Thursday, October 17, 2013

Happy Mahrishi Valmiki Jayanti -2013

Happy Mahrishi Valmiki Jayanti -2013
 
Dear Friends,
Mahrishi Valmiki was a great Sanskrit poet and wrote the famous Hindu epic – the Ramayana. Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birthday of the poet who is considered the Ai Kavi or the first poet and contributed a lot in the social life of India through his social philosophy. The festival falls on the day of the full moon in the month of Ashwina, between September and October. This year it is celebrated on 18th October, 2013. On this occasion we are releasing the IIIrd online lecture of our Lecture -Series.
The 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda (12 January, 2013) was celebrated all over India and in different countries of the world. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports of India decided to observe 2013 as the year of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Year-long events and programs were organised by different branches of Ramakrishna Math, Ramakrishna Mission, central government and different state governments of India, education institutions, youth groups etc. In this continuation several initiatives were taken by the Centre for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS) Pehowa (Kurushetra). First we published a book “Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda” in 2012 and then created its online version in January, 2013. One part of our book “Contemporary Indian Philosophy” published in 2013 was dedicated on Swami Vivekananda. A special issue of Value-Education of Milestone Education Review released this year. This lecture adds another volume in CPPIS’s contributed to this great occasion.
 
“Swami Vivekananda and Value-Education” delivered by Swami Vivekanandaji (Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chandigarh) is the third lecture in our online lecture series. This lecture delivered at Celebration 150th Birth Anniveersary of Swami Vivekananda by the Department of Philosophy, P.G.Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh held on 11th October, 2013.This is a very important and useful lecture delivered by Swamiji to motivate the students particularly and inspire Indian youth generally. You can download this lecture from the following link:
 
Hope this initiative of the Centre welcome by our scholars and a kind response we will hear from them. We are thankful to our teachers and scholars who are continually motivating us for this kind of initiatives. We seek their blessings all time to do CPPIS’s work better.
 
Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal
 

Lokāyata: Journal of Positive Philosophy (ISSN :2249-8389) Vol. III, No. 02, September, 2013


Lokāyata: Journal of Positive Philosophy (ISSN :2249-8389)                                                

Vol. III, No. 02, September, 2013  

 

Chief-Editor: Desh Raj Sirswal

 

In this issue..…

Author & Title of the Paper
Page No.
Sandhya Gupta: ARGUMENT FORMATION : INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF AN ARGUMENT
04-12
Jitendra R. Ranka:NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY
13-25
Mane Pradeepkumar Pandurang : SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S CONCEPTION OF PHILOSOPHYY
26-31
Devartha Morang & Prabhu Venkataraman: PRINCIPLES OF ENVIORNMENTAL PRAGMATISM AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE
32-38
Kaizar  Rahaman: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT : RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE
39-47
Siddhartha Shankar Joarder:PRIVATE EXPERIENCE AND ITS EXPOSITORY MEANING
48-58
Viswaja S.Nair:EVOLUTION OF SANSKRIT DHATUPATHA –A STUDY
59-65
Preet Kumari, Gargi Sharma, Swami Pyari, Umang Verma: CONSCIOUSNESS AS A PREDICTOR OF SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE
66-71
Jyoti George: YEATS’ THE SORROW OF LOVE 1825: A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS
72-85
Sanjay Chhabra: EMPOWERING WOMAN: A STUDY ON NAGALAND
86-96
NEW PUBLICATIONS    
97
PHILOSOPHY NEWS IN INDIA
98-99
CONTRIBUTORS OF THIS ISSUE
100

 

Download Issue to click here


 

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Friday, October 11, 2013

Short Report on the 150th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Swami Vivekanandaji

Short Report on the 150th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Swami Vivekanandaji
The Departments of Hindi and Philosophy, P.G.Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh organized a lecture on “Life and Teachings of Swami Vivekananda”on 11th October, 2013. Swami Anupamananda ji (Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chandigarh) was the chief-guest of this program. The details of the progrmme is given below:
 

Dr. Anita Khosla (Head, Department of Hindi) first introduced Chief-Guest and gave a detail account of his activities. She mentioned in her speech that Swami Anupamanandaji served as the Director of Vivekananda Institute of Languages, which offers Indian and Foreign language courses to 7,000 students. He used to regularly interact and motivate the students.  In June 2012 Swami Anupamanandaji took Charge as the Head of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chandigarh.  Since then he has been visiting and conduction programmes. He directs the activities of the Ashrama, which include service activities in medical field, educational field, cultural and spiritual programmes. Dr. Beenu Dogra (Vice-Principal, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh) presented in the programme with her kind and motivational presence.
 
