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RECENT POSTS
- God and creation: transcendent and immanent December 16, 2021
- Transcendence – Immanence December 16, 2021
- Verse 31 contracting the eye-brow centre November 27, 2021
- Empowerment in Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism: the interplay of Spirit and kuṇḍalinī November 27, 2021
- 2004, Radio ZZZ, Christmas, Jesus the refugee November 27, 2021
- 2010, Radio SBS, Pâques, « la foule hurle, ‘crucifie-le, crucifie-le’ » November 27, 2021
- The Antipodes, a poem November 27, 2021
- Homily, Pentecost Sunday, 2021 May 31, 2021
- Robin Thiger and Nadet Alan May 9, 2021
- Vijñānabhairava-tantra August 7, 2020
- Poems, assorted August 6, 2020
- Conferences, 2000-2020 August 6, 2020
- 1958-2003, “A Long Journey” July 23, 2020
- 1999, Pureté et puissance, Dimanche de la Passion, Victorian-Mauritian Pastoral Council June 15, 2020
- 2003, SBS-Radio, On n’écoute pas les prophètes ! Pâques June 15, 2020
- 2000, SBS-Radio, Pâques, Le tombeau vide June 15, 2020
- 1986, Radio 3EA, Good Friday June 15, 2020
- Noreen O’Meara, Homily at the Funeral Mass, 2000 June 15, 2020
- Messe du Père Laval 2000, Les lettres de Jacques Désiré Laval et les ‘béatitudes’. June 15, 2020
- Messe du Père Laval 2000, The Shroud of Turin June 15, 2020
- Homily at the wedding of Xavier Vandame and Kendra Dugay, 2000 June 15, 2020
- 2000, French-Australian Association Mass, St Patrick’s Cathedral, L’ambition June 15, 2020
- Annie O’Neill, Homily at the Funeral Mass, 27 October, 2000 June 15, 2020
- 2002, Devant l’Enfant nous retrouvons notre enfance. SBS, Message de Noël May 30, 2020
- 2001. Elle a chuchoté les mots ‘paix, amour’. ZZZ. Message de Pâques. May 26, 2020
- 1998. Quelle est la lumière qu’il a fait briller en nous ? Messe du Victorian Mauritian Pastoral Council May 26, 2020
- 1998. On sait que la vie n’est pas absurde. SBS-Radio. Message de Noël. May 26, 2020
- 1998. Vous êtes bienheureux. Messe du Père Laval May 26, 2020
- 1998, Ne soyons donc pas muets ! SBS-Radio, Message de Pâques May 26, 2020
- Le Millenium, Messe du Victorian Mauritian Pastoral Council, 1999 May 26, 2020
RECENT COMMENTS
- Patrick Lang on Verse 40, The beginning and end of a sound
- Paolo Trianni on Empowerment in Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism: the interplay of Spirit and kuṇḍalinī
- Mel on Homily, Pentecost Sunday, 2021
- Anonymous on “‘Jesus is the Christ.’ (Acts 9.22) Can Jesus be called Shiva?”
- Sam Rubera on Vijñānabhairava-tantra
- maccidānandanātha on Homily, Pentecost Sunday, 2021
- Patricia Chaves on Robin Thiger and Nadet Alan
- Andre Henriques on Towards a Christian Tantra; The interplay of Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism. 2009
- interfaithashram on Chakras – a Christian interpretation
- Richard Dowling on Chakras – a Christian interpretation
- Who is John Dupuche?
- Why this blog?
- CV
- A turning point, an illumination, 10 August, 1969, Tübingen, Germany.
- Covenant of my life, Notre Dame Abbey, Tarrawarra, February 1973
- Sabbatical, 1987, California, Italy, Egypt, India,
- Autobiography, at Mass, 29 January 1989, East Doncaster
- 1958-2003, “A Long Journey”
- Activities, Circular Letter, January 2005
- Activities, Circular letter, 2006
- Journeys 1948 –
- Discovering Kashmir Shaivism.
- Meditation experiences
- My ashram in India
- Aboriginal associations with my house
- Weight training
- Family – assorted items
- Interfaith
- Multi-faith items
- Comparative theology and dual-belonging.
