Surya Green speaks at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
in Kolkata, India, in February 2010,
on "The 'Good Life' and Conscious Consuming"
At the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Kolkata, India, on 9 February 2010,
Surya Green will give a talk and conduct an inter-action session on the topic:
"The Good Life and Conscious Consuming." The talk will be part of the Institute's
"Advanced Course on International Understanding for Human Unity."
The multidisciplinary course, of nine months' duration, is held twice or thrice weekly
in the evening. College graduates interested in international issues may enroll.
The course serves five main objectives: promote a high level of critical awareness
of the basic unity underlying cultural diversity, foster unity retaining the essential
elements of cultural diversity, assess the nature of the difficulties in upholding
cooperation, understanding, and mutual appreciation of various cultural systems;
relate the modern realities with the right insight of Indian philosophical tradition,
especially the philosophy of Vedanta; and transmit the message of Human Understanding
to a wider audience through the participants in the program.
The course offers lectures and classroom interaction with highly placed academics,
opinion leaders, professionals, media persons, public dignitaries, and UNESCO officials
as well as with as spiritual personalities who are either Kolkata-based or come from outside
the state and from abroad on invitation.The Program has received positive support
from UNESCO as well as with the Ministry of Human Resources, Department of Education,
Government of India. Apart from Seminar participation, students who submit an essay
or dissertation may qualify for the Certificate of Excellence.
Abstract for Surya Green's talk on "The Good Life and Conscious Consuming"
About the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture: The Institute, located in South Kolkata,
was established in 1938 with one main study: culture.
The Institute's wide field of cultural interest embraces not only Indian culture but
"that culture which is the common heritage of all mankind and to which every race and
religion has made its own contributions." Only such a study "will provide the necessary
psychological background to the cementing process which technology has initiated
between the races of mankind."
The Institute's large number of departments includes a School of Languages,
a large general library, a Publication Department, and a Centre for Indological
Studies and Research. The universities of Calcutta, Jadavpur, Ramakrishna Mission
Vivekananda University, Burdwan and Visva-Bharati (Santiniketan) recognize the
Institute as a center for learning and research. The Indian Council of
Social Science Research, the Indian National Science Academy, Rashtriya Sanskrit
Samsthan, and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, also recognize
the Institute as a center for research. (For more information, please see: www.sriramakrishna.org)
The Institute has a busy schedule of lectures, seminars, symposia, scripture classes,
study circles, elocution competitions, and other religious and cultural programs.
The diverse activities are open to the public as well to the scholars and students
who come from India and around the world to benefit from the Institute's offerings.
One view of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Kolkata, India
Surya Green speaking on "Vedanta and Human Enlightenment"
at the international seminar on total human development
held at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture on 14 December 2008
To see the workshop’s three-day program, please click here
©Surya Green 2010