Seminar ArchiveSeminar Sessions Archive
| 2026 |
| Session CLI, April 28, 2026 Subject: «What is 'wisdom' in Buddhism: some aspects of comparing the understanding of paññā in Pāli texts and prajñā in texts of the Mahāyāna tradition». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| 2025 |
| Session CL, November 25, 2025 Subject: «Problems of transcription of Eastern languages in the context of philosophical and religious traditions of the East. Part 1. Chinese transcription converter». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CXLIX, April 29, 2025 Subject: «The theory of reflection in the third chapter of Abhinavagupta's Śrī Tantrāloka (Shine of Tantra)». Speaker: Kateryna Dovbnya, PhD in pedagogical sciences, orientalist-philologist, worked as associate professor at the Institute of Philology of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, at present is independent researcher (Kyiv). Fields of research: a complete Ukrainian translation of Abhinavagupta's Śrī Tantrāloka (Shine of Tantra) with a religious and philosophical commentary. |
| Session CXLVIII, March 25, 2025 Subject: «The concept of wisdom-pañña in the Buddhaghosa's treatise Visuddhimagga». Speaker: Mykyta Barkovskii, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CXLVІI, February 25, 2025 Subject: «Self-citation in the teaching of the wise Śvetāśvatara». Speaker: Yurii Zavhorodnii, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| 2024 |
| Session CXLVI, November 26, 2024 Subject: «Buddhist terminology in the Ukrainian translation of Dhammapada by P. Ritter». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CXLV, June 25, 2024 Subject: «Śvetāśvatara upaniṣad 1.1-16: translation, textological and historical philosophical analysis». Speaker: Yurii Zavhorodnii, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CXLІV, February 27, 2024 Subject: «The problem of perception of Eastern and Western culture in the philosophy of Richard Rorty». Speaker: Ksenia Meita, graduate of the PhD program of the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy». |
| Session CXLІІІ, January 30, 2024 Subject: «The place of the «non method-anupāya» among the four methods of spiritual liberation on the example of an analysis of translation of the second chapter of Abhinavagupta's Śrī Tantrāloka (Shine of Tantra)». Speaker: Kateryna Dovbnya, PhD in pedagogical sciences, associate professor, independent researcher (Kyiv). Fields of research: working on a complete Ukrainian translation of Abhinavagupta's Śrī Tantrāloka (Shine of Tantra) with a religious and philosophical commentary. |
| 2023 |
| Session CXLІІ, October 31, 2023 Subject: «Metaphor of reflection and concept of reflection in the modern research on Kashmir Shaivism». Speaker: Ivan Ulitko, PhD student, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CXLІ, September 26, 2023 Subject: «The animistic turn in modern anthropology and the study of indigenous communities». Speakers: Vitalii Shchepanskyi, independent researcher (Rivne), Taras Mamenko, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU (Kyiv). Invited to participate in the seminar: Yurii Dzhulai, National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy», Nina Polishchuk, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU (Kyiv). |
| Session CXL, June 27, 2023 Subject: «Something about Yoga and Yogis in the second part of the Bhagavata Purana: some preliminary considerations». Speaker: Yurii Zavhorodnii, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CXXXІX, April 25, 2023 Subject: «Meditation in the context of the dialogue between Buddhism and science». Speaker: Ihor Kolesnyk, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor, post-doctoral degree candidate, Ivan Franko Lviv National University. Research interests: Buddhist meditation, Buddhist modernism, science and Buddhism. |
| 2022 |
| Extended session CХXXVIII, June 28, 2022 Subject: «Actuality of intellectual legacy of Pavlo Ritter (1872–1939)». Commemoration of 150th birth anniversary. Participants: Mykyta Barkovsky, Yurii Zavhorodniy, Olena Ogneva, Andriy Skibitskyi, Anastasia Strelkova. |
| Session CХXXVII, May 31, 2022 Discussion of the book: «Junsei Terasawa. The Life is an Eternal Journey. – Kyiv: Mahasangha, 2020. – 152 p.». The book was published on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the famous Buddhist teacher and 50th anniversary of his monastic practice. Participants: Anastasia Strelkova (Kyiv), Sergii Trylis (Irpin), Hennadii Khrystokin (Bucha), Vitalii Shchepanskyi (Rivne), Olena Kalantarova (Kyiv), Oleksandr Klykavka (Brovary), Yuriy Zavhorodniy (Kyiv). |
| Session CХXXVI, April 26, 2022 Subject: «The historicistic foundations of periodization of the history of Indian philosophy». Speaker: Hanna Gnatovska, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor at the History of Philosophy Department, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. |
| Session CХXXV, February 22, 2022 Discussion of proposals for the forthcoming research topic of the sector: «The idea of wisdom in the philosophical traditions of the East: contemplative and practical dimensions» (preliminary title). Participants: Oleg Yarosh, Anastasia Strelkova, Kateryna Malakhova, Oleksandr Kikhno, Sergii Kapranov, Yuriy Zavhorodniy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХXXIV, January 25, 2022 Subject: «The relevancy (actuality) of social and political ideas of svami Vivekananda today». Speaker: Mridula Ghosh, PhD, NaUKMA. |
| 2021 |
