Program
International Conference on Vedanta
May 19-21
On Works of Svāmī Saccidānandendra Sarasvatī (SSS)
and Comparative Philosophy, Practical Life, AI and Texts
General Chair: Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Program Chair: Dr. Manjushree Hegde
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Place: NCS 120 (New Computer Science), Engineering Dr, Stony Brook, NY 11794.
May 19 Tuesday 8:30am - 5:15pm
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
Morning Session: 9am - 12:30pm
9:00 - 9:30 Conference Inauguration
9:30 - 12:30 Invited Talks
Prof. Anantanand Rambachan
Saint Olaf College — Professor Emeritus of Religion
Title: Beyond Pedagogy: Reconsidering the Significance of Upanishad Creation Texts in Advaita Vedānta
Dr. Ivan Andrijanić
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences — Chair of Indology
Title: Distinguishing Śaṅkara from Post-Śaṅkara Advaita: The contribution of Svāmī Satchidānandendra Sarasvatī
Dr. Ankur Barua
University of Cambridge, Faculty of Divinity — Senior Lecturer in Hindu Studies
Title: Does my laptop exist when I sleep? Revisiting a vexed theme in Svāmī Satchidānandendra Sarasvatī
Dr. Gianni Pellegrini
Università degli Studi di Torino — Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities
Title: SSS Critique of Bhāmatī (Tentative).
Sri. Ira Schepetin (Musta Ram / Ātma Chaitanya)
Independent scholar; first Western disciple of Swami Dayananda Saraswati and Swami Satchidanandendra Saraswati.
Title: Does the Jñani see the world?
Discussion on morning talks
12:30 - 02:00pm Lunch
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Prof. Dilip Loundo
Head, Center for Study of Religions and Philosophies of India. Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil). Pravaasi Bharath Samman.
Title: Method (prakiryā) and Reality (tattva) - Satchidanandendra Saraswati's Three-layered Reason (tarka).
Dr. Manjushree Hegde
IIT Madras Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita Darshanam); also, Mythik Inc.
Title: On the question of two Brahmans: SSS
Sri. Michael Chandra Cohen
Retd. Faculty City University of New York
Title: Dṛṣṭi-Sṛṣṭi-Vāda: A Departure from Śaṅkara
Panel Discussion:
Moderators
Prof. Aleksandar Uskokov
Yale University — Graduate School of Religious Studies and
Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Nirmal K. and Augustina Mattoo Endowed Chair in Classical Indic Humanities; Director, Center for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Topic: Day-1 content.
5pm Adjourn for the day
Reception: 5-6 pm India Center. Host: Prof. Timalsina
Dinner 7-9 pm (Sponsor: HUA - Hindu University of America)
International Conference on Vedanta
May 19-21
On Works of Svāmī Saccidānandendra Sarasvatī (SSS)
and Comparative Philosophy, Practical Life, AI for Texts
May 20 Wednesday 8:30am - 5:15pm
Place: NCS 120, Engineering Dr, Stony Brook, NY 11794
8:00 - 8:30am Registration
Morning Session: 9am - 12:30pm
8:30 - 8:40am Opening Remarks
8:40 - 9:00 am
Dharma Civilization Foundation (DCF)
Hindu University of America (HUA)
9:00 -10:30 Invited Talks
Session Chair: Dr. Manjushree Hegde
Vedanta Continued
Dr. Niranjan Saha
Kaliachak College (University of Gour Banga, West Bengal).
Title: Post-Śaṃkara Sub-schools and Madhusūdana Sarasvatī.
Sri. Subhanu Saxena
Chair, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, UK & Europe & Managing Partner New Rhein Healthcare LLC.
Title: Sureśvara’s influence on SSS
Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Nirmal K. and Augustina Mattoo Endowed Chair in Classical Indic Humanities;
Ttitle: Modern Classical Vedanta of SSS
10:45 -12:30 Invited Talks
Session Chair: Dr. Greg Goode
Keynote Addresses: Vedanta and Comparative Philosophies
Sri. Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York — Resident Minister, Monk Ramakrishna Order. Author, Teacher.
Title; A Logico-Phenomenological Meditation on Consciousness
Padmashree Prof. Robert Thurman
Columbia University (USA) — Emeritus Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies; co-founder Tibet-House US
Title: Vedanta and Madhyamika - convergence and divergence
Discussion and Q/A: Moderator - TBA
Lunch
Afternoon Session 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Practical Applications: Vedanta and Mindfulness
Session Chair: Prof. Indika Rajapakse Vedanta Forum and U of Michigan
Prof. Satinder Dhiman
Woodbury University (Burbank, CA, USA) — Professor of Management, Chair and Director of MBA Program
Title: Mindfulness and Vedanta in workplace, management and leadership.
Prof. Lee Hartwell
Arizona State University (USA) -- Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine (2001). Professor ASU Sustainability Science. Faculty Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Title: Education and Mindfulness.
Prof. Stephen Smale
Retd. University of California, Berkeley (USA) -- Fields Medal in Mathematics (1966)
Title: Problem 18 and limits of intelligence.
Discussion and Q/A: Moderator - TBA
Session and Panel discussion: AI for texts - Multilingual translation and interpretation
Session Chair: Prof. C. S. Raghavendra Vedanta Forum and USC
Talk:
Prof. Shikaripur N. Sridhar
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Linguistics and India Studies. Founding Director of the Mattoo Center for India Studies at Stony Brook. Challenges to translating medieval texts: Example of Kumāravyāsa
Dr. Kush Varshney. Technical Fellow, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY. An Advaita Vedānta Approach to Agentic AI Identity and Governance.
Panelists:
Prof. Lav Varshney, Della Pietra Infinity Professor, Director AI Innovation Institute. Stony Brook University.
Prof. Niranjan Balasubramanian CS Dept, SUNY Stony Brook.
Dr. Anoop Kunchukuttan, Bodhan-AI and AI4Bharat
Sanskrit and Vedaanta Scholars from Days 1 and 2
Śrī Thomas Felber Author SanGPT, varnabuddhi. Interests: Vedanta, Philosophy, Coding, Translating.
Panel Moderator: Sri Kumar, Vedanta Forum
5:00 Closing Remarks
International Conference on Vedanta
May 19-21
On Works of Svāmī Saccidānandendra Sarasvatī (SSS)
and Comparative Philosophy, Practical Life, AI for Texts
May 21 Thursday 8:30am - 12noon
Building: Center for India Studies - 5th floor room E5350
9 - 11am
RESEARCH PAPERS from Open Call: SSS Works
Session Chair: Dr. Manjushree Hegde
Śrī Davide Persechini
Università degli Studi di Torino — Doctoral Researcher (Dottorando), Dept. of Humanities.
Title: SSS's Pañcapādikāprasthāna: A Critical Analysis
Śrī Purushottam Pant Independent Researcher.
Title: Akaṇḍākāravr̥tti in Advaita Vedānta: A Critique
Dr. Pijus Kanti Pal Asst Coordinator Indian Knowledge Systems Divn., Ministry of Education, New Delhi India.
Title: SSS on Gītā Chapter 16
Śrī Raghu Nandan Independent researcher.
Title: SSS on Vivekacūḍāmaṇi
Svāmī Thathagathānanda (pūrvāśram Śrī R S Vaidyanathan) Brahma Vidya Kutir, Hyderabad and Ph.D student Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
Title: On the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras: An Analysis of Bhakti Candrikā Vyākhyā.
11am - 12noon Closing Ceremony
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