A seminar on Tantrism - Info

[Guest guest]

I received this message from Sridhar (who in turn received from

S. Shangaranarayan)

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>

> Dear Brothers and sisters,

>

> A seminar on Tantrism (Tantra in art, literature and philosophy)

> jointly organized by Birla Archaeological and Cultural Research

> Institute, Salarjung Museum and Osmania University under the

> patronage of Mrs.Haripriya Rangarajan, (wife of Dr.C.Rangarajan,

> Governor of Andra Pradesh) is scheduled to take place in March

> this year.

>

> To make this seminar a success I request you to send this information

> to all your known friends and sri vidhya upasakas and those

> practising

> tantra in any form.

>

> The purpose of organizing the seminar is to cast away the

> misinterpretations about Tantra and Tantrism. This seminar is also

> aimed to bring out so many known and unknown factors about Tantra

> and Tantrism not only to the scholarly world but also to the common

> man. Some of the topics selected are:

>

> What is tantra and its origin

> vedas and tantra

> tantra and mantra

> tantra in different religions

> tantra and yantras

> tantra in art

> tantra in literaturetantra in philosophy

> tantra and panchamakaras

> tantra in daily life

> tantra and misinterpretations

> tantra and tantric rites

> tantra in daily life

> tantra and varnasrama dharma

> tantra and develop,ment of matriarchial society

> tantra- nature and demon worship

> tantra and goddess worship

> tantra - development of vamachara and dakshinachara practices

> tantra in modern times and tantra for world peace

>

> I would request you and the members of the group to kindly send

> any good article on the above subject for necessary study by the

> panel and inclusion in the sourvenir.

>

> Please also send your biodata for inclusion in the souvenir-list

> of upasakas and interested persons, so that future mailing would

> be quite easy.

>

> Please see that your synopsis is made available before 15/1 and

> the full paper by 15th February 2002.

>

> Kindly circulate to all the other web sites you may know related

> to saktha worship, vamachara, dakshinachara, srividhya etc.,etc.

>

> Please also provide your complete name, address, e.mail, phone/fax,

> and any details on any publications you had made, research work

> done etc., for our records and to include your name in the mailing

> list.

>

> Regards.

> S.SHANGARANARAYANAN

>

 

 

 

 

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