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Study Centre News:
New Kannada Krishnamurti Book Release Function
At a special function organized in Bangalore City on 2nd April, 2005, the following Kannada books were released by the BEC, KFI: Baligondu Bhashya 2nd series by Dr.Mahabaleshwar Rao, Shikshana (2nd Edition) by Mr.S.T.Kashikar, Preethi Endarenu? by Prof.Nagabhushan Swamy, Jeevana-Darshana, the first Jiddu Krishnamurti biography in Kannada by Late Dr.Murari Ballal and Tilidudellava Bittu by Prof.G.Venkatasubbiah. The Governor of Karnataka, H.E. T.N.Chaturvedi and Jnanapeeth awardee Dr.U.R.Ananthamurthy were the special guests at the function. KFI Trustees, Dr.Satish Inamdar and Prof.Krishnanath, were there at the book presentation and in a particularly touching moment, presented the book Jeevana-Darshana, to Shri.Annaji Ballal, father of the author Late Dr.Murari Ballal of Udipi.
Kannada Krishnamurti Gathering at the Valley School
The Study hosted a special gathering for Kannada speaking people from the 15th - 17th April. There were about 60 participants who together discussed, studied the Teachings, watched Krishnamurti Videos and soaked in the silence of the Valley.
Study Centre Programme for School Students begins
The Students of the Valley School visit the Study Centre three or four times a year. Each class comes by rotation and engage in various activities. For more details, please see the excerpts from an interview with Neetu Singh further down this page.
Gathering For Young People
The gathering for young people was held at Bangalore Education Centre, Valley School during last week of December, 2005. The title of the gathering was Can we live a life of order and wholeness in a chaotic world? This is the second gathering for young people to be held in India. more...
A Staff member Interviewed in the USA
Guruvinder aka Neetu is one of the program coordinators at the Study Centre. Following is an excerpt from an interview that he gave during his recent visit to the USA.
Peggy Whalen-Levitt: Can you tell me more about how you nurture the art of listening and looking at the Study Centre?
Neetu: When the children come to the Study Centre we sit in silence for a while. And then we spend some time in the natural world — going for a walk, drawing, sketching, writing, collecting, and so on. And then we do some activities to develop a relationship with the body. For example, learning very basic movements - yoga movements - to relax the body, to learn how to calm the mind and body together…And then, the key program of the Study Centre is engaging the children in a dialogue - to be able to sit and have an intelligent discussion with others on various issues that relate to their daily life. Some issues are how they relate with their parents, their teachers, with other children, with the world. And we look at social phenomena, for example - environmental degradation…When they come to the Study Centre, we may read some questions that they have written and we divide the class into small groups of seven or eight children…By engaging their mind by asking questions and encouraging them to express themselves in small groups, they open up and relate what is being discussed to what they are going through (in their day to day life). And quite often they come up with wonderful insights into various issues.
An Appeal for Donations
"We are the World - Together we can make a Difference !"The Study Centre is in constant need of funds to help run its activities. Please support the Centre in its efforts to bring Krishnamurti to more people in Karnataka and elsewhere.
Krishnamurti Foundation News:
Annual KFI gathering to be held in Rajghat
The Rajghat Education Centre, KFI, Varanasi, will be organizing a public gathering from 27th - 29th October, 2006. The purpose is to explore fundamental questions / issues of life in the light of Krishnamurti’s teachings. The programme includes chanting, video shows, group dialogues, silence sessions, lectures, evening walks and a cultural programme.
For details please write to: The KFI Study Centre, Rajghat Education Centre, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi - 221 001, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA. E-Mail: kfivns@satyam.net.in, Phone: (0542) 2430717/2430721/2430336.
Vasant Vihar comes out with new Krishnamurti DVDs
The KFI headquarters in Chennai has on sale, new Krishnamurti DVDs and audio CDs. For details please write to publications@kfionline.org or call (044) 24937803.