| Session CХXXIII, November 30, 2021 Subject: «The Concept of “Suffering” in Buddhism: Ontological Problematics (the Problem of the Body)». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХXXII, September 28, 2021 Subject: «Yoga and Yogis in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Book One)». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХXXI, May 25, 2021 Subject: «Philosophical Legacy of the Muslim South of Ukraine». Speaker: Mykhaylo Yakubovych, University of Freiburg (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany). Respondent: Oleg Yarosh, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХXX, March 30, 2021 Subject: «Classical Indian Philosophy in Oxford series «A History of Philosophy Without any Gaps». Review of: Adamson, P., & Ganeri, J. (2020). Classical Indian Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without any Gaps. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Volume 5». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Respondent: Oleksandr Kikhno, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХXIX, February 23, 2021 Subject: «The Four Vaishnava Sampradayas and Specifics of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Philosophy. Is Bengali Vaishnavism the Fifth?». Speaker: Mykhaylo Sheludko, Bachelor of Theology, Licentiate of the Ukrainian Catholic University. In the 1991–1999 – member of the Vaishnava movements The International Society for Krishna Consciousness and Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Presently – deacon of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Founder of the community for Christian-Vaishnava dialogue Satya Dharma Path. Respondent: Svami B.A. Dandi (Dmytro Ugai), Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Saint Petersburg. |
| Session CХXVIII, January 26, 2021 Subject: «Attitude toward Nature in Hinduism and the Ecological Situation of Modern India». Speaker: Yulia Fil, PhD in History, Junior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Department, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. Research interests: colonial history of India, problems of modern religiosity of the Hindus and Indian nationalism. Respondent: Dmytro Bazyk, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| 2020 |
| Session CХXVII, November 24, 2020 Subject: «Reception of Siberian Shamanism in Ukrainian Intellectual Tradition». Speaker: Vitalii Shchepanskyi, PhD in Philosophy, independent researcher. Respondent: Oksana Smorzhevska, PhD in History, associate professor, associate professor at the Department of Modern History of Ukraine, Faculty of History, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. |
| Session CХXVI, February 25, 2020 Subject: «Lao-zi Comes to the West: the First Acquaintance of Europe with “Dao de jing” (18th century)». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Department, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. Respondent: Anastasia Strelkova, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Extended session CХXV, January 28, 2020 Subject: Report of the results of the official research theme of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU «“Orientalist Paradigm” in the Study of Intellectual Traditions of the East: 19th – 1st half of 20th century». Speakers: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Sergii Kapranov, Oleksandr Kikhno, Kateryna Malakhova, Anastasia Strelkova, Oleg Yarosh. |
| 2019 |
| Session CХXIV, November 26, 2019 Subject: «Scientific Study of Influence of Reiki on the Human Brain». Speaker: Tetyana Duhelna, Master in Psychology, author of the system Spiritual Psychointegration and patented method «Lightbearing breathing», master-teacher of Usui Reiki Ryoho. Respondent: Iryna Valiavko, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, psychologist, psychoanalyst, Reiki practitioner. |
| Session CХXIII, September 24, 2019 Subject: «“Universal Sufism” of Inayat Khan, Theosophy and Orientalism in Socio-Cultural Environment of “Silver Age” in Russia». Speaker: Oleg Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Respondent: Denys Bryliov (Kyiv), PhD in Philosophy, lecturer, National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. |
| Session CХXII, June 25, 2019 Subject: «Yoga and Yogis in Bhagavata Purana». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Respondent: Vasyl Semenov (Kyiv), PhD in Physics and Mathematics, post-doctoral degree candidate, Institute of Cybernetics of NASU. |
| Session CХXI, May 28, 2019 Subject: «Yoga Sūtra: Deconstruction of the Text». Speaker: Andriy Safronov, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, associate professor (at the Department of Socioeconomic Disciplines); psychologist (Medical Psychology); President of Ukrainian Federation of Yoga. Fields of research: yoga, esoteriology, psychopractices in mystical traditions, Sanskritology. Studied Sanskrit in Varanasi, Heidelberg and Leiden Universities. Respondent: Oleksandr Kikhno, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Extended session CХX, April 23, 2019 Subject: «Experience of Study of Jaina Yoga and Anekāntavāda in India». Speakers: Larysa Karachevtseva, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy of Culture, Ethics and Aesthetics, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Nataliya Pavlyk, PhD student at Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Head of The Oriental Studies Circle. Respondent: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХIX, March 26, 2019 Subject: «Tibetan Buddhism and Science: Kalachakra Teaching». Speaker: Olena Kalantarova, Master in Applied Mathematics, PhD student at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Dr.h.c. of Tibetan Studies at the European Academy of Tibetan Medicine and Yoga (EATMY, Latvia). Respondent: Anastasia Strelkova, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| 2018 |
| Session CХVIII, November 27, 2018 Subject: «Nameless Way: Ethnocultural Meditativity». Speaker: Yuriy Botvinkin, PhD in History, professor of Hindi Language at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, founder and participant of the ethno-trance band «Prelesta», author of poetry collections. Special guest: Anna Ponomarenko, indologist, professor of Hindi Language at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, soloist of the ethno-trance band «Prelesta». |
| Session CХVII, September 25, 2018 Subject: «Sufi Traditions in Pakistan». Speaker: Olena Bordilovska, Doctor in Political Science, associate professor at the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Respondent: Oleg Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХVI, June 26, 2018 Subject: «Actuality of Madhyamaka Philosophy in 21th Century». Speaker: Khenpo Karma Gyurme, scholar, philosopher, specialist in traditional Buddhist sciences, senior monastic professor at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University Centre for Buddhist Studies, Nepal. |
| Session CХV, May 29, 2018 Invitation to the presentation of the book by the Ambassador of India to Ukraine H.E. Mr. Manoj Kumar Bharti «Understanding Indian Philosophy through Modern Science». |
