High School University

JOHN A. GRIMES

Department of Religious Studies

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824

517-***-**** (o) 517-***-**** (h)

abpqi1@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Madras. Religion/Philosophy

(Thesis: Problems and Perspectives in Religious Language

-

State University of New York Press, 1994)

M.A. University of Madras. Religion/Philosophy

(Thesis: Quest For Certainty: A Comparative Analysis

of

Heidegger and Shankara - Lang Press, 1989)

B.A. University of California at Santa Barbara. Religious

Studies

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1997- Department of Religious Studies, Michigan State

University -

Courses taught: Hinduism; Buddhism; Yoga Systems;

Myth, Self, Religion; Introduction to Religion; Yoga

Systems;

Hindu Tantra (senior seminar); Classical Indian Philosophy

1995-96 Department of Philosophy, National University

of Singapore

Courses taught: Introduction to Indian

Philosophy; Issues in Indian Philosophy;

Ramayana (Honors); Philosophy of Religion

1992-95 Post Graduate Research Scholar & Public Speaker

Public Talks & Courses include:

Advaita Vedanta; Gods & Goddesses; Ganesha;

Hinduism; Buddhism; Yoga (all in Canada, England, Singapore,

Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, and USA)

Publications included: Ganapati: Song of the

Self (SUNY);

Problems and Perspectives in Religious

Discourse (SUNY)

1989-92 Department of Religious Studies, University of

Lethbridge,

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 3 year (non-Canadian) contract

Courses taught: Introduction to Hinduism;

Introduction to Buddhism;

Asian Religions; Ramayana; An Indian Text: Upanisads;

Introduction to World

Religions; Studies in Vedanta; An Indian Text Patañjali s

Yoga Sutras

COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH

Hinduism Intro to Religion Ancient Indian Education

Buddhism Myth/Self/Religion Asian Religions

Classical Yoga Systems Religious Language Ramayana

Indian Aesthetics Heidegger & Shankara Hindu Tantra

Classical Indian Philosophy Women in Religion Naiskarmyasiddhi

Vivekacudamani Philosophy of Religion World Religions

Gods/Goddesses of India Indian Ethics Western Philosophy

MEMBERSHIPS

American Philosophical Association (APA)

American Academy of Religion (AAR)

Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

Indian Philosophical Association

International Society for Indian Philosophy

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy

Assistant Editor - International Journal of Hindu Studies

CURRENT PROJECTS

Gurukula: A Comprehensive Study of Ancient

Indian Education

108 Hindu Philosophers: Biography and Thought

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

THE CROWN JEWEL OF DISCRIMINATION (Vivekacudamani of Sankara).

In press - Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, India, 2002

A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY (Sanskrit-English).

New and

Revised Edition. State University of New York (SUNY) Press, Albany,

New York,

1996 and Indological Institute for Indian Studies, India, 2002. SUNY,

l989 and

Madras University Philosophical Series No. 48 Radhakrishnan Institute

for

Advanced Study in Philosophy, Avvai Press, Madras, India, l988

GANAPATI: SONG OF THE SELF. State University of New York (SUNY)

Press,

Albany, New York, 1995 and Indological Institute for Indian Studies,

India, 1996

PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES IN RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE: Advaita Vedanta

Implications. State University of New York (SUNY) Press, Albany, New

York, 1994

THE NAISKARMYASIDDHI OF SURESVARA. Sri Garib Dass Oriental Series,

Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi, India, 1992

AN ADVAITA VEDANTA PERSPECTIVE ON LANGUAGE. Studies in Indian

Traditions

Series No 3, Indian Books Centre, Delhi, India, 1991

THE SEVEN GREAT UNTENABLES: SAPTA VIDHA ANUPAPATTI - A Critical

Study

in Vedanta Dialectics. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, India, l990

QUEST FOR CERTAINTY: A Comparative Study of Heidegger and Sankara.

Revisioning Philosophy Series. Peter Lang, New York, l989

ARTICLES IN BOOKS

SOUTH ASIA RELIGIONS. Sushil Mittal and Gene R. Thursby, eds.

"Hinduism." 106 pages.

London: Routledge, (forthcoming 2002)

THE HINDU WORLD. Sushil Mittal and Gene R. Thursby, eds. "Darsana."

