VIVEKANANDA KENDRA
Natural Resources Development Project
VIVEKANANDA KENDRA
Natural Resources Development Project

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From The Impurities of Mind to readjustments

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Charles Eisenstein (born 1967) is an American public speaker, teacher and author. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. Key themes explored include anti-consumerism, interdependence, and how myth and narrative influence culture. According to Eisenstein, global culture is immersed…
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From Human Flaw to Alternate Lifestyle

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Maharishi Patanjali was an author, mystic and philosopher. An estimate based on analysis of his works suggests that he may have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. Patanjali is regarded as an avatar of Adi Sesha. He is believed to be an author and compiler of a…
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From the poem – You start dying slowly to Spiritual Heritage

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Eckhart Tolle (16th February 1948) is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. His books include The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose and the picture book - Guardians of Being. Tolle came to prominence as a self-help author in the U.S.…
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From How do you know you are rich? to Relationship with Cosmos

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Plato (427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered as a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became of all the major areas of philosophy and was the founder of…
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From Constant Awareness to Real Religion

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Socrates (470–399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. These accounts are written as dialogues, in which Socrates and…
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From Ching makes a Bell frame to Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher,  botanist,  zoologist,  glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes. This month, our front page covers an inspiring story…
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From Don’t be afraid of change to Ecological Responsibility

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet. Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes. This…
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From Learn from Nature to Do not Stop the Music

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! H.G.Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells' science fiction novels are so well regarded that…
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From Telling the Bees to Frugality

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Elgin was a senior staff member on a joint Presidential-Congressional Commission on Population Growth and the American Future. Duane Elgin was described in April 2009 by the Ecologist Magazine as one of the ten leading visionaries with "big ideas for a better world". In this issue, we have given some of his…
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Newsletter

From The Impurities of Mind to readjustments

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Charles Eisenstein (born 1967) is an American public speaker, teacher and author. His work covers a wide range of topics, including the history of human civilization, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. Key themes explored include anti-consumerism, interdependence, and how myth and narrative influence culture. According to Eisenstein, global culture is immersed…

From Human Flaw to Alternate Lifestyle

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Maharishi Patanjali was an author, mystic and philosopher. An estimate based on analysis of his works suggests that he may have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. Patanjali is regarded as an avatar of Adi Sesha. He is believed to be an author and compiler of a…

From the poem – You start dying slowly to Spiritual Heritage

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Eckhart Tolle (16th February 1948) is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. His books include The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose and the picture book - Guardians of Being. Tolle came to prominence as a self-help author in the U.S.…

From How do you know you are rich? to Relationship with Cosmos

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Plato (427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered as a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became of all the major areas of philosophy and was the founder of…

From Constant Awareness to Real Religion

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Socrates (470–399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. These accounts are written as dialogues, in which Socrates and…

From Ching makes a Bell frame to Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher,  botanist,  zoologist,  glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes. This month, our front page covers an inspiring story…

From Don’t be afraid of change to Ecological Responsibility

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet. Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes. This…

From Learn from Nature to Do not Stop the Music

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! H.G.Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells' science fiction novels are so well regarded that…

From Telling the Bees to Frugality

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Elgin was a senior staff member on a joint Presidential-Congressional Commission on Population Growth and the American Future. Duane Elgin was described in April 2009 by the Ecologist Magazine as one of the ten leading visionaries with "big ideas for a better world". In this issue, we have given some of his…