"Anandamath": A Bengali Novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee translated by Sri Aurobindo

Mantras

Image by Temari09(Flickr). Click image for sourceMantra is creation by WordThe word is a sound expressive of the idea. In the supra-physical plane when an idea has to be realised, one can by repeating the word-expression of it, produce vibrations which prepare the mind for the realisation of the idea. That is the principle of the Mantra and of japa. One repeats the name of the Divine and the

Happy New Year

Que la naissance de la nouvelle année soit une nouvelle naissance pour notre conscience! Laissant le passé loin derrière nous, courons vers un avenir lumineux.



- La Mère

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Let the birth of the New Year be the new birth of our consciousness! Leaving the past far behind us let us run towards a luminous future.



- The Mother

'Concept of Man in Sri Aurobindo's Poetry' : Book Review in "Organiser" Weekly

Change Yourself First

You can do nothing with others unless you are able to do it with yourself. You can never give a good advice to anyone unless you are able to give it to yourself first, and to follow it. And if you see a difficulty somewhere, the best way of changing this difficulty is to change it in yourself first. If you see a defect in anyone, you may be sure it is in you, and you begin to change it in

The call of the future

While on the one hand he attained the acme of his lifelong quest on December 5, 1950, it also became imperative for Sri Aurobindo on the other hand, to leave his body. We can never understand the inside story of this mystery, but this simultaneous victory and defeat constitutes a momentous event in the history of mankind. That the lever of the next evolution has been pulled successfully was

Christmas Messages by the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

( Christmas was designated by the Mother as the festival of the return of the Light .)


1962May the New Light illumine your thoughts and your lives,govern your hearts and guide your action.Blessings.
1963Joyeux Noel.Let us celebrate the Light by letting it enter into us.
1964If you want peace upon earth, first establish peace in your heart.If you want union in the world, first unify the