Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
The Gita of the Awakened Self Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This article presents the core arguments and interpretive architecture of The Gita of the Awakened Self, a cross-initiatory re-reading of the Bhagavad Gita that engages Advaita Vedanta, Tamil–Dravidian...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
The Divine Pymander Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This paper offers a sustained scholarly analysis of The Divine Pymander (Shumake, Osainbola, Ajarn, & Swamikal, 2026), an interpretive translation and commentary on the Corpus Hermeticum that foregrounds the...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
Thai Theravada Buddhism Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This paper presents a synthesis and scholarly appraisal of the co-authored book Thai Theravada Buddhism (Shumake et al., 2026), foregrounding the forest tradition, meditation methodology, and the lived...
Open MIND
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
Shiva Mind Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This article presents the central arguments and scholarly context of Shiva Mind, a collaborative monograph that advances a theology and phenomenology of "Shiva consciousness" as cosmic mind, situated within Dravidian...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
Shurooms Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This paper presents an initiated, cross-initiatory inquiry into entheogens and spiritual awakening as articulated in the co-authored volume Shurooms (Shumake et al., 2024). Combining emic autoethnography from initiated...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
BREATHE, B*TCH Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This paper presents a scholarly examination of the book BREATHE, B*TCH (Shumake, Oluwo, Ajarn, & Swamikal, 2026) through the combined lenses of initiated insider scholarship and textual-historical analysis. The lead...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
KRIYA Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This article presents an authoritative, initiated-insider account of the methods, lineage history, and embodied practices synthesized in the book KRIYA (Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Swamikal, & Shumake, 2026). Writing from a...
Open MIND
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This paper offers a comprehensive, initiated insider reinterpretation of Patañjali's eightfold system (aṣṭāṅga) through a Dravidian-Tamil Siddha lens, placing the Yoga Sutras in conversation with South...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
Osain: Orisha of Herbalism — Sacred Botany, Healing, and Ecological Intelligence in Yorùbá Theology Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University Abstract: This academic paper presents a rigorous scholarly study of Osain, the Orisha of herbs, forest medicine, and ecological...
Open MIND
July 14, 2026
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ajarn Shaman Shu, Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal et al.
Ganesha: Break the Chain Authors: Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola, Ph.D. | Ajarn Shaman Shu | Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal | Robert Shumake, Ph.D. Affiliation: Buddha University® & Orisha University This article presents a scholarly exposition and critical framing of the book Ganesha: Break the Chain by the present authors, a work that proposes a cross-cultural, practice-based paradigm for breaking...