Vivekananda
Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati organised the First Minati
Hazarika Endowment Lecture – 2013 on Wednesday, 10 April, 2013 at 5.30
pm. in the Williamson Magor Auditorium of the Institute at Uzan Bazar,
MG Road, Guwahati.
The lecture was delivered by Prof. Nagen Saikia, Noted Scholar &
Former President, Asom Sahitya Sabha on Jibon Bikshya: Prachya aru
Paschattya (Outlook towards Life: East and West). In his lecture, Prof.
Saikia said that human beings have always been intrigued with the origin
and purpose of this universe and about life itself. Human civilisation
flourished when man learnt to control the forces of nature through his
intelligence and as a result the world has become a global village.
Certain rules, beliefs, faiths, customs, etc. have gradually taken the
form of religion.
Prof. Saikia discussed about the development of both the Oriental and
Western view on life in a detailed manner. According to him, the Indian
view of life is based on the teachings of the Upanishads that
methodologically searched the ultimate cause of creation of the life and
the universe and arrived at “Brahman”. The Indian view of life does not
discard earthly life, but it goes beyond.
On the other hand the Western view of life gives more emphasis on the
earthly life and it teache to serve the beings to make their life
peaceful and free from sufferings. Though there is no conflict between
the two, yet the ways are different in spirit.
Earlier in the evening, Shri Dipok Kumar Barthakur, Chairman, VKIC
delivered the Welcome Address and talked about the background of this
lecture series. The Guest of Honour, Dr. Minati Hazarika also spoke on
the purpose of choosing VKIC for initiating the lecture series and hopes
that this lecture series will be beneficial to the society in the long
run. She also thanked VKIC for its support in this endeavour.
The programme ended with a fruitful interactive session. The Vote of
Thanks was delivered by Smti. Bibha Choudhury, Karyakarta, VKIC
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