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Project USHA

This invitation stems from an understanding that the world of the future will be an increasingly connected one and young people of Canada should have a better understanding of the world and its ecological, economic, social and cultural environment so that they could become successful and better contributing citizens of the 21st century.

To realize this dream, we provide our students an opportunity to transcend beyond books and connect to the grassroots people from distant geography and culture. This makes allowance for them to understand each other through meaningful encounters and interactions. This connection will enable our students and volunteers to learn about other cultures and economies, and allow them to solve each others' problems through mutual cooperation and collaborations. We welcome you to be part of this noble endeavor. Please contact us if you are the one to advance this dream. (See Contact section)

 

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Quick Links to Resources of Old CFFN Website

This article provides links to CFFN old website's articles that were collected under Project USHA. These will be ported into the is new website. They contain information about Nepal and the world of philosophy. This is made possible through a number of independently running projects. As this is an ongoing effort, we urge you to visit time and again, and we invite you to contribute towards these efforts.

Part I: About CFFN

  1. Organization( Introduction | People | Governance | Guidelines )
  2. Input to Constitution (Index page Pramod Dhakal: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 Others ( NRN-Canada Summary | NRNA Submission | Chandra Rai-Canada ) )
  3. Concern Nepal( Issue 7 (HTML | pdf),Issue 6 ( HTML | pdf), Issue 5 ( HTML | pdf), Issue 4( HTML | pdf ), Issue 3( HTML | pdf ), Issue 2 HTML | pdf ), Issue 1 HTML | pdf ))
  4. Unfolding Futures Conference Proceedings (Year I 2007( HTML | pdf ))
  5. Columns by (Pramod Dhakal)
  6. Usha: The Light of Knowledge (Home)
    1. Facts: Timeline | Sponsors | Approach | Rural People | Why Collaborate? | Like to Contribute? | History | Team | People of CFFN | Education and Technology | Population statistics |
    2. Updates: Usha:[I] | [II] General:[I] | [II] | [III] | [IV] | [V]
    3. Memoirs: DonnaLea begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting | PramodDhakal(01 | 02 | 03 ) | DavidCampbell | ZacharyGaydos | KelseyWood | DeepakPandey( 01 | 02 | 03 ) | GeetaThapa | SmitaKhatiwada | RajanPandey | GyanendraSuwal | UdhyanTimilsina | RyanNelson-EmilyMaw | SarojDillu | Illinois-to-Sarkuwa | David-Zachary-Blog | Kelsey-Blog
    4. Philosophy: Consumption | Freire | Dewey | Vivekananda | Piaget | Bandura | Skinner

Part II: About Nepal

A Functional Guide

  1. Introduction( Intro | Rights | Festivals | Plants | Animals | History | Poverty | Farming | Geography | Time | Ghosts | Myths | Religion | Music | Schedule )
  2. Historic Documents ( Index | Background | Canada-Nepal | 1990: Constitution-I | II | 1996: 40 Point Demands | 2005: 12 Point MOU | 2005: MOU Analysis | 2006: King’s Address | House Proclamation | Point Code of Conduct | 8 Point Agreement | Budget Speech | Letters to UN | 5 Point Agreement | Letters to UN II | Interim Constitution | Peace AgreementNepali | English | Comprehensive Peace Agreement English | Nepali | Kofi Annan to Security Council | On Arms and Armies | UN Security Council Report | 2007: Interim Constitution I | II | Nepali | CPNM Concept Paper | 23 Point Agreement(Nepali | English) | Budget Speech (English-pdf | Annex-English-pdf) | 2008: | Govt. UDMF Agreement(Nepali) | Govt. Republican Front Agreement(Np | En) | CA Election Menifesto ( CPNM(Np) | CPNUML(Np | En) | NC(Np) ) | Candidates ( CPNM | CPNUML | NC ) | OHCHR-Nepal Offer | Last Speech of King | Common Minimum Program(N) | Address to Netion by Prachanda | Government Programs and Policies | Nepal-India Joint Statement | Budget Speech of FDR ( English | Annex-English | Nepali | Annex-Nepali ) )
  3. Vital Statistics ( Index)
  4. Trade, Investment and Philanthropy ( Index)
  5. Guide to tourists and visitors ( Index)
  6. Rural and Agricultural Communication ( Index | ACDC Database)
  7. Food and Nutrition ( Index | USDA-1 | USDA-2)
  8. Crops ( PurdueU-Encyclopedia )

