Ganga, Shiva and the Earth by Lori Tompkins

How Ganga comes to Earth




'Ganga is said to have descended from heaven and fallen onto Shiva's head, whence from his matted locks the Great God released her in a gentle flow upon the Earth. It is said that the Earth was spared the full impact of her power by this graceful act of Shiva, and that, had it not been so, the planet could not have tolerated the descent of Ganga in her full form.'

Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga Practice

 


We offer this page to all sadhaks who are in need of simple and
effective tools to put their sadhana on the integral foundation of concrete and
psychological methods of the Integral Yoga.

Sri Aurobindo writes:

What I meant by some concrete method was things like repetition
of a mantra, pranayama, asana, etc. What I mean by subtle methods is
psychological, non-mechanical processes e.g.

"The Golden Chain": A Talk by Nolini Kanta Gupta

(This  talk was  addressed  to the students of  “Sri Aurobindo



International Centre of Education”, Pondicherry.)






     You have been here for many years, for
many, many years. From childhood you are here, most of you, perhaps all of you.
Some of you are going out, some are likely to stay, some are still undecided.
If you are asked, "

Sri Aurobindo’s letter to Mahatma Gandhi

Not many people are aware of the fact Mahatma
Gandhi had visited Pondicherry on 17 February 1934. Ever since his return to
India from South Africa in 1915, he was desirous to meet Sri Aurobindo. For the
purpose of arranging a meeting with Sri Aurobindo, the Mahatma had written to
Govindbhai Patel, a follower of Sri Aurobindo who was initially associated with
him. But when the permission

Sri Aurobindo on the Law of Balance

"In this Day the Straight Path is made manifest, the Balance of divine justice is set and the light of the sun of His bounty is resplendent "...http://bahaiasheboro.blogspot.com/2010/05/in-this-day-straight-path-is-made.html




[Yusufali 55:7] And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice)-The Quran[Yusufali 55:9] So establish weight with justice and fall not

Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga, Disciples and the Mother

     If you leave it to the
Mother entirely, then what the Mother would want you to do is to go on with the
work as best you can without allowing yourself to be disturbed or troubled by
these things which you enumerate in your letters, without insisting on your own
ideas or vital feelings. That is indeed the rule that all ought to follow, to
do their work here as the Mother's work, not

Spirit of Storm

Courtesy: "The Heritage " Magazine, June 1985, pp. 80-81.