3 day Sadhna Shivir conducted by Dr. K.N. Verma from Mahsua (Madhya Pradesh)

August 2011 News from Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry)

Upcoming Events Sri Aurobindo, in Pondicherry

139th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo: 15 August 2011

This 15th of August is a triply special day for all of us. It is Sri Aurobindo's birthday as well as the birthday of free India. In a message to India given on the eve of its Independence, Sri Aurobindo mentions about the coincidence of this day with his own birthday as:

"August 15th is my own birthday and it is naturally gratifying to me that it should have assumed this vast significance. I take this coincidence, not as a fortuitous accident, but as the sanction and seal of the Divine Force that guides my steps on the work with which I began life, the beginning of its full fruition."

We present here the full text of the Message given by Sri Aurobindo on the eve of India's Independence to All India Radio where he speaks of his five dreams.

Here is an extract from Sri Aurobindo, where he powerfully emphasises the course India must take in order to fulfil its role & mission:

"India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples. And that which must seek now to awake is not an anglicised oriental people, docile pupil of the West and doomed to repeat the cycle of the Occident's success and failure, but still the ancient immemorable Shakti recovering her deepest self, lifting her head higher towards the supreme source of light and strength and turning to discover the complete meaning and a vaster form of her Dharma."

It is our happy privilege to work for a new India and a new world according to the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Programmes at the Society House

On 13 and 14 of August 2011, a series of talks will be organised by Sri Aurobindo Society at its Society House, Puducherry.

From 16 to 20 August 2011, Dr. Alok Pandey will conduct study sessions on one of the Works of Sri Aurobindo at the Society House, Puducherry. Sessions will be held from 5:00 to 6:45 pm. All are welcome.

Seminar on Integral Health
Sri Aurobindo International Institute Of Integral Health And Research (SAIIIHR): A seminar on Integral Health will be conducted by the SAIIIHR team on 14th August 2011, at Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry. Some important issues that would be discussed include the vision of Integral Health, its heuristic potentials, and the application of its consciousness paradigm in practical areas like clinical medicine, homeopathy, counseling, dealing with the terminally ill and death. For further information please write to:
vandana@sriaurobindosociety.org.in

All are welcome to the above programmes.
Women's Council Seminar on Beauty – 21 to 23 Nov. 2011

In everything, everywhere, in all relations truth must be brought out in its all-embracing rhythm and every movement of life should be an expression of beauty and harmony. Skill is not art, talent is not art. Art is a living harmony and beauty that must be expressed in all the movements of existence. This manifestation of beauty and harmony is part of the Divine realisation upon earth, perhaps even its greatest part.
                                                                                                                                The Mother

This year, the Society's Women's Council is embarking on a beautiful adventure to find and manifest beauty in all the movements of our existence.
The 'Power of Beauty' is the subject chosen for our annual Seminar, to be held at the Society House (Beach Office), 11, Saint Martin Street, Puducherry, on 21, 22 and 23 November 2011.
All interested are welcome to participate in the Seminar. For details, write to:
              The Secretary
              Women's Council
              Sri Aurobindo Society
              11, Saint Martin Street
              Puducherry-605001.
              E-mail: sushila@aurosociety.org
For accomodation, contact the Society Accommodation Section.
               Email: accommodation@aurosociety.org
               Phones: (0413) 2336396/7.
These Seminars are aimed at introducing the Mother's and Sri Aurobindo's teachings which serve as a beacon-light in our day-to-day life and help us to go deeper within to know ourselves better and move forward.
Beauty, you are my way to the Divine.
                                                 The Mother

Recent Events

News from Puducherry

14th to 18th June 2011: Annual Youth Camp of Andhra Pradesh

4th Annual youth camp of Andhra Pradesh was held at Society House, Puducherry from 14th to 18th of June 2011. Thirty young participants studying Engineering, Pharmacy and other PG courses, belonging to various Centres and Branches of Andhra Pradesh, attended the camp. During these four days physical exercises, talks, interactive sessions, power point presentation on Art and activities of the Society, mind games, visit to the Ashram departments and visit to Auroville took place in the camp.

Inaugural session was started by Shri Pradeep Narang and Prof. Kittu Reddy.

July 2011: Talks by Prof. Saikat Sen, Safim, Puducherry

Prof. Saikat Sen, Director, Sri Aurobindo Foundation For Integral Management (SAFIM), Puducherry, spoke to representatives of 8 corporates and 11 management colleges. There were 42 persons to hear Prof. Sen's talk on "The Relevance of Consciousness in Today's Business" on 15th July 2011, at Coimbatore.

Saikat Sen addressing the participants in Coimbatore

Prof. Saikat Sen, delivered the Key Note Address in the Valedictory Session of the 12th National Conference of Practicing Company Secretaries at Ootacamund, Tamilnadu on 16th July 2011. He elaborately discussed the role of human values in professional work. It was well received by the 250 professionals who participated in the conference.

Key Note Address at 12th National Conference of ICSI
Prof. Saikat Sen, Director, Sri Aurobindo Foundation For Integral Management(SAFIM), Puducherry delivered the Key Note Address in the Valedictory Session of the 12th National Conference of Practicing Company Secretaries at Ootacamund, Tamilnadu on 16th July 2011. He elaborately discussed the role of human values in professional work. It was well received by the 250 professionals who were the participants of the conference.

