World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES) Inc.
International  Conference  on  India’s  Contributions &  Influences  in  the  World
At Univ.. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
CONFERENCE PROGRAM Friday July 12, 2002
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 8 00 a.m.
NOTE: Registration desk will remain open for extended hours. Registration fee includes registration material, breakfasts, lunches, and entry to cultural program.

 

SESSION 1
9 30 - 11 30
INAUGURATION
Chairman
Professor. Bhu Dev Sharma
(President, Hindu Univ.. of America, Orlando), President WAVES
Session Coordinator
Dr. Thomas A. Forsthoefel
Joint Secretary, WAVES
9 30 – 9 33
Vedic Invocation
9 33 – 9 35
Dr. Bal Ram Singh (Director, Indic Center, UMass, Dartmouth, Local Coordinator)
About Indic Center at the Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth
9 35 – 9 40
Dr. Jean F. MacCormack (Chancellor, Univ. of Mass, Dartmouth)
Welcome Remarks
9 40 – 9 48
Professor BhuDev Sharma (Conference Coordinator)
About WAVES & Conference
9 48 – 10 03
H. E. Mr. V. K. Nambiar, Ambassador/ Permanent Representative, India’s Permanent Mission to UNO
Inaugural Address
10 03 – 10 06
Professor BhuDev Sharma
Introduction of Dr. S. Kalyanraman
10 06 – 10 36
Dr. S. Kalyanraman (Member Sarasvati Nadi Shodh Prakalp, Akhila Bharateeya Itihaasa Sankalana Yojana, India)
Academic Inaugural Address – On Sarasvati Civilization
10 36 – 10 38
Professor BhuDev Sharma
Introduction of the Chief Guest & the Special Guest
10 38 – 11 08
Chief Guest Professor Hope K. Fitz (Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Connecticut State Univ.., CT)
Address of the Chief Guest – Importance of Ahimsa in Yoga Sutras, Gandh’s Thought, and Modern World
11 08 – 11-28
Guest Speaker - Dr. T. S. Rukmani (Professor/Chair of Hinduism, Concordia Univ.., Canada)
Dynamics of Being and Becoming in Hindu Thought
11 28 – 11 30
Dr. Bal Ram Singh (Director, Indic Center, UMass, Dartmouth, Local Coordinator)
Thanks & Conference Announcements
 

TEA BREAK

11 30 - 12 00

 

SESSION 2
Keynote 1
12 00 - 12 45
Chairman
Dr. S. Kalyanraman
Session Coordinator
12 00 – 12 05
Introduction of the Speaker
12 05 – 12 45
Dr. V. D. Misra (Professor of Sociology, Lucknow Univ.. , India)
The Indian Cultural Heritage and Its Contribution to the World
 

Lunch BREAK

12 45 - 2 00


SESSION 3A
2 00 - 3 30
AHIMSA IN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Chairman
Professor Hope Fitz, Secretary,
WAVES Session Coordinator
2 00 – 2 22
Dr. Krishna Mallick (Dept of Philosophy, Salem St. College, MA)
Relevance of Gandhian Satyagraha to the Modern World
2 22 – 2 45
Dr. Rolf Johnson (Prof of Philosophy, Western CT State Univ., Danbury, CT)
Ahimsa and Reverence for Life
2 45 – 3 08
Dr. Ramon Sewnath (Dept of Philosophy, Western CT State Univ., Danbury, CT)
Nonviolence and Self in Indian Thought
3 08 – 3 30
Yogi Satyam (Prayag Kriyayoga Research Inst., Allahabad, India)
On the True Meaning of Ahimsa Parmodharma
 


SESSION 3B
2 00 - 3 30
MAHABHARAT An EPIC OF PERENNIAL WISDOM
Chairman
Dr. Professor T. S. Rukmani
Session Coordinator
2 00 – 2 22
Dr. Aditya Adarkar (Dept of Classic & General Humanities, Montclair St. Univ. NJ)
Human Agency in the Specter of the Mahabharat’s Kali Yuga
2 22 – 2 45
Dr. Sitenshu S. Chakravarty (Univ.. of Toronto, Canada)
The New Value System in the Mahabharat Bhishma and Sri Krishna
2 45 – 3 08
Dr. Savita Gaur (Dept. of Comparative Literature, South Gujrat Univ., Surat)
The Shanti Parva A Manual of Practical Wisdom
3 08 – 3 30
Dr. K. Sankaranarayan (Director Somaiya Center for Buddhist Studies, Mumbai)
Sacredness of Tree in Mahabharat
 


