Building Knowledge

This section brings valuable information about Nepal and the world. 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 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 | 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

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