Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Fairy-Tale of the Earth: ‘Savitri’ - by Bhaga










Sixty-three years ago
today, on December 9, 1950, Sri Aurobindo’s body was put into the  white
marble Samadhi that had been built for this purpose in the central courtyard of
the Ashram after his passing away on the 5th.

On the longer sides of the
Samadhi was engraved, in English on one side, in French on the other side, the
Prayer written and signed by the Mother:

“TO THEE WHO HAST

Friday, December 6, 2013

Sri Aurobindo, Yogi Gopi Krishna and Kundalini




Kundalini – the evolutionary energy in man is the Autobiography of Pandit Gopi Krishna. It was first published in 1967. Later it was renamed Living with Kundalini and is one of the many books that Gopi Krishna wrote about his experience with the Kundalini energy and how it transformed his life. Download the ebook here:


Kundalini – the evolutionary energy in man by Gopi Krishna







 Gopi

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

December 5, 1950 : Sri Aurobindo left his body







































After Sri Aurobindo
withdrew from his body, the Mother may be said to have become physically even
more Aurobindonian than before. Once, when some recent photographs of her were
under scrutiny, she told us that her very face and particularly the manner in
which she smiled were becoming like Sri Aurobindo's. Before his passing, there
were two bodies to

Thursday, November 14, 2013

"24 November 1926: Sri Aurobindo And Lord Krishna" by Bhaga




             


There are important aspects of the One Divine Being that we humans have since ever been perceiving as separate entities and giving names to, different ones in our different cultures. ‘Krishna’ is one of those major Aspects, as perceived and named in the Indian spiritual tradition.

I have mentioned this most wonderful Aspect of the Divine already several times on this blog, but

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

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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