SESSION 3C
2 00 - 3 30
RAMAYAN & SANSKRIT
Chairman
Professor V. D. Misra,
President, WAVES’ Lucknow Chapter Session Coordinator
2 00 – 2 22
Professor Shashi Tiwari (Hindu Univ. of America, and Univ. of Delhi)
Family Relations in the Ramayana of Valmiki
2 22 – 2 45
Mr. Michael Sternfeld (Scholar/Researcher) & Dr. Susan Anderson (Mahirishi Univ.,IA)
Univ.ersal Values of the Ramayana – A Cross-Cultural Perspective
2 45 – 3 08
Professor T. Chandra Kaladhara Rao (Univ. of Mass, Lowell, MA)
Univ.ueness of Valmiki Ramayana
3 08 – 3 30
Dr. Narayan R. Joshi (Prairie View A & M Univ.., TX)
Indian Theories of Meanings of Sanskrit Words

SESSION 3D
2 00 - 3 30
CLASSICAL INDIAN THOUGHTS ON GOVERNANCE / MANAGEMENT
Chairman
Professor K. L. Seshagiri Rao, Member, WAVES’ Governing Council
Session Coordinator
2 00 – 2 22
Dr. V. Raja Bandaru (East Brunswick, NJ)
The Art of Diplomacy Ancient Indian & Modern Management
2 22 – 2 45
Dr. Lallan Prasad (Professor of Business Economics, Univ. of Delhi)
Ancient India Methods of Governance, Shanti Parva of Mahabharat
2 45 – 3 08
Dr. Amitabh Shukla (Dept. of Economics, Rani Durgavati Univ., Jabalpur, MP)
Indian Classical Thoughts-Contribution to Economic Development
3 08 – 3 30
Dr. K. P. A. Menon (Former Chancellor, LBSV, New Delhi)
The Genesis and Spread of Indian Civilization

SESSION 3E
2 00 - 3 30
INDIAN THEORIES AND APPROACHES TO CONSCIOUSNESS
Chairman
Dr. Don Salmon
Session Coordinator
2 00 – 2 22
Dr. Sangeetha Menon (National Inst of Adv. Studies, IISC, Banglore)
Being of and Being with ‘Consciousness Indian & Contemporary Approaches
2 22 – 2 45
Dr. Dr. Harish Chandra (Dayanand Inst. of Vedic Studies, Hyderabad, AP)
Managing Mind – Kapila’s Philosophy of Samkhya
2 45 – 3 08
Dr. Stuart Sovatsky (California Inst. of Integral Studies, SF, CA)
Consciousness, Kundalini Yoga & Body Development
3 08 – 3 30
Sunthar Visuvalingam (Chicago)
Univ.ersalization in Abhunav’s Theory of Rasa

SESSION 3F
2 00 - 3 30
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Chairman
Dr. P. Kumar, Secretary,
WAVES’ Jodhpur-Bikaner Chapter Session Coordinator
2 00 – 2 22
Mr. Anil Kumar Bajpai (Jabalpur)
A Study of Vedic Women
2 22 – 2 45
Mr. Ravi Rai (Jabalpur)
Characteristics of the Harappan Urbanization
2 45 – 3 08
Mr. Vinay Saxena (Jabalpur)
Indian Religion in the West
3 08 – 3 30
Dr. Raghvendra Singh (Ludhiana, India)
Origins of Ritualism in Ancient India
Tea BREAK
3 30 - 3 50

SESSION 4A
3 50 – 6 20
VEDIC PHILOSOPHIES & PRACTICES
Chairman
Professor Shashi Tiwari,
Secretary, WAVES’ India Branch Session Coordinator
3 50 - 4 15
Professor KB Subbarayudu (Professor of Philosophy, GKSV Univ. Kerala)
An Interpretation of Indian Philosophies in terms of Vedanta
4 15 - 4 40
Mr. T R. Ramchandran (Tattvaloka)
Adi Sankara as a World Visionary
4 40 - 5 05
Dr. (Mrs.) Asha Rani Tripathi (Head, Sanskrit Dept, Sankardev College, Shillong)
Impact of Purush Sukta on Manu’s Origin of Univ.erse Theory
5 05 – 5 30
Dr. Shambhu Shastri (Franklin, MA)
Ancient Gurukula Pedagogy – Examining the Place of Six Darshanas
5 30 – 5 55
Pandita Indrani Rampersad (Adjunct Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY)
Models of Creative Adaptation of Hindu/Indic Traditions in a western environment The case of Trinidad, 1970 to 2002

