Though the happy news is that Osama Bin Laden is dead, killed yesterday near Islamabad, Pakistan, in a U.S. raid involving naval commandos and CIA paramilitary forces, the unhappy news is that his death has likely upped the ante in the civilizational clash between the West and Islam. The West, led by America, has shown that it can still accomplish any military expedition it may so wish. It has the finances, technology, expertise, and determination still to protect, uphold, and promote its values.

The Samprajña Institute is honored to announce that Dr. Yvette Claire Rosser has assumed the role of chief editor for the Institute’s Dialectical Spiritualism book project, which will present a critique of Marxism from the point of view of the Vedic tradition. The book's critiques will cover four areas: Pre-Marxist philosophy, Classical Marxism, 20^th century Marxism, and Maoism. The book will also offer a fifth section that that presents practical alternatives to Marxism.

The Samprajña Institute is honored to announce that Dr. Yvette Claire Rosser has assumed the role of chief editor for the Institute’s Dialectical Spiritualism book project, which will present a critique of Marxism from the point of view of the Vedic tradition. The book's critiques will cover four areas: Pre-Marxist philosophy, Classical Marxism, 20^th century Marxism, and Maoism. The book will also offer a fifth section that that presents practical alternatives to Marxism.

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By Basu Ghosh Das

A “Global Conference on Cosmologies - Perspectives of the Universe” took place from December 2-4, 2010, at Bangalore The conference was organized by the Srinivas Jyotish Vigyan Research Foundation, founded and headed by Sri Dev Nath Acharya, and headquartered at Srirangam, Tamil Nadu.

The conference venue was the auditorium of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), located on the campus of the famed Indian Institute of Science, established more than a century ago.

This is a press note from the ISKCON mandir of Houston on their participation in the HMEC Conference, 2010:

The fifth annual HMEC (Hindu Mandir Executive Conference) took place in Houston this past October 22-24, 2010. This event is only hosted here once every 5 years with different cities taking turns around the country. HMEC represents more than 600 mandirs (temples) throughout North America and its purpose is to address the future of Hindus, Hindu mandirs, and Hindu organizations. H. G. Krishna Kirti Dasa, president of the Samprajna Institute (http://samprajna.org), a Vaisnava think tank, was instrumental in helping organize the speakers for the conference.

Manasi Ganga Devi Dasi, "ISKCON HOUSTON addresses Interfaith Marriage, Women's Roles and Motel Gita program at HMEC's fifth annual event," Oct. 2010 ISKCON of Houston, 10 Nov. 2010 <https://www.iskconhouston.org/...>

The rest of the news release can be read here. For more on HMEC, there is the official site, and there is more about the Samprajña Institute's participation from our newsletter.

Shri Shri Sita-Rama Ki Jaya! Shri Laxmana and Shri Hanuman Ki Jaya!

Namaste,

On behalf of the Samprajña Institute, I would like to wish you and your family a wonderful and auspicious Diwali.

Jaya Shri Rama,

Krishna Kirti Das
President
Samprajña Institute

p.s. To those who received our recent newsletter, we apologize for the formatting errors that made the text difficult to read and links even more difficult to find. A clean version of the newsletter is available to read on our website at this link: http://samprajna.org/node/74.

 

 

HMEC Conference

The Samprajña Institute was represented at the Hindu Mandir Executives Conference, 2010, by president Krishna Kirti Das. The conference was held on a weekend from October 22 – 24 in Houston, Texas at the Sheraton Hotel near the George Bush International Airport. Krishna Kirti along with Divya Selvakumar of the American World Hindu Services co-chaired a panel discussion titled Hindu Public Policy.

Radio interview with Krishna Kirti Das, President of the Samprajña Institute, and Thara Narasimhan, host of "Voice of Sanatan Hinduism" on KBRZ Radio, AM 1460, Houston. 31 October 2010. Time: 10:35 Central Time. Krishna Kirti talks about the recent Hindu Mandir Executives Conference in Houston and explains why public policy is important to the Hindu Community. Download attached MP3 file below.