In Episode 3, Season 1 of the Shared Sacred Story podcast project, we sit down with the Team Leader of our Scholar-Practitioners Hindu Team. Laura M. Dunn, Ph.D. to explore the concept of Nondual Tantric Śaiva traditions.

Laura is the director of programs at the Jesuit School of Theology (Berkley). She is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Dharma Studies, which focuses on the application of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions. Along with her academic and professional qualifications, Laura draws on her diverse background of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, and Jewish cultures to share early life experiences and how her familial and cultural ties have shaped her spiritual worldview.

From defining key concepts, like Tantra and Aloha Aina, to considering important influences in life and finding the Sacred in the Mundane, Laura uses her scholarly and personal knowledge to shed light on the goal of Tantric tradition and its role as a reflection of sacred unity in diversity.