SESSION 4B
3 50 – 6 20
KASHMIR SHAIVISM
Chairman
Professor Lallan Prasad
Session Coordinator
3 50 - 4 15
Mr. Pyarey Lal Raina (Kashmir Shaivism Scholar)
Kashmir Shaivism Verses Vedanta – A Synopsis
4 10 - 4 40
Dr. DeMasters (Scholar)
Some Characteristics of Kashmir Shaivism
4 40 – 5 05
Mr. Lal Jadu-Singh
Metaphysical Doctrines and Yogic Practices in the Verses of Lalla – Lal Vakhs
5 05 – 5 30
Mr. Chandrakant Pancholi
On Creation of Univ.erse According to Kashmir Shaivism
5 30 – 5 55
Mr. Lal Jadu-Singh
Consciousness and Emptiness Twin Visions of the Ultimate Reality in Kashmir Shaivism and Mahayan Buddhism
5 55 – 6 20
Mr. Chandrakant Pancholi
How VignanBhairava Tantra Begins Meaning of Questions by Devi and Bhairava

SESSION 4C
3 50 – 6 20 GITA –
A GOSPEL OF GREAT INFLUENCE
Chairman
Professor Surendra N. Dwivedi,
Vice Chairman, BoD, WAVES Session Coordinator
3 50 - 4 15
Swami Yogatmananda (Spiritual Master)
Bhagavad Gita – The Science of Human Values
4 15 - 4 40
Mr. Himendra Thakur (Scholar/Social Reformer)
The Political Doctrine in Bhagvadgita
4 40 - 5 05
Dr. Jadish Srivastava (Professor of Stat., Colo. State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO)
Bhagvad Gita Ancient India’s Profound Gift to Man
5 05 – 5 30
Dr. Satya P. Agarwal (Univ. of Cali., Berkeley & Columbia, MD)
The Gita as a Guide to Social Action for the Good of All
5 30 – 5 55
Dr. Mahesh Mehta ( Hindu Univ. of America, Orlando)
Bhagvad Gita The Science of Life and the Art of Living
5 55 – 6 20
Dr. Mridul Kirti (Vedic Scholar, Meerut)
Philosophy of Nishkam Karma Yoga

SESSION 4D
3 50 – 6 20
AYURVEDA & HEALTH
Chairman
Dr. Akhilesh Sharma
Session Coordinator
3 50 – 4 10
Dr. Amala Guha (School of Medicine, Univ. of CT, Farmington, CT)
Ayurveda A Comprehensive Health Care System
4 10 – 4 30
Dr. Ram Prakash Agarwal (Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Miami, FL)
Tracing Vicissitudes in nthe History of Vedic Medicine
4 30 – 4 50
Ms. Windy Dion (Yoga Puram, Hartford, CT)
Introduction to Hatha Yoga
4 50 – 5 10
Mr. Ghanshyam Birla (Westmont, BC, Canada)
The Contribution of Vedic Palmistry in Practice of Ayurveda
5 10 – 5 30
Martina Ziska (Ayurveda Health Partners, Saybrook,CT)
Role of Pulse Assessment in the Clinical Applications of Ayurveda
5 30 – 5 50
Nishanto Kane (Aura Energy Consulting, West Simsbury, CT)
Evaluating Auras and Chakras Through Computer Technology
5 50 – 6 10
Ms Anusha Sehgal (Coimbatoor, TN)
Teachings of Ayurveda for Daily Life
6 10 – 6 30
Dr. Sumangal Prakash (Univ. of Meerut, Meerut)
Indian Techniques of Mental Health

SESSION 4E
3 50 – 6 20
INDIAN CONTRIBUTIONS IN MATH & SCIENCES
Chairman
Professor Jagdish N. Srivastava
Session Coordinator
3 50 - 4 15
Dr. B.N. Narhari Achar ( Professor of Physics, Memphis)
Contributions to Physics from Ancient India
4 15 - 4 40
Professor M. C. Bhandari (Professor of Math, IIT, Kanpur)
On Indian Mathematics from Ancient to S. Ramanujan
4 40 – 5 05
Mr. Sudhanshu Trivedi (Inst. of Technology, Lucknow)
India and Basic Scientific Attitude
5 05 – 5 30
Mr. Ashish Pathak (North Kingston, RI)
Rgveda and Modern Physics – Parallels and Contradictions
5 30 – 5 55
M. P. Chaudhary (Math Dept., Univ. of Delhi)
Development of Mathematics from Sanskrit
5 55 – 6 20
Gary Gomes (American College of Vedic Astrology)
Vedic Astrology – A Vehicle of Sanatana Dharma