- Interfaith Pilgrimage to India, 2016, media reports
- Interfaith Ceremonies, Guidelines
- Interfaith experiences
- Interfaith retreat, a new way of inter-religious dialogue
- Milestones and Signposts in Interfaith Relations: the View from Christianity
- ‘One Faith – Multifaith’ – Transcendence
- Praying together? a solution to a vexed question
- Can we pray together? An issue in interfaith relations.
- Hindu – Catholic items
- Chakras – a Christian interpretation
- ‘Gayatrī mantra’, translation and commentary
- Hindu-Catholic Relations and World Peace
- Hinduism and Christianity: how they enlighten each other.
- Prāṇa and Spirit
- Recitation by means of breath alone (ajapa-japa)
- Reincarnation, some Christian perspectives
- SHE: the Virgin Mary and the Goddess Kālī
- Buddhist – Catholic items
- Islam – Catholic items
- Baha’i – Catholic Conversation on Love
- Sikh – Catholic conversation Written Guru – Living Word
- Multi-faith items
- Tantric homilies
- Why these homilies?
- Year A – prose
- Year B – prose
- Year C – prose
- Why these poetic homilies?
- Poetic homilies, Year A
- Poetic homilies, Year B
- Poetic homilies, Year C
- Homilies in French, SBS Radio and Radio ZZZ
- 1986, Radio 3EA, Good Friday
- 1989, L’homme n’est pas sauvé s’il est sauvé par autre que l’homme. French-Australian Association, Mass
- 1992, L’amour est plus fort que la mort. Radio 3EA, Pâques
- 1995, L’amour nous rend fort et faible à la fois, SBS Radio,Noël
- 1995, L’homme est juste ou il n’existe pas. French-Australian Association, Mass
- 1996, Dieu aime ; donc il s’abaisse, SBS Radio, Pâques
- 1996, Dieu aime sans juger, French Australian Association Mass
- 1998, Ne soyons donc pas muets ! SBS-Radio, Message de Pâques
- 1998. Vous êtes bienheureux. Messe du Père Laval
- 1998. Quelle est la lumière qu’il a fait briller en nous ? Messe du Victorian Mauritian Pastoral Council
- 1998. On sait que la vie n’est pas absurde. SBS-Radio. Message de Noël.
- 1999, Émerveillement et bonheur ineffable, SBS Radio, Pâques
- 1999, Pureté et puissance, Dimanche de la Passion, Victorian-Mauritian Pastoral Council
- 1999. Le Millenium. Messe du Victorian Mauritian Pastoral Council.
- 1999, La préférence envers les plus pauvres, Messe du Père Laval
- 1999, Le silence, SBS Radio, Noël
- 1999, Le Grand Jubilée de l’an 2000, ZZZ, Mauritian Radio, Noël
- 2000, SBS-Radio, Pâques, Le tombeau vide
- 2000, French-Australian Association Mass, St Patrick’s Cathedral, L’ambition
- Messe du Père Laval 2000, The Shroud of Turin
- Messe du Père Laval 2000, Les lettres de Jacques Désiré Laval et les ‘béatitudes’.
- 2001, SBS Radio, Easter
- 2001. Elle a chuchoté les mots ‘paix, amour’. ZZZ. Message de Pâques.
- 2002, SBS Radio,
- 2002. L’homme de foi réconcilie tout ce qui est ennemi. French-Australian Association.
- 2002, SBS Radio, Christmas
- 2003, SBS Radio, Christmas
- 2002, Devant l’Enfant nous retrouvons notre enfance. SBS, Message de Noël
- 2003, SBS Radio, Christmas, Mary links Muslims and Christians
- 2003, Radio ZZZ, Christmas, The vulnerable Child, the victorious Child
- 2003, SBS Radio, Easter, Transcending life and death
- 2003, SBS-Radio, On n’écoute pas les prophètes ! Pâques
- 2004 SBS Radio, Easter, The Eye,
- 2004, Radio SBS, Christmas, Silence
- 2004, Radio ZZZ, Christmas, Jesus the refugee
- 2005, Radio SBS, Easter, The sign of the empty tomb
- 2006, Radio SBS, Pâques, La Parole
- 2006, SBS Radio, Christmas, ‘Who are you?’
