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<p data-start="103" data-end="147"
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colleagues and friends of Yoga Studies,<span
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<p data-start="149" data-end="242">We are
delighted to invite you to the final Hamburg
lecture in our <strong data-start="216"
data-end="241">Ahimsa Lecture Series</strong>:</p>
<h3 data-section-id="1gmyi8j" data-start="244"
data-end="283"><span role="text"><strong
data-start="248" data-end="281">Ahi\u1e43s\u0101 in
Non-Dualist \u015aaivism</strong></span></h3>
<p data-start="284" data-end="333"><strong
data-start="284" data-end="333">Professor
Somadeva Vasudeva, Kyoto University</strong></p>
<p data-start="335" data-end="529"><strong
data-start="335" data-end="362">Wednesday, 15
July 2026</strong><br data-start="362"
data-end="365">
<strong data-start="365" data-end="386">8:15\u20139:45
am CEST</strong><br data-start="386"
data-end="389">
<strong data-start="389" data-end="457">University
of Hamburg, Asia-Africa Institute, ESA West,
Room 221</strong><br data-start="457"
data-end="460">
<strong data-start="460" data-end="529">Hybrid
event: participation is possible both in
person and online</strong></p>
<p data-start="531" data-end="1016">In non-dualist
\u015aaiva traditions, ahi\u1e43s\u0101 is neither treated as
an absolute moral imperative nor regarded as a
direct means to liberation. In this lecture,
Somadeva Vasudeva will explore how these
traditions negotiate the relationship between
violence, nonviolence, karmic retribution, yogic
meditation, and spiritual liberation. He will
also examine how the tension between violence
and nonviolence is ultimately resolved through
the doctrine of unrestricted autonomy, <em
data-start="999" data-end="1015">sv\u0101tantryav\u0101da</em>.</p>
<p data-start="1018" data-end="1252">Somadeva
Vasudeva is Professor of Indian Philosophy and
Transcultural Studies at Kyoto University and an
internationally renowned scholar of Sanskrit,
tantric and theistic traditions of yoga, Indian
philosophy, poetry, and aesthetics.</p>
<p data-start="1254" data-end="1347">We very much
look forward to this fascinating lecture and to
the discussion that will follow.</p>
<p data-start="1349" data-end="1420">Registration
for online participation is available through
our website:</p>
<p data-start="1422" data-end="1515"><a
data-start="1422" data-end="1515"
rel="noopener" target="_new"
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href="https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/indtib/forschung/veranstaltungen/ahimsa-lecture-series.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com">https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/indtib/forschung/veranstaltungen/ahimsa-lecture-series.html</a></p>
<p data-start="1517" data-end="1620"
data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">With
warm regards,<br data-start="1535"
data-end="1538">
Corinna May Lhoir<br data-start="1555"
data-end="1558">
on behalf of the Ahimsa Lecture Series<br
data-start="1596" data-end="1599">
University of Hamburg</p>
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Corinna Lhoir, M.A.
Universität Hamburg
Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften
Asien-Afrika-Institut
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Lehrbeauftragte
Alsterterrasse 1
20354 Hamburg
Raum 109
+49 40 42838-8314 (Telefon)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:corinna.lhoir@uni-hamburg.de">corinna.lhoir@uni-hamburg.de</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.uni-hamburg.de">www.uni-hamburg.de</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/indtib">www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/indtib</a></pre>
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