SESSION 4F
3 50 – 6 30
EAST-WEST-COMPARATIVE STUDIES
Chairman
Professor Chhaya Rai
Session Coordinator
3 50 – 4 15
Dr. Naval Bhabhra (Ajmer)
Indian Philosophy in American Literature-Reference Emerson, Thoreau and Walt Whiteman
4 15 – 4 40
Dr. Asha Lata Pandey (Head, Sanskrit Dept., DPS, New Delhi)
Zeus and Indra A Comparative Study
4 40 - 5 05
Shobha Narain (English Dept., Maitraiye College, Delhi Univ.)
Myths Greek & Indian – Towards a Methodology of Comparison
4 50 – 5 30
Professor Liu Yihong (Dept. of Oriental Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sci)
Influence of Indian Sufi and Buddhism on Chinese Islam
5 30 – 5 55
Dr. Asha Viswas (Dept. of English, Banaras Hindu Univ., Varanasi)
The Maruts of RgVeda and Shelley’s ‘Odeto the West Wind’- Study of Influence
5 55 – 6 20
Mr. Professor Shi Ben Xing (China)
The Relationship between Yoga and Zen Buddhism
 

BREAK

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SESSION 5
PUBLIC LECTURE & BANQUET
6 30 - 9 30
SOCIAL
6 30 - 7 00
PUBLIC LECTURE
Chairman Dr. Mahesh J. Mehta
Session Coordinator
7 00 – 7 10
Recognizing Some Participants –
Professor BhuDev Sharma
7 10 – 7 15
Introduction of the Public Speaker –
Dr. Mahesh Mehta
7 15 – 8 00
Yogacharya Amrit Desai (Amrit Yoga Inst. & Hindu Univ.. of America, Orlando)
Returning to the Roots of Ashtanga Yoga
 

DINNER SERVED

8 00 -- 9 30

Saturday July 13, 2002

BREAK FAST

7 30 - 8 30


SESSION6 – PLENARY
8 30 - 11 00
Chairman
Dr. K. P. A. Menon
President, WAVES’ India Branch Session Coordinator
8 30 - 9 00
Dr. Chhaya Rai (Professor of Philosophy, Jabalpur)
The Contributions of Indian Philosophy to World Philosophy
9 00 - 9 30
Dr. Huang Xinchuan (Professor, Inst. of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sci., Beijing)
Vedantic Influence over Chinese Philosophy
9 30 – 10 00
Professor Seshagiri Rao (Chief Editor, Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Columbia, SC)
Reincarnation And Cycle of Births and Deaths
10 00 – 10 30
Dr. David Frawley (Vedic Institute, USA)
The Rg Veda and the Ocean
10 30 – 11 00
Dr. June McDaniel (Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies, College of Charleston, SC)
Hindu Origin of Universalism

 

Tea Break

11 00 - 11 30


SESSION 7
KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2
11 00 - 12 00
Chairman
Mr. Rajiv Malhotra
Session Coordinator
11 30 – 11 35
Introduction of the Keynote Speaker
11 35 – 12 10
Dr. Francis Clooney (Professor, Boston College)
What the Upanishads Have to teach the Global Audience in the 21st Century
 

Lunch Break

12 10 - 1 15

 

SESSION 8
PLENARY
1 15 – 2 15
Chairman
Professor Mr. Braham R. Aggarwal
Session Coordinator
1 15 – 1 45
Dr. Bhupendra K. Modi (President, Indian Council of Religious Leaders)
India and Hinduism Epitomizes the Art & Sci of Human Welfare
1 45 – 2 15
Mr. Rajiv Malhotra (Infinity Foundation, USA)
Repositioning Hinduism in the American Educational System

SESSION 9A
2 30 - 4 35
REFORMS & RENAISSANCE
Chairman
Dr. June McDaniel, Member,
WAVES’ Governing Council Session Coordinator
1 15 – 1 40
Smt. Namrita Gautier (Sri Aurobindo Scholar, Aurvoille, India)
Sri Aurobindo on India’s Contributions to the World
1 40 – 2 05
Smt. Anjali Jaipuria (Vedic Scholar)
The Vedas, Evolution, Sri Aurobindo and Manifestation of Supermind on Earth
2 05 – 2 30
Dr. Frank Moreles (President, Upasana Yoga Society, USA)
Dharma Ascending Hindu Renaissance and the 21st Century
2 30 – 2 55
Professor Madhu Jhaveri (Univ.of Massa, Dartmouth)
Some Relevant Lessons of History
2 55 – 3 20
Mr. Raj Mohanka (Researcher)
Suggestions for Dharmic Reforms

