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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Pondicherry Yatra, an Inner Journey – 2
In this part, the author begins with some misperceptions people have about Yoga and describes beautifully the practice of Integral Yoga at Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
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The One Whom We Adore as The Mother
A special issue featuring a few precious memories recounted by some of the senior sadhaks who were blessed to have close interactions with the Mother.
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Sources of Disharmony in Human Relations
These selected passages from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother give us practical guidance on how to handle the sources of disharmony in human relations in daily life. These sources include narrowmindedness, dislike and fault-finding in others.
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Insights on Love and Human Relationships – 1
Beloo Mehra weaves together some insights on love and human relationships from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother with examples from Indian literary tradition.
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Insights on Love and Human Relationships – 2
The focus in this part is on nature of the human love and how it gets limited and distorted with impurities such as vital attractions, surface emotions, expectations and possessiveness. Human love can be taken as a practice ground to expand and purify oneself to receive the universal force of love.
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Insights on Love and Human Relationships – 3
The author highlights the words of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo to throw light on the origin and nature of parental love and love between family relations and friends. We also see how human love and relationships can never satisfy the deep thirst for love which can only be quenched by the divine love.
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Make Not a Bond of Love
How important are human relations in larger scheme of life and our spiritual destiny? A Zen story highlights the attitudes of detachment and equanimity.
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“I do not give positions… I give them work”
The Mother gives highly practical guidance about the right attitude necessary for sincerely practicing the yoga of works in a collective setting.
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