The Link #27 - Events and Announcements

February 22–24		Justice and injustice
March 14-19		Improving oneself: myth or reality?
April 11-13		Is the brain different from the mind?
April 20-26		L’éducation, méthode ou art de vivre? (in French)
May 16-18		Open dialogue
May 31		An introduction to Krishnamurti’s teachings
June 14		An introduction to Krishnamurti’s teachings
July 11-16		The search for God
August 30		An introduction to Krishnamurti’s teachings
September 26-28		On competition
October 4		An introduction to Krishnamurti’s teachings
October 14-19		Humility and honesty
November 7-11		Qu’est-ce que la mort? (in French)
November 21-26		Images of oneself and of others in relationships

While the Centre is open for most of the year for individual study, certain periods are set aside as Theme Weekends, Study Retreats, or Introduction Days for those who would like to share and pursue their inquiry with others in an atmosphere of openness and seriousness. These events are open equally to people who are acquainted with the teachings and to those who are new to them.

Theme Weekends and Study Retreats start on Friday at lunchtime and end after lunch on the last day. Introduction Days are one-day events (10.30am–5.00pm including lunch) that serve as a general introduction to the life and teachings of Krishnamurti.

For reservations and inquiries, please contact: The Krishnamurti Centre, Brockwood Park (see pg. 65); online bookings: www.krishnamurticentre.org.uk

Please note that the International Committees, Information Centres and study groups are also invited to inquire about using the Centre.

L’éducation : Méthode ou Art de Vivre?

Rencontre participative sur l'éducation Du 20 au 26 avril 2008 au Centre Krishnamurti de Brockwood Park

Semaine de rencontre et de dialogue autour du thème de l’éducation a la lumière de l’enseignement de J. Krishnamurti.

Cette rencontre participative s’adresse essentiellement aux enseignants, aux éducateurs et aux parents d’enfants scolarisés. L’objet de ce séminaire est de créer une dynamique a travers les dialogues, les ateliers pédagogiques et les rencontres informelles qui puissent nous permettre de réfléchir et de décrouvrir ensemble une autre approche de l’éducation.

L’accent sera mis sur:

Qu’est-ce que l’éducation juste?
Quelle est la place du cursus académique dans l’éducation?
Quelle est la place de la connaissance de soi dans l’éducation?
Existe-t-il une éducation globale?
Quelle est la dimension spirituelle de l’éducation?

Matériel et activitées:

Causeries ou dialogues de J. Krishnamurti en video ou DVD
Dialogues entre les participants en grands et petits groupes
Petits groupes de réflexion sur la création d’une pédagogie de l’instant
Interaction avec l’école de Brockwood Park

Contacte: Bénédicte Notteghem-Gousseau, info@krishnamurticentre.org.uk

Summer Work Party at Brockwood Park 2008

For 10 days in July you can help Brockwood Park with its gardening and/or building maintenance while also having the opportunity to explore Krishnamurti’s teachings with others. Mornings are for the work and the afternoons are unscheduled. From 4.00 or 5.00pm there are dialogues or K videos.

For further information, please contact Yannick Benoit at Brockwood Park, or at facilities@brockwood.org.uk.

Annual ‘Saanen’ Gathering, Switzerland 2008

The dates for the 2008 Gathering are: Parents with Children Programme at Chalet Alpenblick: July 26 – August 2 Main programme at the Sport Chalet in Mürren: August 2–16 Mountain Programme for Young People in Bourg St-Pierre: August 17–24
For information, please contact: Gisèle Balleys, 7a Chemin Floraire, 1225 Chêne-Bourg, Genève, Switzerland, Tel/Fax: [41] (22) 349 6674; giseleballeys@hotmail.com
Or, check the Classifieds at www.kinfonet.org.

Oak Grove Teacher’s Academy 2008

An intense, three-week residential exploration, in Ojai, California, of Krishnamurti’s revolutionary approach to education, both as an invitation to self-understanding and as a basis for classroom learning. Morning sessions look, for example, at creating a classroom atmosphere and bringing about order without authority or the use of reward and punishment. Participants explore various classroom strategies experientially, evaluating them firsthand. Afternoon sessions are for dialogues, especially on the participants’ own questions, and for learning more about Krishnamurti’s approach to education through tapes and CDs, as well as hikes into the surrounding hills and canyons.

For further information, please contact the KFA, or see their website: www.kfa.org.

Krishnamurti Summer College Student Study Program 2008

Taking place annually in Ojai, California, during several weeks in July and August, this is an in-depth inquiry into the working of the mind and the nature of thought, with places for 12 students already studying as undergraduates or post-graduates in any field.

The goal of the program is to help students come upon their own insights regarding the mind. Can our conditioning be observed and, in that process, dissolve – perhaps bringing about a transformation of consciousness?

To request a printed brochure and newsletter, please send your name and address to Richard Waxberg at richardwaxberg@kfa.org.

Annual Gatherings in India, USA, Thailand

These Gatherings are usually held towards the end or the beginning of the calendar year. As this coincides with the publication of The Link, readers rarely have time to plan to attend if they are relying solely on The Link for the information. We therefore encourage readers to check the relevant websites.

Krishnamurti Foundation India: www.kfionline.org
Krishnamurti Foundation of America: www.kfa.org
Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, England: www.kfoundation.org
Stream Garden Retreat Centre, Thailand: www.anveekshana.org

And, for announcements regarding these and many other activities in the ‘K world’, please regularly check www.kinfonet.org.

Announcements

Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources (RIVER)

An independent agency has offered to fund the transfer of the pedagogy for primary schooling developed at Rishi Valley (see the article on pg. 37) to interested groups in third world countries. This pedagogy has been adapted already within several of India’s linguistically diverse states, and it is currently being implemented in southern Ethiopia. The funding agency may support the following activities/expenses:

Air travel for three primary school teachers/trainers/administrators to attend training at Rishi Valley in the RIVER approach; applicants should, preferably, be teachers/trainers working with indigenous communities and teaching in regional languages, in villages and small towns
Room and board expenses for the above three people for two to four weeks during the training at Rishi Valley
Costs relating to designing draft handmade self-learning materials in their local language for grades I and II during their training
Air travel for four RIVER resource personnel to support and monitor the respective projects outside the country for two to three weeks
Online support for teachers/trainers/administrators from other countries during the project period
Any miscellaneous expenses to be identified by the respective project people from other countries
Air travel and other expenses for two to three project people from other countries to attend a peer evaluation workshop to be conducted in one of the countries implementing the RIVER model in 2009/2010

For more information, please write to office@rishivalley.org

Radhika Herzberger, September 2007

School Without Walls

A documentary film, School Without Walls, has been made by Robert André about the RIVER programme at Rishi Valley and Krishnamurti’s approach to education. It was selected for showing at the Festival International Medias Nord Sud in Geneva (“India, a Future World Power”) this past October, and it has also won other awards.

New Book

As One Is
by J. Krishnamurti
Hohm Press
ISBN: 1-890772-62-3, trade paperback, 147 pages, $14.95
The Krishnamurti Foundation of America has published the eight talks that Krishnamurti gave in Ojai in 1955, in a new volume titled As One Is.

Obituaries

We are sorry to be announcing the death, at 89, of P. H. (Pama) Patwardhan, in January 2007. He was a long-time trustee of Krishnamurti Foundation India, Secretary of the KFI from 1976 to 1985, and, with his wife, Sunanda, founder of Sahyadri School near Pune.