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X-WR-CALNAME:2022 NEH Summer Institute
X-WR-CALDESC:The Imagination and Imaginal Worlds in the Mirror of Buddhism
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SUMMARY:Eric Huntington, “Putting the World to Work: Applied Cosmology in Buddhist Thought and Practice”
DESCRIPTION:Buddhist visions of the cosmos serve diverse functions in remarkably varied circumstances, from  quotidian life to esoteric meditations. Having an imagined view of the world helps structure  thought, give purpose to activity, and provide opportunities for re-imagining the world in specific,  productive ways. This presentation will examine descriptions and depictions of the physical world  in several contexts to illustrate how re-creating the world can change its meaning, provide  intellectual and moral lessons, and promote opportunities for fundamental transformation. Subjects will include Vasubandhu’s scholastic cosmology and philosophy, Tantric meditations that imagine dissolving and re-creating the world to effect transformation, offering rituals that build models of the cosmos, and the ways in which Mahayana Buddhists envision a transformed world as an ultimate sign of accomplishment.\n
URL:https://sibi.mangalamresearch.org/events/putting-the-world-to-work-applied-cosmology/
LOCATION:2018 Allston Way, Berkeley, California
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