Thursday, September 23, 2021

Jati, varna, dharma, and human unity

ted by Tusar Nath patra
Dr. Kundan Singh, Core Doctoral Faculty at Hindu University of America, sheds light on the cosmological & psycho-spiritual underpinnings of Varna-Jati system and its present maligned state as explained by Sri Aurobindo. #SangamTalks #UnderstandingHinduism

Varna in the Light of Sri Aurobindo | Dr. Kundan Singh | #SangamTalks
Varna, jati, and caste are some of the most poorly understood concepts in India today. There are a few reasons for this: 1. The cosmological paradigm that le... youtube.com

International Webinar on Sri Aurobindo
Post by @drsirswal.

Works of Sri Aurobindo: Collected Plays and Stories (CWSA 3-4) Part A
In this talk we take up a part of the combined volume CWSA 3-4, formed by three main plays, Viziers of Bassora, Rodogune, and Perseus the Deliverer. 
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A Reader’s Guide to Sri Aurobindo’s Works
When one does not know what one is really looking for and the seeking is still vague, it may be best to start with the Letters on Yoga, The Mother and Sri Aurobindo on Himself. 
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From India that is Bharat to The Life Divine is a long way ahead - Vice President of India @VPSecretariat ·45m Sri Aurobindo, the great revolutionary yogi, poet and philosopher continues to be an eternal inspiration for hu...

German romantics were enthralled with their discovery of ancient India - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Director, SELF (2005) Sri Aurobindo as a Poet: A Reassessment KD Verma - The Indian Imagination, 2000 - Springer … Student...

गज, मूषक, और दूर्वा - Goshin @Goshin12345 ·2m Life goes on, as it never ends/eyes of stone, observe the trends/-that backstreet boys song, don't know if me recalling correctly, b...

Embedding your identity in a set of abstract beliefs - Rashtram School of Public Leadership @rashtramspl · 22h We are pleased to announce the launch of our webinar series #Vaicariki as part of #SriAurobindo's 15...

It's not the case that Sri Aurobindo alone could visualise Swaraj - santosh krinsky @santoshk1 ·20h Listen to "The Attempt to Change Human Nature at All Levels of the Being" by Sri Aurobindo Studies. Rashtram School of Publ...

Polar difference between Vivekananda’s idea and Kendra’s - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS), Vol. 3, No.2, May 2018 93 PHILOSOPHY OF SWAMI VIVEKAN...

Inseparability of aesthetics and spiritual experience - Integral psychology H Chaudhuri, K Wilber … Important writers in the field of Integral Psychology are Sri *Aurobindo*, Indra Sen, Haridas Chaudhuri, and Ken...

Bipin Chandra Pal articulated with greater eloquence the idea of Swaraj - Nation-in-translation: Interrogating the ethno-cultural discourse of “nation-ness” in the Bengali novel Anandamath S Chatterjee - Nationalism in India, 2021...

Highly influential teaching of Sri Aurobindo holds much promise of fruitful interaction between religions and cultures - Pt Satish K Sharma @thebritishhindu · 6h After being incarcerated by the Anglican Christianist occupiers of Bharat, and then being released, Sri Aurobindo s...

Anuradha Choudry, Aparna Roy, and Nilima Bhat - Nilima Bhat @NilimaTweets · 8h *The Conquest of self-will and the Enthronement of the Divine Will* I am honored to be speaking tomorrow, 8 September, my Gur...

Power of the words can bring castles down - Easy reference to the wide-ranging literature on Sri Aurobindo is a tough job. *Sri Aurobindo: A Descriptive Bibliography* by H. K. Kaul (1972) was a great...

Absolute happiness is attainable only through solitude - HTML] Spinning Solitude: Coronavirus and the Philosopher S Chakraborty - Sophia, 2021 … Autobiography of a Yogi was a great inspiration for many would-be yog...

Sri Aurobindo represented the crystallization of the rising soul of India - For everything there is a season. In the "politics of consciousness", you may have to back an otherwise brute or a philistine. Sri Aurobindo fought again...

Sri Aurobindo is neglected by the academic community - My college Senior the much maligned, hugely politically persecuted &now honourably exonerated the brilliant & mercurial Tarun Tejpal has written this tease...

