Sri Aurobindo explains the true meaning of equality. His letter dealing with samatā and loyalty to truth is especially relevant for our present times.
What is Yogic Samatā?: Sri Aurobindo Explains Read More »
“A divine action or even a perfect human action is impossible if we have not equality of spirit and an equality in the motive-forces of our nature,” writes Sri Aurobindo.
The Perfect Equality in Integral Yoga – Part 1 Read More »
The first obvious step to equality in the nature, according to Sri Aurobindo, will be the conquest of our emotional and vital being, for here are the sources of greatest trouble, the most rampant forces of inequality and subjection, the most insistent claim of our imperfection.
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All this equalisation of the nature – in vital, mind and will – is a preparation for the highest spiritual equality to take possession of the whole being and make a pervading atmosphere in which the light, power and joy of the Divine can manifest itself in man amid an increasing fullness, writes Sri Aurobindo.
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Sri Aurobindo gives practical advice on cultivating equality with regard to a sadhak’s interactions and relations with others.
Equality and Relations with Others: Advice from Sri Aurobindo Read More »
A conversation of Sri Aurobindo with a few disciples on cultivating an attitude of equality toward food in spiritual life.
On Vegetarianism, Compassion and Equality Read More »
In these passages from ‘The Human Cycle’, we read Sri Aurobindo’s description of the gains made by an intellectual religion of humanity.
The Religion of Humanity and Democratic Trinity – Part I Read More »
Sri Aurobindo describes the inadequacy of an intellectual religion of humanity in bringing forth a true democracy based on liberty, equality and fraternity.
The Religion of Humanity and Democratic Trinity – Part II Read More »
Sri Aurobindo gives us a profound understanding of one of the most popularly quoted phrases from the Bhagavad Gita – योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् or “Yoga is skill in works.” A special offering on International Day of Yoga.
Sri Aurobindo on Yoga and Skill in Works Read More »
Is there an essential difference between Indian and Western understanding of the true spirit of the democratic trinity of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?
Sri Aurobindo on “Asiatic Democracy” Read More »
We feature here three passages from Sri Aurobindo which give us a deep understanding of the inner significance of practicing higher virtues.
Practicing Higher Virtues as Aids to Evolution Read More »
In this story, originally written in Bengali, Sri Aurobindo reminds of the high ideal of forgiveness that marks the Aryan character.
The Ideal of Forgiveness – A Story by Sri Aurobindo Read More »
These selections help us understand the psychological foundations of altruism, its limits and potentiality for facilitating true self-development of the being.
Sri Aurobindo on Ego, Altruism and Self-development Read More »
Sri Aurobindo writes of the kindness, generosity, self-control, charity and other noble qualities that he witnessed in the convicts in Alipore Jail.
“Europe is the land of enjoyment, India of sacrifice” Read More »
We feature here some comments of the Mother on three aphorisms of Sri Aurobindo. These words reveal for us a deeper meaning of practicing goodness toward all.
Goodness in Sri Aurobindo’s Aphorisms Read More »
Like others parts of our being, the ethical being is also a growth and a seeking towards the absolute, the divine, which can only be attained securely in the suprarational.
Sri Aurobindo on the Essence of Ethics Read More »
We often confuse or misinterpret the ‘good’ by limiting our understanding to a moral-ethical view of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, right and wrong. Sri Aurobindo wrote several letters explaining the core difference with between a moral life and spiritual life. A few are featured here.
Sri Aurobindo on Morality and Yoga Read More »
These words of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother emphasise that Divine is beyond good and evil and that man moving Godwards must identify with the Divine.
Of God, Universe, Good and Evil Read More »