Sunday, November 08, 2020

Sports in a Spiritual Institution

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Sri Aurobindo and Arya (1914-21)

 

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Preference for the familiar


Sunday, September 20, 2020

Take a framework and weave new patterns

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Modern law understands itself as the sign of the human

Plasim Radar

Knowing the Eternal Immutable Brahman - Sri Aurobindo translates Shwetashwatara Upanishad, Chapter Four, Verses 18-20: “When there is no darkness, that is neither day nor night, nor being nor no...

Some couplets from Ghalib's Ghazal 48 - From my heart, the *sous rature* of the honeymoon thought of her hennaed finger tracing its location Is that abysmal torment in which finger nails are pulle...

Age of excess of opinions - We are living in an age where excess of opinions, counter opinions; arguments and counter arguments; facts, truths, half truths, sugar coated lies all will...

Explorations in Savitri 159, pp. 378-380 - Across wide noons and glowing afternoons, She met with Nature and with human forms And listened to the voices of the world; Driven from within she followed...

human - It is the dream of modern secular law to occupy all of the space of law—as a universal language—that is, to thoroughly comprehend, to transparently express...

Rosso Agenda – La nave sopramentale (in italiano) 12 - ROSSO AGENDA PASSI SCELTI DALL’ AGENDA DI MERE La nave sopramentale Vol. I Pag. 156-162 “Mi trovavo su un’immensa nave….grande come una città. E’ il luogo ...

A Series Inspired by India’s Rebirth – 6 - Author: Beloo Mehra (2019). Published under the title ‘When Young India Awakes’ in Sri Aurobindo’s Action, Vol. 50 (6), pp. 8-11 CONTINUED FROM Part 5 When...

- "God After Metaphysics: Heidegger, Aquinas, and the Future of Natural Theology" by Justin Gable.

Violence against Women: Problem and the Remedy – M.S.Srinivasan - One of the most distressing condition at present in India is the violence against woman in various forms, from sexual … Violence against Women: Problem and...

Notice: Intensive course on the Yogasūtra, Summer 2020 - From Elizabeth De Michelis: Dear Colleagues, AMRAY, of which I am one of the managers, would like to advertise to suitable candidates an intensive course o...

Film review: ‘Thappad’ - I assume that by now everyone who wanted to see this film has already seen it and that those who haven’t seen the film are not going to see it. So I am not...

Sanskrit texts don't contain self-evident truth - We have seen three phases in the course of the last sixty years. 1. Socialism will bring equality and freedom from exploitation 2. Market will force freedom ...

The Four Beasts of Revelation - In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a...

What if there’s no hope? - Looking at the primary results this morning, I wasn’t angry or outraged so much as sad. And there was something else in there I had trouble placing — almos...

The Great World-Mother - Once during his Baroda years, Sri Aurobindo visited a Kali temple on the bank of the Narmada river. Recounting that visit, he later said: “With my European...

Naturalized kammatic Buddhism - I think I’ve shown that the kammatic-nibbanic distinction should matter to the historian, textual scholar, or anthropologist trying to figure … Continue re...

Idealism and panpsychism make easy friends - Plasim Radar Poetry as Socio-proctology Jason Stanley on Trump's India visit - Jason Stanley writes in the Guardian- In the early 20th century, the US depl...

Companion to “Hymns to the Mystic Fire” (Vol.2) by Mukund Ainapure - Companion to 'Hymns to the Mystic Fire' is meant as an aid to the systematic study of Hymns to the Mystic Fire (Volume 16 – The Complete Works of Sri Aur...

Odia Nadia


Friday, February 28, 2020

February 29: Supramental descent day


The red book hours: Discovering CG Jung's art mediums and creative process
MA Janice Geller - Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 2019
… It, like many other spiritual schools, recognizes two fundamentally different modes of operation of the unconscious. The Indian yogi Aurobindo (1872-1950) employs the term 'subconscious' to refer to the lower mode …

[PDF] Sunny Pleasure Domes and Caves of Ice: Utopias and Dystopias in World Literature
MK Kang, N Sarkar, B Saha - 2020
… 143 19 Godot and the Gate: A Comparative Study of Dystopia in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Basma Abdel Aziz's The Queue Azhar Uddin Sahaji Mirza Sadaf Fatima 155 20 Utopian Vision in Master Poems: Tagore …