The mid-week of July was winding up for the corporates and academicians in Coimbatore, but for 42 of them who gathered at Sri Aurobindo Society, Coimbatore centre in the evening on July 15, a new dawn opened up as Professor Saikat Sen, Director, Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management (SAFIM), introduced them to 'The Relevance of Consciousness in Today's Business'. The gathering consisted of officials from 8 corporate and 11 Management colleges. The response was good, and most of them were positive to have two-day workshops in future.

Faculty Development Programme at Auro University, Surat 
Two-day Workshop on "Management by Consciousness" for the Faculty Members of Auro University at Auro University Campus, Surat was conducted on 21st & 22nd July 2011 by Prof.Saikat Sen and Ms. Smita Gupta of Sri Aurobindo Foundation For Integral Management (SAFIM), Centre of Excellence in Management of Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry.

Vice Chancellor, COO and Facilitators with participants
Youth Camps for Self Development (2010 - 11)
For more than 25 years Sri Aurobindo Society has been conducting regular youth camps called All India Youth Camp in Puducherry. From last year this youth camp is being carried out at state levels as well by its branches and centres. The main objectives of the Camps are to:
- inspire the youth to discover their aim in life and help them in realising it;
- awaken the youth to their great future and prepare them to play their true role in all aspects of life;
- make the youth conscious of the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of India and work for a united and awakened India.

Last year's camps both in Puducherry as well as at the state level were sponsored by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), New Delhi. A complete report of the youth camp in Puducherry and the youth camps held at the different centres and branches around the country are available here.

Some Special Days in August 2011

13th August 2011 - Raksha Bandhan

The festival of Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is celebrated this year on 13th August. On this day, sisters tie an amulet, the Rakhi, around the right wrist of their brothers, praying for their long life and happiness. Raksha means protection, and Rakhi - a special ornamental bracelet - is a symbol of the chaste bond of love between the brother and the sister. In the northern parts of mediaeval India, women used to tie Rakhi round the wrists of men they could count upon, regarding them as brothers. The festival is an occasion to strengthen the bond between a brother and a sister.

Raksha Bandhan

Here is a luminous answer from the Mother when someone asked about human relationships:

Q: What is the best relationship between two human beings? Mother and son? Brother, friend or lover, etc?
All the relationships are good in principle and each one expresses a mode of the Eternal. But each can be perverted and become bad due to the selfish falsehood of human nature which prevents the vibrations of love from manifesting in their purity.

22 August 2011 - Sri Krishna Janmashtami

Sri Krishna, as a child

Janmashtami (also known as Krishnashtami or Gokulashtami) is a festival dedicated to Lord Sri Krishna to commemorate his birth on this earth. This year it falls on 22th August, and on this day during midnight, the whole story of Sri Krishna's birth will be enacted by the devotees in their houses and many delicacies, prepared out of milk and curd, will be distributed as prasad (food made sacred by offering to God) to everyone.

In his letters to sadhaks, Sri Aurobindo mentions about Sri Krishna:

Krishna as a godhead is the Lord of Ananda, Love and Bhakti; as an incarnation, he manifests the union of wisdom (Jnana) and works and leads the earth-evolution through this towards union with the Divine by Ananda, Love and Bhakti.

The boy with the flute is Sri Krishna, the Lord descended into the world-play from the divine Ananda; his flute is the music of the call which seeks to transform the lower ignorant play of mortal life and bring into it and establish in its place the Lila of his divine Ananda. 

News from Branches and Centres

News from India

Bangalore (Karnataka)
25th to 27 March 2011: Workshop on Self Healing - "To Know Oneself" and "How to Remain Healthy"
First one was organized from 25th - 27th March 2011, and the second from 21st - 23rd May 2011. Mr. Sundararajan and Ms. R. Akhila from Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry conducted the workshops. It was explained that if harmony is maintained within one can remain healthy as revealed by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. 35 persons including 18 ladies attended the workshop.

Biaora (Madhya Pradesh)
A Programme on "Rural Development in the Light of Sri Aurobindo"
Sri Aurobindo Society Biaora Centre (Madhya Pradesh) organised a public programme on "Rural Development in the Light of Sri Aurobindo". More than 100 people from rural area attended the programme. Shri Desh Narayan Sharma (Bhopal) talked about the life of Sri Aurobindo. In his introductory speech Shri Manoj Sharma (Bhopal) explained the different thrust areas particularly the Integral Rural Development, taken up by Sri Aurobindo Society to spread the message of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He briefly informed the different activities of 'SARVAM' also.
The main speaker Dr. Suresh Chandra Sharma explained the subject in detail. He said that an open and aspiring heart can do miracles even in the field of farming.

Dehri-On-Sone (Bihar)
30th June to 2nd July 2011: 3 day Sadhna Shivir

The Shivir was conducted by Dr. K.N. Verma from Mahsua (Madhya Pradesh). The topics covered in the shivir were "Secret of Divine Descent in Sri Aurobindo's Yoga", "Aim of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga", "Divine Ascent and Transformation" and "Divine Descent and Transformation". About 50 persons attended the shivir.

Jabalpur - Baldev Bag (Madhya Pradesh)
13th June 2011: Seminar on Pre-Natal Education
Baldev Bag, Jabalpur Centre of Sri Aurobindo Society organised a seminar on 13th June 2011. The topic of the seminar was ''Pre-Natal Education''. The venue was Victoria Hospital Campus. Smt. Jyoti Bala Mishra, Principal of Nursing training centre was the chief guest and Dr. Suman Kocher (Indore) the main speaker of the programme. Dr. Suman Kocher explained the importance of Pre-Natal Education to the present and future generations.

The programme was attended by approximately 125 persons. This seminar got a good coverage by the media.