40 pages.

London: Routledge, (forthcoming 2002)

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HINDUISM AND INDIC RELIGIONS. K.L. Seshagiri

Rao, chief ed. 18 volumes.

"Vedanta, Logic" (Advaita,

Dvaita, Visistadvaita). University of South Carolina Press (forthcoming)

A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHERS Encyclopedia. Robert L. Arrington,

ed.

"Suresvara;" "Padmapada;" "Gaudapada."

Blackwell: Oxford and MA, 1999

THE PHILOSOPHY OF R. BALASUBRAMANIAN: A Festschrift in honor

of Professor R.

Balasubramanian, V. C. Thomas and K. Srinivas, ed.

Five Schools of Vedanta vis a vis The

Philosophical Triangle.

University of Pondicherry. 1998

THE PHILOSOPHY OF K. SATCHIDANANDA MURTY: A Volume of Essays

on the Philosophy of

Professor K. Satchidananda Murty, Sibajiban Bhattacharya

and Ashok Vohra, ed. Two Paradigms of

Religious Language.

Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, pp. 177-187, 1995

ETHICAL AND POLITICAL DILEMMAS OF MODERN INDIA, Ninian Smart

and Shivesh

Thakur, ed. Feminism and the Indian Goddess:

Different Models. Macmillan Press, London,

pp. 126-143, 1993 & St. Martin s Press, New York, pp. 126-143,

1994

CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES, Walter Aufrecht, ed.

The

Contribution of the Study of Scripture to the

Study of Religion. Harper and Row. New York, 1994

JOURNAL PAPERSArticles

in: (specifics available upon request)

