“মানুষের একটা দিক আছে যেখানে বিষয়বুদ্ধি নিয়ে সে আপন সিদ্ধি খোঁজে। সেইখানে আপন ব্যক্তিগত জীবনযাত্রা-নির্বাহে তার জ্ঞান, তার কর্ম, তার রচনাশক্তি একান্ত ব্যাপৃত। সেখানে সে জীবরূপে বাঁচাতে চায় । কিন্তু, মানুষের আর-একটা দিক আছে যা এই ব্যক্তিগত বৈষয়িকতার বাইরে।যেখানে জীবনযাত্রার আদর্শে যাকে বলি ক্ষতি তাই লাভ, যাকে বলি মৃত্যু সেই অমরতা। সেখানে বর্তমান কালের জন্য বস্তু সংগ্রহ করার চেয়ে অনিশ্চিত কালের উদ্দেশ্য আত্মত্যাগ করার মূল্য বেশি। সেখানে ঞ্জান উপস্থিত- প্রয়োজনের সীমা পেরিয়ে যায়, কর্ম স্বার্থের প্রবর্তনাকে অস্বীকার করে। সেখানে আপন স্বতন্ত্র জীবনের চেয়ে যে বড়ো জীবন সেই জীবনে মানুষ বাঁচতে চায়।”
রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর
The present world is undergoing a crisis of existence and negativity due to our changes in attitude, life style and education systems. We have departed from our traditional educational system and neglected the importance of our indigenous philosophy, teachings and trainings, arts and crafts. But we need to remember that majority of our population still live in rural areas; but our modern education system does not cater to their direct and indirect needs and has marginalized them significantly. The materialistic world has created disruptions to nature and human health. It is therefore our duty to return this equilibrium; hence we need to achieve complete awareness about life.
We aim at exploring the answers of different questions associated with our lives and livelihoods in the light of Indian philosophy with scientific discourse. Our areas of interest include human acquired second nature that means society, culture, education, philosophy, economics, sustainable tourism, environment and ecosystem. We wish to share the experiences gained through various approaches for overall development of an individual. We hope to apply our cumulative experiences in solving challenges of our daily life through a collective endeavor of our team members, experts, volunteers and patrons.
Our aim is to explore and conserve traditional practices of Indian Naturopathy, Meditation and Yoga, holistic treatment and use of traditional medicinal plants to return to this equilibrium which is the part of our conventional Non-Formal Education. We have to increase the awareness about holistic health, traditional Indian culture, nature and environment. We want to disseminate these simple philosophical and technical principles of holistic life through Mass Education, Conservation of various Culture and Heritage through different forms of Non-Formal Education like literature, painting, arts and craft, theatre, dance, music and puppetry to mention only a handful.
Since unemployment is an important national issue that needs serious attention, we aim to integrate Non-Formal Education based trainings to provide both our rural and urban youths with appropriate skill development programs. Our goal is to empower our youth population with the necessary skills to help them to find suitable jobs in the urban and/or rural settings and improve the quality of their lives and livelihoods. Hence our overall vision is to promote the integration of ecology and economy to walk hand in hand through traditional Indian approaches.