Noida (Uttar Pradesh)
10th July 2011: Talk on 'Spirituality & Morality' by Dr. JP Singh
A talk on 'Spirituality & Morality' by Dr. J.P. Singh, Chairman, Sri Aurobindo Society State Committee for Uttar Pradesh & Uttrakhand was organized from 10AM to 11AM followed by Question - Answer session. About forty devotees and their families took part in the programme.

Dr. J.P. Singh delivering his talk
A view of the participants of the Program "Spirituality & Morality"

Rajasthan Kalyan Parishad organized a programme of 'Children's Talent Award Ceremony' at which the booklets relating to Sri Aurobindo & The Mother were distributed.
Discussion on Gita: Lead by Shri Viswa Mohan Tiwari, Air Vice Marshal(Retd.): 
Every Sunday from 11AM to 1PM, discussion on Bhagawad Gita took place at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan. There were about 10 participants in the programme.
Programme of Yogasan & Pranayam (every Monday to Saturday):
Programme of Yogasan & Pranayam for one hour daily from Monday to Saturday - is being held at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Noida. A total of about 10 - 12 participants are taking part in the programme.
Sewing & Tailoring Classes: 
Sewing & Tailoring classes are being conducted thrice a week at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan.
Free Eye Check-up/Consultation:
On every Sunday from 11.00AM to 1.00PM by Dr. P.S. Chauhan.
Free Acupressure Treatment:
Acupressure Treatment for two hours daily from Monday to Friday by Sh. Girish Prakash Shukla at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan is going on well.

Rishikesh (Uttarakhand)
One day Workshop at Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. (THDC) Rishikesh on 9th July 2011: 16 executives doing the certificate course in Management of Resettlement, Rehabilitation and CSR attended a workshop conducted by Ms. Smita Gupta, Senior Associate, Sri Aurobindo Foundation For Integral Management (SAFIM) under the aegis of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar. Topics covered included
1) The Power of Self-Awareness-Who am I?
2) How externalised or internalised am I? How can I lead a more conscious life?
3) The Concept of Integral Management and the Relevance of Consciousness in today's business.

Activity session in progress

Participants of workshop at Rishikesh

Surat (Gujarat)
21st to 22nd July 2011: Faculty Development Programme at Auro University
Two-day workshop on "Management by Consciousness" was conducted by Prof. Saikat Sen and Ms. Smita Gupta at the Auro University Campus, Surat on 21st & 22nd July 2011. The subjects covered were "Relevance of Consciousness in Today's Business", "The Concept of Integral Management", "Powers Within", "The Power of Understanding", and "The Power of Action".

Vellore (Tamil Nadu)
12th June 2011: Celebration of 7th Anniversary
The programme started with meditation followed by the inaugural speech by Mr. N.R.R. Radhakrishanan, Secretary, Sri Aurobindo Society, Coimbatore.

A CD of Golden Jubilee of Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry was shown. More than 80 members attended. Magazines, books were distributed to devotees.

News from Centres and Branches - Abroad

Nairobi (Kenya)
The Secretary of the Centre was invited by the management of Oshwal Senior High School to address their teachers on 15th June 2011. The talk was based on The Ideal Child, The Ideal Parent, The Ideal Teacher and The Right Upbringing of Children and teachers acting as agents of change. Copies of these booklets were distributed to all present. The talk was well received.

In May 2011, booklets in ten different titles were presented to the Prison Headquarters by the Nairobi Centre. On 12th July 2011, the senior staff of the Welfare Committee of the Prison Headquarters revisited Sri Aurobindo Bhavan and three thousand more booklets were presented to them.

13th July 2011 - Eighth anniversary of Enshrinement of the sacred Relics of Sri Aurobindo at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Nairobi - this auspicious event was observed by the devotees at the Bhavan

Bangladesh

Sri Aurobindo Society, Bangladesh has acquired a property in Chittagong on a lease of 30 years from the Government of Bangladesh. This is the headquarters of the Society in Bangladesh. The address of the Sri Aurobindo Society, Bangladesh at Chittagong is given below:

Sri Aurobindo Society Bangladesh
Chittagong Centre
Maitry Bhavan, 370/A-378, Momin Road,
Chittagong - 4000, Bangladesh.
E-mail: vivekananda.chy@gmail.com

Faculty members in group presented the theme in a theatrical way

Faculty Development Programme at Auro University, Surat

Two-day Workshop on “Management by Consciousness” for the Faculty Members of Auro University at Auro University Campus, Surat was also conducted on 21st & 22nd July 2011 by Prof.SaikatSen and Ms. Smita Gupta of Sri Aurobindo Foundation For Integral Management (SAFIM), Centre of Excellence in Management of Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry. 

In the day one, the meaning of Consciousness and the Relevance of Consciousness in Today’s Business, the concept of Integral Management have explained through audio-visual presentation, movie clippings and discussion. Video case was shown and all the participants analyzed the case and presented it in group. They interacted and share ideas and opinions with others. Present scenario of Management Education in India was discussed and analysed. Faculty members in group presented the theme in a theatrical way.

In the second day concept of a new education system based on Integral Education was discussed through audio-visual presentation. Resource persons discussed the usefulness of the module called “Powers Within” and given a brief introduction of the module. Various tools of Powers within were demonstrated and participants took part in each activity like questionnaires, interaction, games and live demonstration. Sessions of activity based learning “Powers Within” helps the participants to distinguish inner being from outer being and understand the inner potentiality through different types of activities like practice of concentration, concentration games and the like. The brief introduction of The Power of Understanding, The Power of Action was presented there. In this process the participants visualize and workout the methods of practice and implementation. All participants interacted very nicely amongst them and with the facilitators. All participants chalk out the future action plan about how they implement this new approach at Auro University.

