A Comparative Study of Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramana Maharshi and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Consciousness

The proposed study of Consciousness as defined and spiritually practiced by the three Great Saints of Contemporary India is of great interest. It involves three different approaches to attainment of highest level of Consciousness by a yogi Purusha. The most modern scientist-spiritualist Maharishi  Mahesh Yogi interpreted Veda in scientific terms. His approach to Consciousness appeals to all

Auroville Gujarat Event 2012

The Mother vis-à-vis Numerology by Anurag Banerjee

In his book Our Light and Delight: Recollections of Life with the Mother, Amal Kiran alias KD Sethna has devoted a chapter titled The Mother and Sri Aurobindo in the Light of Numerology. In this chapter, Amal Kiran has shown how ‘meaningful numerology’ has served as a light on the lives of both Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. For instance, Sri Aurobindo’s name has twelve letters and Amal Kiran

Cyclone in Auroville : Dr. Karan Singh's Letter

Goddess Kali's Power

10 March 1965
Behind all the destructions—the big destructions of Nature—earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods, etc., or the human destructions—wars, revolutions, riots—there is always Kali's power and upon earth Kali works for the hastening of the terrestrial progress.
whatever is Divine not only in its essence but also in its realisation is above these destructions and cannot be

"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