| Session CХIV, April 24, 2018 Subject: «Concept of “Bhakti” in Indian Religious and Philosophical Culture». Speaker: Bogdan Vynychenko, independent researcher. |
| Session CХIII, March 27, 2018 Subject: «Philosophical Aspects of Evolution of Mathematical Thought in the Countries of Ancient East». Speaker: Yuriy Strelkov, independent researcher. |
| Session CХII, February 27, 2018 Subject: «Reception of Chinese Philosophical Thought in the Works of Matgioi». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow at A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU, Research Fellow at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session CХI, January 30, 2018 Subject: «Doctor Freud in Hasidic World: Menahem Nahum Friedman from Itscan and his treatise "Dream and its Interpretation"». Speaker: Kateryna Malakhova, PhD in Philosophy, researcher of history of Hasidism and Rabbinic thought of Modernity, Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| 2017 |
| Session CХ, November 28, 2017 Subject: «Hindu Approaches to Perception of Rigveda». Speaker: Kateryna Dovbnya, PhD in pedagogical sciences, associate professor at the Department of Near and Middle East, Institute of Philology of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. |
| Session CIХ, October 31, 2017 Subject: «Levels of Yoga Practice in the System of Nine Vehicles of Nyingma School». Speaker: Lama Pema Dudul (Segiy Dudko), Buddhist teacher (lama) of the Kathok Order of Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (lives in Kathmandu, Nepal); accomplished PhD studies at the Department of Ancient Orient of the Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS (Moscow). |
| Session CVIII, September 26, 2017 Subject: «Ukrainian Reception and Introduction of the Principles of Indian Philosophy on the example of L. Tolstoy — Descendant of Hetman Ivan Skoropadsky». Speaker: Dmytro Burba, author, translator. |
| Session CVII, June 25, 2017 Subject: «Religious and Philosophical Basis of Meera Bai's (1498–1546?) Poems». Speaker: Kateryna Dovbnya, PhD in pedagogical sciences, associate professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, in 2012 received the government award of the Republic of India for invaluable contribution in development and spread of Hindi in the world, expert in Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Marathi. |
| Session CVI, May 30, 2017 Subject: «The Chinese “Book of Changes” as Possible Factor for Arrangement of Social Space in Ukraine». Speaker: Roman Moskal, lawyer, independent researcher of Chinese culture and tradition of Chinese Yi Jing studies, author of the book: «Yi Jing. To Think Correctly in order to Foreknow: Introduction to Yi Jing Studies». – Kharkiv: Akta, 2016. – 280 p. |
| Session CV, April 25, 2017 Subject: «Philosophical Polemics in Tibetan Buddhist Schools: Main Questions and Answers». Speaker: Lama Pema Dudul (Segiy Dudko), Buddhist teacher (lama) of the Kathok Order of Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (lives in Kathmandu, Nepal). Accomplished PhD studies at the Department of Ancient Orient of the Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS (Moscow). |
| Session CIV, March 28, 2017 Subject: «Reiki – Spiritual Tradition or Secret Society?». Speaker: Iryna Valiavko, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow at H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Research Fellow at UVAN in USA, Reiki practitioner-healer of 2nd degree. |
| Extended session CІII, February 28, 2017 Subject: «East of Nietzsche. Nietzsche in the East». Speakers: Larysa Garmash, Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Sergii Kapranov, Taras Lyuty, Anastasia Strelkova. |
| Session CII, January 31, 2017 Subject: «Spiritual Practice of Buddhism as Modification of Primarily Obvious Experience of Life: Concerning the Phenomenology of Buddhist Experience». Speaker: Karpitsky Nikolai, Doctor in Philosophy, professor at the Department of History of Philosophy Subjects, Lugansk National Agrarian University. |
| 2016 |
| Session CІ, December 20, 2016 Subject: «Adventures of Newton-philosopher in Jewish Thought of XVIII – beginning of XIX century». Speaker: Kateryna Malakhova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, coordinator of the Association for Creative Academic Jewish Studies "Sambation" in Ukraine. |
| Session C, November 29, 2016 Subject: «Multifaceted Deliverance (√मुच्). Case of “Mānava-dharma-śāstra (मानव धर्म-शास्त्र)” (continued)». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, Doctor in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XCІХ, October 25, 2016 Subject: «Mishima Yukio and Yangming Philosophy in Japan». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. |
| Session XCVIII, September 27, 2016 Subject: «The Image of Saint Siddhas in the Literature and Art of Vajrayana Buddhism in Connection with the Attribution of the 18th Century Thangka from the Collection of The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts». Speaker: Yevgen Osaulenko, Principal Research Fellow, The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts. |
| Session XCVII, June 21, 2016 Subject: «Metaphysical Realism of Yu. V. Mamleev as a Western Interpretation of the Vedanta Philosophy». Speaker: Oleksandr Artamonov, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Apocrypha" (Ukrainian agency), philosopher-traditionalist, translator (Lviv). |
| Session XCVI, May 29, 2016 Subject: «The Problem of Detection of Anthropological Invariants in Mystic and Religious Systems». Speaker: Yaroslav Lyubyvyy, Doctor in Philosophy, Principal Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XCV, April 26, 2016 Subject: «Consciousness Nature and the Process of Perception in the Worldview of Buddhist Tantra (on the example of the division of highest tantras)». Speaker: Oleksandr Gomonov, scientific consultant at the Shang Shung Institute (Russian branch), researcher of traditional culture (Saint Petersburg). |
| Session XCIV, March 29, 2016 Subject: «Reception of the Chinese Philosophy in the works of H. Hesse (on the example of analysis of the story “Klingsor's Last Summer”)». Speaker: Oleksandra Bibik, Master in Religious Studies (Kyiv). |
| Session XCIII, February 23, 2016 Subject: «Teaching of the Buddha about Unity». Speaker: Sergiy Filonenko, Buddhist monk, Monk Order Nipponzan Myōhōji (Cherkasy). |
| Session XCII, January 26, 2016 Subject: «Dhammapada». Discussion. |
