When: Sunday March 24, 2024, 3pm-5pm (Paris) / 10am-12pm (Montreal) / 8am-10am (Costa Rica)
Where: Live videoconference from Brussels
Cost: Voluntary contribution
Where: Live videoconference from Brussels
Cost: Voluntary contribution
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Staggered between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC, the Upanishads (sacred texts) mark a double turning point in India's heritage: the beginning of a movement towards interiority and the first steps towards philosophical inquiry.
Without speaking with a single voice, they tirelessly delve into a number of fundamental questions: who are we? where do we come from? where is this world taking us in its stride? does a coherent meaning illuminate the vast universe and this small, complex world, this microcosm that we are? is peace within us and between us possible? For some 25 centuries, the Upanishads have been proposing an inner journey. But you are also invited to take a journey through the Upanishads, an itinerary that is inevitably singular, but one that is respectful of this Indian heritage. Jacques SCHEUER invites us to discover these texts of great spiritual depth, based on his own work and experience. |
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Jacques SCHEUER: Born in Brussels in 1942. Studied philosophy (Louvain) and theology (Pune, India). Stays in India and Japan. Pupil of Madeleine Biardeau and Charles Malamoud at the 5th section of the École Pratique des Hautes Études. Doctorate in Indian Studies (Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle). Doctoral dissertation on the role and significance of Śiva in Hindu epic.
Professor emeritus of the history of religions and philosophies of Asia at the University of Louvain (U.C.L., Louvain-la-Neuve). Guest lecturer at the Centre Sèvres (Paris).
His publications include :
. Śiva dans le Mahâbhârata (Presses Universitaires de France, 1982, in the E.P.H.E. collection)
. L'Inde entre hindouisme et bouddhisme : quinze siècles d'échanges (Bruxelles, Académie royale de Belgique, 2013).
. Un chrétien dans les pas du Bouddha (Lessius, 2010),
. Thomas Merton : un veilleur à l'écoute de l'Orient (Lessius, 2015)
. Une traversée des Upanishad (Les Deux Océans, 2019)
. Wisdom and compassion: the two wings of Buddhism (Les Deux Océans, 2021)
. Parole et silence: Un patrimoine de l'Inde hindoue (Almora / Les Deux Océans, 2022).
Professor emeritus of the history of religions and philosophies of Asia at the University of Louvain (U.C.L., Louvain-la-Neuve). Guest lecturer at the Centre Sèvres (Paris).
His publications include :
. Śiva dans le Mahâbhârata (Presses Universitaires de France, 1982, in the E.P.H.E. collection)
. L'Inde entre hindouisme et bouddhisme : quinze siècles d'échanges (Bruxelles, Académie royale de Belgique, 2013).
. Un chrétien dans les pas du Bouddha (Lessius, 2010),
. Thomas Merton : un veilleur à l'écoute de l'Orient (Lessius, 2015)
. Une traversée des Upanishad (Les Deux Océans, 2019)
. Wisdom and compassion: the two wings of Buddhism (Les Deux Océans, 2021)
. Parole et silence: Un patrimoine de l'Inde hindoue (Almora / Les Deux Océans, 2022).
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When you register, you will receive the ZOOM link to attend the event in question. Those unable to attend live will receive a recording of the conference.
When you register, you will receive the ZOOM link to attend the event in question. Those unable to attend live will receive a recording of the conference.
