Seminars

CAM-18 ~ "Dissolution of the Self in Hindu, Buddhist Mysticism, and Post-Jungian Psychology" with Vishal Mangalwadi

This seminar will draw comparisons between the Biblical idea of the immortality of the soul with: (a) the Hindu idea of the dissolution of the finite self into infinite Brahma; (b) the Buddhist idea of dissolution of the self into void (Shoonyata), and (c) the disappearance of the self in post-Jungian psychology.

Vishal Mangalwadi is an international lecturer, social reformer, political columnist, and author of thirteen books. Born and raised in India, he studied philosophy at various universities, in Hindu ashrams, and at L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland. He and his wife, Ruth, co-founded a community to serve the rural poor, and he later worked at the headquarters of two national political parties, where he worked for the empowerment and liberation of peasants and the lower castes.  He is the author of several books on the role the Bible must play in transforming entire societies and has lectured in thirty countries.  He is currently working on the production of a PBS television documentary on the Bible as the Soul of Western Civilization.

 

 

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