12-24-2005, 03:04 PM
He ends the lecture with this..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Once we seriously get down to the task, it may not turn out to be too difficult to find a new direction for the Indian civilisa-tion. To redefine our seekings and aspirations, our ways of thought and action, in a form that is appropriate and effective in todayâs world may not be too hard a task after all. Such re-assertions and re-definitions of civilisational thrust are not uncommon in world history. For every civilisation, there comes a time when the people of that civilisation have to remind them-selves of their fundamental civilisational consciousness and their understanding of the universe and of Time. From the basis of that recollection of the past, they then define the path for their future. Many civilisations of the world have undergone such self-appraisal and self-renewal at different times. In our long history, many times we must have engaged in this recollection and re-assertion of the chitta and kala of India. We need to undertake such an exploration into ourselves once again.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Once we seriously get down to the task, it may not turn out to be too difficult to find a new direction for the Indian civilisa-tion. To redefine our seekings and aspirations, our ways of thought and action, in a form that is appropriate and effective in todayâs world may not be too hard a task after all. Such re-assertions and re-definitions of civilisational thrust are not uncommon in world history. For every civilisation, there comes a time when the people of that civilisation have to remind them-selves of their fundamental civilisational consciousness and their understanding of the universe and of Time. From the basis of that recollection of the past, they then define the path for their future. Many civilisations of the world have undergone such self-appraisal and self-renewal at different times. In our long history, many times we must have engaged in this recollection and re-assertion of the chitta and kala of India. We need to undertake such an exploration into ourselves once again.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->