Dear list members,

Our next seminar will be held on Friday 28th at 5.30 pm.  The presenter will be Drasko Mitrikeski who will be presenting on the topic of 'Devotion, asceticism and philosophy in the ancient Indian monastic context: Nāgārjuna's religious practices seen through the analysis of his hymns.

This month the seminar will be hosted at University of Western Sydney, Superintendents Cottage.  Please refer to Map (Ref ET) for details.

We do hope you can attend
AABS Executive

'Devotion, asceticism and philosophy in the ancient Indian monastic context: Nāgārjuna's religious practices seen through the analysis of his hymns.'
Most Western studies of Nāgārjuna have approached his work from the point of view of doctrine or philosophy and are primarily concerned with logic and the critical analysis of his arguments and propositions.
Hardly any attention has been given to the social setting of these texts and the contextualization of the doctrines articulated within both Nāgārjuna’s religious praxis and indeed within the wider context of the praxis of his religious community.
This paper is primarily concerned with the relationship between Nāgārjuna’s doctrinal propositions and his religious praxis. In particular, the focus is on exposing how doctrine was transmitted and used in the religious environment in which he lived. Uncovering these relationships sheds light on Nāgārjuna’s religious life, his ritual praxis and symbolic universe.