| This Wednesday (12th of August) for Cultural Evening: "Buddhist Mathematics" by Brian Baumann |
| Cafe Amsterdam English - Cultural Programme |
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Dear All, For this week's Cultural Evening in Cafe Amsterdam (tomorrow Wednesday 12 August 8 PM) we have Brian Baumann, Adjunct Professor of Mongolian Studies at Indiana Unviersity in the USA. He currently lives in Ulaanbaatar on a Luce Foundation preparing a manuscript on the subject of hell and studying the transition period from the Qing dynasty to the coming of Modernity and Communism. He understands this period as "Mongolia's transition from science to religion". In his talk he will discuss what he means by "science" as it relates to hell and especially the tradition of Buddhist Mathematics. This is actually the subject of his dissertation: Divine Knowledge: Buddhist Mathematics according to the Anonymous Manual of Astrology and Divination. Hope to see you tomorrow in Cafe Amsterdam at 8 PM |