Indian Philosophical Quarterly

International Journal of Hindu Studies

Journal of Dharma

Journal of Religious Studies

Journal of the Indian Council for Philosophy and

Religion

Journal of Vaisnava Studies

Philosophy East and West

Quest

Religious Studies and Theology

Sanathana Sarathi

Scottish Journal of Theology

Studies in Religion

Tattvaloka

The Mountain Path

The Theosophist

Voice of Shankara

PAPERS

The Scriptural Dilemma, Journal of Dharma,

July-Sept l982, Vol VII, No 3

Religion and Modern Studies, Journal

of Dharma, Oct-Dec l985, Vol X, No 4

Thundering Silence, The Mountain Path,

July l986, Vol 23, No III

Avidya, Sanathana Sarathi, May l987,

Vol 30, No 5

The Dilemma of Avidya, Indian Philosophical

Quarterly, Vol 42, No 3, July-Sept l988

Allegories of Divine Life, Journal of

Dharma, Vol XII, No 4, Oct-Dec l987

Creation Theories in Indian Philosophy,

Seminar on Different Views Concerning Creation,

Paso Robles, California, May l988

Maya According to Advaita Vedanta, Southern

California Seminar on South Asia,

Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California, December l988

Radhakrishnan and Sankara s Maya, Scottish

Journal of Theology, Vol 42, No l, l989

Advaita and Religious Language, Journal

of the Indian Council for Philosophy and Religion, Vol 6, No l, l989

Athato Dharma-Karma Jijñasa,

American Academy of Religion, Western Regional,

Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, March l989

Jivanmukti vis a vis Moksa in Advaita Vedanta,,

l8th Annual South Asia Conference,

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, November l989

The Contribution of the Study of Scripture to

the Study of Religion, Religious Studies and

Theology, Vol 9, No 2 & 3, May, September 1989

Sankara and Sruti, International Congress

of Vedanta, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, April, 1990

The Quest for the Universal, Canadian

Asian Studies Association,

University of Victoria, British Columbia, May 1990

The Relation of Self-Realization to Liberation

Within Advaita Vedanta, 33rd International

Congress of Asian and North African Studies, University of Toronto,

August 1990

Kañci Kamakoti Pitha, National

Meeting of the American Academy of Religion,

New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1990

Nature of Human Relationship in Daily Life,

Conference on Interactions Between

Hinduism and Buddhism from Sakyamuni to Sankaracarya,

Carleton University, Ottawa, November 1990

Two Paradigms of Religious Language,

Studies in Religion, Vol 19, No 3, 1990

Some Problems in the Epistemology of Advaita,

Philosophy East & West,

Vol 41, No 3, July 1991

Sabdapramana: Word and Knowledge. An Advaita

Vedanta Perspective,

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy,

American Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 25, 1991

Space and Time in the World s Religions,

Canadian Society for the Study of Religion,

Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, May 29, 1991

Cutting Through the Illusion, Series

of 30 lectures on Advaita Vedanta,

New York, November 1991

Song of Scripture, Anima, Vol 18, no

1, Fall, 1992

Sankara s Siren of Sruti, Journal of

Dharma,Vol XVII, No. 3, July-Sept 1992

Quest for the Universal in Journal of

Religious Studies, Guru Gobind Singh

Department of Religious Studies, Vol XXI, No. 1, Spring 1992

Interpretation of Mahavakyas in Sureshvara s

Naiskarmyasiddhi, Fourth International

Congress of Vedanta, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Ap l992

Sureshvara and Mahavakyas in Journal

of Religious Studies, Guru Gobind Singh

Department of Religious Studies, 1993

Vivekacudamani, Series of 50 lectures,

New York, March-April 1993

Feminism and the Indian Goddess: Different Models,

in Ethical and Political

Dilemmas of Modern India, Ninian Smart and Shivesh Thakur, ed. 1994

Gurukula, Series of 52 talks, New York,

Jan-May 1994

God-Talk vis-a-vis Advaita Vedanta,

Theosophist, January, 1995

"Two Paradigms of Religious Language,"

in The Philosophy of K. Satchidananda Murty.

S. Bhattacharya and A. Vohra, ed. Indian Council of Philosophical Researach,

New Delhi, pp. 177-187, 1995

"The Sankaracaryas Today," The Voice of

Sankara, Vol 21, No 1, June 1996

"Shankara," Tattvaloka, Spring, 1997

"Sureshvara's Interpretation of Mahavakya,"

The Voice of Sankara, 1997

"An Introduction to the Life and Thought of Sankara"

in The Theosophist. vol. 119,

no. 1. October 1998

"The Quest" in The Theosophist. vol. 120,

no. 1. January 1999

"The Problem of the Self in Indian Philosophy."

Conference on the Self, Michigan State

University, East Lansing, MI, September 18, 1999

"Ganesha." 48th Annual Midwest Conference

on Asian Affairs, Michigan State

University, East Lansing, MI, September 26, 1999

"Ganesha Drinker of Milk." National Meeting

of the American Academy of Religion,

Boston, MA, November 1999

"Two Philosophical Presuppositions vis a vis

Dvaita Vedanta," Journal of Vaisnava Studies,

vol. 9, no. 1 Fall 2000, pp. 5-20

"Mythmaker, Dawnbreaker: Time and Timelessness."

4th International Research Conference in

Asian and Comparative Philosophy. Columbia, MO, Sept 29, 2000

"Revisiting Sankara's Authorship of the Vivekacudamani,"

Twelfth International Congress of Vedanta,

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Sept 15, 2000

"Revisiting Sankara's Authorship of the Vivekacudamani,"

International Journal of

Hindu Studies. (forthcoming)

"The Teacher/Guru" in in The Theosophist.

vol 122, no 5, February 2001

BOOK REVIEWS

Council of Societies for the

Study of Religion (CSSR Religious Studies Review)

Annam Bahu Kurvita: "Recollecting the Indian Discipline of Growing and

Sharing Food. Jitendra Baja and

Mandayam Doddamane Srinivas. Madras: Centre for

Policy Studies.

Ganeshapurana. Part I: Upasanakhanda. Translation, Introduction, Notes,

and Index by Greg Bailey. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Sri Aurobindo M.P. Pandit. The Builders of Indian Philosophy Series.

New Delhi:

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

T.M.P. Mahadevan R. Balasubramanian. The Builders of Indian Philosophy

Series. New Delhi:

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

T.V. Kapali Sastri Prema Nandakumar. The Builders of Indian Philosophy

Series. New Delhi:

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Knowledge and Liberation In Classical Indian Thought. Chakravarthi Ram

Prasad.

New York Palgrave, 2001

Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy. Oliver Leaman. London and New York:

Routledge. 1999.

Journal of the American Academy

of Religion

Early Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism: The Mahayana Context of the Gaudapadiya-karika

by Richard King.