Swami Anupamananda ji delivered his lecture concentrating on Swami Vivekananda and Value Education. He added that remembering Swami Vivekananda’s unique contribution for the regeneration of modern India, the nation is celebrating his 150th birth anniversary.  He has left an indelible mark on great thinkers of modern world.  ‘Man’ was central to his philosophy.  Since education plays major role in developing human personality, he has propounded a philosophy of education which has found universal acceptance. An important message of Swami Vivekananda, which was very relevant to the Indian condition, was that man is the maker of his own future.  Man has the power to make him-self what he wishes to be.  Man has immense possibilities.  In spite of this if someone remains an ordinary person, he alone is to be blamed for this.  Once a person decides the goal of his life he needs to labour under correct knowledge.  This will take him to the goal. Swamiji’s this message brought change in the attitude of Indian people who had lost the capacity to take initiative. The ultimate goal of education is to acquire knowledge of one’s own real nature.  “Each soul is potentially divine.” said Swami Vivekananda. We have forgotten our real nature. Hence we think ourselves weak and helpless.  If we realise our nature we develop faith in ourselves.  Swamiji wanted personality development through moral and spiritual education. “The very essence of education is concentration of mind.”, said Swamiji.  The training of the mind is very important for Swamijis scheme of education.  Comprehension and retention play an important role in education, which is not possible with an untrained mind.  With a trained mind alone it is possible.  So  concentration becomes paramount to education. There are three dimensions to our personality, i.e. physical, mental and spiritual. A harmonious development of these three dimensions is essential for balanced development of personality. Swami Vivekananda repeatedly stressed the immediate need of mass education.  He wanted education to reach backward, downtrodden rural Indians.  Swami Vivekananda pointed out that spirit of service must be part of our life.  Swami Vivekananda’s life and message have the power to empower our thought process, which will help us to inculcate self-respect, moral courage, social responsibility, creativity and patriotism. Thus Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy of education can help the younger generation to overcome the deficiency in the system of education and produce men and women of character, which is the need of the hour.
 
On this occasion a special issue on Value-Education of Milestone Education Review released in CD-ROM by Swamiji and it is also mentioned that the online version of this issue will be made available soon. This issue edited by  Prof Nandita ( Chairperson, Deptt. of Education, P.U, Chandigarh & Coordinator, Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies), Dr. Latika Sharma (Deptt. of Education, P.U. Chandigarh), Dr. Sudhir Baweja (Coordinator , Philosophy, Vivekananda Studies, USOL, P.U Chandigarh). Dr. Sudhir Baweja gave an overview of content included in this volume. He also emphasized on the importance of value-education in present times and contribution of Swami Vivekananda through his philosophy of education. Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal gave a report of events organised by the philosophy department to celebrate the Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and other student activities. He also informed students that being a part of this celebration Vivek-Vahini (a mobile-van for Swami Vivekananda’s literature) visit college campus in November and December too. Students can read and purchase literature from there.
In the end of the programme, Dr. Madhu Gosain (Department of Hindi) presented a thanking note. She beautifully presented her words of wisdom. Several faculty members from various departments of the college and students participated in this event and enjoyed the programme peacefully and thoughtfully.
 
Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal
11th October,2013

Thursday, October 10, 2013

World Philosophy Day-2013


 
World Philosophy Day-2013

World Philosophy Day was proclaimed by UNESCO to be celebrated every third Thursday of November. It was first celebrated on 21 November 2002. World Philosophy Day is celebrated by the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to honor the philosophical reflections and works of philosophy by people around the world, through ages. On this day people are to share thoughts, discuss and explore new ideas and focus on the challenges that our society is facing today. This year World Philosophy Day is being celebrated on November 21, 2013. The Centre for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS) in association with the Department of Philosophy going to celebrates the World Philosophy Day through an essay-cum-presentation competition for students. The details are given below:

Theme: Indian Society and Ideological Crisis

Subthemes: Students can choose any topic reflecting on the theme.

Eligibility: Undergraduate student from any stream. 

 

Last Date of Submission: 15th November, 2013.

Presentation: 21st November, 2013.

 

Procedure: First students have to submit an essay about 1000 words, neatly written or typed in Hindi or English language, reached us till 15th November, 2013 or email to cppiskkr@gmail.com. In the second stage selected essays will be presented on the event date.         

 

Benefits of Participation:

Selected candidate will be provided a merit certificate with a prize and essay will be published in an online publication of the Centre.

 

For further details contact:

Dr Desh Raj Sirswal

Department of Philosophy,

P.G.Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh (India)

Email:cppiskkr@gmail.com

Contact Number-09896848775, 08288883993

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

SPPIS NEWSLETTER 2nd October,2013


SPPIS NEWSLETTER 2nd October,2013

Dear Friends,

Greetings from SPPIS Haryana and welcome new members. Here are some updates:










Link:


Centre’s Updates:

150th Birth Anniversary Celeberation of Swami Vivekananda





सामाजिक क्रान्ति के प्रतीक शहीद भगत सिंह (जयंती विशेष)

Link to above posts:




Link to above posts:


CPPIS Media (Youtube)

Ideas on Education by Jogesh Sharma 

Lecture on "Sri Aurobindo on Indian Culture by Prof. R.P.Singh Part I 

Lecture on "Sri Aurobindo on Indian Culture by Prof. R.P.Singh Part II 

Book Release Function: Speech by Prof K K Sharma 

Book Release Function: Address by Prof R K Deswal 

A Symposium on Swami Vivekananda and Nari Shakti 

Link to  videos:


Regards,

Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal

SPPIS, Haryana

http://sppish.blogspot.com