The concept of the Ubermenschen was taken by Nietzsche from Renan - Adi Sankara and Aurobindo - Page 32 books.google.co.in › books Vedre Narayan Karan Reddy · 1992 · ‎Snippet view · ‎More editions The concept of the Ubermensc...

Limitations of the Human Mind (GS 028) - Savitri lines remind us of the limitations of the present human mind and the need to go beyond The post Limitations of the Human Mind (GS 028) appeared f...

Facile Devji on why we must get engaged to the Taliban. - Feisal Devji writes in Newlines magazine. * Most accounts of the Taliban’s emergence in the 1990s attribute it to a Saudi-funded and Pakistani-led projec...

The Experience of the New Higher and Wider Consciousness - The experience and descent of a higher consciousness is not a matter of philosophical argument but one of psycho-physical effects seen and noted by the ind...

Savitri, B. X, C. III, Part 5 - THE REALITY OF GOD'S LOVE IN MAN Savitri claims the living Satyavan for their work together on earth, their sacred charge. Their God-given task is to bri...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 35 - ಮೀಮಾಂಸಕರು ಮೊದಲಿನಿಂದಲೂ ಕಾವ್ಯವಿರೋಧಿಗಳು. ಅವರತ್ತ ಕವಿ ಹೀಗೆ ಕಟಾಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ: *ಅರ್ಥೇಷ್ವಲಂಕಾರವಿದಃ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಂ* * ಶಬ್ದೇಷು ನಃ ಶಬ್ದವಿದೋ ಮುನೀಂದ್ರಾಃ |* *ಕೇ ತಾ...

“His Presence is Enough” (Video) - A small offering from our other blog – matriwords.com

What lies in erasing names of Freedom Fighters? - The attempt to annihilate the Hindus and their civilization may count as the longest contract of its kind in history with the largest infrastructure, lab...

Covid-19, death, and repatriation in Southern Africa - I argue here that regulations that were set up to prevent the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus have entered into the space of the sacred, with l...

Political Theology syllabus - Thanks to everyone who made suggestions for this course, and also to Sean Capener, some of whose ideas for excerpts I have borrowed, and to Robin James, wh...

Notes on Whitehead’s Analysis of Abstraction in Science and the Modern World - Science and the Modern World (1925) is not only a historical treatment of the rise and fall of “scientific materialism” in the modern period. It also recor...

Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Director, SELF-2005

Tuesday, September 07, 2021

Anuradha Choudry, Aparna Roy, and Nilima Bhat

*The Conquest of self-will and the Enthronement of the Divine Will* I am honored to be speaking tomorrow, 8 September, my Guru Swami Sivananda's birth anniversary, in service of The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. The zoom session will be p…
https://twitter.com/NilimaTweets/status/1435114267506876417?s=20

Sadhana Study Circle, New Jersey, USA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting:
Topic: "Transformation" - Core of Integral Yoga  
Speaker: Dr. Aparna Roy, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi, India
Dr. Aparna Roy lives in Delhi - Sri Aurobindo Ashram. She has given talks on a variety of subjects of Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga. She organises and  participates many activities and programs of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi. 
 
Language: Hindi  - Sunday, Sept 12, 2021, 8.30 evening
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New Jersey, USA

Nature has no concept of #waste. Our #ecosystems constantly cycle and #recycle resources. Can we humans live in such a way too? Come and discover it at Sadhana Forest! #ZeroWaste
https://twitter.com/SadhanaForest/status/1435095134052315142?s=20
When is the last time you enjoyed listening to the sound of the rain? Come and #volunteer with Sadhana #Forest and let #nature soothe you! #eco #auroville #pondicherry #puducherry