State University of New York Press.

The Ramayana of Valmiki: an epic of ancient India. Volume III: Ayodhyakanada.

Introduction and

Translation by Sheldon Pollock. Princeton University

Press.

History of Religions (Chicago)

The Artful Universe: An Introduction to the Vedic Religious Imagination.

William K. Mahony.

Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997.

Sonic Theology. Hinduism and Sacred Sound. By Guy L. Beck. Columbia:

University of South Carolina Press.

International Journal of Indian

Studies

Classcial Indian Philosophy of Mind: The Nyaya Dualist System.

By Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2001.

Advaita: A Conceptual Analysis. A. Ramamurty. Contemporary Researches

in Hindu

Philosophy & Religion. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld.

Aesthetic Vedanta: The Sacred Path of Passionate Love. Swami B.V. Tripurari.

Eugene Oregon:

Mandala Publishing Group. 1998. New York: Orbis

Books.

Life After Death in World Religions. Edited by Harold Coward. New York:

Orbis Books.

Living Liberation in Hindu Thought.. Andrew O. Fort and Patricia Y.

Mumme, eds.

Albany: State University of New York Press

Self as Image In Asian Theory and Practice. Edited by Roger T. Ames,

with Thomas P. Kasulis and

Wimal Dissanayake. Albany: State University of New

York Press

The Fruits of Our Desiring. Edited by Julius Lipner. Calgary: Bayeux.

The Method of Early Advaita Vedanta: A Study of Gaudapada, Sankara,

Suresvara, and

Padmapada. Michael Comans. Motilal Banarsidass.

The Problematic and Conceptual Structure of Classical Indian Thought

about Man, Society and

Polity. Daya Krishna. Delhi: Oxford Universisty

Press

Motilal Banarsidass

The Supreme Wisdom of the Upanisads. Klaus G. Witz. New Delhi: Motilal

Banarsidass

The Metaphysic of Experience in Advaita Vedanta. Debabrata Sinha

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass

South Asia Books

The Word Speaks to the Faustian Man. Som Raj Gupta. Motilal Banarsidass

Publishers (P) Ltd, Delhi

The Myths of Narasimha and Vamana. Deborah A. Soifer. State University

of New York Press

The Impact of Ramanuja s Teaching on Life and Conditions in Society.

G. Lakshamma.

Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan

Mantra. Harvey P. Alper (ed.) Albany: State University of New York Press

Shiva Bhakti. R. Nagaswamy. New Delhi: Navrang

STUDIES IN RELIGION

The Philosophy of Religion and Advaita Vedanta by Arvind Sharma. University

Park: The Penn State Press

Insight and Religious Mind: An Analysis of Krishnamurti s Thought. Hillary

Rodrigues

New York: Peter Lang Publishers, Inc.

SUNY (State University of New

York Press)

Art and Spirituality. Eliot Deutsch. Albany: SUNY

Dattatreya:The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara. Antonio Riogoulos,

Albany: SUNY

Dispelling Illusion. Douglas Fox. Albany: SUNY

Jivanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita & Neo-Vedanta.

Andrew Fort. Albany: SUNY

Liberating Intimacy: Communicative Virtuosity and the Realized Sociality

of Ch'an Enlightenment.

Peter D. Hershock. Albany: SUNY

Living Liberation in Hindu Thought. Andrew O. Fort and Patricia Y. Mumme,

eds. Albany: SUNY

Philology and Confrontation: Paul Hacker on Traditional and Modern Vedanta.

Albany: SUNY

Synthetic Understanding of Kundalini Yoga in Relation to the Nondualistic

Hindu Tantric Traditions. Arlene Mazak.

Timeless Books

From the Mating Dance to the Cosmic Dance. Swami Sivananda Radha, Palo

Alto, California, Timeless Books

In the Company of the Wise. Swami Sivananda Radha. Palo Alto, California:

Timeless Books.

