Saturday, November 9, 2013
Agitation Against Sri Aurobindo Ashram
27 December, 1967
(Regarding the violent agitation in South India against the imposition
of Hindi, the language of the North, as the official language. This is the same
agitation that had in 1965 led to an attack against the Ashram in which
disciples had been injured and buildings burned down. At the time the
Pondicherry lieutenant governor had not intervened to stop the rioters from
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Sri Aurobindo, Swami Vivekananda and Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Swami Vivekananda's Original Chicago Speech in 1893
* * *
Not many are aware of the part played by Swami
Vivekananda in the life and work of Sri Aurobindo. In fact, none at all knew of
it till Sri Aurobindo himself revealed this part and its significance in a
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
How to do Sri Aurobindo's Yoga ?
One day I asked Mother : I have been doing the yoga for many
years
but I am not absolutely certain how to do the yoga of Sri
Aurobindo.
I read all the books and try to do the yoga but I am not certain
how far
I have progressed”. I asked the Mother to help me.
“You are doing it all wrong”, She said.
I said : What shall I do ?”
She said : “I will do the yoga for you”.
I was
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Sri Aurobindo's Gayatri Mantra
Sri
Aurobindo’s Gayatri Mantra
Sri Aurobindo’s Gayatri Mantra : Om Tat Savitur Varam Rupam,
Jyoti Parasya Dhimahi Yannah Satyena Dipayet. [Tat = That, Savitur = Sun-god who is the
Creator, Varam = most auspicious, Rupam = form,
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Hostile Forces and the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
December 23, 1961
‘All things are attracted to the Divine. Are the hostile forces
also attracted to the Divine?'
You know, I can say one thing about this.... There's a type of
woman I have met more or less periodically throughout my life. These beings are
under the influence, or are incarnations of, or in any case are responsive to
forces which Theon called 'passive' - not exactly feminine
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Goddess Kali and the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
(The day before Kali Puja (the ritual festival devotedeach year in India to the goddess Kali), the warrior aspect of the universal Mother)
She has already been
here for two days and ... Oh, yesterday especially,
she was so ... in such a mood! - like a
warrior. I said to her, 'But why not change them through ... through an excess
of love?'
So then she
Friday, October 4, 2013
Apprentice Disciples of Sri Aurobindo
Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi and the Mother
All the government members (the central
government - I don't mean the whole country, but the center), all the
government members are ... (what should I say?) I might almost say
"apprentice disciples of Sri Aurobindo," with a great goodwill to serve.
And everywhere, everywhere in the world, the
signs of a CONSCIOUS
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