| 2015 |
| Session XCI, December 22, 2015 Subject: «Evolution of the Daśa-Mūla (Ten Main Statements of Sri Chaitanya Teaching) Idea in the Works of Bhaktivinoda Thakur (1838–1914)». Speaker: Kostiantyn Perun (Brijabasi Das), researcher of Bengali Vaishnavism, graduate of the VIHE (Vrindavan Іnstutute for Higher Education), senior lecturer at the Kiev Theological Academy of the ISKCON, member of SAC (Sastric Advisory Committee), translator from Bengali and Sanskrit. |
| Session XC, November 24, 2015 Subject: «Anthropogenesis in Mithology of Shinto». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LXXХIX, November 3, 2015 Subject: «Ideas of Emptiness and Purity in Western and Eastern Philosophy». Speakers: Anna Ilyina, PhD in History of Arts, Junior Research Fellow, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Anastasia Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LXXХVIII, September 29, 2015 1. Report: «Traditionalistic Orientation of Vaishnava Neo-Vedantism (on the example of ISKCON)». Speaker: Ruslan Halikov, PhD in Philosophy, Religious Studies Researcher. 2. News of the Scientific Life. |
| Session LXXХVII, June 30, 2015 Subject: «R. Genon "The Crisis of the Modern World" (1927)». Discussion. |
| Session LXXХVI, May 26, 2015 Subject: «Poetry and Transformed State of Consciousness (TSC): View of a Poet and Understanding of a Scholar». Speaker: Yaroslava Shekera, member of the National Writers’ Union of Ukraine, poet, translator; sinologist, PhD in Philology, associate professor at the Department of Chinese, Korean and Japanese Languages of the Institute of Philology of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. |
| Session LXXХV, April 28, 2015 Subject: «The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali І.2.: योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ». Discussion. |
| Session LXXХIV, March 31, 2015 Discussion of book: «Śrīsiddhantaśikhāmaṇi written down by Śrī Śivayogī Śivācārya. Transl. from Sanskrit by Yu. Kravchenko (Gauri). - M.: Ganga, 2013. - 454 p.». With participation of translator, adherent of the tradition of Veerashaiva and independent researcher of the philosophy of Veerashaiva Yuliya Kravchenko (Kyiv). More about Veerashivaism see: www.virashaiva.com, www.veerashaiva.ru. |
| Session LXXХIIІ, February 24, 2015 Session program: І. Report: «Sufi in Western European Megapolis: Religious Philosophical Traditions and Socio-Cultural Context». 1. Spread of Sufism in Western Europe: Periodization and Typology. 2. Sufi Communities of Berlin: Organization, Ideas, Practice. 3. Reconsideration of Sufi Tradition in Socio-Cultural Context of Western Europe. Speaker: Oleg Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. ІІ. Notification: «Research Training at the Leipzig University (December 2014 – January 2015)». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LXXХII, January 27, 2015 Subject: «Konishi Masutarō (1862-1940) and Dialog of Religious Philosophical Traditions». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. |
| 2014 |
| Session LXXХI, November 25, 2014 Subject: «Yoga and Western Psychology – Touch Points (Based on the Text of «Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali»)». Speaker: Oleksandr Romanenko, Master in Philosophy, Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies (Kyiv). |
| Session LXXХ, October 28, 2014 Subject: «Contemporary Problems of Yoga Darśana». Speaker: Dmitry Danilov, independent researcher (Kyiv-Mariupol). |
| Session LXXІХ, September 30, 2014 Subject: «Deliverance (मोक्ष) in Law Texts of Hinduism: Taking as Example the «Laws of Manu» (मानव धर्म-शास्त्र)». Speaker: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LXXVІII, June 24, 2014 1. Report: «Multilevel Literature – a Tool of Hermeneutics». Speaker: Gordovsky Oleksandr, independent researcher. 2. Notification: «About the Site of the Eastern Philosophies Researchers Society». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. 3. Notification: «About the Site Jainworld.com. Program 24 Languages (24L Mission). Jainism Global Resource Centre». Speakers: Yuriy Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, Redka Dmytro, independent researcher. |
| Session LXXVІI (Celebrating 100 Years of Tantric Studies), May 27, 2014 Reports: 1. «Specific Forms of Western Reception of Tantric Ideas: on the Possibility of Meeting of Paradigms in the works of Lou Andreas-Salomé». Speaker: Lesya Garmash, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor, author of the book about Lou Andreas-Salomé and translator of her works. 2. «Rediscovery of the Secret of Feminine Nature in Shakti and Tantric Tradition». Speaker: Mariya Usoltseva, PhD student, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. |
| Session LXXVI, April 29, 2014 Subject: «Śrīsiddhantaśikhāmaṇi – "The Bible" of Veerashivaism. Contents of the Text, Sources, Experience of Translations from Sanskrit». Speaker: Yuliya Kravchenko, independent researcher, translator from Sanskrit. |
| Session LXXV, March 25, 2014 Subject: «Doctor B.R. Ambedkar in the History of Indian Democracy and Political Philosophy». Speaker: Olena Bordilovska, Doctor in Political Science, associate professor of the Department of International Relations, Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. |
| Session LXXІV, February 25, 2014 Subject: «Baruch Spinoza in Rabbinic Sources». Speaker: Kateryna Malakhova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LXXІІІ, January 28, 2014 Subject: «Methodological Foundations of Periodization of the History of Philosophical Thought of Ancient and Medieval China». Speaker: Anna Bokal, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. |
| 2013 |
| Session LXXІІ, December 12, 2013 Lecture: «Buddhist Philosophy of Emptiness». Speaker: Artur Przybysławski, Doctor of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University, Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations. Habilitation thesis: «Buddhist Philosophy of Emptiness». Author of Books: «Coincidentia oppositorum», «Emptiness is joy or Buddhist philosophy with tongue in cheek». |
| Session LXXІ, November 26, 2013 Subject: «Relation between Being, Non-being and Emptiness in Buddhist Ontology». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LXX, October 29, 2013 Subject: «A Feminized Jina: A Critical Examination of the Life of Mallinatha». Speaker: Larry Gipson, B.A. Religious Studies, Yale University. |