Report of Seminar at Coimbatore

The mid-week of July was winding up for the corporates and academicians in Coimbatore, but for 42 of them who gathered at Sri Aurobindo Society, Coimbatore centre in the evening on July 15, a new dawn opened up as Professor Saikat Sen, Director, Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management(SAFIM), introduced them to 'The Relevance of Consciousness in Today's Business'. The gathering consisted of officials from 8 corporate and 11 Management colleges. The response was good, and most of them were positive to have such workshops in future.

Key Note Address at 12th National Conference of ICSI

Prof. Saikat Sen, Director, Sri Aurobindo Foundation For Integral Management (SAFIM), Puducherry delivered the Key Note Address in the Valedictory Session of the 12th National Conference of Practicing Company Secretaries  at Ootacamund, Tamilnadu on 16th July 2011. He elaborately discussed the role of human values in professional work. It was well received by the 250 professionals who were the participants of the conference.

The Power of Inner Attitude Editorial The Inner Attitude and the Outer Events The impact of the outer events and circumstances on our consciousness and life depends on our inner attitude to them.

Release of Jitendra Sharma's book by P Valsala in Kozhikode

A book on Sri Aurobindo released R. MADHAVAN NAIR NEWS » STATES » KERALA KOZHIKODE, August 2, 2011

Literary scholars have been fascinated by Sri Aurobindo’s poetic genius, particularly his epic poem Savitri . To this group belongs Jitendra Sharma who teaches French at St Joseph’s College, Devagiri in Kozhikode. His doctoral thesis, published as a book titled “Concept of Man in Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry” is being released by novelist P Valsala in Kozhikode on Saturday.

It comes as no surprise that Jitendra Sharma became an ardent admirer of Sri Aurobindo’s life and poetry. For, he had stayed at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Puducherry for his graduation studies, before joining Karnatak University Dharwar for his post-graduate course in French. He is now trying to implement Sri Aurobindo’s education methodology in teaching profession .

A salient feature of Sri Aurobindo ‘s philosophy, reflected in his poems, is his strange concept about Man. Man, he believed, heralded the emergence of a new species of Superman. Practice of yoga convinced him through an “adventure of consciousness” man will finally attain divinity.

Says Jitendra Sharma: “Aurobindo considered Man to be a transitional being constantly driven by an impulse to exceed himself and evolve towards divine consciousness, harmony and joy. In his poems Sri Aurobindo prophetically describes the transcendence of man as the consummation of a supra - mental race on earth”.

The books is also replete with a biographical sketch. Sri Aurobindo, born on August 15 -1872 in Kokotta, was educated in United Kingdom from the age of seven . But, even during his stay in England, he became disgusted with British rule in India.

On his return home, he wrote ICS examination under pressure from his father but deliberately got himself disqualified in riding test because he wanted to live as a writer, not as an administrator .

Aurobindo, who died in December 5 -1950 is now revered as an outstanding figure in Indo - Anglian literature , a yogi, a seer , and a true patriot who demanded total freedom for India from British rule.

The release of Jitendra Sharma’s book is an occasion to recall the greatness of an eminent Indian. The book is sure to be hailed as a welcome addition to the growing body of scholarly works on Sri Aurobindo and his poetry.

Sri Aurobindo reclaims a lot of meaning for modern people

A new approach to sustainability - Auroville

Auroville is expected to undergo a big change in the near future; by this social and physical infrastructures will be affected as well as the natural ...

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Sri Aurobindo and The Mother are the founders of Auroville. Their portrait is in most houses, public places and shops in Auroville and in all places linked to Pondicherry's ashram.

YouTube - Vijay Bhai opening speech at Beyond the Present
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Peeling Back the Layers of Sanskrit and Vedic Chanting Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. Co-Founder/Managing Director, Hindu American Foundation

Case in point: this past weekend, my family had the privilege of spending a relaxed, yet intellectually exhilarating evening with renowned Sanskrit scholar, Dr. Lakshmesh V. Joshi, a professor emeritus and former head of Sanskrit at Gujarat University with numerous publications, awards and recognitions to his name.

Jelle NL on HuffingtonPost sandalwood on Jun 20, 2011 at 09:22:30

“I was born and raised within the culture, found it full of depth and have been happily consumed in trying to bring the teachings into a modern context and language, as the archaic language is opaque to many in the modern world.

Sri Aurobindo'­s work has great resonance for me as he was very successful in delving into the literature and bringing out a lot of meaning for modern people, including myself.” Permalink

Pankaj Jain, Ph.D.: The Caste System of Hindu Society

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Hymns on Creation and Death: In the Veda and Upanishads by Dr ...

He has to his credit six major books on the Veda. He is the Honorary Director of Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic culture, Bangalore.

PURANIC COSMOLOGY UPDATED

Sri Aurobindo's seclusion precisely from 1926 revealed that intense concentration ... This occurred in the years following Sri Aurobindo's passing in 1950. ...

Chapter by Chapter psychological understanding of The Life Divine

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry has graciously allowed MIRRAVISION TRUST to use as a logo for the Institute for Integral Yoga Psychology, ...

rainbOwther: Integrating Wisdom, Strength, Harmony, & Service Monday, June 20, 2011 - This mire must harbour the orchid and the rose. Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

Sri Aurobindo examines the problem from three angles : […] The four‑fold personality ...