Time to be Holy: Reflecting on Daily Life. Swami Sivananda Radha. Spokane,

Washington: Timeless Books

Sunstar Publishing

Cosmic Cradle. Elizabeth and Neil Carman. Sunstar Publishing.1999

PAPERS/LECTURES/TALKS

The Nature of Relationship, J. Krishnamurti Seminar, Madras, India,

April l979

Critique of Subjective Idealism, Seminar, Radhakrishnan Institute

for Advanced

Study in Philosophy, Madras, India, March l980

Philosophical Surgery, A Problem of Interpretation, Seminar, Radhakrishnan

Institute

for Advanced Study in Philosophy, March l98l

Vedic Visnu, 56th Indian Philosophical Congress, Bhuvanesvar, Orissa,

Dec l98l

The Problem of Religious Language, Seminar, Radhakrishnan Institute

for

Advanced Study in Philosophy, January l982

Immediately, Intuitively So, Seminar, Radhakrishnan Institute for

Advanced Study in Philosophy, April l983

Where Do Unicorns Live? Seminar, Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced

Study in Philosophy, January l984

Thundering Silence, Sri Ramana Maharshi Centennial, Tiruvannamalai,

India, February l984

Hume and Yogacara, Seminar Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study

in Philosophy, April 1985

Radhakrishnan and Sankara s Maya, Radhakrishnan Centennial Conference,

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, April l988

Creation Theories in Indian Philosophy, Seminar on Different Views

Concerning Creation,

Paso Robles, California, May l988

Maya According to Advaita Vedanta, Southern California Seminar on

South Asia, Cal Lutheran University,

Thousand Oaks, California,

December l988

Athato Dharma-Karma Jijñasa, American Academy of Religion,

Western Regional,

Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, March l989

Advaita and Religious Language, College Theology Society, World Religions

Session,

National Meeting, Rochester, New York, June l989

Jivanmukti vis a vis Moksa in Advaita Vedanta, l8th Annual South

Asia Conference,

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, November l989

Sankara and Sruti, International Congress of Vedanta, Miami University,

Oxford, Ohio, April, 1990

The Quest for the Universal, Canadian Asian Studies Association,

University of Victoria, British Columbia, May 1990

The Relation of Self-Realization to Liberation Within Advaita Vedanta,

33rd International Congress of

Asian and North African

Studies, University of Toronto, August 1990

Derrida and Negative Theology, Calgary Institute for the Humanities,

October 19-20, 1990, University of Calgary, Alberta

Kañci Kamakoti Pitha, National Meeting of the American Academy

of Religion,

New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1990

Nature of Human Relationship in Daily Life, Conference on Interactions

Between Hinduism and Buddhism

from Sakyamuni to Sankaracarya,

Carleton University, Ottawa, November 1990

Sabdapramana: Word and Knowledge. An Advaita Vedanta Perspective,

Society for Asian and

Comparative Philosophy,

American Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 25, 1991

Space and Time in the World s Religions, Canadian Society for the

Study of Religion,

Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, May 29, 1991

Cutting Through the Illusion, Series of lectures on Advaita Vedanta,

New York, November 1991

Who Am I, International Cable Broadcast, New York, December 28, 1991

Aham Brahmasmi, International Cable Broadcast, New York, December

29, 1991

Interpretation of Mahavakyas in Suresvara s Naiskarmyasiddhi, Fourth

International

Congress of Vedanta, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, April l992

