On Being Calm and Conquering Anger
The Mother explains the deeper meaning of being calm. Sri Aurobindo reminds of the significance of psychic development in one’s effort to conquer anger.
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For Peace, Go to Ramana Maharshi
We present selected conversations of Sri Aurobindo with a few disciples where the matter of peace came up. Readers will find some insightful perspectives here which may help widen and deepen our understanding of peace in Integral Yoga.
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Peace through Culture and Education
The author writes that peace can be built securely only by means of culture, and culture for peace implies a new orientation of human consciousness; it implies eventually transformation of human consciousness.
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Keep Your Poise and Resist the Attacks
These letters and conversations of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother remind us of the complexity of the being and guide us on how to work upon the parts of the being which are less open to the Divine. They also highlight the ways in which an inner poise of peace and calm prepares a sadhak to meet adverse forces on the path.
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Sādhanā: “Peace, Peace Upon All the Earth”
This prayer from the Mother’s ‘Prayers and Meditations’ inspires us to pray for the transformation of the ordinary consciousness and for uniting with the supreme consciousness so that peace may descend upon all earth.
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Of Moral Violence and Gandhian Ahimsa
In addition to the article by M. P. Pandit we also include some remarks made by Sri Aurobindo in 1923 regarding the Gandhian method of Satyagraha of Ahimsa.
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Mankind’s Illusions about “The Passing of War”
Featured here are excerpts from Sri Aurobindo’s insightful essay titled ‘The Passing of War?’ which was written in the early months of World War I.
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Indians in Adversity: The Hidden Strength Within
A senior member of Sri Aurobindo Ashram recounts the time when he was trapped for thirty hours under a leaking hangar at Mumbai airport in July 2005.
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“This is the Mother’s War”: Of WW2, Victory and Atomic Bomb
A few excerpts from the book ‘On the Mother: The Chronicle of a Manifestation and Ministry’, which speak of the Mother’s and Sri Aurobindo’s yogic work in WW2.
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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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