Postcolonial Governmentality and the Indian Middle Classes
I Basu - Postcolonial Governmentalities: Rationalities …, 2020
Page 103. FOUR “Governing without the Politics” Postcolonial Governmentality and the Indian Middle Classes Ipshita Basu1 'Elite governmentality' involves the making of 'new state spaces'2 where- in a coalition of elites including …

[PDF] Yoga for Mental Health and Academic Development in Higher Education
MJ RAY, SJ Chandrashekhar - Our Heritage, 2020
… Let us remember Sri aurobindo's view -"I am concerned with the earth, not with worlds beyond for their own sake; it is a terrestrial realisation that I seek and not a flight to distance summits." Conclusion: A critical analysis of yoga reveals its important in education …

[PDF] Spirituality-A Way to Sustainable Leadership
S Gosain, T Arora - Our Heritage, 2020
… With this every organization and educational institute can be created into “Heaven”. REFERENCES • Aurobindo, Sri (1972) Collected Works Pondicherry Sri Aurobindo Ashram Vol.20 • Sharma.S(1995), “OSHA Model for Relationship …

[PDF] Effect Of Yoga On Fitness And Management Of Mental Health
MV c Mugalolli - Our Heritage, 2020
… Shiv Market, Ashok Vihar , Delhi-110052. 2. Introduction to yoga: A beginner's guide to health, fitness and relaxation. NewYork, NY: Three River Press 3. Indra Sen: Sri Aurobindo on yoga. 4. Sunesh Chandra Dutta: Psychology.

[HTML] Business and Society: A Multidimensional Perspective
MS Srinivasan

[PDF] Workplace Spirituality and its outcomes in the organization: A comparison with the Mystical Practices of Sufism in the Medieval Indian Subcontinent
NM Rahman - Our Heritage, 2020
… 3, No. 6, pp.645–668. 19. Mohan, K. 2001, Spirituality and well-being: Overview. In C. Mattijs (Ed.), Integral Psychology (pp. 203-226). Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Asharam Press. 20. Pargament, KI 1997, The psychology …

[PDF] Hot and Wet: Architectures of the Equator
E L'Heureux
… The elevation takes on a greater integration with its interior in the Golconde Dormitory, designed by Antonin Raymond, Francois Sammer, and George Nakashima for Sri Aurobindo Ashram between 1935 and 1942.13 Employing …

[PDF] A STUDY OF SELF CONCEPT AMONG 11th GRADE LEARNERS
MA Yadav
… Sri Aurobindo describes it as a life force of self directive, knowledge inherent in consciousness which enables it to guide its own force inevitably along the logical line of the original self perceptions. So, the study of self …

Plasim Radar

Reitter & Wellmon on Max Weber - Paul Reitter & Chad Wellmon write in the 'Chronicle Review'. In 1908, Weber had taken on the powerful minister in charge of higher education in Prussia, Fr...

space, place - When it comes to space and place, in the Universe of Terms, what has grabbed my attention over the past several years is how they ought to be understood in...

The Struggle Between Good and Evil in Human Psychology - Sri Aurobindo translates Chhandogya Upanishad, Chapter One, Section Two, Verses 1-6: “The Gods and the Demons strove together and both were children of the...

The theology of Vaikuṇṭha: Why should you want to be in heaven? - We all know so many clever jokes about how hell should be preferred “because of the good company” and about how boring should heaven be. Let me take the ch...

Companion to “Hymns to the Mystic Fire” (Vol.2) by Mukund Ainapure - Companion to 'Hymns to the Mystic Fire' is meant as an aid to the systematic study of Hymns to the Mystic Fire (Volume 16 – The Complete Works of Sri Aur...

Heavy Pressure on the Head - I sit up to the end of the Pranam ceremony in the Meditation Hall. A strong pressure is felt just when I stand up. It is like a heavy load pressing me ...

Rare mystical verses by Shruti Vishwanath - A beautiful concert held at Youth Center by Shruti Vishwanath singing Kabir and other mystic poetry from across the indian subcontinent. Shruthi Vishwanath...

INTEGRATING DIVERSITY IN THE ORGANISATION- M.S. Srinivasan, O. P. Dani -Unity in Diversity is one of the fundamental principles of life; it is also the right foundation for the long-term … INTEGRATING DIVERSITY IN THE ORGANISAT...