Sri Govind, president of SAYFNA, will shed light on an important aspect of #SriAurobindo's Integral Yoga in the ongoing second module of this Rashtram course, that being- Yoga through Love and Devotion. Register for the course: rashtram.org/sri-aurobindo-
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1433415185364971526?s=20
Watch the Global Telecast on #CelebratingSanskrit tonight on . Dr Mishra, Professor at Rashtram joins the panel.
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1433392720727339008?s=20
Read 's reportage on 'Sri Aurobindo: the Rishi of India's Renaissance', a year-long course being offered at Rashtram on the occasion of #SriAurobindo's sesquicentenary birth anniversary.
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1432985649406115842?s=20
After realising the“illimitable Permanent”, #SriAurobindo withdrew from public life and continued his spiritual work from the Pondicherry ashrama alongside The Mother. Devdip Ganguli, Faculty at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education will tell us about that period.
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1424672870223937539?s=20
Next on the course, Sh Ramachandra Roddam will elaborate on #SriAurobindo's early years of sadhana and do a close reading of his voluminous spiritual literature in another following session. The speaker is a sadhaka and a trustee of Ekthara Kalari Trust.
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1422497634867101697?s=20
Mohit Bansal- is a Data Analyst by profession and a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He studies the extent of human civilisation through the lens of Indic Knowledge Systems and will be elucidating upon the "Baroda period" of #SriAurobindo's life on this course.
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1417439247519256579?s=20
Tomorrow at the ongoing course on Sri Aurobindo, we'll hear Smt Divyanshi Chugh discuss the Early Childhood and Education of the Rishi. The speaker is a scholar of #SriAurobindo studies, researching at the Purnam Centre of Integrality, Auroville.
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1417360438589861988?s=20
We are glad to count noted member of Auroville, explorer of #SriAurobindo’s evolutionary yoga psychology, and educationist Sh among our faculty in this ongoing course: bit.ly/3wAhczf
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1416278974603268099?s=20
With #SriAurobindo's blessings, we are honoured to kick off the 'Rishi Of India's Renaissance' course tomorrow with an orientation session facilitated by Dr Mishra. First session is scheduled for 19 July. Those interested can enrol here: rashtram.org/sri-aurobindo-
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1415314342564618248?s=20
The course commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of #SriAurobindo, the saint and seer, under the able directorship of , a devotee & scholar of Aurobindo-studies, begins this 15th of July. Be a part of this elevating journey with Rashtram: bit.ly/3wAhczf
Social entrepreneur and educationist , associated with the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, will be taking the virtual podium in the upcoming #SriAurobindo course. To discover more perspectives on Sri Aurobindo’s works, enrol at: bit.ly/3wAhczf
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1413891647658610688?s=20
Dr Alok Pandey of Sri Aurobindo Ashram , motivational speaker and author of the acclaimed book ‘Veda of the Body’, will be addressing learners at the #SriAurobindo course starting this 15th of July. Find the details of the course here: bit.ly/2UAJkF8
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1413381077364658182?s=20
Finding much of Sri Aurobindo's body of sublime works languishing in oblivion from the academic mainstream, takes a resolute step toward disseminating its spiritual core under the able guidance of through this yearlong course: bit.ly/3zR1DGf
https://twitter.com/rashtramspl/status/1407638715439058948?s=20
Join us in commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of #SriAurobindo with this lecture/seminar series reflecting on the nature of India’s impending Renaissance and the ‘Adventure of Consciousness’ towards a ‘Life Divine’. Visit here to learn more: bit.ly/2T1gu0e
Prof Sampadananda Mishra, chaired the session on 'Sri Aurobindo’s vision & post independent India' during the lecture by Dr Kundan Singh, Prof Goutam Ghosal & Dr Anuradha Choudry on occasion of International Conference on “Sri Aurobindo and India’s Renaissance” on Cisco Webex.
https://twitter.com/IIASShimla/status/1422089528722919424?s=20
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Sri Aurobindo represented the crystallization of the rising soul of India - For everything there is a season. In the "politics of consciousness", you may have to back an otherwise brute or a philistine. Sri Aurobindo fought again...

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The concept of the Ubermenschen was taken by Nietzsche from Renan - Adi Sankara and Aurobindo - Page 32 books.google.co.in › books Vedre Narayan Karan Reddy · 1992 · ‎Snippet view · ‎More editions The concept of the Ubermensc...

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. It's for others to evaluate my work and its ramifications - Savitri Era: Opening the doors of Universities to Sri Aurobindo https://savitriera.blogspot.com/2021/08/opening-doors-of-universities-to-sri.html?spref=tw… ...

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Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra, September 7, 2021 @NathTusar Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF - since 2005). Also, Founder of Savitri Era Religion (2006) and Founder-President, Savitri Era Party (2007). SRA-102-C, Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad - 201014 (U.P.) 96500-65636 tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management
By Tusar Nath Mohapatra, 2015 PDF Keywords: Sri Aurobindo, Integral Management, Evolution, Self Growth, ... Self: Towards a Phenomenology of Romanticism (Atlantic Highlands, N.J:.