Video about International
Religious science school “Vaishnava Tradition through the Ages”
The «The Vaiṣṇava Tradition through the Ages» International Religious Studies School was launched in June 2012. The purpose of this project is twofold: on the one hand, providing available environment for academic researchers for getting unbiased knowledge about the tradition by means of immediate perception of culture attributable to the tradition under study in the format of a fieldwork, and on the other, formation and training of high-qualified generation of scientists representing the Vaiṣṇava tradition, that could be able to perform effectively synthesis of academic science and traditional culture in common society [P. 377–378].
The purpose of such compliance with the standards was getting objective, unbiased information – the so-called «first-hand» knowledge is in great value in itself for anthropological religious studies. The field of School covers masterclasses (Vaiṣṇava etiquette, temple rituals, and cookery), methodological seminars, lectures (both representatives of tradition and academic researchers), optional classes (Sanskrit, Haṭha Yoga, etc), scientific reports, round table, participation in the traditional festivals, active rest in the country on a river, in a grove of pine and birch. At the end of the Schools and trips within the School program participants receive certificates, publish their works in a collection of papers [P. 378].
