Selected excerpts from Maithilisharan Gupt’s most famous work, Bharat Bharati, which stirred deep nationalist emotions among Indians when it was first published in 1912.
Bhārat-Bhārati – Excerpts from Rashtrakavi’s Famous Kāvya Read More »
These few lines on Humility and Grace came in a moment of gratitude when the author was reading the Sunlit Path, a compilation of some of the Mother’s writings and talks on Integral Yoga.
A Humble Offering (Poem) Read More »
When a few moments of sincere introspection lead the heart to express humbly what it is feeling, a poem like this is born.
To Be Humble (A Reflection and a Poem) Read More »
Sri Aurobindo’s love of man and earth is a love of God in man and earth, or rather of God as man and earth. That he did not develop it but was born with it, will be amply illustrated and confirmed by his writings, prose and poetical. No greater lover of man has ever been born, – of the entire being of man, and not only of his soul; and no greater prophet of man’s divine destiny.
Sri Aurobindo’s Love for Man and Earth – 2 Read More »
The author highlights a few verses to suggest how Savitri, Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem seems like a proclamation of the inexhaustible female powers and gives magical formulae of true women empowerment.
Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri and True Women Empowerment Read More »
In this month’s Guiding Light section we highlight three poems of Sri Aurobindo which speak of Silence, Space and Spirit.
“A stillness of God building his earthly abode” Read More »
India is not a mere piece of land. It is a Shakti, a power, a godhead. To this Shakti that is Mother India is dedicated this small poem in Hindi invoking the sacredness that is She. An English translation of the poem is also included.
माँ भारती (Mā Bhārati) Read More »
A poem expressing the marvels of Mother Nature which make a dawn contemplative and beautiful giving the entire space – within and without – a deep sense of sacredness and serenity.
That Marvelous Dawn Read More »