Maya | The web of World News Central and definitive

Maya has spent the last 14 years studying with an anonymous enlightened teacher who wishes to remain that way, while also investigating and working with a number of other models, teachers, books and theories. The two main theories which have impressed her the most significantly are Osho and Sri Aurobindo. These two philosophies appear to be polar opposites, but have reached a meeting place within Maya, she is extremely grateful for these experiences which have been great blessings on her spiritual path.

Life in AV Forest

Sri Aurobindo · The Mother · Integral Yoga · The Path · Beyond Religion · Evolution ... Soundscape · Spanish · Sport · Sri Aurobindo · Story Telling · Tamil ...

Howrah-Puducherry Aurobindo Express/12867 Train Kolkata Howrah/HWH ...
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Maggi Lidchi-Grassi’s rendering of the Mahabharata

One war, two existential heroes | The Asian Age May 29, 2011 - Aloke Roy Chowdhury

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Savitri Era Learning Forum: Reasoning and logic are a mask ...

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The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are indisputably the principal guides of the humanity at present. Their ideas have travelled far and wide with a cross section of ...
Savitri Era: Savitri Era option for Dalits

Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. ... Sri Aurobindo: A Contemporary Reader Edited by Sachidananda Mohanty, Routledge India, ...
Transitions in the Evolution of Consciousness Through Forms, Part ...

As Sri Aurobindo continues his review of the stages of evolution, he comes across similar types of “gaps” in the manifestation of consciousness as ...
Newsletters | Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center

Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center. Center for the Evolution of Conciousness. Skip to content ... Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center 1218 Wittenberg, Mt. Tremper, ...
Savitri Era Devotees: A Rare Press Interview of the Mother in 'The ...

All life is Yoga. – Sri Aurobindo .... Jitendra Sharma: Professor of French and Chairman, Sri Aurobindo Society of Calicut at St. Joseph's College, ...
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Sri Chakra - Encyclopedia

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Sri Lanka Military Academy - Encyclopedia

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Savitri Era Religious Fraternity: Talk on Integral Yoga by V. S. …

Sri Aurobindo Society: Talk on 'The Mother-Sri Aurobindo: Their Integral Yoga ' by V. S. Balakrishnan, 3 Lajapathi Roy Road , Chinna Chokkikulam, ...
Marketime: History of armed struggle against the colonial rule

Sri Aurobindo (from the message broadcast on the eve of August 15, 1947). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. ...
Mirror of Tomorrow :: 022: The Yoga of the Cells by the Mother

Sri Aurobindo speaks of it very often, and each time I read that sentence of his it's like an icy shower. I no longer know the exact wording, ...
Overman Foundation

A colleague of Sri Aurobindo at the National Council of Education, ... And then he went to take pictures of Sri Aurobindo sitting in the chair. ...

Comment on Signs of spiritual apitude by Sandeep from Comments for Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother by Sandeep

Here is an instance where Sri Aurobindo evaluates the spiritual signs of Vinoba Bhave, an Indian advocate of non-violence and human rights, based on his photograph:

Journey With Myself

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Sri Aurobindo's Writings - The Mother's Collected Works

Sri Aurobindo was born on August 15, 1872

Readings in the constitutional history of India, 1757-1947 - S. V. Desika Char - 1983 - 789 pages - B. Philosophic radicalism of Aurobindo Ghosh, 1907-081 Bande Mataram, 14 April 1908 The present conditions of Government in this country are full of the germs of the Occidental malady, and if India is to escape from it, it must be,...

Dayanand commemoration volume: a homage to Maharshi Dayanand ... - Har Bilas Sarda (Diwan Bahadur) - 1933 - 418 pages - DAYANAND The man and his work ( Sriyui Aurobindo Ghosh ) AMONG the great company of remarkable figures that will •**> appear to the eye of posterity at the head of the Indian Renaissance, one stands out by himself with peculiar and ...

Famous Indians of the 21st Century - Page 177 - Vishwamitra Sharma - 2007 - 225 pages - India will be a spiritual guide for the rest of the world. • There will be progress towards man's ultimate development and he will become capable of solving his problems himself. Aurobindo Ghosh ...

Freedom fighters of India (in four volumes) - Page 91 - Lion M. G. Agrawal - 2008 - Aurobindo Ghosh, Mahatma Gandhi, and came to this country to serve it. 'Here reposes Sister Nivedita who gave her all to ... She was a member of the Central Council of Action formed by Aurobindo Ghosh and took up the editorship of the ...

Philosophical Found. of Edu. - Page 251 - Y.k Singh - Preview

PLACE OF CHILD According to Aurobindo Ghosh, each child has his own inherent capacities and special abilities. To fully develop these divine gifts is the chief purpose of education. In his opinion to. develop the latent faculties, ...

Educational thought - Page 287 - Johri, P.K - Preview

Past Experience Aurobindo hailed from Ghosh family which had come from Punjab and settled in Bengal. The name of his father was Dr. Krishna DhanGhosh and the name of his mother was Swaranlata Devi. Dr. Ghosh was a great admirer of ...

Indian Hist (Opt) - Page C-198 - Reddy - 2006 - Preview

Most of them, led by Aurobindo Ghosh, thought that the time has come to part ways with the moderates, push them out of the leadership of ... When it came to the crunch, he had to go with the more extreme leaders likeAurobindo Ghosh. ...

The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti): Volume 2 - Page 1402 - Amaresh Datta - 2006 - 914 pages - Preview

He joined the Bandemataram, an extremist weekly edited by Aurobindo Ghosh (Sri Aurobindo of later days) in 1906. Thereafter, he edited a Bengali monthly named Aryavar- ta. In 1914, he became the first editor of the daily Basumati and ...