| Session LXIX, September 24, 2013 Subject: «Eastern Philosophy in Contemporary Philosophical Science and Education in Ukraine». In the seminar will participate the research fellows of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU, professors at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy», National Pedagogical Dragomanov University |
| Session LXVІІІ, June 25, 2013 1. Report: «Phenomenon of "Eastern Eros": a Problem of Delimitation and Specific Features». Speaker: Vitaliy Turenko, PhD student of Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophical Education and Science of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. 2. Notification: «The Problem of Detection of the Anthropological Invariants in Mystical and Religious Systems of West and East». Speaker: Yaroslav Lyubyvyy, Doctor in Philosophy, Principal Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LXVIІ, May 28, 2013 Subject of the Session: Discussion of the Planned Research Theme «Philosophical Traditions of the East in the ХІХ – 1st Half of the ХХ Century: Transformations of Intellectual Paradigm». - Oleg Yarosh «Reception of the Philosophical Ideas of Sufism in the Teaching of Muslim Reformers of India of the end of ХІХ – 1stHalf of ХХ century» - Anna Ilyina «Influences of the Western European Transcendentalism on the Jewish Traditional Philosophical Thought (from S. Maimon to J. Derrida)». - Sergii Kapranov «Transformations of Intellectual Paradigm in Japan in Meiji Period (1868–1912)». - Anastasia Strelkova «Buddhist Philosophy of Emptiness in the Philosophy of Nishida Kitarō and Other Representatives of Kyoto School». - Oleksandr Kikhno «Philosophical Views of Sri Aurobindo and Satprem in the Context of European Historiosophical and Evolutionary Paradigms». - Yuriy Zavhorodniy «History of Indian Philosophy as Project of Orientalism». |
| Session LXVI, April 30, 2013 1. Report: «The Presentiment of "Christian Tantra": the Problem of Meeting of Paradigms in the Works of Lou Andreas-Salomé». Speaker: Lesya Garmash, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor, author of book about Lou Andreas-Salomé and translator of her works. 2. Notification: «International Seminar of the Society of Pilgrimage Studies at the Kumbha-Mela (Allahabad, February 2013). Philosophical Aspects». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. |
| Session LXV, March 26, 2013 Subject: «GLOBAL CRISIS, ANCIENT NOMADS AND WAY OF BODHISATTVA». Lecture by: Junsei Terasawa (Japan), travelling Buddhist monk, Teacher of Monk Order Nipponzan Myōhōji in Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia. |
| Session LXІV, February 26, 2013 Round table: «TRADITIONALISM. TRADITIONS OF THE EAST. ACADEMIC SCIENCE». - Andriy Voloshyn (Head of The Ukrainian Traditionalist Club, M.A. in Political Science, writer). – «Chinese Influence on the Works of Ezra Pound». - Olena Semenyaka (activist of The Ukrainian Traditionalist Club, PhD student of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department of the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy»). – «“East and West” in Conservative-Revolutionary Perspective: Metaphysical and Geopolitical Dimensions». - Eduard Yurchenko (activist of The Ukrainian Traditionalist Club, professor of philosophy of the National Transport University). – «Integral Traditionalism between Eastern Influences and Authentic Sacred of Europe». - Andrey Belichenko (Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU). – «Soma as Spiritual Matter (Non-Christian Paradigm of Resurrection on the Material of the First Mandalas of "Rigveda")». - Svyatoslav Vyshynskyy (Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU). – «The Occidental Way of Western Metaphysics». - Sergiy Filonenko (Buddhist monk, Monk Order Nipponzan Myōhōji, Donetsk). – «The Scythians. To the Roots of Original Spirituality in Quest of New Identification and Perspective of Development of Human Civilization». - Yuriy Zavhorodniy (Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU). – «Interest to Traditionalism in the Post-Soviet Ukraine. Traditionalism and Academic Science: is the Dialog Possible?». |
| 2012 |
| Session LXІІІ, November 27, 2012 1. Report: «Destiny of Eastern Religious Tradition in Secular Culture (Taking the Example of Yoga)» (in Russian). Speaker: Oksana Kolomiyets, PhD student, Department of Philosophy, Donetsk National Technical University. 2. Report: «Realization of Esthetic Ideal in Structure of Vaishnava Community» (in Russian). Speaker: Yevgen Smytskyy, Specialist in Religious Studies, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) (Donetsk). |
| Session LХІІ, October 30, 2012 Subject: «Jiddu Krishnamurti: Between Advaita and Buddhism». Speaker: Igor Karivets, PhD in Philosophy, associate professor at the Department of Philosophy of the Lviv Polytechnic National University, translator of the works of Jiddu Krishnamurti into Ukrainian. |
| Session LХI, September 25, 2012 Subject: «Sanskrit as a Key to Indian Philosophy». Speaker: Yuliya Kravchenko, independent researcher, teacher of Sanskrit, Hindi, translator from Sanskrit. Topics to be presented: 1. History of Development of Sanskrit. 2. Language as a Reflection of World View. 3. Simplicity and Complexity of Sanskrit. 4. Difficulties of Translation from Sanskrit. 5. Place of Sanskrit in Contemporary World. 6. Methods of Learning Sanskrit Accessible for a Westerner. |
| Session LX, June 26, 2012 Subject: «Methodological Problems of Historico-Philosophical Research of Buddhist Texts». Speaker: T. Zhukovskyy, PhD student, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LIX, May 29, 2012 Subject: «Rigveda Hymn Х.129: the Specifics of Translation and Interpretation (D. Ovsyanyko-Kulykovskyy, O. Kozlov, L. Ukrainka, P. Ritter, M. Kalynovych)». Speaker: Yu. Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LVIIІ, April 24, 2012 Subject: «Buddhism as Repeated Experience». Speaker: O. Kozlovska, independent researcher. |
