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“All That is True and Sincere Will Always be Kept”

Editorial, Nation, Sincerity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

This special issue opens a year-long celebration of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birthday and 75th anniversary of India’s political independence. Starting with this issue, the next 12 issues will explore the 12 attributes that the Mother has identified as soul-powers necessary for full manifestation of Her Work. The present issue explores Sincerity in a multi-dimensional approach. Special features on Sri Aurobindo’s work as a revolutionary nationalist are also included.

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“Let Your Sincerity and Surrender be Genuine and Entire”

Guiding Light, Sincerity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

Compiled here are a few words of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother which highlight the significance of Sincerity on the path of yoga. Sincerity in yoga means to have all the being consciously turned towards the one Truth, the one Divine. But that is one of the most difficult tasks for human nature, much more difficult than a rigid asceticism or a fervent piety. This is why constant guidance and inspiration from Their Words are our support on the way.

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August 15: Its World-Significance (Part 2)

Mother India Archives, Nation / By /

In this part, we learn the inner meaning of why August 15, a date of momentous implications for the values of civilisation has been chosen by India to celebrate her independence. Amal Kiran reminds us that behind the conscious thought of individuals there is the working of that invisible yet potent being which is the national soul or genius.

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August 15: Its World-Significance (Part 3)

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Amal Kiran helps us contemplate on how befitting it is that the Independence Day of a country whose chief glory has been God-realisation should coincide with the occasion of Sri Aurobindo’s birth. It would be purblind on our part to miss a signal so pregnant with meaning and fail to see our future bound up with Sri Aurobindo’s presence—our future of true self-growth political as well as cultural and of leadership among the nations on the path of human evolution towards Godhead.

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Of Animals, Kings, Pundits and Rishis: Sincerity Stories as Told by the Mother

Divine Humour, Sincerity, Tales and Stories, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

In these delightful timeless tales retold by the Mother we get some important lessons on the value of straightforwardness, speaking the truth without any fear, and the importance of growing in sincerity for destroying falsehood and hypocrisy.

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Inculcating Sincerity in Children: Guidance for Parents and Teachers

Education, Sincerity, Society, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

These selections taken from the Mother’s volumes highlight some practical advise on how to inculcate the values of sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, and self-control in children from an early age. She reminds the parents and educators that these things are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.

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Sincerity: The Bedrock of Sadhana

Sincerity, Sunlit Path, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

The author here reminds us that generally there is a great chasm between what the soul suggests and the intellect understands and the senses execute. The only way to bridge the rift between spirit and its instruments and to create harmony and order in place of clash and cacophony among the different parts of our being is to be absolutely sincere.

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Indian History in Indian Education: Beyond Ideologies and Politics (Video)

Education, Indian History, Insightful Conversations, Video / By /

Our conversation with two educators takes us beyond the ordinary ideological and political debates that have plagued the discipline of Indian History and Historiography, and invites us to explore a more integral approach to learning and teaching of History.

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Book Excerpts – ‘History and Culture of India: A New Approach’

Book of the Month, Culture, Human Evolution, Indian History, Nation / By /

Exploring the theme of sincerity in history, we feature excerpts from a couple of introductory chapters from a book authored by Prof. Kittu Reddy, a long-time resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram and teacher of Indian History and Culture at Sri Aurobindo International Center of Education. The author suggests that when examining Indian history from a subjective point of view, external events gain greater importance in the light of the inner psychological vision and deeper forces behind them. 

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Sri Aurobindo on Isha Upanishad – Part 2

Religion, Scriptures, Spiritual Philosophy, Sri Aurobindo Circle Archives / By /

In this part, the author focuses on the first 4 verses of Isha Upanishad. He reminds that this Upanishad addresses itself to the question of world-existence, the problem of harmonising human life and activity with the Reality of Immutable Brahman. The solution it finds is one of the most remarkable found by the ancient Indian mind.

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Sincerity as Clear Vision and Self-Development: Reflections of an American Educator in Pondicherry

Education, Reflection, Sincerity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

Inspired by some words of the Mother on education and one of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings, an American educator shares her reflections on sincerity as a means for self-development as she looks back at the time she spent at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, ten years ago.

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सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः – May All be Free from Illness – 3

Culture, Health and Healing, Society, Tales and Stories / By /

In the third article of the series, the author wonderfully explains with the help of a story, the interconnection between the five sensory organs and the five elements, and their impact an impact on our well-being.

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