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FOCUS ON INDIA'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS: The Rituals of India featuring Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina

The UCI Program in Religious Studies
presents:

2012-2013 Focus on India Series Lecture

"Erotic and Mystical Aspects of Hindu and Buddhist Tantra"

by Professor Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Thursday, February 7, 2013
7:00pm
Humanities Gateway 1030

A light reception will immediately follow the lecture. The lecture & reception is free and open to the public.

Professor Timalsina, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at San Diego State University, has his Masters degree in Sanskrit from Sampurnananda Sanskrit University (the traditional Sanskrit University), in Banaras, India and received his Ph.D. from Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany. He is the author of two recent books, Seeing and Appearance (Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2006) and Consciousness in Indian Philosophy (Routledge, 2009). He specializes Indian Philosophy, Tantric studies, Yoga, and Ritual Studies. He is currently working on a third book on "Memory and Imagination."

For additional information, please contact the UCI Program in Religious Studies at (949) 824-6521.