Advaita and Maya Seminar, Edmonton, Alberta, May 1992

Shankaracarya, International Broadcast, New York, June 20, 1992

Advaita and Kashmir Shaivism - A Public Debate, (with Professor Paul

Muller-Ortega), New York, June 21, 1992

"Yoga," Series of 25 lectures, Lethbridge, Alberta, 1992

Vivekacudamani, Series of 50 lectures, New York, March-April 1993

"Yoga," Series of 25 lectures, California, December 1993

Vivekacudamani, Series of 50 lectures, New York, Jan-Mar 1994

Advaita Vedanta; Ganesha, Series of talks, Kootenay Bay, British

Columbia, July, 1994

"Advaita Vedanta," Series of lectures, California, Oregon, Washington,

November, 1993

"Ganesha," Series of lectures, California, Oregon, Washington, November,

1993

Gurukula, Series of 52 talks, New York, Jan-May 1994

"Devi of Speech," Series of talks, Kootenay Bay, British Columbia,

July, 1994

"Gods and Goddesses," Series of talks, Kootenay Bay, British Columbia,

July, 1994

"Advaita Vedanta," Series of lectures, California, Oregon, Washington,

November, 1994

"Ganesha," Series of lectures, California, Oregon, Washington, November,

1994

"Advaita Vedanta," Series of lectures, Hong Kong, December 1995

"Advaita Vedanta," Series of lectures, Singapore, March-April 1996

"Advaita Vedanta," Series of lectures, Kuala Lumpur, March 1996

"Ganesha," Series of lectures, Kuala Lumpur, March 1996

"The Milk-Drinking Miracle of Ganesha"; Department of Religious Studies,

MSU, November 1997

"Hinduism;"Life Sciences Auditorium, MSU on July 14, 1998 at 10:00

am.

"Ganesha," Bharatiya Temple, Okemos MI 489**-***-**** (Sept

1, 1998)

"Tibet," MSU chapter of Students for a Free Tibet. October 30,

1998 MSU Union

"Gandhi," Urban Affairs Programs & International Studies

and Programs. January 22, 1999

Van Hoosen Hall Study Lounge.

"Hinduism," Southfield, MI. January 31, 1999, Southfield, MI

"Buddhism," Unitarian Universalist Church in Brighton,

MI. March 7, 1999.

"Buddhism," Grand Ledge High School, MI March 8, 1999, Grand Ledge,

MI

"Upanishads," Evening College Course, March 20-April 10, 1999, MSU

Campus

"Who am I? In Search of the Self in Indian Philosophy." MSU Conference

on the Self. September 18, 1999.

"Ganesha: Drinker of Milk." Annual Meeting of the Midwest Conference

on Asian Affairs (MCAA)

Meeting September 24-26, 1999.

"Ganesha" Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR)

at Boston,November 19-23.

"Living Liberation" Annual MidWest Meeting of the American Academy

of Religion (AAR)

at Chicago, March 17-19.

"Ganesha," Bharatiya Temple, Haslett on September 19, 1999, Haslett,

MI

"Buddhism" at East Lansing High School October 26, 1999, East Lansing,

MI

"Hinduism" at East Lansing High School, September 14, 1999, East Lansing,

MI

"Ganesha," Bharatiya Hindu Temple, Haslett on September 1999,

Haslett, MI

"The Gurus Three Gifts," Southfield, MI October 31, 1999, Southfield,

MI

"Divali: Hindu Festival of Lights," International Student Life Students,

Department of Residence Life,

McDonel Hall, November 2, 1999

"Faith", Southfield, MI, January 16 & 31, 2000, Southfield, MI

"Hinduism," Wesley Foundation, East Lansing, February 27, 2000,

East Lansing, MI

"Buddhism," Grand Ledge High School, March 24 & March 27, 2000,

Grand Ledge, MI

"The One and the Many," Michigan State Alumni Association, August 27,

2000

"Revisiting Sankara's Authorship of the Vivekacudamani" 12th International

Vedanta Congress,

Oxford, Ohio, September 15 2000

"Time and Timelessness" Society for Asian & Comparative Philosophy

International Conference,

Columbia, Missouri September 29, 2000

"Vivekacudamani," Evening College Course, October 3-November 7, 2000,

MSU Campus

3 public talks on "Yoga and Yogis," "Yoga," and "Ganesha" Concordia

University, Montreal,

Canada October 27-29, 2000

"Divali: Hindu Festival of Lights," International Student Life Students,

Department of Residence Life,

McDonel Hall, October 29, 2000

"The Sacred Cosmos of Ganesha: Asta Vinayaka in Maharashtra," MSU Department

of

Religious Studies Colloguium, 11-10-00

"Ganesha," Mother's Trust, Ganges, Michigan, Dec 10, 2000

"Yoga Sutras," Evening College Course, March 20-April 24, 2001, MSU

Campus

"India's Saints, Sages, and Siddhas." March 20, 2001. Asian Studies

Center, MSU Campus

"Buddhism," Grand Ledge High School, April 12 & 21, 2001, Grand

Ledge, MI

"Hinduism," Asian Studies Teacher's Colloquium, MSU, August 15-16,

2001

"Ganesha," Bharatiya Temple, August 26, 2001 Haslett, MI

"Ganesha," Evening College Course, October 16-November 20, 2001, MSU

Campus

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