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Nehru Centre Event: Three paradigms of Indian thought in today's world

Nehru Centre Event
Monday, 25 July 2011 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

A talk by Shaunaka Rishi Das of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies 

Scholarships and bursaries awarded for 2011

23 June 2011

We are happy to announce several scholarships awarded to students of the OCHS. These scholarships provide an opportunity for students to travel and pursue their research and they make a big difference to their morale and material needs.

Friends Event: Day Out in Oxford 3 July

Leicester Friends Event
Sunday, 3 July 2011 - 8:30am to 4:00pm

Cost £20 for adults / £10 for children under-12.

Picnic lunch and luxury coach travel included.
 
A fantastic day trip to Oxford, the City of Dreaming Spires. It’s famous the world over for its University and place in history. For over 800 years, it has been a home to royalty and scholars – and this historic university town is also home to the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
 
During the day, you will be able to wander around Oxford town centre and take in the sheer magnificence of the architecture of the university buildings, and get a feel of why the place inspired people like Indira

Nehru Centre Event: Ramayana and Mahabharata: Ancient Tales with a Contemporary Twist

Nehru Centre Event
Monday, 27 June 2011 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

A talk by Dr Nicholas Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies 

 
The epic stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are widely known both in India and in the Western world, due in part to their popularisation through the visual media.  What is less widely understood, however, is the underlying message that these great works seek to convey particularly in relation to duty, morality and social responsibility.

Friends Event: Theism and Atheism in the Bhagavad-gita

Leicester Friends Event
Saturday, 25 June 2011 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

A talk by Shaunaka Rishi Das of the Oxford Centre For Hindu Studies

In recent years a new brand of evangelical atheism has emerged in Britian, and its High Priests are articulate, literate, and media savy. Coupled with what many religious people see as an increase in the exclusion of religion from public sight and discourse, traditional religion in the UK feels under attack. Where do Hindus stand in this national debate?

Friends Event: Yoga and Hinduism

Birmingham Friends Event
Saturday, 25 June 2011 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

A talk by Dr Nick Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

 
Today many millions of people in the Western world and in India practice some form of Yoga.  It is well known that Yoga originates in India but the relationship with Hindu religious teachings is frequently misunderstood.  In this talk Nick Sutton will consider the relationship between Yoga and Hindu teachings and show how Yoga should properly be understood as an expression of Hindu spirituality.

Friends Event: Gujarati Play: Mare Kone Kahevu?

City Friends Event
Saturday, 4 June 2011 - 6:00pm

Show and Dinner.

Ticket Prices £20, £15, £10
 
For bookings and info, contact PR Patel at 0795 755 5226

Friends Event: Women in Hinduism

Leicester Friends Event
Saturday, 28 May 2011 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

A talk by Anuradha Dooney of the Oxford Centre For Hindu Studies

Nehru Centre Event: Divinity and Humanity: Indian Insights on the Nature of God

Nehru Centre Event
Monday, 16 May 2011 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

A talk by Dr Nicholas Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies 

 
The Indian subcontinent has been the birthplace of many different religious and spiritual insights relating to the nature of the world, the nature of humanity and the nature of God.  In this talk we will consider the range of different ideas that India has offered to the world ranging from overt atheism to the most emotional forms of love of God and consider how it is that such diverse interpretations of the world have been able to coexist in a state of relative harmony.

Friends Event: Where's Your Sharia?

Leicester Friends Event
Saturday, 30 April 2011 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

One of the traditional functions of religion has been to provide communities of believers with rules and guidelines that dictate how they should live their daily lives, the most obvious examples being Islamic Sharia and the Jewish Law. But what rules are Hindus obliged to follow and is there any source they can look to for guidance on matters such diet, marriage, sexuality, personal relations etc? In this talk, Nick Sutton will explore these questions and the different answers to them that might be considered.

Bridges and Barriers to Hindu Christian Relations research project

29 March 2011

In 2010 the nascent Hindu-Christian Forum won funding from the Department of Communities and Local Government to undertake a research project in the form of a 'listening exercise' exploring the relations between Hindu and Christian communities in the UK. This report is intended to guide the way for the future direction that the Hindu Christian Forum will take.

The OCHS took on this project, and with the consultation of the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture, Dr Jessica Frazier designed and carried out the research from June to December of 2010.

OCHS library receives large donation of titles

24 March 2011

The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies library, already an excellent and well-stocked resource has been generously supplemented by a donation from Dr J. A. F. Roodbergen of Amsterdam, one of the world's great Sanskritists.

The donation of 10,000 titles has doubled the size of the OCHS library and presents Dr Rembert Lutjeharms, our librarian, with a welcome challenge – how to fit twice as many books into the same tight space.