Responsibilities
"The Ineffable and the Experiential: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Buddhism"
The research on the phenomenological dimensions of religious experience within early Buddhism, with particular attention to the role of ineffability, non-duality, and transformative insight in the Buddhist path. Her work explores how early Buddhist texts describe profound meditative and experiential states, and how these accounts can be examined through contemporary phenomenological methods. By bringing Buddhist philosophy into dialogue with Western phenomenology, her research seeks to illuminate the structures of consciousness, the dissolution of the self, and the nature of awakening as presented in the Pāli Canon. Through this interdisciplinary approach, she aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of experience, subjectivity, and liberation in Buddhist thought, as well as to broader philosophical discussions on the nature of religious experience.
Contact
Email:
S.Shivani@campus.lmu.de