Part III: About World

A Philosophical Guide

East

  1. Hindu: Geeta( html | prose) | Mahabharat( html) | Ramayan( html) | Rig Veda( html) | Sama Veda( html) | Yajur Veda( html) | White Yajur Veda( html) | Atharva Veda( html) | Manu Smriti( html) | Sacred Laws of the Âryas I( html) | Sacred Laws of the Âryas II( html) | Chanakya (Philosophy( I | II ) Economy ( I | II ) | Tirukural( I ) | Upanishads ( I )
  2. Buddhist: The Eightfold Path( html) | Life of Buddha( html) | Zen Bible( html) | Gospel( html) | Tibetan( html) | Zen( html) | Chinese( html) | Creed of Buddha( html) | Dhammapada( html) | Sutta( html) | Vinaya I( html) | Vinaya II( html) | Vinaya III( html) | Dialogues( html) | Questions of King Milinda( html) | Udana( html) | Jataka I( html) | Jataka II( html) | Jataka III( html) | Mahayana( html) | Saddharma-Pundarika( html)
  3. Confucianism (Confucius 551-479 BCE China) : Analects( text | html) | Doctrine of the Mean( text | html) | Great Learning( text | html) | Confician Canon( text | html) | Mencius( text | html) | Five Classics( I | II | III | IV | V | VI) | Shundai Zatsuwa( html)
  4. Lao-tzu (6th century BCE China): Tao-te Ching( text | html | Alternative)
  5. Sun Tzu (4th century BCE China): Art of War( text | html)
  6. Tagore (1861-1941 India): Gitanjali( html) | Saddhana( html) | Crescent Moon( html) | Fruit-Gathering( html) | Stray Birds( html) | Home and the World( html) | Thought Relics( html) | Songs of Kabir( html)

Mid East

  1. Ferdowsi (5935-1020 ACE Persia): Epic of Kings ( text | html)
  2. Omar Khayyam (1048-1141 ACE Persia): Rubaiyat ( text | html)
  3. Sa’di (1213-1291 ACE Persia): Gulistan of Sa’di ( text | html)

West

  1. Aristotle (384-322 BCE Greece): Nicomachean Ethics( text | html)
  2. Bentham ( Critique of Natural Rights | Defence of Usury | Morals and Legislation | Works of Bentham )
  3. Berkeley
  4. Descartes 1596-1650 Bio( Wiki | UTM ) Meditations ( html |pdf ) | Principles of Philosophy( eBook ) The World ( html | Wiki )
  5. Dewey
  6. Emerson
  7. Hegel 1770-1831 ( Encyclopedia | Phenomenology | Philosophy of Right | History of Philosophy | Philosophy of History | The Master-Slave Dialectic | The Philosophical Propadeutic )
  8. Hobbes
  9. Hume
  10. Kant 1724-1804 ( Critique of Pure Reason( wiki, Translations | I-1838 | II-1929) | What is Enlightenment? ( Text | wiki) | Metaphysics of Morals ( Bennett | Abott) | Beautiful and Sublime ( wiki) )
  11. Leibniz
  12. Locke 1632-1704 ( Bio | Humane Understanding(Vol I | Vol II) | Treatises of Government | Others ( Proj Gutenberg |Online Books )
  13. Machiavelli 1469-1527 ( The Prince | Discourses on Livy | The Art of War )
  14. Marx 1818-1883 ( All | Poverty of Philosophy | Manifesto | Origin of Family | Critique of Political Economy | Feuerbach and ... | Value, Price and Profit | Capital ( I | II | III ) )
  15. Mill ( All | Political Economy ( I | II) | Economics and Society(I | II) | On Liberty | Representation | Subjection of Women )
  16. Plato 427-347BCE( The Republic | Meno | Crito | Protagoras | Phaedrus | Gorgias | Ion | Symposium | Phaedo | Utopia | Ethics | Friendship )
  17. Rousseau 1712-1778 ( On Education | Constitutional Project for Corsica | Social Contract )
  18. Socrates 469-399BCE
  19. Spinoza 1632-1677 ( The Ethics ( I | II | III | IV )
  20. Virgil 70-19BCE( Aeneid )

Part IV: Emerging Thoughts

A Potpourri of New Outlook

  1. Society:( Sustainability([1]))
  2. Economy ( Hans Rosling[1])
  3. Technology( Networking([1] ))

Classic TextsMIT, | Brandise | Brewer | Set Theory Others: ted