Culture
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
Bibek -Migration
A poem written and recited by Debashish Banerji on the artist Bibekananda Santra's Migration series of paintings. Music excerpted from a live concert by the Art Ensemble of Chicago. ...more
Integration and Embodiment in Sri Aurobindo and Jean Gebser
Keynote Address for the 43rd Annual Jean Gebser Society, "Embodying Integral Consciousness," University of Philosophical Research, Los Angeles, 2013 ...more
The Systems View and East-West Psychology: A Conversation with Fritjof Capra
A dialog held in Namaste Hall, CIIS in 2019 on Fritjof Capra's Systems View of Life and the foundational views of the East-West Psychology department ...more
Uji, Debashish Banerji and Jonathan Kay
Recitation of a poem "Uji" referring to a historical place in Japan by Debashish Banerji, accompanied on shakuhachi by Jonathan Kay, as part of a Yaji or Elegant Gathering organized by Jun Wang at CIIS in 2018. ...more
New Thinking Allowed Interviews: Sanskrit the Language of Yoga (2012)
"The Language of the Gods" or Sanskrit the Language of Yoga ...more
SRI AUROBINDO’S “SAVITRI, A LEGEND AND A SYMBOL” (16 DVDs)
Themes, Recitations and Interpretations by Debashish Banerji ...more