When: Sunday, August 27, 2023, 3 pm - 5 pm (Paris) / 9 am - 11 am (Montreal)
Where: Live videoconference from Melbourne, Australia
Language: French
Cost: Voluntary contribution
Where: Live videoconference from Melbourne, Australia
Language: French
Cost: Voluntary contribution
This lecture focuses on the divine energy known in Hinduism as Kundalini. Ironically, in the West, we're often more familiar with the notions of Chakra and Kundalini than with that of the Holy Spirit. But do we really know what they correspond to?
Kundalini lies dormant at the base of the spine, waiting to rise to the top of the skull, a sign of union between the human and the divine. Jean DUPUCHE presents its main characteristics, nature and promises, as well as its potential dangers and ways of integrating it into daily life. He makes links with the power of the Holy Spirit in Christianity.
Many schools of meditation and yoga speak of Kundalini and offer techniques for awakening it and opening the chakras. For some, the awakening of these energies is a condition for liberation; for others, a mere phenomenon. But what's the difference? What role do these energies play in spiritual life? Are they of the same nature as the Holy Spirit, the divine power at the heart of the Gospels? Jean DUPUCHE will address these questions mainly with reference to Kashmiri Shivaism.
Kundalini lies dormant at the base of the spine, waiting to rise to the top of the skull, a sign of union between the human and the divine. Jean DUPUCHE presents its main characteristics, nature and promises, as well as its potential dangers and ways of integrating it into daily life. He makes links with the power of the Holy Spirit in Christianity.
Many schools of meditation and yoga speak of Kundalini and offer techniques for awakening it and opening the chakras. For some, the awakening of these energies is a condition for liberation; for others, a mere phenomenon. But what's the difference? What role do these energies play in spiritual life? Are they of the same nature as the Holy Spirit, the divine power at the heart of the Gospels? Jean DUPUCHE will address these questions mainly with reference to Kashmiri Shivaism.
Jean R. DUPUCHE, de souche française et né en Australie, prêtre de l’archidiocèse de Melbourne, est professeur adjoint à University of Divinity. Il a fait sa thèse de doctorat sur le Tantraloka, l'oeuvre principale du plus grand philosophe du Shivaïsme du Cachemire, Abhinavagupta.
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