- 2006, Radio SBS, Noël, Le don des dons
- 2007, Radio SBS, Pâques, l’amour sans bornes
- 2007, Radio SBS, Noël, La surprise
- 2008, Radio SBS, Pâques, « Nous sommes tous pèlerins »
- 2008, Radio SBS, Noel, Les cadeaux
- 2009, Radio SBS, Pâques, Le parfum
- 2009, Radio SBS, Noël et athéisme
- 2010, Radio SBS, Pâques, « la foule hurle, ‘crucifie-le, crucifie-le’ »
- 2010, Radio SBS. Noel, L’enfant impuissant parmi les puissants
- Homilies and Prayer Services
- First Sermon, Loyola College, Watsonia, 2 October, 1959
- ‘Good and evil, sin and grace’, commentary on select verses from Genesis 1-11
- The Patriarchal History, commentary on select verses from Genesis 12-46
- ‘The great liberation’, commentaries on some verses from the Book of Exodus
- ‘Do not be afraid’, Commentary on some verses from Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
- ‘Glory and Infamy of the Kings’, some reflections on Samuel 1&2, and Kings 1&2
- A Jewish Family in 3rd cent. BCE, Reflections on verses from the Book of Tobit
- ‘Holy Holy Holy’! Isaiah 1, commentaries
- ‘A Covenant in the Heart’, commentaries on Jeremiah
- ‘A new heart, a new spirit’, – commentaries on Ezekiel
- CULTURAL IMPERIALISM, commentary on some verses from the Book of Daniel
- BLESSING AND CURSING, reflections on verses from the Twelve Minor Prophets
- FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH, Commentary on some verses from The Books of Maccabees
- Sin and Grace; Commentary on some verses of St Paul’s Letter to the Romans
- ‘Love never ends’, commentaries on 1 Corinthians
- ‘From glory to glory’, 2 Corinthians, commentary on select verses
- ‘Flesh and spirit’, commentary on some texts of St Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
- ‘The Spreading Fragrance’ A commentary on some verses from St Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
- Letter to the Hebrews, Commentary on some verses
- ‘Teachings on love’; commentaries on some verses from the First Letter of St John
- Wedding homilies
- Funeral Orations
- Requiem Mass for Danielle Murphy, died at 6 weeks through ‘cot death’.
- Simon Owen, Funeral Mass, Homily
- Guerrina Crulli, Funeral Mass, homily, 28 July 1999
- Noreen O’Meara, Homily at the Funeral Mass, 2000
- Fr Chris Barnett PE, funeral oration
- Fr Thomas White PE, funeral oration (vigil)
- Yvette Gair et ses enfants, Emmanuelle et Christopher, funeral homily
- Robert Broomhall, funeral oration
- Jacques Vauzelles, funeral homily
- Nancy Bruce, funeral oration
- Cecil Clark, funeral oration
- Elsa Dalle, funeral oration
- Wilma Farrington, funeral oration
- Irene Hemm, funeral oration
- Merle Gent, Funeral Mass, homily
- Annie O’Neill, Homily at the Funeral Mass, 27 October, 2000
- Audrey Hughes, funeral oration
- Dennis McCarthy, funeral oration
- Jaye Santamaria, funeral oration
- Noelene Stockdale, funeral oration
- Sylvia, funeral oration
- Anointing of the sick – a homily
- Bali Bombings, my Homily at St Patrick’s Cathedral, 20 October 2002
- Why did Jesus choose Judas as a close companion?
- Prayer Service for healing of victims of sexual abuse
- Publications
- Abhinavagupta: The Kula Ritual as elaborated in chapter 29 of the Tantrāloka. 2003. 551 pp.
- Jesus, the Mantra of God, 2005
- Bäumer, B. and Dupuche J. (eds.) Void and Fullness in the Buddhist, Hindu and Christian Traditions. 2005
- Launch, by John D’Arcy May
- John R. Dupuche, and Yasser Soliman. ‘Muslim-Catholic Relations in Australia, with special reference to Melbourne 1995 – 2010,’
- “The draft of a “rule” for an interfaith ashram proposed by John Dupuche and Michael Mifsud, priests of the Archdiocese of Melbourne,”
- ‘Devi in Tantric Practice’, in The Iconic Female, Goddesses of India, Nepal and Tibet.
- ‘The Doctrine of recognition (pratyabhijñā) and interfaith dialogue’ in Samarasya, Studies in Indian Arts, Philosophy and Interreligious dialogue – in Honour of Bettina Bäumer.
- ‘The Themes of Light and Dark in the Greek Fathers’, in Void and Fullness in the Buddhist, Hindu and Christian Traditions.
