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Can PROUT Transform Universities? Please do not remove this page Can PROUT Transform Universities? Inayatullah, Sohail https://research.usc.edu.au/discovery/delivery/61USC_INST:ResearchRepository/12126077500002621?l#13127291150002621 Inayatullah, S. (2011). Can PROUT Transform Universities? In Gurukula Network (Vol. 33, pp. 15–17). Ananda Marga Gurukula. https://research.usc.edu.au/discovery/fulldisplay/alma99448951302621/61USC_INST:ResearchRepository Document Type: Published Version USC Research Bank: https://research.usc.edu.au [email protected] Copyright © 2011 Ananda Marga Gurukula. Reproduced here with kind permission. Downloaded On 2021/09/27 15:45:05 +1000 Please do not remove this page Gurukula Network VISION OF ANANDA MARGA GURUKULA The Sanskrit word "Gurukula" (pronounced gurukul) has Newsletter and Journal of the following etymology: Gu: darkness; ru: dispeller; kula: Neohumanist Schools and Institutes an institution. Gurukula is an institution which helps students dispel the darkness of the mind and leads to total Gurukula Network is published by the emancipation of the individual and society at large. Ananda Marga Gurukula Ananda Marga Gurukula is engaged in creating an international Global Liaison Office network of Neohumanist Schools and Institutes to hasten the advent of a society in which there is love, peace, understanding, Two yearly issues, published November and inspiration, justice and health for all beings. May, serve as a means of communication for Neohumanist projects around the world. OBJECTIVES OF ANANDA MARGA GURUKULA It is the spirit of Gurukula Network to To serve humanity with neohumanist spirit and to acquire encourage a free sharing of ideas and to knowledge for that purpose. stimulate discussion on educational and global To establish a strong base in Anandanagar and around the issues facing our world. All articles express the world in order to carry on the legacy of its founder for the views of the author, and not necessarily those benefit of future generations. of AMGK. To provide a sound and conducive environment for students for their physical, social, intellectual, creative and spiritual Gurukula Network is open to any and all NHE well-being. related projects. To promote ethical values in individuals and implement these values in the management of projects, schools and institutions. Please send submissions to: To establish and maintain schools and special academic Gurukula Network institutions around the world as well as a cyber-university. AM Gurukula Global Liaison Office To initiate teacher education programs to improve and c/o A. Brim upgrade the quality of education on all academic levels. 146 Honness Lane To promote Tantra, Neohumanism and PROUT (Progressive Ithaca, New York 14850 USA Utilization Theory) as the foundation for building a universal <[email protected]> society. To initiate intellectual dialogues and research for all-round Editor renaissance of society. Arete Brim To facilitate the placement of volunteers across cultures to help build meaningful relationships and to support community and Cover Design social change projects. Brcii. Aradhana Ac. To support the building of a global eco-village network (Master Units) Electronic Version To encourage the development of micro-enterprises for Michele Montenegro sustainability of social service projects. www.gurukul.edu/gknetwork/Issue33 Chancellor of Ananda Marga Gurukula Printing and Mailing Ac. Shambhushivananda Avt., Kulapati Ko Yun Chin <[email protected]> Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar inspired the establishment of Websites Ananda Marga Schools in 1963 out of which grew an international network of schools and the Neohumanist Education Ananda Marga Gurukula system. In 1990 he founded the Ananda Marga Gurukula <www.gurukul.edu> University. Ananda Marga Gurukula also serves as the Board of Education for Neohumanist Schools and Institutes around the Neohumanist Education world. These Neohumanist Schools and projects, some of which <www.nhe.gurukul.edu> are featured in Gurukula Network, are managed by the Education Relief and Welfare Section and Women's Welfare NHE Publications Department of Ananda Marga. www.gurukul.edu/publications NEOHUMANIST EDUCATION Headquarters of Ananda Marga Gurukula Universal Love and Values Ananda Nagar Holistic Development Dist Purulia, West Bengal, India Astaunga Yoga Donations are welcome for AMGK Ecological and Social Consciousness Endowment Fund and Gurukula Network as Academic, Practical and Personal Skills well as schools and projects. Knowledge of Self and World Applied for Universal Welfare Please make checks payable to Joyful Learning through the Arts Ananda