| Session LVII, March 27, 2012 Subject: «Indian Spiritual Tradition of Veerashaiva». Speaker: Yu. Kravchenko, independent researcher. Topics to be presented: 1. Place of Veerashaiva Tradition between Other Philosophical Spiritual Schools of India. 2. Philosophy. 3. Origins of Tradition – Mentions in Āgamas, Founders, Historical Testimonies of Antiquity. 4. Spiritual Way, Description of Six Main Stages. 5. Everyday Practice. 6. «Eight Shields» in Veerashaiva Tradition. External and Internal Shields. Sources: Śaivāgamas (Vātuḷāgama, Chandrajñānāgama, Kāraṇāgama, Sūkṣmāgama), Upaniṣads (īśa, Kena, Kaṭha), Śrīsiddhantaśikhāmaṇi, Anubhava-sūtra, Śakti-Viśiṣṭādvaita-tattvatraya-vimarśa, Aṣṭāvaraṇa-vijñāna, Yoga-sūtras, Bhagavad-gītā, works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya. |
| Session LVI, February 28, 2012 Subject: «Nishida Kitarō (1870–1945): East-Asian and European Culture in the Formation of Personality of Philosopher». Speaker: S. Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow of the A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU, Research Fellow of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session LV, January 31, 2012 1. Report: «The Concept of Experience in Literature of Haskala and Hasidic Texts». Speaker: К. Malakhova, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. 2. Notification: «About Research Training at the Institute of India and Central Asia of Leipzig University, 17.10–15.12.2011 (Leipzig University) and about Participation in the Global Buddhist Congregation, 27–30.11.2011 (Delhi)». Speaker: Yu. Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| 2011 |
| Session LIV, November 29, 2011 Subject: «The Model of Gradual Learning (anupubba-sikkhā) in Early Buddhist Soteriology». Speaker: Oleksandr Demchenko, independent researcher. In the seminar a translation of The Greater Discourse at Assapura (MN39) of the Pāli Canon will be presented; also the variations of the model of gradual learning in the sources of Early Buddhism will be examined; its relation to other aspects of Buddhist soteriology; its further influence (with special mention of its use in the critique of scientism by E.F. Schumacher). Text of the sutta in Pāli: www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/Majjhima1/039-maha-assapura-p.html Translation into Classic Chinese: www.cbeta.org/cgi-bin/goto.pl?linehead=T01n0026_p0724c17 English translation: www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.039.than.html Polish translation: www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/Majjhima1/039-mahaassapura-pl.html. |
| Session LIII, October 25, 2011 Subject: «Philosophical Method of Ibn Khaldūn: Critical Reading». Speaker: Mykhaylo Yakubovych, PhD in History, Research Fellow, National University of Ostroh Academy. |
| Session LII (extraordinary), October 4, 2011 Subject: «Overcoming of Spiritual Materialism» (in English with Ukrainian translation). Lecture of Bill Karelis, Buddhist teacher of the lines of Karma Kagyu and Nyingma (USA). |
| Session LI, September 27, 2011 1. Report: «The Interpretation of "Emptiness" in Hṛdaya-sūtra (Heart Sutra of Prajñāpāramitā)». Speaker: Anastasia Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, post-doctoral degree candidate, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. 2. Notification: «About the Results of Work of the First Year of Summer School in Islamic Studies supported by HESP ReSET"». Speaker: Oleg Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session L, 21 June, 2011 Subject: «Net Structures in Contemporary Islam: from Traditionalism to Modernism». Speaker: Denys Bryliov, PhD in Philosophy, lecturer at the Department of Cultural Studies of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, fellow of the Centre for Religious Studies at the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. |
| Session XLIX, May 31, 2011 Subject: «Specifics of Intellectual Activity of the Ancient Chinese Philosophers-zhuzi according to Some Early Sources». Speaker: Sergii Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow of the A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU, Research Fellow of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. In particular, the speaker uses the following sources: - Sima Qian «Postface of the Court Historiographer» (Chapter 130 of the «The Records of the Grand Historian») Original: www.ctext.org/shiji/tai-shi-gong-zi-xu - Xunzi. Chapter 6. «Contra Twelve Philosophers» Original: www.ctext.org/xunzi/fei-shi-er-zi - Zhuangzi. Chapter 33. "All Under Heaven" Original and English translation: www.ctext.org/zhuangzi/tian-xia |
| Session XLVIІІ, April 26, 2011 Subject: «Review of Texts about Internal Alchemy in the "Taoist Canon of the Zhengtong Reign Period"». Speaker: Pavlo Rafalskyy, independent researcher. In particular, speaker uses the following electronic sources: www.goldenelixir.com/files/Index_of_Zhengtong_Daozang.pdf www.rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3306293 www.rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3310026 |
| Session XLVIІ, March 29, 2011 Subject: «Sri Aurobindo Ghosh and Teilhard de Chardin: Comparison of Two Paradigms of Evolutionary Process». Speaker: O.V. Kikhno, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XLVІ, February 22, 2011 Subject: «Katha Upanishad Translated by Pavlo Ritter (1933): Katha Upanishad among Upanishads, Motivation of Choice of the Text and Specifics of Translation». Speaker: Yu.Yu. Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, post-doctoral degree candidate, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XLV, January 25, 2011 Subject: «The Problem of Legitimacy of Methodology of Chinese Studies in Ukrainian Oriental Studies». Speaker: V.F. Rezanenko, Director of the Center of Oriental Studies at the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy», Doctor in Philology, Professor at the Department of Political Science of the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy». |
| 2010 |
| Session XLІV, November 30, 2010 Subject: «Kant as a Destroyer of Philosophy: The Reception of Kant in Jewish Literature of the end of the 18th century». Speaker: K.V. Malakhova, PhD student, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XLIIІ, October 26, 2010 Subject: «Buddha Nature and Emptiness in the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra». Speaker: A.Yu. Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, post-doctoral degree candidate, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XLII, September 28, 2010 Subject: «Philosophy in the System of Traditional Eastern Thought». Speakers: О.А. Yarosh, A.Yu. Strelkova, S.V. Kapranov, Yu.Yu. Zavhorodniy. |