Thinkers Of Indian Renaissance - Page 205 - S A Abbasi - 1998 - 476 pages - Preview

Life Aurobindo Ghosh was born on August 15, 1872, at Konanagar, West Bengal. He began his early education at Loreto Convent School in Dar- jeeling and was taken to England at the age of seven. There he was put under the care of a ...

Language forum: Volumes 1-4 - 1975 - Snippet view

But let me assure you tl this is not the reason why Punjabi poets, writers and intellectuals hi failed to respond to the phenomenon of Sri Aurobindo GhoshTb| are much deeper reasons for this failure, if failure that might be. ...

Thoughts from the Cosmic Field in the Life of a Thinking Insect [A ... - Page 383 - Haresh Patel - 2009 - 396 pages - Preview

The great Sayajirao Gaekwad the III was the one who gave a job to Aurobindo Ghosh, and brought him to Baroda to help him in his Reign as a benevolent ruler of the then-Baroda state. I am proud to be associated with Sri Vinaysinh,...

Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, V4.2 - Page 2 - Ken Wilbur - Preview

These include the Indian sage philosopher Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, the German poet-historian Jean Gebser, both writing in the mid-nineteenth century, and the contemporary American sage and philosopher Ken Wilber. Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo ...

The Great Indian patriots: Volume 1 - Page 207 - P. Rajeswar Rao - 1991 - 558 pages - Preview

Strenuous attempt by a westernised father to groom Aurobindo Ghosh as a civil servant had the opposite effect of shaping him into an ardent nationalist. Aurobindo was born on August 15, 1872. His father, a medical officer with foreign ...

History - Page 179 - Raghunath Rai - Preview

Baroda: When Aurobindo Ghosh was the principal of a college at Baroda, he organised a revolutionary society. ... The extremist leaders Aurobindo Ghosh and Bipin Chandra Pal followed the method of constitutionalism. ...

Bhatkhande's contribution to music: a historical perspective - Page 26 - Sobhana Nayar - 1989 - 362 pages - Preview

At this time Aurobindo Ghosh flung himself into this movement and organised Sabhas, Samitis Akharas and Ashrams everywhere to ... Aurobindo Ghosh was a first class honours graduate from Cambridge. He gave up his lucrative job with the ...

A Text Book of General Studies Vol II - Page 120 - H.L. Luthra - Preview

The extremists met separately under the chairmanship of Aurobindo Ghosh and reaffirmed their unshakable faith in Swaraj, Swadeshi, boycott and national education. The extremists were fortunate in having some outstanding leaders like Bal ...

Constitutional History of India - Page 20  - Preview

(c) In Bengal, the terrorists were inspired by the writings of Aurobindo Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dutta, brother of Vivekananda. ... (e) Aurobindo Ghosh and 38 others were arrested in connection with Alipore Bomb Case. ...

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology - Page 72 - Lewis Spence - 2003 - 556 pages - Preview

The Mystery of the Human Aura, The Spiritualist Association of Great Britain, 1972 Aurobindo, Sri Famous Hindu mystic, philosopher and poet. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh ('Sri' is an honorific, pronounced 'Shree') was born in 1872 and educated ...

History Modern India - Page 138 - S. N. Sen - 2006 - 244 pages - Preview

Aurobindo Ghosh The early nineties of the nineteenth century were the seed time of extremism. It was Aurobindo Ghosh who decried the Congress policy. In one article he said 'A body like the Congress which represents not the mass of the ...

The religious, the spiritual, and the secular: Auroville and ... - Page 134 - Robert Neil Minor - 1999 - 208 pages - Preview

"Thoughts and writings of this yogi, Aurobindo Gosh are recognised all over the world." Those who come to Auroville, he said, therefore, do so "considering it a sacred place, a 'Tirath,' because the spirit of Aurobindo Ghosh still ...

The Bengalis: the people, their history, and culture. Bengali ... - Page 140 - S.N.. Das - 2002 - 319 pages - Preview

"(according to the observation made by Chief Justice Jenkins in his judgement in the Alipur bomb case).51 Aurobindo Ghosh also believed that armed revolution was necessary to liberate the mother-land from the foriegn yoke. ...

Immortal Sarvoday - Page 28 - N. hazary - 2007 - 260 pages - Preview

4 Tilak, Gandhi and Aurobindo Sarat Kumar Dora Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920), Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) and Aurobindo Ghosh (1872-1950) were the three leaders of India who considered . India's liberation from foreign rule as the ...

Humanity, truth, and freedom: essays in modern Indian Philosophy - Page 78 - Raghunath Ghosh - 2008 - 164 pages - Preview

Chapter 4 Sri Aurobindo on Time, Change, Humanity and Aesthetics Parti Sri Aurobindo' s Concepts of Time and Change ... First, we shall lay down Sri Aurobindo's idea of Time, the role it is intended to play in his metaphysical scheme. ...

History Of Freedom Movement In India (1857-1947) - Page 79 - S N Sen - 1997 - 418 pages - Preview

AUROBINDO GHOSH The early nineties of the nineteenth century were the seed time of extremism. It was Aurobindo Ghosh who decried the Congress policy. In one article he said 'A body like the Congress which represents not the mass of the ...

Swami Dayanand Saraswati: an assessment - Aurobindo Ghose, R. R. Bhardwaj - 1987 - 62 pages - Snippet view

INTRODUCTION i As already noted, the present work is an assessment of the life and work of one greatman — Swami Dayananda Saraswati (1824- 1883) by another great man— Sri Aurobindo Ghosh* (1872-1950). Before we see what the assessment ...

