On Courage and Nationalism
These bold and spirited passages from Bande Mataram give us a deeper view of nationalism based in courage — making them highly relevant for our times.
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A Creative Gurukul for a New Age (Video)
A deeply inspiring conversation with a three-member team from Bengaluru-based Creative School. Inspired by the Integral Education teachings of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo and other spiritual masters, this institution is described by its members as a conscious community and holistic school for children, parents and teachers.
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Of Woman, Man and Humility: Guidance from the Mother
While the world argues over feminism and post-feminism, social equality vs. essential difference etc., here we have in these words of the Mother such clear insight into the truth that must be at the basis of a true and authentic man-woman relationship.
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Of Caste, Hierarchy and Humility: Sri Aurobindo Responds to the Gandhian View
Written in response to a disciple’s query about a particular statement of Gandhi, this letter of Sri Aurobindo strongly emphasises the need to develop a deeper and wider understanding of truth that is beyond mental-moral-ethical ideals. We also get a glimpse of a significant difference between the Christian or Semitic and the Hindu understanding of virtues or qualities, particularly Humility, which are considered important from a spiritual point of view.
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Sincerity in Social-Political Life: Some Words of the Mother
Sincerity is a quality not only for our inner progress. All outer work and all our social interactions must also be our field of progress toward cultivating this quality of sincerity and straightforwardness. This is true integral living and growing.
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Indian History in Indian Education: Beyond Ideologies and Politics (Video)
Our conversation with two educators takes us beyond the ordinary ideological and political debates that have plagued the discipline of Indian History and Historiography, and invites us to explore a more integral approach to learning and teaching of History.
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On Ācāra, Vicāra, Viveka, Jñāna
We present four brief passages from Sri Aurobindo’s writings done in early 1910. The immense significance of these passages for today’s India can’t be missed.
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Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri and True Women Empowerment
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.
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Equality, Freedom, and Education: A Look at the Book ‘About Woman’
We feature a reflective look at selected insights from Nolini Kanta Gupta’s book with a focus on the issues of equality, freedom and education for girls and women. The timeless truths that a yogi reveals in a deep examination of a social phenomenon must be kept in consideration when addressing contemporary issues.
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Epic Heroines Who Live Amongst Us
The author gives examples of women characters from various Indian literary creations which continue to show women the path to truly becoming strong and powerful making their choices.
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“Solid Grounding in Fundamentals” – A Conversation with Sandeep Balakrishna (Part 1)
India needs Shakti alone, said Sri Aurobindo once. What can help Indians, and especially the youth of India grow in Shakti? What factors hold us back? What is necessary to infuse our knowledge with courage? What needs to be done to strengthen our society from within? These and other related questions were explored in this conversation with Sandeep Balakrishna, presented here in three parts.
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“A Cohesive National Education” – A Conversation with Sandeep Balakrishna (Part 2)
In this second part, Sandeep Balakrishna speaks of the devastating impact of bad educational policy especially concerning Indian languages, and the role of ideologically-biased textbooks and cinema in progressive indoctrination of the students’ minds.
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