While the Bhagavad Gita is famous as a treasure of world spiritual literature and given a central place within contemporary Hinduism, few are familiar with a parallel text depicting the deity Siva as the omniscient creator of the world.

In this talk, scholar Andrew Nicholson (SUNY Stonybrook) draws from his original translation work to explore the Isvara Gita as an important contribution. This work sometimes mirrors and sometimes challenges its more well-known sibling text. The talk also suggests that the Isvara Gita might have offered a strategy for accommodating religious conflict in its own day, and may continue to inform how we think about pluralism today.

 *NOTE: Enter from main doors on Washington Rd.; classroom is upstairs. Free parking is available in Lots 13 or 10 on William Street.
 

this talk is part of the
Hindu Studies Lecture Series 2024
Theme: Re-Examining the Scholar-Text Relationship
 
This year our annual academic lecture series examines the process of engaging  with sacred literature. We invite four renowned scholar guest-speakers to share insights gleaned from their work translating, cataloging, compiling, or otherwise working with classical Hindu and Buddhist texts.

How might these scholars' journeys enrich our understanding of texts as dynamic, living entities, and help us to  better understand the scholar as someone formed by the literature they study?
 

 2/15 ~ 3/22 ~ 4/11 ~ 4/18

Open to All

 
Sponsored by the Princeton University Office of Religious Life Hindu Life Program. Co-sponsored by the Center for Culture, Society, and Religion; and the Program in South Asian Studies