We invite you to the 4th Jeevan Vidya workshop (a workshop on essential life skills and education) in Sirsi, Karnataka, to be held from  4th December (Sunday) to 9th December (Friday), 2011 (both days inclusive). The workshop is a platform for discussing a wide range of issues like Education, Reality, Happiness, Success, Aspirations and gaining an understanding of Our Nature, Relationships, Environment, Social Issues, and Self-Confidence.

Do these sound relevant to you? 

Through dialogue, discussion, and films, we shall explore these concepts and much more, and in the process try to find a holistic and sustainable solution in the light of Jeevan Vidya.

A note is appended below about what a philosophy must include and how we can evaluate a philosophy. This note will help in getting an idea of the Jeevan Vidya philosophy and will also throw light on the kind of workshop one may expect. Please do spend some time in reading this note

Where: The No Man's Land organic farm amidst the beautiful forests near Sirsi (Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka).

Workshop Facilitator:This workshop will be facilitated by Vinish Gupta, who heads the Centre for Holistic Learning. He has been involved with various social and environmental movements in the past. Until a few years ago, when he took formal permission and left the order, he was a monk in a Buddhist monastic order for over a decade, during which time he also had opportunity to explore traditional Indian systems of thought and living.

Cost: This workshop is always shared as a gift, conducted with a feeling born out of responsibility, and the facilitator does not receive any payment for conducting the workshop. However, the cost of boarding and lodging, and campus maintenance expenses for the current workshop are estimated to be about Rs 3000 per participant. Participants who can are expected to bear these expenses. If you are able to contribute more, you can help us support the costs of those participants who are unable to pay. The costs of the whole workshop are thus usually met by the participants. Nobody is ever denied participation in the workshop due to inability to make a monetary contribution. Typically these workshops end up being self-financing as those participants who can, come forward to contribute generously. Participants who cannot be accommodated by us in this workshop for any reason will be offered the opportunity to attend this workshop at another date/location in the future.

How to sign-up: Send email to Vinish / Karuna at centre.for.holistic.learning@gmail.com or telephone 08283-240147, or +91.8762071817 before filling in and sending your registration form. Places in the  workshop are limited, so prior registration is necessary.

P.S.
(a) Please note that the workshop is of an integrated nature and has to be attended in its entirety. It may not be attended partially. The workshop is residential; participants will be accommodated at the venue, 'No Man's Land', an organic farm outside Sirsi, in camp/dormitory style accommodation.

(b) This workshop is open to anyone above 18 years of age.