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Read more: SIDH Samvaad at Varanasi
The 4-day SIDH samvaad centred around reading and discussing Dharampalji’s Bharatiya Chitta Manas Aur Kaal has just concluded. The samvaad was held at the Krishnamurti Study Centre set in the 100-year-old, 300-acre, wooded campus that also has the Rajghat Besant…
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A Film Review
Read more: A Film ReviewRecently I saw a wonderful Malayalam movie, ‘Nanpakal nerathu mayakkam’ (titled ‘Like an afternoon dream’ in English). The movie, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery with Mammootty in the lead role, tells a simple but strange story. A Christian group from…
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What is wrong with the Western political class?
Read more: What is wrong with the Western political class?I came across an article that I thought had many important insights about the Western political establishment. Here are some excerpts: Excerpt 1:A breakdown of diplomacy doesn’t quite describe how bad things have become. The behavior of US and European…
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Advice to a young educator – Part 2
Read more: Advice to a young educator – Part 2(Continued from last week…) Young potential educator (Ype): I am not saying that I agree with you but you have certainly given me some food for thought. Tell me some more about modern education. Me: Let us look at it…
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Advice to a young educator
Read more: Advice to a young educatorI was talking to a young man who wanted to leave his corporate job and go back to his town to start a school and I thought that the (slightly exaggerated version of the) conversation we had may be useful…
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The Crisis of Global Liberalism
Read more: The Crisis of Global LiberalismExcerpts from an interview of Alexander Dugin, Russian philosopher and author of over 70 books: Question: If Liberalism won against its only competitors – Communism and Fascism, where does the crisis of global Liberalism come from? – Till Communism and…
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Ideas On Detoxification
Read more: Ideas On DetoxificationI met some distant relatives for the first time recently and was pleasantly surprised to see that although they were almost 50 years old, they were healthy and happy and vitally alive. It made me realise what a strange world…
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Parisamvaad at Bangalore
Read more: Parisamvaad at BangaloreWe have just finished a 5-day contemplative, residential, parisamvaad, a detailed discussion, on tradition and modernity, at Bangalore. The Parisamvaad was organized by Udhbhavaha, an alternative school that works closely with SIDH. Held at the Art of living ashram, the…
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How to get out of your own way
Read more: How to get out of your own wayThe following is an excerpt from a talk by Alan Watts available on youtube… The whole idea of self-improvement is a hoax. What happens if you KNOW beyond any shadow of doubt that there is nothing you can do to…
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Hanuman’s first meeting with Shri Ram
Read more: Hanuman’s first meeting with Shri Ramबाल्मीकि रामायण के किष्किन्धाकाण्ड में सुग्रीव के कहने पर हनुमान जी राम और लक्ष्मण के समीप जाकर, एक साधारण तपस्वी का रूप धारण कर अत्यन्त विनीत भाव व मधुर वाणी में वार्तालाप प्रारम्भ करते हैं। वे राम-लक्ष्मण से पहली बार…
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Some More Perspectives on Violence
Read more: Some More Perspectives on ViolenceLast week, when I was looking for the quote on violence in ‘I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’, I came across some more relevant excerpts. Take a look… Excerpt 1: Q: Admitted that the world in which I…
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A Perspective On Violence
Read more: A Perspective On ViolenceRecently there was a lot of talk in my college hostel WhatsApp group about the continuing violence across different parts of India. It brought to my mind something I had read in ‘I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’…
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