Read about the heroic motherhood that Kunti epitomises for all times to come. Kunti stands out as a symbol of patience, courage, sacrifice and forbearance.
Kunti – A Paradigm of Conscious Parenting Read More »
We feature a few stories told by the Mother which help children learn how to keep widening the definition of family, and thereby grow in capacity for love.
What is a Family?: Tales Told by the Mother Read More »
Embedded within the tale of the Ramayana are spiritual radiances coming from a yogic poet’s prophetic vision, making it eternally and aesthetically appealing.
Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of Indian Culture: The Ramayana – 3 Read More »
Written by Vijay Poddar as his second quarterly test answer in the 1st year of Higher Course at SAICE, this was published in Mother India, 15 August 1962.
Sri Aurobindo’s Work for India’s Political Liberation Read More »
The author elucidates how the three epithets – “a prophet of nationalism, a poet of patriotism and a lover of humanity” fit Sri Aurobindo’s personality.
Sri Aurobindo: His Birth Unique, His Presence Ubiquitous Read More »
Why did Sri Aurobindo with his cosmic vision of human history write at length about Indian culture highlighting the values that are indispensable to the conception of a perfect human culture? Read on.
Sri Aurobindo and Indian Cultural Renaissance – 1 Read More »
Is Sri Aurobindo a mere revivalist, or a proud nationalist who glories in the past? Is he merely an enthusiastic exponent of Indian culture? Read on.
Sri Aurobindo and Indian Cultural Renaissance – 3 Read More »
The author reminds that Sri Aurobindo wants free India to accept boldly the challenge of the age and give the world a lead in solving problems of collective life by applying her spiritual ideals.
Sri Aurobindo and Indian Cultural Renaissance – 4 Read More »
Vinata Joshi speaks to us about Powada, a popular performance art from Maharashtra, involving story-telling, poetry, music and theatre arts.
Powada, a Story-telling Performance Art (Video) Read More »
Sri Aurobindo Society has published nine e-books on India, compiled from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother by Jamshed M. Mavalwalla. Free download.
India and Her Mission: Free E-Books on India Read More »
In this part, Prema Nandkumar elaborates upon Sri Aurobindo’s brilliant translations of selected shlokas from a few sargas of Valmiki Ramayana.
Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of Indian Culture: The Ramayana – 2 Read More »
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.
Indians in Adversity: The Hidden Strength Within Read More »
Indian mulberry flower is given the spiritual significance – Peace in the sex center. Building upon this, the author reflects on the indispensability of peace in the lower vital part of the being.
Of Indian Mulberry and Indispensable Peace Read More »
“At some fortuitous moment of time the glory of Indian civilisation met the grandeur of the Sanskrit language. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata were born.”
Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of Indian Culture: The Ramayana – 1 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 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 »
The Mother traces the differentiation between masculine and feminine genders to the way the primordial cause of creation of the universe has been explained in many ancient traditions. She adds that both men and women are in several ways enslaved to each other. And to deal with the problem of superiority and inferiority, one must must free oneself from all the inner enslavement and treat both the genders with perfect equality.
The Mother on Gender Equality Read More »
We speak with the authors of book, ‘The Games India Plays’ about the necessity of reviving and popularising the traditional outdoor games of India.