharshi |
| Sri Ravishankar Bhat K. S. | Contemporary Gurus of Advaita and their contribution, Swami Sacchidanandendra Saraswati |
| Dr. Arundhati Sundar & Sri N. M. Sundar |
Swami Chinmayananda and His Special Pedagogy of Advaita Teaching |
| Dr. Sethuraman Rammohan | Bhagavan Sri Ramana and Jivanmukti |
| Swamini Brahma Prajnananda Saraswati & Swami Brahma Vidananda Saraswati | Swami Chinmayananda and Swami Dayananda’s contribution |
| Dr. Kanchan Gogate | Vivekananda’s Advaita |
| Sri Vinay H. A. | Rambachan on Vivekananda |
| Sri Sooraj Rajendran | Advaita in Narayana Guru’s Social Work |
Rare books & Rare exponents of Advaita
| Dr. K. S. Balasubrahmanian | Advaita in Yogic Texts |
| Dr. K. Srinivasan | Aavrityaadhikarana – The Problem of Repetition – A Reappraisal |
| Sri Buddhodev Ghosh | Rishi Anirvan: A Lesser Known Radiant Mind |
| Mrs. Rukmini Vijayakumar | Advaita in Performance (Adjusted) |
| Sri Saibal Acharya | Advaita Garbharamagita |
Advaita in Itihasas and Puranas
| Dr. Vishwa Adluri | Advaita in Mahabharata |
| Sri G. Kameshwar | Atma Vidya in Adhyatma Ramayana |
| Sri Hampiholi Madhusudan Shastri | Advaita in Bhagavatam |
We invite you to join us at the conference and look forward to hosting it in Kerala, the land of Adi Shankara!
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