SESSION 9B
2 30 – 4 35
MAHABHARAT- AN EPIC OF PERENNIAL WISDOM
Chairman
Professor Aditya Adarkar
Session Coordinator
1 15 – 1 40
Dr. Satya P. Agarwal (UC Berkeley & Columbia, MD)
Mahabharat’s Message for Long-term Goal of a Terror Free Society
1 40 – 2 05
Dr. Y. N. Sharma ‘Arun’ (Retd. Professor, Roorkee, India)
The Impact of Mahabharat on Jain-Katha Literature
2 05 – 2 30
Dr. Krishna Chakravarty (Kolkatta)
Mahabharata – Its Influence in nthe World
2 30 – 2 55
Dr. Amita Chakravarty (Calcutta Univ.)
Some Sub-stories of Mahabharata & Their Relevance
2 55 – 3 20
Acharya Puran Chandra Dhungel (Vice Chancellor, Kathmandu, Nepal)
The Mahabharata Treasure of Knowledge & Wisdom

SESSION 9C
2 30 – 4 35
GITA – A GOSPEL OF GREAT INFLUENCE
Chairman
Mrs. Kamlesh Kapur
Session Coordinator
2 30 – 2 55
Dr. Ramesh Rao (Truman State Univ., MO)
Well-meaning but flawed Gandhi’s Interpretation of the Bhagvad Gita
2 55 – 3 20
Dr. Sitanshu Chakravarty (Univ. of Toronto, Canada)
Amartya Sen on the Gita
3 20 – 3 45
Dr. Krishna Bhatt (Gita Foundation, USA)
Dharmakshetre, Kurukshetre
3 45 – 4 10
Yogi Amrit Desai (Amrrit Yoga Inst. & Hindu Univ. of America)
Yoga of Bhagvad Gita
4 10 – 4 35
Mr. David Freedholm (Princeton)
Duty, Desire and Ethics in the Bhagvad Gita and Ancient Stoicism

SESSION 9D
2 30 – 4 35
AYURVEDA & HEALTH
Chairman
Dr. Amala Guha
Session Coordinator
1 15 – 1 40
Dr. Akhilesh Sharma (Advisor to Govt. of Delhi)
Coronary Artery Disease – Ayurvedic Approach
1 40 – 2 05
Dr. Manju Rakesh (Program Director, Dabur, NewDelhi)
Ayurveda – Women Health
2 05 – 2 30
Dr. David Frawley (Vedic Inst., USA)
Ayurveda and the Vedas
2 30 – 2 55
Dr. Usha Palaniswami (School of Allied Health, Asian-American Studies Inst.)
Medicinal Properties of Triphala-An Ayurvedic Rasayan Drug
2 55 – 3 20
Dr. Krishna Chakravarty (Kolkata)
Vedic Studies in Relation to Medical Science

SESSION 9E
2 30 – 4 35
CONSCIOUSNESS
Chairman
Dr. Sangeetha Menon
Session Coordinator
1 15 – 1 40
Dr. Bal Ram Singh (Professor, Director, Center for indic Studies, UMassD)
Collective versus Individual Treatment of Samples in the Scientific Analysis of Animate and Inanimate Subjects – Relevance to the Empirical Study of Consciousness.
1 40 – 2 05
Dr. Sukalyan Sengupta (UMassD)
Consciousness and the Origin of the Univ.erse
2 05 – 2 30
Dr. David Scharf Mahirishi Vedic Vib Tech for North America)
Consciousness and the Univ.ied Field of Physics- A Historical Perspective
2 30 – 2 55 30
Dr. T. S. Rukmani (Professor of Hinduism, Concordia Univ., Canada)
Consciousness Examined in the light of the Six Astika Systems
2 55 – 3 20
Dr. Don Salmon (Salem, SC)
What if we Took Indian Psychology Seriously ?

SESSION 9F
2 30 – 4 35
VEDIC THOUGHTS
Chairman
Professor Francis Clooney
Session Coordinator
1 15 – 1 40
Smt. Kamlesh Kapur (Author & Educationist)
Monotheism and the Concept of Consorts – Vedic Roots
1 40 – 2 05
Ms. Shanti Muthu (Providence, RI)
The Path of Rituals in Hinduism
2 05 – 2 30
Dr. Ganesh Dutt Sharma (Professor, Hindu Univ. of America)
Human Rights in Vedas
2 30 – 2 55
Tarun Vasudev (Jabalpur, MP, India)
The Vedic Age
2 55 – 3 20
Dr. A. Kalanidhi (Vice Chancellor, Anna Univ., Chennai)& Dr. T. Gopal (Anna Univ.)
Vedic Mantras and Superstrings

