Mantra: Theory and Practice of Mantra in Kashmir Shaivism | Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Mantra: Theory and Practice of Mantra in Kashmir Shaivism | Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Author: Vedanta Society of New York December 14, 2025 Duration: 1:36:26

Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina received academic and philological training from Mahendra Sanskrit University in Kathmandu; Sampurnananda Sanskrit University in Varanasi; as well as Martin Luther University in Germany, where he acquired his Ph.D. in Classical Indian Philosophy. While working on his dissertation, Dr. Timalsina taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Washington University in St. Louis. Since 2005, he taught in both the Department for the Study of Religions and the Department of Philosophy at San Diego State University. He is currently the Endowed Chair of Indic Studies at Stony Brook University, New York in the Department of Asian & Asian American Studies.

He has long dedicated himself to the goal of preserving the traditions he inherited in a modern, institutionalized way. This goal dates back to Acharya's time in Nepal, where he founded the Department of Tantric Studies at Nepal Sanskrit University in Kathmandu. Today, Acharya's work as a University Professor allows śāstric traditions to be brought to conversations in the global academic field.


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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Gospel | Chapter 6: Dec 1882 (Part 2) | Swami Sarvapriyananda [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:15
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Duration: 1:31:37
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Gospel | Chapter 6: Nov 1882 | Swami Sarvapriyananda [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:33
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Duration: 1:01:33
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Gospel | Chapter 6: Nov 15, 1882 | Swami Sarvapriyananda [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:28
Swami Sarvapriyananda reads and discusses the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna is an English translation of the Bengali spiritual text Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita by Swami Nikhilananda. The tex…
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Apr 12th, 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:35
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The Happiness Guarantee: Insights from Vedanta | Dr. Janki Santoke [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:01
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176. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 15, Verse 6 | Swami Sarvapriyananda [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:28
Swami Sarvapriyananda continues teaching verse 6 from the fifteenth chapter, entitled Purushottama Yoga, the Yoga of the Supreme Being, of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks by Swami Sarvapriyananda on the Bhagavad…