‘Bharatiya Chitta, Manas aur Kala’: Seminar No. 1
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Read more: ‘Bharatiya Chitta, Manas aur Kala’: Seminar No. 1
The 3-day seminar on Dharampalji’s ‘Bharatiya Chitta, Manas aur Kala’ that was jointly organized by SIDH and IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts) finished yesterday evening. This was the first part of a series of 4 seminars on various…
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Unfamiliar wisdom
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Read more: Unfamiliar wisdomSometimes it is useful to temporarily shift out of our traditional ways of looking at the world and see it from a different perspective. The following are excerpts from the ‘Tao Teh Ching’ a 2000+ year old foundational Taoist Chinese…
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The end of the European age
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Read more: The end of the European age“John Michael Greer is a widely read author, blogger, and astrologer whose work focuses on the overlaps between ecology, spirituality, and the future of industrial society.” – From the ‘ecosophia’ blog I have been reading the weekly blog posts of…
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Short videos
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Read more: Short videosWe have been thinking of recording short 10-15 minute conversations for our YouTube channel. The idea is to situate these conversations in the broad areas in which we want to work (As listed on the homepage of our website at…
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Homeschooling FAQ
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Read more: Homeschooling FAQOur three children studied at home. Homeschooling as it is called was not very popular when our children were small and my wife and I did a lot of hectic activity trying to make it work for us. This activity…
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I Am That
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Read more: I Am ThatWhen you look at spiritual literature, it seems to me that, even though the message may be the same, different books seem to work for different people. ‘I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’ worked for me when I…
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Is there an Indian way of thinking?
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Read more: Is there an Indian way of thinking?This is the title of an interesting essay by A.K. Ramanujan, poet, scholar, linguist and translator. The main idea can be summed up with the following quote from the essay: “Cultures have overall tendencies — tendencies to idealise, and think…
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Four Seminars on Dharampal’s work
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Read more: Four Seminars on Dharampal’s work“We the educated elite of India are wary of any attempt to understand the Indian mind. . . . Deep within, we, the elite of India, are also acutely conscious of this highly elaborate structure of the Indian mind. We,…
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Jajmani System, Jatis and Castes
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Read more: Jajmani System, Jatis and CastesDr Harsh Satya talks about India’s traditional Jajmani system and its linkages with jatis and castes. The word Jajmani comes from Yajman which is linked to the practice of Yajnya. This video is recorded at the SIDH campus, Kempty, during…
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IGNCA-SIDH Dharampal centenary program
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Read more: IGNCA-SIDH Dharampal centenary programIt is heartening to see that there appears to be an awakening of interest and a recognition of the importance of Dharampalji’s work. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) and SIDH are collaborating on a year-long program to…
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Rediscovering India – Preface
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Read more: Rediscovering India – Preface(The following is an abridged version of the Preface to the second edition written by Pawanji. Take a look…) Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, highly revered monk and founding Director (later Vice-Chancellor) of Tibetan Institute of Higher Studies, Sarnath, as well as…
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Rediscovering India – Excerpts
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Read more: Rediscovering India – ExcerptsI have been carefully going through the ‘Rediscovering India’ document before we send it for typesetting and printing. I started copying out paragraphs that I thought were hard-hitting and am now having trouble selecting 500 words for this blog post.…
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