Jain Spirit 2004 10 No 20

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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RAMAKRISHNA VEDANTA CENTRE http://web.onetel.net.uk/~suman 11/ The Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre is situated in a rather imposing, early-twentieth-century house with extensive gardens. It is at Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, South-East England, a short journey from London's Euston Station. The Centre consists of a small monastic community of men, some of them Indian, others from the West, under the spiritual guidance of Swami Dayatmananda. It is part of the Ramakrishna meeting, inspired by the nineteenth-century Bengali mystic, Sri Ramakrishna and his disciple, Swami Vivekananda, who did much to popularise Hinduism in the West. Ramakrishna Vedanta offers a rationalist exploration of the Hindu dharma, accessible to the West yet intellectually rigorous. The website contains good photographs of the Centre, details of talks, meditations and retreats and a comprehensive book list, for the Centre has an excellent bookshop. Swami Dayatmananda is available by appointment for spiritual talks with people from all religious backgrounds or none. Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre, Blind Lane, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire SL8 5LG. Tel. ++44 (0) 1268 526464. Email: vedantauk@talk21.com Aidan Rankin
BLACK ENVIRONMENT NETWORK
www.ben-network.org.uk The Black Environment Network (BEN) exists to promote equality of opportunity within environmental organisations and projects for all of Britain's ethnic communities. Membership is open to all, but BEN works primarily with ethnic groups that experience restricted opportunities and deprived living conditions.
The environmental movement has tended to neglect ethnic minorities, partly because of possible unconscious bias and partly because it has focused on countryside issues, whilst most ethnic minority communities live in urban areas. Yet environmental activities are one of the best ways to reach across divisions of ethnicity and culture. In East London, for instance, the allotments movement has had great success in bringing together white and Bangladeshi communities, breaking down prejudice and distrust, and in the process improving the quality of life for all. BEN's website is comprehensive, well illustrated and easy to navigate. It gives good practical advice and does not preach. But then, it doesn't need to because its goal of an inclusive environmentalism makes such good sense.
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