| Session XLI, June 29, 2010 Subject: «The "San zi jing" as a Sample of the Chinese Philosophical Culture». Speaker: S.V. Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow of the A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU, Research Fellow of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. The text can be accessed in original, as well as in Russian, English and French translations: www.afpc.asso.fr/wengu/wg/wengu.php?l=Sanzijing www.hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/stories/sanzijing/index.html Сань-цзы-цзин, или Троесловие с литографированным китайским текстом / Пер. Иакинфа [Н.Я. Бичурина]. СПб., 1829: www.biblio.nhat-nam.ru/Troeslovie.pdf |
| Session XL, May 25, 2010 Subject: «The Problem of Relationship between ‘Irfān (gnosis) and Sufism according to the Twelvers». Speaker: O.A. Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Plan of the report: 1. Shia Islam and the Problem of Origins of Sufism (H. Corbin, S.H. Nasr, А. Tabataba'i). 2. Sufism (Ta'sawwuf) and ‘Irfān in the Religious Discourse of the Shia Islam. 3. Shia tariqas. Literature: Тримингем Дж. Суфийские ордены в исламе: www.klex.ru/books/islam/sufiyskie_ordeni_v_islame.zip Нурбакш Дж. Таверна среди руин: www.webbl.ru/?action=download_book&grup=zh&id=145&query= |
| Session XХХIХ, April 27, 2010 Subject: «The Taoist Treasury: the History of Formation, Structure, Methods of Research». Speaker: Pavlo Rafalskyy, independent researcher. In particular, the speaker uses the following electronic sources: www.en.daoinfo.org/wiki/The_Daoist_Canon www.goldenelixir.com/press/ref_02_zhengtong_dz_index.html www.daoistcenter.org/texts.pdf www.ki-oscow.narod.ru/litra/zen/torchinov_dao/torchinov_dao.htm www.daoiststudies.org/dao/?q=biblio/keyword/59 www.daolao.ru/texts.htm |
| Session XХХVIII, March 30, 2010 Subject: «The Phenomenology of Concentration Practices in Dharmic Religions». Speaker: Oleksandr Demchenko, independent researcher. Plan of the report: 1. Concentration (jhāna and samādhi) in Early Buddhism. Place of concentration in Buddhist practice. The phenomenology of concentration: five hindrances and factors of four jhānas. Objects of concentration. "Four immaterial attainments", "attainment of cessation" and objectless concentration. Development of concentration in Paṭisambhidāmagga and Visuddhimagga. 2. Concentration according to the contemporaries and teachers of Buddha. The practice of the teachers of Buddha according to the Buddhacarita and Pāli suttas. Concentration according to the contemporaries based on the Buddhist and Hindu Sources. Jainism and practices of concentration. 3. Classical yoga: dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi. The Role of concentration in 8-fold yoga. Analogs and parallels between yoga samādhis and Buddhist jhānas. Samādhi in non-classical yoga. 4. The Reception of practices of concentration in Tibetan Buddhism. The system of nine stages of śamatha. Its early Mahayanistic origins. Dhyāna in Tibetan Buddhism. Possible analogs of dhyānas in practices of Tibetan Buddhism. Several short texts for preliminary introduction to the subject of the report: Early Buddhism / Theravāda: - Samadhanga sutta ("Factors of Concentration"): www.dhamma.ru/canon/an5-28.htm - The Jhanas in Theravadan Buddhist Meditation: www.leighb.com/jhana2a.htm - The Traditional Factors of the 8 Jhanas: www.leighb.com/jhanatrd.htm Classical yoga: - Yoga-sūtras with Vyāsa commentary. Chapter one. Concentration: www.psylib.org.ua/books/patanja/ostru/txt05.htm - A Comparison of Hindu and Buddhist Techniques of Attaining Samadhi: www.peaceallways.org/media/A Comparison of Hindu and Buddhist Techniques of Attaining Samadhi.pdf Tibetan Buddhism: - 9 steps in concentration training leading to shamatha: www.integral.virishi.net/samatha_jhanas |
| Session XХХVIІ, February 23, 2010 Subject: «References to the Upaniṣads in Ukraine: 1840–1910s. Orest Novytsky (1806–1884), Oleksiy Kozlov (1831–1901), Volodymyr Lesevych (1837–1905), Oleksiy Gilyarov (1855–1938), Ivan Franko (1856–1916)». Speaker: Yu.Yu. Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, post-doctoral degree candidate, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XХХVI, January 26, 2010 Subject: «Problems of Actuality of Classical Indian Philosophy in the Present». Speaker: Ya.V. Lyubyvyy, Principal Research Fellow, Doctor in Philosophy, Department of History of Foreign Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| 2009 |
| Session XХХV, December 22, 2009 Subject: «Sufism as a Subject of Academic Research». Speaker: O.A. Yarosh, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Sector of History of Eastern Philosophy of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. Plan of the report: 1. History of Sufism studies. 2. Main approaches in the contemporary Oriental studies. 3. Perspectives of learning Sufism. Literature: William C. Chittick. Sufism: A Beginner's Guide Oneworld Publications (2008): www.avaxhome.ws/ebooks/theology_occultism/east_religion/sufism-a-beginners-guide.html Карл Эрнст, Суфизм, Гранд-Фаир (2002): www.turklib.ru/?category=general_history-philosophy-sufi&altname=karl_ernst_-_sufizm_- _2002 |
| Session XХХІV, November 24, 2009 Discussion of report (continued): A.V. Paribok (SPbU). «The Methodological Aspects of Buddhism». The report was presented on the 29th of September 2005 in the seminar «Orient: Philosophy, Religion, Culture» (Department of Philosophy and Culture of the Orient, Saint Petersburg State University). Text of the report is here: www.psylib.org.ua/books/_parib01.htm. |
| Session XХХІІІ, October 27, 2009 Discussion of report: A.V. Paribok (SPbU). «The Methodological Aspects of Buddhism». The report was presented on the 29th of September 2005 in the seminar «Orient: Philosophy, Religion, Culture» (Department of Philosophy and Culture of the Orient, Saint Petersburg State University). Text of the report is here: www.psylib.org.ua/books/_parib01.htm. |
| Session XХХІІ, September 29, 2009 Subject: «Principles of Zen Buddhism in the Philosophy of Dōgen». Speaker: A.Yu. Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XХХІ, June 30, 2009 Subject: «What is Chinese Philosophy: Some Approaches to the Problem». Speaker: S.V. Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. |