SESSION 9G
3 40 – 5 45
Chairman
Professor C. L. Prabhakar,
President, WAVES’ Banglore Chapter Session Coordinator
1 15 – 1 40
Professor V. V. Raman (Rochester Inst. of Technology, NY)
The Hindu Vision as a Framework for Religious Pluralism in 21st Century
1 40 – 2 05
Rajeev Saxena (Bhopal, MP)
The Quest for Transcendence
2 05 – 2 30
Dr. Samarendra Saraf (Former Professor of Anthropology)
The Hindu Hygieia and Panakeia and the Mahamrtunjaya Mantra
2 30 – 2 55
Dr. Om Narayan Tiwari (Jabalpur)
The Role of Yogic Breathing in Endocrine Management
2 55 – 3 20
Smt. Sudha Rani Shrivastava (Advocate, High Court)
Vedic Concept of Human Rights

Tea BREAK

4 35 – 5 00

 

SESSION 10A
5 00 – 6 15
BUDDHISM
Chairman
Professor Huang Xinchuan
Session Coordinator
5 00 – 5 25
Dr. D. B. Deglurkar (Pune)
The Ultimate in the Buddhist Pantheon
5 25 – 5 50
Dr. Cheng Jinhua (Professor, Oriental Philosophy,
Inst. of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sci.) Nagarjuna’s Contribution towards the Chinese Buddhism
5 50 – 6 15
Dr. Shi Ben Xing ( Vice-President, Buddhist Assn. of Fujian, China)
The Relationship between Yoga and Zen Buddhism

SESSION 10B
5 00 – 6 15
MAHABHARAT –AN EPIC OF PERENNIAL WISDOM
Chairman
Acharya Puran Chandra Dhungel
Session Coordinator
5 00 – 5 25
Dr. Indira Junghre (Professor, Univ. of Minnesota, MN)
Dharma’s Drama
5 25 – 5 50
Dr. B. N. Narhari Achar (Professor of Physics, Univ. of Memphis, TN)
Astronomical References in Mahabharat
5 50 – 6 15
Dr. Dharmbir Rai Sharma (St. Louis, MO)
Draupadi and Pandavas – An Allegory

SESSION 10C
5 00 – 6 15
GITA – A GOSPEL OF GREAT INFLUENCE
Chairman
Professor Ramesh Rao
Session Coordinator
5 00 – 5 25
Dr. Krishna Bhatta (Gita Foundation, ME)
Gita on the ‘Pathway of Desires’
5 25 – 5 50
Swami Bodhanand (Sambodh Foundation, New Delhi)
The BhagvadGita A Vision for Emerging Multicultural Global Society
5 20 – 5 45
Mr. Premanand Das (Hare Krishna, Boston)
Surrendering to Krishna or to Lust An Analysis of Comparative Experience

SESSION 10D
5 00 – 6 15
AYURVEDA & HEALTH
Chairman
Dr. Ram Prakash Agarwal
Session Coordinator
5 00 – 5 25
Ms. Sarasvati Panciera (Aura Energy Consulting LLC, Haven, CT)
Sensing Auras and Chakras Using Computer Technology
5 25 – 5 50
Ms. Annabelle Wallace (The Natural Health Group, Norwell, MA)
Interweaving Ayurveda in Contemporary Psychotherapy
5 50 – 6 15
Ms. Linda Lalita Winnick Goddard College, Vermont)
A Hollistic Approach to Treating Psychoactiactive Substance Addiction Synthesizing Ayurveda with Contemporary Chemical Dependency Techniques

SESSION 10E
3 40 – 5 45
HINDUISM PLURALISM & INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Chairman
Professor Klaus Witz,
Member, WAVES’ Governing Council Session Coordinator
5 00 – 5 25
Dr. Timothy Cahill (Dept. of Religious Study, Loyola Univ. New Orleans, LA)
Towards an Adhesive Pluralism
5 25 – 5 50
Dr. Peter Huff (Chair, Dept. of Religious Studies, Centenary College, Shreverport, LA)
The Fundamentalist is my Brother Fundamentalism and the Quest for Genuine Pluralism
5 50 – 6 15
Dr. Harish Chandra (Dayanand Inst. of Vedic Studies, Hyderabad, AP)
Vedic Concept Spirituality towards Humanism

SESSION 10F
3 40 – 5 45
UNIVERSAL THOUGHT
Chairman
Professor Bal Ram Singh
Session Coordinator
5 00 – 5 25
Mr. Professor R. S. Tripathi (Prof of Botany, NEH Univ. Shillong)
The Deep-rooted Concern for Biodiversity Conservation in Ancient Hindu Literature
5 25 – 5 50
Dr. K.P.A. Menon (Former Chancellor, LBS Univ. New Delhi)
Moulding the Young Mind – Indian Concept of Univ.ersal Dimensions
5 50 – 6 15
Dr. T. H. Chowdary (Information Tech. Advisor, Govt of AP)
Hindu Thought and Culture for a Globalizing World
 

