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Inculcating Sincerity in Children: Guidance for Parents and Teachers

Education, Sincerity, Society, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

These selections taken from the Mother’s volumes highlight some practical advise on how to inculcate the values of sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, and self-control in children from an early age. She reminds the parents and educators that these things are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.

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Of Animals, Kings, Pundits and Rishis: Sincerity Stories as Told by the Mother

Children's Corner, Divine Humour, Sincerity, Tales and Stories, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

In these delightful timeless tales retold by the Mother we get some important lessons on the value of straightforwardness, speaking the truth without any fear, and the importance of growing in sincerity for destroying falsehood and hypocrisy.

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Sincerity: The Bedrock of Sadhana

Sincerity, Sunlit Path, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

The author here reminds us that generally there is a great chasm between what the soul suggests and the intellect understands and the senses execute. The only way to bridge the rift between spirit and its instruments and to create harmony and order in place of clash and cacophony among the different parts of our being is to be absolutely sincere.

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Sincerity as Clear Vision and Self-Development: Reflections of an American Educator in Pondicherry

Education, Reflection, Sincerity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By /

Inspired by some words of the Mother on education and one of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings, an American educator shares her reflections on sincerity as a means for self-development as she looks back at the time she spent at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, ten years ago.

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Choose Wisely, Grow in Knowledge, Surrender to the Guru

Culture, Editorial, Guru, Scriptures / By /

We explore two inter-related themes. One is Choice and Wisdom, related to which is the faculty of viveka, the intuitive discriminating reason which is developed by a purification of the organs of thought and knowledge. But all this is possible only by the grace of the Guru, which is our second theme for this issue.

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