| Session XХХ, May 26, 2009 Subject: «Bhakti: Origins, Typology, Philosophy». Speaker: Ya.R. Dzhoy, independent researcher. |
| Session XХІХ, April 28, 2009 Subject: «Concerning the Question of Subject and Object in the East Asian Philosophy». Speaker: S.V. Kapranov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. |
| Session XХVIIІ, March 31, 2009 Subject: «What Is to Be Understood by the Indian Philosophy? Reflections about the Starting Point». Speaker: Yu.Yu. Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, post-doctoral degree candidate, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session XХVІІ, February 24, 2009 Subject: «Overview of the Pāli Canon». Speaker: D.O. Ivakhnenko, independent researcher, translator. Texts for preparation for the seminar: Вільгельм Гейгер. Нарис палійської літератури: www.dhamma.ru/paali/geiger/index.html Pāli and Buddhist Sanskrit: History of Formation: http://www.dhamma.ru/forum/index.php/topic,663.0.html Suttas and commentaries: www.dhamma.ru/forum/index.php/topic,610.0.html |
| Session ХХVІ, January 27, 2009 Subject: «O.O. Rosenberg (1888–1919) and his Approach to the Problems of Buddhist Philosophy (Part Three)». Discussion. |
| 2008 |
| Session ХХV, December 9, 2008 Subject: «O.O. Rosenberg (1888–1919) and his Approach to the Problems of Buddhist Philosophy (Part Two)». Speaker: A.Yu. Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session ХХIV, November 11, 2008 Subject: «IV International Scientific Conference "Tsyrendorzhiev Readings – 2008. Tibetan Civilization And Nomadic Peoples of Eurasia: Cross-Cultural Contacts". Kyiv, 26-27th of September 2008, ІІ International Scientific Conference "Mystic and Esoteric Movements in Theory and Practice.(History. Psychology. Philosophy)". Saint Petersburg, 23-24th of October 2008». Discussion. |
| Session XХIII, September 30, 2008 Subject: «Cases of Thinking: Piatigorsky and Heidegger. Speaker: Dmitriy Metilka (Zaporizhia). |
| Session XХII, July 1, 2008 Session dedicated to the 130th Anniversary of Birth of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) – Eminent Historian of Art, Buddhologist, Researcher of Indian Thought (continued). Discussion. |
| Session XХІ, June 3, 2008 Discussion of the book: «Чаттерджи А.К. Идеализм йогачары. – М.: Шечен, 2004. (Chatterjee A.K. Yogacara Idealism, 1962)». Discussion. |
| Session XХ, March 25, 2008 Session dedicated to the 130th Anniversary of Birth of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) – Eminent Historian of Art, Buddhologist, Researcher of Indian Thought. Discussion. |
| Session XІХ (additional), March 11, 2008 Subject: «Philosophically Significant Ideas in The Isha Upanishad». Speaker: Oleksandr Romanenko, student of M.A. program in Philosophy, National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy». |
| Session XVIII, February 26, 2008 Subject: «Globalization of Gandhism (based on the Materials of Conference, India, 13-19.11.2007)». Speaker: Olena Bordilovska, PhD in History, post-doctoral degree candidate, Institute of International Relations Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. |
| Session XVII, January 30, 2008 Subject: «Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Konstanty Regamey (1907–1982) – Famous Swiss Buddhologist and Composer born in Kyiv». Discussion. |
| 2007 |
| Session ХVI, December 25, 2007 Subject: «Dependent Arising (paṭicca-samuppada) according to the Early Pāli Texts»*. Speaker: D.O. Ivakhnenko, independent researcher. *See illustrative scheme: www.dhamma.ru/lib/paticca.htm. |
| Session ХV, November 27, 2007 Subject: «O.O. Rosenberg (1888–1919) and his Approach to the Problems of Buddhist Philosophy». Speaker: A.Yu. Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session ХIV, October 30, 2007 Subject: «Buddhism in the works of V.V. Lesevych (1837–1905): Attempt of Research». Speaker: Yu.Yu. Zavhorodniy, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session ХIII, September 25, 2007 Subject: «What is kleśa?». Discussion. |
| Session ХII, June 26, 2007 Subject: «World Philosophy Congress (Delhi, December 2006)». Speaker: O.Ye. Gomilko, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Philosophy of Culture, Ethics and Aesthetics of the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session ХI, May 29, 2007 Subject: «Two "Eternities" of Ancient Egyptians». Speaker: Mykola Tarasenko, PhD in History, Research Fellow, A.Yu. Krymsky Institute of Oriental Studies of NASU. |
| Session Х, April 24, 2007 Subject: «Problems of Teaching the Philosophies of East in Ukraine» (round table). |
| Session IХ, March 27, 2007 Subject: «Hasidic Mysticism Studies». Speaker: Igor Turov, PhD in History. |
| Session VIII, February 27, 2007 Subjects: 1. Discussion of the Results of the International Scientific Conference «The Fourth Torchinov Readings» (Saint Petersburg, 7–10th February 2007). 2. «The Figure of Evgeny Torchinov (1956–2003) in the Oriental Studies». |
| Session VII, February 2, 2007 Reports: 1. «Elements of Shamanic Beliefs of the Peoples of the South of Ukraine». Speaker: A.V. Shabashov, PhD in History, professor of the Department of Archaeology and Ethnography, Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University. 2. «The Isha Upanishad in the Context of Historico-Philosophical Research». Speaker: O.V. Romanenko, 2nd year student of the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy». |
| 2006 |
| Session VI, November 28, 2006 Subject: «The Problem of Consciousness in Zen Buddhism (Part ІІІ)». Speaker: A.Yu. Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session V, October 31, 2006 Subject: «The Problem of Consciousness in Zen Buddhism (continued)». Speaker: A.Yu. Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session IV, September 26, 2006 Subject: «The Problem of Consciousness in Zen Buddhism». Speaker: A.Yu. Strelkova, PhD in Philosophy, Junior Research Fellow, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of NASU. |
| Session III, June 27, 2006 Subject: «The Vocabulary of Concepts and Terms of the Eastern Philosophies: the Problems of Translation and Understanding». Discussion. |
| Session II, May 23, 2006 Subject: «What (and How) is Understood by the Eastern Philosophies». Discussion. |
| SESSION I, April 25, 2006 First, constituent session of the seminar. Creation of the Eastern Philosophies Researchers Society. |