BREAK FOR DINNER

5 40 – 7 00

 

SESSION 11
PUBLIC LECTURE & CULTURAL PROGRAM
6 30 - 9 45
6 30 – 7 10
SOCIAL
PUBLIC LECTURE
7 10 – 8 00 pm
Chairman
Dr. Bhupendra K. Modi
Session Coordinator
7 10 – 7 15
Introduction of the Speaker
7 15 -- 8 00
Francois Gautier (French Journalist and Author)
India’s Contributions and Promises to the World
CULTURAL PROGRAM
8 00 – 10 00 pm
Coordinator Mrs. Ranjani Sehgal
Sunday July 14, 2002
BREAK FAST

7 30 - 8 30

SESSION 12
PLENARY
8 30- 10 30
Chairman
Mr. Francois Gautier
Session Coordinator
8 30 – 9 00
Dr. Vasant Lad (Ayurvedic Institute, Menaul, NM)
Ayurveda in Daily Life
9 00 – 9 30
Dr. Koenraad Elst (Belgium)
Hindu Influence on Christianity
9 30 – 10 00
Dr. S. Cromwell Crawford (Professor of Religion, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu)
Theory and Practice in Hindu Bioethics
10 00 – 10 30
Dr. Klaus G. Witz (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Spirituality, Self, and Inter-Religious Dialogue
 

TEA BREAK

10 30 – 11 00

 

SESSION 13
SPECIAL
11 00 – 1 05
AYURVEDA WORKSHOP WITH DR. VASANT LAD

SESSION 13A
11 00– 1 05
SPIRITUAL & OTHER DIMENSIONS
Chairman
Dr. Sukalyan Sengupta
Session Coordinator
11 00 – 11 25
Swami Jyotirmayananda (Anandashram, Kerala, India)
India’s Spirituality and Its World Impact
11 25 – 11 50
Shri Gokul P. Pokhrel (President, Nepal Arya Samaj, Kathmandu)
Univ.ersal Philosophy of Hinduism, Its Ethics and Rituals
11 50 – 12 15
Dr. D. P. Tewari (Dept. of Archaeology, Lucknow Univ..)
North Kosal in History and Archaeology and its Contribution to the World
12 15 – 12 40
Dr. Surya Nath Gope (Professor of Hindi. Tribhuvan Univ., Kathmandu, Nepal)
Influence of Hindi in Nepal
12 40 – 1 05
Mr. Prakhar P. Misra (Journalist, Univ.arta, New Delhi)
Vedic to Modern Journalism – Reporting War & Terrorism

SESSION 13B
11 00 – 1 05
BUDDHISM
Chairman
Professor Cheng Jinhua
Session Coordinator
11 00 – 11 25
Wang Guifeng (Rev. Yuan Ming) (Xuan Zang’s Research Center, Beijing, China)
Buddhism and the Chinese Culture
11 25 – 11 50
Dr. Yagya Prasad Tiwari (Dept. of Hindi, Govt. PG College, Shahdol, MP)
Concept of Social Justice in Vedas
11 50 – 12 15
Yogi Satyam (Prayag Kriyayoga Research Inst., Allahabad)
Allegorical Interpretation of Mahabharata as Science of Soul
12 15 – 12 40
Mr. Madhu Sudan Gala (Jabalpur)
Buddha’s Social Philosophy
12 40 – 1 05
Mr. Om P. Gupta (Jabalpur)
‘Self’ in Buddhist Doctrine


SESSION 13C
8 30 – 10 00
GITA
Chairman
Professor S. Cromwell Crawford, Member, WAVES’ Governing Council
Session Coordinator
11 00 – 11 25
D. B. Ghare (IISc, Banglore), M.K. Sridhar (National College, Banglore) and G.D. Ghare
The Concept of ‘Yajna’ in Bhagvadgita & Upanishad
11 25 – 11 50
Prof Surendra Dwivedi (Louisiana St. Univ. Lafayatte, LA)& Dr. MB Kumar (Baton Rouge, LA)
Vedic Values in The Gita A Brief Analysis
11 50 – 12 15
Professor Mahesh Mehta (Windsor. Canada)
Shankara and Gita’s Karmayoga
12 15-12 40
Dr. Sumangal Prakash (Meerut College, Meerut)
Management Leadership through BhagvadGita
12 40 – 1 05
Dr. Sangeeta Menon
Binding Experiences - Looking at Being of Self and Self-Transcendences… Psychology of the BhagvadGita

