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Study Circle
IWC STUDY CIRCLE
OCTOBER 2025 PROGRAM
Tuesdays, 7:30 PM PST
Institute of World Culture, Concord House
1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA
In-Person and via Zoom*
October 2nd is the birth anniversary of M.K. Gandhi, so the focus for October 14th & 28th will be on THE GANDHIAN BRIDGE, by Raghavan Iyer. No one has read more of Gandhi’s writings or probed as deep as Dr. Iyer. The Gandhian Bridge began in India as an inaugural Gandhi Memorial lecture to mark the fortieth anniversary of the martyrdom of M.K. Gandhi:
“Mahatma Gandhi came amongst us to show the secret joy arising from the purity of svadharma in bridging our ideals and limitations, both in individual and social life. It is, therefore, fitting that we should seriously consider together the quintessential Gandhian message of non-violent socialism, global trusteeship and radical self-regeneration.”
10/7/2025. Complete Eliot’s Quartets
Quartet No. 4: Little Gidding
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
10/14/2025
The Gandhian Bridge, pp. 17-27, “Socialism from Below Above”
“Gandhi remained sceptical of imposing any social reformation from the top..”
10/21/2025
SPECIAL MEETING with live zoom connection with school in India:
Transnational Education. Maurice and Jenny Bisheff will be in India to foster the collaboration.
10/28/2025
The Gandhian Bridge, pp. 32-47, “Socialist Ethics,” “Renunciation and Nonpossession,” “Sacrificial Action and Self-Regeneration”