- ‘The first and last cry’, in Void and Fullness in the Buddhist, Hindu and Christian Traditions.
- ‘Sufism and Hesychasm’, in Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church,….
- ‘Yoga and Hesychasm’, in Orientale Lumen
- Dupuche, John, “„The “Scandalous‟ Tantric Hymn to Kālī Karpūrādi-stotra: an Unexpurgated Translation,” International Journal of Tantric Studies 8:1 (2012). Vol. 8 No. 1 (June 22, 2012)
- ‘A Spirituality of Pleasure: Deciphering Vijñānabhairava Verse 68’, International Journal of Tantric Studies Vol. 9 No. 1 September 19, 2013.
- ‘Field Work on the Kula Ritual in Orissa’, Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia 43 (2011) 49-60.
- “Renewing Christian Anthropology in Terms of Kashmir Shaivism”,
- “‘Jesus is the Christ.’ (Acts 9.22) Can Jesus be called Shiva?”
- ‘The Goddess Kali and the Virgin Mary, in Australian Electronic Journal of Theology. 19.1 (April 2012) 43-57.
- Questions raised by Hindu-Christian Comparative Theology
- ‘Nostra Aetate – stages of creation, with a particular focus on paragraph no.2 and the people involved in its development.
- ‘Silence and dialogue’, in Gesher 2013 vol. 4, no.4 pp. 52-64.
- Icons: images of the divine – The Transfiguration
- ‘Abhishiktananda Centenary Symposium’ in Australian Electronic Journal of Theology. 18 (2011) 249-258.
- Rule for an interfaith ashram
- Dupuche, John and Michael Mifsud, “The draft of a “rule” for an interfaith ashram proposed by John Dupuche and Michael Mifsud, priests of the Archdiocese of Melbourne,” in William Skudlarek (ed.), Dilatato Corde (on-line journal of Dialogue Interreligieux Monastique / Monastic Interreligious Dialogue), Volume I, Number 1, January-June 2011.
- ‘Milestones and Signposts in Interfaith Relations: the View from Christianity’. Australian eJournal of Theology 16 (2010) 10-17.
- “Renewing Christian Anthropology in Terms of Kashmir Shaivism”, in Theology@ McAuley, E-Journal, Australian Catholic University, 2004.
- “‘Jesus is the Christ.’ (Acts 9.22) Can Jesus be called Shiva?” in Theology@ McAuley, E-Journal, Australian Catholic University, 2003.
- ‘Person-to-Person: vivarana of Abhinavagupta on Paratrimsika verses 3–4.’ In Indo-Iranian Journal 44: 1-16.
- ‘Journey of faith – journey of interfaith’, Compass 34, summer, (2000), 15-17.
- Book Reviews
- Review of: André Comte-Sponville, The Book of Atheist Spirituality.
- Review of Grayling, A.C., The God Argument; the Case against Religion and for Humanism
- Book review: Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow. Is God an Illusion? The Great Debate between Science and Spirituality.
- Review of Paul Lambert : Faith, celebrations and festivals, published by the Sathya Sai Organization of Australia and Papua New Guinea.
- Getting it all wrong! A review of: Sculley DLS, Max. Yoga, Tai Chi, Reiki; a Guide for Christians.
- The body: both sacred and profane: review of a book
- Conference papers, 2000-2020
- Masculine and feminine concepts of deity: the contribution of Kashmir Shaivism, Monash University 2001
- “Something exotic: the contribution of Kashmir Shaivism” to the document Woman and Man: one in Christ Jesus. 2001
- Living in Harmony Accord, speech in Queen’s Hall 2005
- Empowerment in Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism: the interplay of Spirit and kuṇḍalinī
- ‘Christian Tantra’, at Conference on Tantra, 2015
- 2015, ‘The Context of Tantra’, at Conference on Classical Tantra.
- “Ageing, spirituality and sexuality – an oxymoron?”
- Contemporary of Rumi – St Francis of Assisi
- 2010 Value of Life and the Value of Death, presentation at a Symposium
- 2010, Christianity as Paradox
- Vers un tantra chrétien : aventures et découvertes
- 2015, ‘Seeing what is true and holy in others’, Deakin University
- “Freedom and Slavery: Interior and Outer aspects from Catholic and Buddhist perspectives”.