SESSION 13D
11 00 – 1 05
SPIRITUALISM
Chairman
Dr. Krishna Bhatta
Session Coordinator
11 00 – 11 25
Alok Shrivastava (Jabalpur)
Maun A Spiritual Discipline in Indian System
11 25 – 11 50
Maya Chattopadhyaya (Kolkata)
On Sannyasa, the Fourth Stage of Life
11 50 – 12 15
Dr. Sharad Chandra (Noida, India)
Values in Ancient & Modern Educational Systems An Analysis
12 15 – 12 40
Shri G. Veda Bhaskaram (Patanjali Yoga Kendra, Visakhapatnam)
Yoga – India’s Contribution and Influences in the World
12 40 – 1 05
Dr. O. P. Bhama (Rohtak, India)
Invention of Farming in India


SESSION 13E
11 00 – 1 05
HINDUISM PLURALISM & INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Chairman
Dr. Timothy Cahill
Session Coordinator
11 00 – 11 25
Dr. Gapala Rao (Former Prof of Medical Physics, John Hopkins Univ.)
Hinduism and Vedanta within the context of Ancient Greek Civilization and the Abrahamic Religions.
11 25 – 11 50
Dr. Thomas A. Forsthoefel (Dept of Religious Studies, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA)
The Communion of Saints Models of Holiness in a World of Conflict.
11 50 – 12 15
Dr. Joseph Schaller (Dept of Religious Studies, Nazareth College, NY)
Teaching Hinduism The authentic of Representation in a Pluralistic World
12 15 – 12 40
Dr. E. H. Rick Jarrow (Dept. of Religion, Vassar College, NY)
The One and the vMany Indian Perspectives on Pluralism
12 40 – 1 05
Dr. Chakradhar Deka (Head, Sanskrit Dept, Jalahghat, Assam, India)
Influence of Sanskrit in the World


SESSION 13F
11 00 – 1 05
SPREAD OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION
Chairman
Professor Puran Chandra Dhungel, Vice Chancellor, Nepal
Session Coordinator
11 00 – 11 25
Dr. Narayan R. Joshi (Prairie View A & M Univ., TX)
VarNa Could it be Ultimate Semantic Univ. in Sanskrit ?
11 25 – 11 50
Shri Maheswara P. Kasinadhuni (Holmdel, NJ)
The 21 Commandments of Hinduism
11 50 – 12 15
Mr. Raj Mohanka (Shrewsbury, MA)
The Royal Chronology of India
12 15 – 12 40
Dr. Shambhu Shastry (Franklin, MA)
Aristotle’s Logic of Duality vs ‘Sarvam Khalu Idam Brahma’
12 40 – 1 05
Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty, Dr. Avijit Gangopadhyay & Dr. Bal Ram Singh (Univ. of Mass, Dartmouth, MA)
Scientific Analysis of Correlation between Natural Factors and Indic Festivals as well as Festivals Around the Globe.


SESSION 13G
11 00 – 1 05
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Chairwoman
Smt. Sudha Rani Shrivastava
Session Coordinator
11 00 – 11 25
Dr. B. V. Venkata Krishna Sastry (Hindu Univ. of America, Orlando)
Voc Yoga – The Secret Vedic Yoga Tradition of South India
11 25 – 11 50
Dr. P. Kumar (Jodhpur)
Paradox of Infinite in Finite Through Upanishads
11 50 – 12 15
Satish Kumar Katar (New Delhi)
Tiruvlluvar – The Poet and the Person
12 15 – 12 40
Ganesh Prasad Tamrakar (Vastu Shubham, Jabalpur)
The Scientific Basis of Vedic Vastu Shastra
12 40 – 1 05
Profesor C. L. Prabhakar (Sanskrit, Banglore)
War Management and Motives of Significance BhagvadGita - View
 

LUNCH

1 05 – 2 15


SESSION 14
PANEL DISCUSSION
2 15 – 3 15
Topic
Current Global Influences of Vedic Thoughts and Hindu Practices

   

Moderator
Mr. Subash Razdan (Atlanta)
Session Coordinator
Panelists
Dr. Koenraad Elst
Dr. David Frawley
Mr. Francois Gauthier
Mr. Rajeev Malhotra

SESSION15
3 15 - 4 00
CLOSING
Chairman
Professor Bhu Dev Sharma
(President, Hindu university of America, Orlando)
Session Coordinator
Mr. Satya Gupta
(General Secretary, WAVES)
Remarks / Observations Participants/ Chairs of Sessions/ Recorders of Sessions Resolutions, etc.

   

  

Thanks
Mr. Dhirendra A. Shah
(Deputy Treasurer, WAVES)

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