Kashmiri Shaivism with Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Professor Sthaneshwar Timalsina is a scholar of Indian philosophy with deep expertise in the esoteric traditions of Kashmir Shaivism—a non-dual school which, like idealism, holds that the universe arises from and is pervaded by a single, all-encompassing consciousness. Timalsina’s work brings clarity and academic depth to this tradition, illuminating its metaphysical sophistication and experiential insights.

He has dialogued with Swami Sarvapriyandana and is head of the Vimarsha Foundation.

Together, Bernardo and Sthaneshwar will explore how these traditions complement, challenge, and enrich each other in the quest to understand the mystery of being.

About Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina received academic and philological training from Mahendra Sanskrit University in Kathmandu, Sampurnananda Sanskrit University in Varanasi, and Martin Luther University in Germany, where he acquired his Ph.D. in Classical Indian Philosophy. While working on his dissertation, Dr. Timalsina taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Washington University in St. Louis, before attaining the rank of Professor at San Diego State University in 2005 and Chaired Professor at Stony Brook University in 2023. 

Dr. Timalsina specializes in the areas of Hindu Studies and comparative philosophies and religions. As a traditionally trained and authorized lineage-holder within the Sarvāmnāya Order, he is dedicated to the goal of preserving the traditions he inherited in a modern, institutionalized way, including by founding the Department of Tantric Studies at Nepal Sanskrit University in Kathmandu and establishing the Vimarsha Foundation in 2019, which provides a global forum for the study and practice of classical tantra.