From Ancient to First Millennium to Medieval to Modern Times

by Ac. Prof. Dhanjoo N. Ghista

The history of Education and University is the history of teaching and learning. Each generation, since the beginning of human evolution and writing, has sought to pass on cultural and social values, morality and religious (or spiritual) values, economic development and governance, medicine and healthcare, science and technology to the next generation. The totality of all these disciplines constitutes knowledge.

I. The Gurukula System of Education

The neo-humanistic sentiment brings us to love not only human beings but also animals and plants. Due to the influence of this sentiment you may adopt an abandoned dog or a homeless child.

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Every wednesday downtown Los Angeles a self-help group meet for doing meditation.

Youth spend the weeks following the summer retreat building solar collectors, a garden shed, and a floating dock at Ananda Kanan.

It is seven in the morning at LA Ananda Marga Center and the van is getting the provisions of food for the incoming distribution downtown.

Every Friday in the morning the "brown bag" food distribution takes place in front of the Ananda Marga Center of Los Angeles.

News from Asheville, NC, the Ananda Girisuta master unit:

Geoffrey Steen (Jiivanmukta) and his friend Kevin Lane have purchased 10 acres of land between the Brother's and Sister's Master Units and are quickly developing a model small farm. Currently, Raven Ridge Farm has a 4-cow dairy, 50 laying hens, and a large 1,000-tree nursery of edible trees including hazelnuts, chestnuts, apples, pears, blueberries, persimmons, cherries, pecans, and pawpaws all propagated on the farm! We're also planting and saving traditional varieties of flour corn, squash and bean seed in two large gardens.

This is a version of the Greek spinach pie, baked in a large pan and individual servings are cut out, filled with fresh greens and salty feta cheese. Didi remarks that she learned by watching others make this rather than by a written recipe. The Greeks are great for using all manner of fresh leafy greens in their cuisine, everything from chard and spinach to turnip greens, fennel and dill fronds, dandelion, sorrel, even the green leaves of the poppy plant. There is a "fasting", or vegan, version of spinakopita, eaten during the Great Lent and other religious fasts, and comprising of spinach, green herbs like dill, parsley or celery, and olive oil, but without eggs or dairy products.

Vegan Pumpkin Pie

The filling for this vegan recipe needs to set overnight in the refrigerator, so make it the day before you serve it. Also, if you are going to use fresh pumpkin for the pie, do not use the jack-o'-lantern type; the flesh of these large pumpkins is too watery and stringy. Instead, look for small pumpkins, sometimes called pie pumpkins or other varieties of winter squash. To bake, cut pumpkins in half and remove seeds. Set, cut side down, in a lightly oiled baking pan. Bake at 400 for 30 to 40 minutes. Scoop out the cooked flesh and puree. Serves 8.

Ingredients

Crust

Namaskar,

the recipe is long and not easy to:

Originally from Gurukula Network October 2007
Reprinted by permission of the author and editor of Gk Network

Master Units and Cooperative Communities

By Ac Vishvamitra

There has been a yearning on the part of many spiritually and community minded people around the globe over the last 50 years to recapture some of the finer elements of rural community life and adopt new green models of cooperative life styles.