Marga Gurukula Culturally Sensitive Approach and send to AMGK Liaison Office address Integrated Curriculum or by PayPal to: [email protected] Exemplary Role of the Educators Issue 33 Gurukula Network Nov 2011 Sustainable Futures 4 – Middle Path Scenario for Asia’s Future – Ac. Shambhushivananda Avt. 6 – Intercultural Sustainability Workshop, Ljungskile, Sweden 6 – Learning the Art of Wholeness Workshop, Chennai, India 6 – Collaboration with Center for Environmental Education, Ahmedabad, India Yoga Science 7 - Plexuses and Microvita – Henk de Weijer 10 – 5th Yoga Educators Conference, Bali, Indonesia 11 - Prama Institute News, Asheville, USA Socio-Economics: Discussions and Events 12 - Governance and Economy: On Occupy Wall Street and Future Options Ac. Dhanjoo N. Ghista 15 - Can PROUT Transform Universities? – Sohail Inayatullah 18 - Building a Solidarity Economy, Conference, Caracas, Venezuela NHE Studies and Programs 19 - NHE Futures of Education Conference, Florence, Italy 19 – Educating Balance in an Accelerating World- Avtk. Ananda Devapriya Ac. 22 – Playground at Sunshine School, Laos: A Creative Project – Kate Kazony 24 – Art in Class Five, Kenya – Avkt. Ananda Giitika Ac 26 – Sunshine’s Earth Lovers Family, Switzerland – Jane Greis 28 – Telling Stories, Ghana – Didi Gayatri Global News and NHE Schools in Focus 29 - Delhi Sector – India (Anandanagar Projects, Ananda Marga School Burdwan and Adruta Children’s Home) 33 - Manila Sector – Philippines (Let a Thousand Sunflowers Bloom, Tribute to Dada Rameshananda) 34 - Nairobi Sector – Ghana and Kenya (News) 34 - New York Sector – USA (PSOLI news) 35 - Suva Sector – Australia (The River School) 36 - Hong Kong Sector –Taiwan (News) 37 - Berlin Sector – Finland (Sunshine School) 38 - Kahira Sector –Lebanon (Smart Academy) and Egypt (Nile River School) Upcoming Events and Publications 39 – Future Education: Philosophical Perspectives and Programs Conference in Bhuvaneshvar, Orissa, India 39 – Publication Links Human movement is movement towards ecological equipoise • towards the supreme synthesis. In the inner world, balance must be maintained as this leads to spiritual progress. Ecological order is not only for the earth but for the entire universe, and it must be maintained both within and without. The angular displacement of any celestial body may affect the human mind as well as the physical universe, so balance must be maintained between the internal and external spheres. In all aspects of human life this subtle balance must be maintained. This is ecological balance. Shrii P.R. Sarkar 3 SUSTAINABLE FUTURES Middle Path Scenario for Asia’s Future: A Spiritual Perspective by Ac. Shambhushivananda Avt. Summary of the paper presented at an international conference entitled "Global Transitions and Asia 2060: Climate, Political- Economy, and Identity" in November 2010 at Tamkang University. The objective of the conference was to explore Asia’s alternative futures given current conditions on the planet. Each age manages the world in its own way with a certain level of consciousness and a moral compass –creating good and bad precedents for the future. We are left with dark ages or golden periods of human history depending on the pathways that we follow. Reforms, Renaissance and Revolutions are not uncommon in human history. The future of Asia too will depend on how its residents choose to envision and act. Our wisdom will lie in improving our individual and collective capabilities of leading the change in all three realms-physical, mental and spiritual. We can choose to remain complacent or decide to be pro-active in creating a world order which serves the highest good of the largest number of people - rather the greatest good of one and all including all the other species. While thinking of Asia and its future, I am reminded of Rudyard Kipling‟s [born in Bombay in 1865] well-known remark in the Ballad of East and West (1889): “East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet”. It is worth quoting the refrain which opens, and closes, the poem in full: Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth! This has been quoted as saying that 'it is indisputable that geographic points of the compass will never meet in this life, but that when two strong men [or equals] meet, the accidents of birth, whether of nationality, race, or family, do not matter at all - the Asian and the European are equals'. [1] Upanishads - the old Indian scriptures have always spoken of the unity of human race and cosmic-fraternity irrespective of geographical differences. Hararme Pita’ Gaorii Ma’ta’ svadesha bhuvanatrayam. In the words of Shrii P. R. Sarkar “Supreme Consciousness
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