The international Eliade - Page 124 - Bryan S. Rennie - 2007 - 318 pages - Preview

Also incorrect is the statement made here that “Sri Aurobindo shut himself away for seventeen years at Pondicherry.” 20. “Let us take an example tiresomely common in the Vedas to which Sri Aurobindo Ghosh draws attention: cattle (go). ...

History of Sirsa Town - Page 215 - Preview

1910) A renowned and emulable freedom fighter and a staunch advocate of SriAurobindo Ghosh, Ganpat Ram Talwaria, was born in 1910 at Talwara Khurd in the Sirsa district. After completion of his primary education, he joined his father, ...

General Studies History 4 Upsc - Page D-57 - Reddy - 2005 - Preview

When it came to the crunch, he had to go with the more extreme leaders like Aurobindo Ghosh. ... that the four resolutions would be passed, the extremists decided to object to the duly elected President for the year, Rash Behari Ghosh. ...

Longman History & Civics ICSE 10 - Page 61 - Singh - Preview

With this in mind, the National Council of Education (NCE) was established by Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik, Brajendra Kishore Roychowdhury, Sir Rash Behari Ghosh (first President of NCE), Rabindranath Tagore and SriAurobindo Ghosh. ...

Sri Aurobindo and his contemporary thinkers - Indrani Sanyal, Krishna Roy, Jadavpur University - 2007 - 349 pages - Snippet view

The moderates felt alarmed at the political views and activities of Aurobindo Ghosh. Those at the helm of affairs at the Council could not approve of the call that Aurobindo Ghosh used to give to the students to inspire them, ...

Sri Chaitanyadev and Sri Gadadhar - Page 187 - Rādhu Gosvāmī - 2010 - 203 pages - Preview

He was a famous Bar-at-Law and out of many important cases he pleaded for Sri Aurobindo Ghosh against the British Empire. Once he wrote— ". ... Sri Aurobindo ( Aurovinda Ghosh) (15/08/1872 - 5/12/1950) Sri Aurobindo (Aurovinda Ghosh ...

The Indian imagination: critical essays on Indian writing in English - Page 223 - K. D. Verma - 2000 - 268 pages - Preview

See Karan Singh, Prophet of Indian Nationalism: A Study of the Political Thought of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, 1893-1910 (London: Allen, 1963); Vish- wanath Prasad Varma, The Political Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo (New York: Asia, 1960); ...

Power unlimited: relation of man with God - Page 387 - D. N. Saraf - 1996 - 393 pages - Preview

Aurobindo Ghosh, Sri. "The Message & Mission of India." Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1964. Aurobindo Ghosh, Sri. "Savitri." Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Society. Azzan, Abdul Rahman. "Eternal Message of Muhammad....

Nationalism and social reform in a colonial situation - Page 105 - Aravind Ganachari - 2005 - 254 pages - Preview

BPPAlfXXMo.26/ 6 July 1907/ 567 (a): During 1907-8, Vithal Balkrishna Joshi used to work as a teacher under the name of Rahalkar in the nationalist school called Gananath Vidyalaya founded by Aurobindo Ghosh and his Cambridge friend Bar ...

Indian struggle for freedom - Satyavrata Ghosh - 1988 - 183 pages - Snippet view

Barindra Nath Ghosh, the younger brother of Aurobindo Ghosh and Bupendra Nath Datta, the younger brother of Swamy ... It influenced many, including ShriAurobindo Ghosh, who preached that "the whole moral strength of country is with us, ...

Teacher in Emerging Indian Society - Page 213 - Srivastava - 2006 - 320 pages - Preview

Sri Aurobindo's main ideas on Education Aurobindo Ghosh was against the prevalent education of his times. He showed to mankind the way to the highest spiritual growth. According to Sri Aurobindo the aim of education is spiritual ...

Foundations of Indian Psychology - Page 229 - Cornelissen R. M. Matthijs - Preview

To understand the nature of authenticity with this perspective, an analysis of the life stories of Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi was carried out. Aurobindo Ghosh (1872-1950) is known both as a freedom fighter and a great thinker. ...

Significance of Indo-Russian relations in 21st century - Page 263 - V.D. Chopra - 2008 - 328 pages - Preview

Reformist leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Dayanand and others ... Aurobindo Ghosh, in the spirit of such European nationalists as Mazzino, saw a divine expression of God in the nation. ...

Rediscoveming Gandhi (vol. 1 : Hind Swaraj : Gandhi's Challenge To ... - Page 153 - R. P. (Rameshwar Prasad) Misra - 2007 - 428 pages - Preview

The second group consisted of persons like Shyamji Krishnavarma, Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, (Bal, Pal, Lai) and a host of other well known revolutionaries who laid down their lives for ...

Subhas Chandra Bose: man, mission, and means - Subhash Chandra Chattopadhyay - 1989 - 153 pages - Snippet view

Even in 1921 in a letter written to his elder brother Sarat Bose on the 16th February he alluded to the noble, inspiring, lofty and unselfish path trod by Aurobindo Ghosh in his attempt to liberate the motherland from the foreign yoke. ...

Sri Aurobindo, his life unique - Rishabhchand - 1981 - 427 pages - Snippet view

Aurobindo Ghosh with his clear insight into the swadharma (law of action) of his own people was suffusing it with a spiritual ... "Aurobindo Ghosh was now out of prison, and Nivedita had her school decorated... to celebrate his release...

