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 […]

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 […]

Special Meeting: Transnational Education

SPECIAL MEETING with live zoom connection with school in India: Transnational Education. Maurice and Jenny Bisheff will be in India to foster the collaboration.

Dimensions of Light

https://worldculture.org/wp-content/uploads/Program_pdfs/2025/IWC-Flyer-Light-USE-ME.pdf

Monday Salon Series: Openness is the New Mindfulness

Openness is the New Mindfulness Flyer How Cultivating Openness Can Foster Flourishing Monday October 27, 2025 7:00 – 8:30 pm (PST) Presenter: Jonathan Schooler Concord Hall, 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA Live and Live-streaming* Free and Open to All This lecture/discussion explores how cultivating the personality trait of openness could foster individual and community […]

Study Circle

Seminar Room 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

An ongoing study circle every Tuesday night covering a variety of themes. This month: the book “Limits and Beyond”, a look at what was forecast over 50 years ago in the 1972 book “The Limits to Growth” 11/4/2025 Limits and Beyond, edited by Ugo Bardi & Carlos Pereira Chapter 3, “Questions about the Limits to […]

Study Circle

Seminar Room 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

An ongoing study circle every Tuesday night covering a variety of themes. This month: the book “Limits and Beyond”, a look at what was forecast over 50 years ago in the 1972 book “The Limits to Growth” 11/4/2025 Limits and Beyond, edited by Ugo Bardi & Carlos Pereira Chapter 3, “Questions about the Limits to […]

Forum: Sikhism: the Path of Love and Service

Concord Hall 1407 Chapala Street, in the back, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Sikhism is a spiritual, religious, and philosophical path that originated in the Punjab region of India at the end of the fifteenth century CE. Dr. Veena Howard, a scholar of the Dharma traditions of India and of Gandhi’s philosophy, will offer spiritual insights into the Sikh tradition. Drawing upon her experiences growing up in India, […]

Study Circle

Seminar Room 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

An ongoing study circle every Tuesday night covering a variety of themes. This month: the book “Limits and Beyond”, a look at what was forecast over 50 years ago in the 1972 book “The Limits to Growth” 11/4/2025 Limits and Beyond, edited by Ugo Bardi & Carlos Pereira Chapter 3, “Questions about the Limits to […]

Study Circle

Seminar Room 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

An ongoing study circle every Tuesday night covering a variety of themes. This month: the book “Limits and Beyond”, a look at what was forecast over 50 years ago in the 1972 book “The Limits to Growth” 11/4/2025 Limits and Beyond, edited by Ugo Bardi & Carlos Pereira Chapter 3, “Questions about the Limits to […]

Study Circle

Seminar Room 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

An ongoing study circle every Tuesday night covering a variety of themes. This month: the book “Limits and Beyond”, a look at what was forecast over 50 years ago in the 1972 book “The Limits to Growth” 11/4/2025 Limits and Beyond, edited by Ugo Bardi & Carlos Pereira Chapter 3, “Questions about the Limits to […]

The Foundation of Co-Becoming: A Close Look at Qi

Concord Hall and streaming on Youtube 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara

  The philosophical idea “co-becoming” (gongsheng) in Chinese thought holds that things in the universe come into being through their relations with one another, rather than existing as separate, self-contained entities. This way of seeing the world depends on the concept q i, a term particularly familiar to Californians, but still rich with unexplored depth. […]