FOUNDING OF THE CONCORD INSTITUTE FOR INDIAN AND EASTERN STUDIES

~ D E A R F R I E N D S ~

You are cordially invited to the inauguration of The Concord Institute for Indian & Eastern Studies. Its essential purpose is to carry on our Indian and Eastern heritage of spiritual philosophy.

On Sunday, November 23, we will sow the seeds of the institute by calling to mind the spiritual philosophers and poets of the East, including: Tagore, Gandhi, Sri Jagadish Chandra Das, Manoj Das, Nalini Kanta Gupta, Pratap Chandra Majoomder and Sri Aurobindo, as well as the spiritual philosophers and poets of the Middle: Goethe, Schiller, Novalis, Fichte, and Rudolf Steiner, and those kindred spirits of the West, Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne, Whitman, and the Alcotts, among the ranks.

~ A heartfelt welcome ~

Ashmita Khasnabish Ph.D

Co-Founder, Concord Institue for Indian & Eastern Studies

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~ The Concord Institute for Indian & Eastern Studies ~

Anandhadeva khalmimani bhutani jayante”, Taitteriya Upanishad

“The entire world originates from ________”

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4-6:30 pm, Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
Thoreau Birthplace & Society, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742

* Welcoming Words: Henry David Thoreau & The Wisdom of India, Michael Frederick, Director, the Thoreau Society.

* Opening Verse: “Becoming is the Only Being’’, Dr. Jagadish Chandra Das

* Introduction: The Wisdom Streams of the East, Middle, & West, Stuart-Sinclair Weeks, Founder, The Center for American Studies at Concord

* Inaugural Offering: The Wisdom of the East, Dr. Ashmita Khasnabish, Co-Founder, The Concord Institute of Indian & Eastern Studies, MIT Visiting Scholar, and Author: Jouissance as Ananda: Indian Philosophy, Feminist Theory and Literature; Humanitarian Identity and the Political Sublime: Intervention of a Post Colonial Feminist; Negotiating Capability and Diaspora: A Philosophical Politics

* Opening Offering: The Wisdom of the Middle, Andreas Bracher, Historian, Author: Kampf um den russischen Kulturkeim; Europa im amerikanischen Weltsystem; Helmuth von Moltke 1848-1916 (Band 1 & 2)

* Opening Offering: The Wisdom of the West, Andrew Linnell, Computer Scientist, Writer & Researcher in the Realms of Modern Science & Technology

* Offerings: From Guests & Discussion of the Institute & Its Goals: One and All ~ Near & Far

* Concluding Song: “Amar Sakal Niye Base achi Sarbanaser asaye” (I am sitting here to dedicate my everything to you my Lord.) Tagore