Journal of Commonwealth political studies: Volumes 2-3 - 1964 - Snippet view

Aurobindo Ghosh represented both in his person and political writings these twin aspects of radical Indian nationalism in the ... Aurobindo Ghosh's career in active politics was very brief— from 1905 to 1910 — but he created a profound ...

South Asian affairs: Volume 2 - Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer - 1966 - Snippet view

Although Tilak, Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh were unanimous in disparaging the methods of the ... 79 " Aurobindo Ghosh, The Doctrine of Passive Resistance (first published in Bande Mataram, 9-23 April 1907) ...

Sri Aurobindo: archives and research: Volume 11 - 1987 - Snippet view

When speaking about the nationalist movement in South India my brother mentioned to Aurobindo Ghosh that we were conducting 1 Srinivasachari is referring to the decision of his family to finance the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company. ...

The search of a prime minister: multiple voices - Page 6 - S K Ghosh - 1999 - 130 pages - Preview

6 The Search of a Prime Minister : Multiple Voices The extremists who also contained a galaxy of celebrities like Tilak, Aurobindo Ghosh, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai had no faith in bona Jides of the British Indian government ...

The Movement for national freedom in India - Soumyendra Nath Mukherjee, St. Antony's College (University of Oxford) - 1966 - 114 pages - Snippet view

Although Tilak, Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh were unanimous in disparaging the methods of the Moderates, they differed ... 79 27 Aurobindo Ghosh, The Doctrine of Passive Resistance (first published in Bande Mataram, ...

Netaji, a realist and a visionary - Amita Ghosh - 1986 - 276 pages - Snippet view

In Bengal the seeds germinated and sprouted with the arrival on the scene of the early stalwarts like Surendranath Banerjee, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh. The libertarian winds from abroad also helped the germinating process. ...

Social and cultural history of India since 1556 - Page 182 - N. Jayapalan - 2000 - 237 pages - Preview

The extremist thinkers and writers like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, BC Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh did ... The lead was taken by Barinder Kumar Ghosh (brother of Aurobindo Ghosh) and Bhupendranath (brother of Vivekanand). ...

Learning Hiistory-Civics Standard Eight - Page 75 - Shantashree Shetty - Preview

The organization was headed by Barindrakumar Ghosh, brother of Aurobindo Ghosh. Anusheelan Samiti received counsel and guidance from Aurobindo Ghosh. The organization even had a bomb manufacturing centre at Maniktala near Kolkata. ...

icse history & civics - Page 111 - - Preview

The Anushilan Samiti was the first revolutionary organization in Bengal spearheaded by a small band of young men, led by Barindra Ghosh, Aurobindo Ghosh and Chittaranjan Das. They had centres at Calcutta, Dacca and Jessore. ...

Nationalism and internationalism of Gandhi, Nehru, and Tagore - Mool Chand - 1989 - 195 pages - Snippet view

2 Aurobindo Ghosh was not only a staunch nationalist but a spiritual internationalist also. In the editorial of Bande Matram on September 9, 1907, he wrote "Patriotism is only a phase of that universal brotherhood which humanity aims at ...

The Vedanta kesari: Volume 60 - Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras - 1973 - Snippet view

Sri Aurobindo emerged from the jail with a sense of widened horizons which profoundly influenced his future life. Aurobindo Ghosh was born in Calcutta on 15th August, 1872, as the third son of Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh and Swarnalata Devi. ...

Essays on hinduism - Page 34 - Karan Singh - 190 pages - Preview

Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) Born on 15 August 1872 in Calcutta, Aurobindo Ghosh was sent to school in England at the age of seven. There, first at the Manchester Grammar School, then at St. Paul's in London and finally at King's College, ...

Dwell - Dec 2004 - Page 94 - Vol. 5, No. 2 - 192 pages - Magazine - Full view

Story by Pankaj Vir Gupta and Christine Mueller Most devotees at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram maintain limited contact ... Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, a prominent Indian activist, renounced his pursuit of India's independence from the British, ...

India's struggle for freedom: role of associated movements: Volume 1 - Pran Nath Chopra, Xavier Arakal - 1985 - 843 pages - Snippet view

Aurobindo Ghosh on his return to India after fourteen years in England wrote a series of articles in the Journal Indu ... In the third series of articles published under the caption "New Lamps for the Old" (1893-94), Aurobindo Ghosh ...

Indian philosophy since independence: Volume 1 - Page 114 - Dale Maurice Riepe - 1979 - 397 pages - Preview

History and study of man... lead towards the perception of the eternal and universal power and Being whose thought and will work out through cosmic and human evolution.21 This is a sample of what Aurobindo Ghosh thinks about philo- sopy ...

Jouissance as Ananda: Indian Philosophy, Feminist Theory, and ... - Page 112 - Ashmita Khasnabish - 2006 - 239 pages - Preview

Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghosh, 1872-1950) is one of the modern philosophers of India. I emphasize Sri Aurobindo’s name in relation to Indian philosophy quite strongly, because it is through his philosophy of ...

Art and nationalism in colonial India, 1850-1922: occidental ... - Page 116 - Partha Mitter - 1994 - 475 pages - Preview

Aurobindo Ghosh, soon to emerge as the theoretician of Hindu revolutionary politics, was a student in England a little earlier. Highly gifted, his unhappy years at a public school and university had alienated him from the West. ...

The Modern review: Volumes 130-131 - 1972 - Snippet view

At this Aurobindo himself is reported to have remarked, "It seemed Narayan himself has come to my release". ... still and superb oratory, CR Das was able to have his client, Aurobindo Ghosh, acquitted of all charges and released. ...

Sri Aurobindo's Writings - The Mother's Collected Works