Culture


Jim Morphesis – Wounds of Existence

Artwork: Jim Morphesis Poetry and Narration: Debashish Banerji Music Soundtrack: Art Ensemble of Chicago - Malachi ...more

Anima

Artwork: Jyoti Naoki Eri Poetry: Debashish Banerji Music Soundtrack: Art Ensemble of Chicago with Cecil Taylor - Round Midnight ...more

Indian Yoga Traditions and Integral Education

Talk on Integral education given at SOKA university, Orange County, CA. ...more

Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita

A lecture for the CIIS course Wisdom Texts, East and West ...more

Introduction to the Buddha

A lecture on the Buddha for the CIIS course Wisdom Texts, East and West ...more

Origin Myths in Early Indian Wisdom Texts

Lecture for a CIIS course on Wisdom Texts, East and West ...more

New Thinking Allowed: Understanding Posthumanism

New Thinking Allowed interview on posthumanism conducted by Jeffrey Mishlove ...more

New Thinking Allowed: The Bengal Renaissance

New Thinking Allowed interview on the Bengal Renaissance conducted by Jeffrey Mishlove ...more

New Thinking Allowed: Auroville

New Thinking Allowed interview conducted by Jeffrey Mishlove ...more

Haridas Chaudhuri and the Spiritual Roots of CIIS: a Conversation with Robert McDermott on April 16, 2018

In this dialogue, Debashish Banerji and Robert McDermott discuss the ideas that Haridas Chaudhuri brought from Sri Aurobindo to the California Institute of Asian Studies which he founded with his wife Bina in spring 1968. They also explore the vision and practices that Dr. Chaudhuri gave to the Institute in its first seven years, until his untimely death in 1975. ...more