- B&T workshops in the UK. With an eye to the 2027 centenary of that book’s publication, this series of workshops will retrace Heidegger’s steps, each works...

Truth: Ultimate and Relative - It’s quite simple, in a way. Buddhism, like early Christianity, makes a distinction between “Ultimate Truth” and the domain of “Relative Truth”, which is t...

The Philosopher King - This semester, I am teaching a course on the classics of Western political theory. We start with Plato’s Republic, which is at once unavoidable and yet als...

Socratic irony, Galileo's error, and Gargi's silence - "Only modern science has insisted on trying to explain life on a purely mechanical-chemical level, and has failed repeatedly to even come up with a definit...

Sri Aurobindo's theoretical salience - The West has produced hundreds of thinkers and philosophers over the last three thousand years who are part of academic discourse. But in India we hardly f...

Flat Ontology, Questions, and Assemblages - I’ve been having a lengthy discussion with a very good friend about normativity and how we go about determining values. One of the things that keeps coming...

Does the kammatic/nibbanic distinction fit the facts? - How helpful is Melford Spiro’s kammatic/nibbanic distinction in describing Buddhism? It can be tempting to line it up too closely … Continue reading →

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Here's a chance just at a glance

Evergreen Essays: Malady of mechanical bias in ontological thinking https://t.co/FKuF9ImraX
If you harbour even an iota of desire
To know The Mother and Sri Aurobindo
Here's a chance just at a glance
Post by @NathTusar, SELF-Director

Ramesh Thakur's threat to Democracy - Ramesh Thakur writes- An enduring puzzle in world affairs is the failure to impress upon nationalistically inflamed consciousness the enormous disparity be... 

Robopaths - There is an old Yiddish saying that I quite like, and which is also quite wise: “Did your ears even hear what your mouth just said?”. It fits the circumsta... 

The Gods and the Titans Strive for Control of the Human Psychology - Sri Aurobindo translates Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Chapter One, Section Three, Verses 1-2: “Two were the races of the Sons of God, the gods and the Titans... 

Inert and alive substances: Alternative classifications in Veṅkaṭanātha - In the Nyāyasiddhāñjana and the Nyāyapariśuddhi, Veṅkaṭanātha discusses some fundamental ontological topics in order to distinguish his positions from the ... 

Socratic irony, Galileo's error, and Gargi's silence - "Only modern science has insisted on trying to explain life on a purely mechanical-chemical level, and has failed repeatedly to even come up with a definit... 

Purification of Lower Nature (HH 013) - A Talk by Dr Alok Pandey from the "Tuesday Talks" series The post Purification of Lower Nature (HH 013) appeared first on AuroMaa. 

Questions and Answers 1957 and 1958 (Collected Works of The Mother Volume 9) - This volume contains the conversations of the Mother in 1957 and 1958 with the members of her Wednesday evening French class, held at the Ashram Playgrou... 

Une série hebdomadaire de lectures par Gangalakshmi (en Français) – 318 - Please listen to the weekly series of readings by Gangalakshmi (in French) from selected works by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Today a reading from “La sy... 

Books have the power to transport us to faraway worlds - Kant's sublime, Hegel's absolute, Schopenhauer's will, Kierkegaard's passion, Marx's matter, Darwin's evolution, Nietzsche's overman, Bergson's élan vital,... 

Uberman may come flying - If you harbour even an iota of desire to understand #TheMother & #SriAurobindo, here's a chance just at a glance. #SavitriEra: Sri Aurobindo's theoretical ... 

Sri Aurobindo's theoretical salience - The West has produced hundreds of thinkers and philosophers over the last three thousand years who are part of academic discourse. But in India we hardly f... 

Nature is not symmetrical - Request our countrymen to please call out your male contemporaries when they spout nonsense about women and our bodies. India needs sane masculine voices t... 

Flood of transforming influence pours - "All fanaticism is false because it is a contradiction of the very nature of God and of Truth." -Sri Aurobindo, 23.10.39. Clearly, this includes Hindu fana... 

My original contributions to understanding Sri Aurobindo - My original contributions to understanding or interpreting Sri Aurobindo can be summarised under a number of heads: 1) Against Hindutva, Mythology, & Astro...