On Economic Barbarism, Business and Dharma
Indian spiritual tradition reminds that business like all other work when done as per dharma does not interfere with pursuit of a spiritual life.
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Nature’s Abundance and Conquering the Money Power
The Mother narrates her trance experience when she concretely ‘saw’ how the money-power which is under the control of Asuric forces can be conquered.
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Mother’s Answers on Sadhana and Life
The Mother answers to Tara Jauhar’s questions on a range of subjects such as psychic growth, eliminating the ego, connecting with the Mother in the dreams and Overmind.
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The Mother on Love Divine and Human
Divine love is a universal force which descends in even the densest matter. Deeper yearning behind all human love is to unite with the Divine.
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Sri Aurobindo on Family Relations in Yoga
Sri Aurobindo elucidates that one of the aims in Integral Yoga is to purify and transform the usual egoistic human love into a purer love towards the Divine at all levels of the being. He also explains that after one enters the spiritual life, the relationship with the Divine take precedence over the ordinary social relations. Either the family relations naturally fall off or become the ground for karmayoga based on the soul’s need.
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The Future of the Family (Book Excerpt)
Editor’s note: In our Book of the Month feature, we present some relevant excerpts from Kishor Gandhi’s significant book titled, ‘Social Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and the New Age.’ The following extracts are taken from the 1991 edition published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, pp. 367-372. We have made a few formatting revisions for the
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Equality in the Yoga of Works: The Way of the Gita
Excerpts from Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’, where he describes the key principles of the Karmayoga as laid down in the Bhagavad Gita.
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The Spirit of Karmayoga at Sri Aurobindo Ashram
M.P. Pandit writes that when done with right attitude and as a sincere offering to the Mother, work has more dynamic effect than meditation.
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On Reading Sri Aurobindo’s Works: A Personal Account – Part 1
Observations and suggestions made by the author here are based on his personal experience of reading Sri Aurobindo’s works.
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On Reading Sri Aurobindo’s Works: A Personal Account – Part 2
Based on his own experience, the author shares some observations on how one may prepare to approach reading the epic poem, Savitri.
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Inner Significance of 15 August: Sri Aurobindo’s Message
In a message given to his close disciples on 15 August 1926 Sri Aurobindo spoke of the deeper significance of August 15 for yoga.
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The Series of Avatars and Avatar of the Future
In this insightful writing Amal Kiran imakes some perceptive comments on the Mother’s Message dated April 24, 1957, and clarifies the meaning of Supermind and its connection with Avatarhood.
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Sri Aurobindo on His Supramentalisation and Immortality
Replying humorously to Nirodbaran’s queries, Sri Aurobindo reveals a nuanced view of his Supramentalisation and his conquest of death.
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Sri Aurobindo, the Reconciler of Light and Life – 1
The author navigates as we follow Sri Aurobindo in his illuminating exposition of the origin of life and the aim and steps of its evolutionary progression.
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Sri Aurobindo, the Reconciler of Light and Life – 2
Sri Aurobindo explains how life ascends from status to status till it reaches the summit of its evolution and becomes one with and a dynamic movement of Light.
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The Perfect Equality in Integral Yoga – Part 1
“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.
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The Perfect Equality in Integral Yoga – Part 2
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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The Perfect Equality in Integral Yoga – Part 3
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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The Perfect Equality of Soul and More
The Mother explains two of Sri Aurobindo’s phrases – namely, “strong immobility of an immortal spirit” and “the equality of soul”.
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Sri Aurobindo on Yoga and Skill in Works
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.
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