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**wonceinee** · 11-29-2011, 04:04 AM

Alistair Shearer has postgraduate degrees in literature, Sanskrit, and Indian studies. He has lectured for many prestigious institutions, including London University, the British Museum, and the Royal Academy of Arts. A teacher of meditation, Shearer leads cultural tours to the Indian subcontinent and has published ten books including The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless

He affirms:

"The Hindu understanding of the universe has often been misunderstood as bizarre and primitive." "The Hindu imagery is in fact a sophisticated iconography conveying universal religious truths only now beginning to be understood in the West."

11-29-2011, 04:04 AM	#20
wonceinee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 435 Senior Member	Alistair Shearer has postgraduate degrees in literature, Sanskrit, and Indian studies. He has lectured for many prestigious institutions, including London University, the British Museum, and the Royal Academy of Arts. A teacher of meditation, Shearer leads cultural tours to the Indian subcontinent and has published ten books including The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless He affirms: "The Hindu understanding of the universe has often been misunderstood as bizarre and primitive." "The Hindu imagery is in fact a sophisticated iconography conveying universal religious truths only now beginning to be understood in the West."
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