From the One Formless to Many Forms
Selections from the book ‘Indian Sculpture and Iconography: Forms and Measurements’ (2002) published by Sri Aurobindo Society.
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The Mother’s Work as an Artist
The selections compiled here about the Mother as an artist are excerpted from the book ‘Paintings and Drawings by the Mother’ (e-version available at present).
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The Mother On Art and Consciousness
These selections from the book ‘Paintings and Drawings by the Mother’ highlight the deeper relation between Art and Artist’s Consciousness.
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Inner Awakening to Nature, featuring Wordsworth’s ‘Daffodils’ (with narration)
Nature mysticism and Romanticism in English Poetry go hand in hand. An example is William Wordsworth’s famous poem ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’.
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Such Indeed is Maya – a Tale Retold by Sri Ramakrishna
We feature a Pauranic story which illustrates the hold that our attachments have on the ordinary experience of human relationships.
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Peace, Persistence and Renunciation: Two Parables of Sri Ramakrishna
These two selections from Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna bring out two distinct but complementary aspects of peace.
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“Wherever there is a receptivity, the Force acts” – A Prisoner’s Transformation
Silviu Craciunas who was on verge of suicide in prison had visions of an Indian sage whom he called Aurobin Dogos and found the strength to survive his ordeal.
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The Grateful Beasts and the Ungrateful Man – A Story from the Panchatantra
An interesting fable from the Panchatantra which illustrates the spontaneous gratefulness of an animal which is often found missing in man.
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