- 2015, From ‘comparative theology’ to ‘comparative experience’
- Launch of ‘Enlightenment and Tantra, Hindus and Christians in Dialogue’, 6 May 2019, at the Gregorian University, Rome
- Hatha-yoga-pradipika, Introduction to commentaries on Ch.3, vv. 3-5
- Ch. 3, v.1, kuṇḍalinī, serpent, Spirit
- Ch. 3, v. 2, guru, kuṇḍalī, Spirit, knots, lotus
- Ch. 3, v. 3a, emptiness and prāṇa
- Ch.3, v. 3b, the royal road (rājapatha)
- Ch.3, v. 3c, mind, non-dependence
- Ch.3, v. 3d, subtle-breath (prāṇa), time
- Ch. 3, v.4, suṣumnā, (central channel), ‘cremation ground’, etc.
- Ch. 4, v. 1, the guru, the immaculate
- Ch. 4, v. 2, process (krama), bliss,
- Ch. 4, vv. 3-4, samādhi, liberation-while-living,
- Ch. 4, v.5a, awakening, practice
- Ch. 3, v. 5b, sleep (supta), ‘door of Brahma’, Goddess
- Ch. 4, v. 6, prāṇa (subtle breath), mind, equanimity
- Qur’an
- Qur’anic verses on Paradise – a commentary
- ‘Discipleship’ in Islam and Christianity, a discussion
- The ‘Word’ in the Qur’an
- How is Mary, the mother of Jesus, presented in the Qur’an
- The person of Jesus Christ: the great debate between Islam and Christianity, ‘Surat Al-‘Ikhlāş
- The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus in the Qur’an
- The meaning of ‘jihad’ in the Qur’an
- Qur’anic verses on punishment
- Śiva Sūtras
- The Tantrāloka of Abhinavagupta (975-1025 CE)
- Starting from sexual intercourse and arriving at the heart. Tantrāloka chapter 5 verse 71.
- The Kaula daily ritual (nityapūjā) in the Tantrāloka, in Adesh No. 9, 2013 pp. 14-15.
- LES INGREDIENTS IMPURS DU RITUEL KULA, Versets sur les ingrédients cités dans le commentaire de Jayaratha sur le Tantrāloka, ch. 29 d’Abhinavagupta
- LE RITUEL KULA Versets cités par Jayaratha dans son commentaire sur Tantrāloka 29.18-23, ‘Le Sacrifice Quotidien’.
- LE VIN, Versets sur le vin cités dans le commentaire de Jayaratha sur le Tantrāloka, ch. 29 d’Abhinavagupta
- Vijñānabhairava-tantra
- Vijñānabhairava-tantra, Verse 31 contracting the eye-brow centre
- Verse 34, focusing on the centre of the skull
- Verse 35, meditating on the the void in the central channel (suṣumnā)
- Verse 40, The beginning and end of a sound
- Verse 42, An unpronounceable mantra
- Verses 44-45 meditation on emptiness
- Verse 46 becoming Void
- Verses 52-53, consuming all by fire
- Verse 63, conscientising
- Verse 90 reciting the phoneme A
- Verse 107, Omnipresence
- Verse 108, Identification with the Self
- Verse 109, becoming Śiva by means of relection
- Verse 110, the problem of evil
- Verse 116, All-pervading
- Verse 119, Radical poverty
- Verse 126, Equanimity
- Verse 135, beyond liberation and bondage
- Verses 142b-155 A critique of ritual
- Verse 145, The essence of the mantra
- Verse 162, union by revelation
- Poems, assorted
- Controverted questions
- ‘A happy death’: palliative care
- Anything goes! Tantra.
- Ceasing to be an individual and becoming a person
- Euthanasia: Some of the questions
- Can woman serve as pastor or ordained priest?
- “I am” – “I am this”
- In defence of Centering Prayer; in response to Margaret Feaster’s book
- Judgment – Mercy: a dilemma?
- Original sin and māyā: are they the same?
- Reiki: good or bad? A Christian response.
- Reincarnation and redemption
- What happens in the case of conversion to another religion?
- Joy and suffering
- Japa, recitation
- THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST
- The secret of the confessional? The Royal Commission.
- Halloween, All Saints and All Souls
- Mutual Enrichment: Meditation in Tantra and Christianity
- Prelude to tantric poems of 2013
- Prelude to tantric poems, 2014
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