From corinna.lhoir at uni-hamburg.de Sat Jul 11 08:59:41 2026 From: corinna.lhoir at uni-hamburg.de (Corinna May Lhoir) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:59:41 +0200 Subject: [YRL] =?utf-8?q?Invitation=3A_Ahi=E1=B9=83s=C4=81_in_Non-Dualist_?= =?utf-8?q?=C5=9Aaivism_with_Somadeva_Vasudeva_=7C_15_July=2C_8=3A15_am_CEST?= Message-ID: <8fd80f71-afaf-4c44-a5ee-0e79d85b8b5d@uni-hamburg.de> Dear colleagues and friends of Yoga Studies, We are delighted to invite you to the final Hamburg lecture in our *Ahimsa Lecture Series*: *Ahiṃsā in Non-Dualist Śaivism* *Professor Somadeva Vasudeva, Kyoto University* *Wednesday, 15 July 2026* *8:15–9:45 am CEST* *University of Hamburg, Asia-Africa Institute, ESA West, Room 221* *Hybrid event: participation is possible both in person and online* In non-dualist Śaiva traditions, ahiṃsā 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, /svātantryavāda/. 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. We very much look forward to this fascinating lecture and to the discussion that will follow. Registration for online participation is available through our website: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/indtib/forschung/veranstaltungen/ahimsa-lecture-series.html With warm regards, Corinna May Lhoir on behalf of the Ahimsa Lecture Series University of Hamburg -- ---------------------------------------------------- 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) corinna.lhoir at uni-hamburg.de www.uni-hamburg.de www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/indtib -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: