"K.M.Munshi, Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo" by Sujata Nahar

Sri Aurobindo's words, "The spirit of her [India's] culture
is her soul," had taken root in the heart of K. M. Munshi. Unlike his
Prime Minister who never made a real discovery of India, Munshi had done it. He
had imbibed her culture. He was a novelist among other things, and what pleases
me more than anything else is that his heroes are no weaklings. A man of
integrity, he had the

Thoughts come from outside : Sri Aurobindo

                                                                           















To reject doubts means control of one's
thoughts – very certainly so. But the control of one's thoughts is as necessary
as the control of one's vital desires and passions or the control of the
movements of one's body – for the yoga, and not for the yoga only. One cannot
be a fully developed mental

Mother's Talk on Sri Aurobindo's Epic Poem "Savitri"

                                                                                 

Mother : Do you read Savitri ?

Mona Sarkar : Yes, Mother, yes.

Mother : You have read the whole
poem?

Mona Sarkar : Yes, Mother,
I have read it twice.

Mother : Have you understood all
that you have read?

Mona Sarkar : Not much, but
I like poetry, it is because of that I read it.

Mother : It does

New Year in Sri Aurobindo Ashram

JANUARY 1 - NEW YEAR'S EVE




Starting in the year 1927, the Sri Aurobindo ashram began the
first New Year’s Celebration. On this eve of the New Year day, the sadhaks
assembled in the Ashram around  midnight and as soon as the clock struck
midnight The Mother welcomed the new year with music on her organ. This was
followed by Pranams in the stillness of the
night and The Mother blessed

Christmas Messages by the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

                                                                     


                                                                         






                                           
 (Christmas was
designated by the Mother as the festival of 

the return of the Light .)

Mother's Darshan Video by Filmmaker Flame Schon

Video Credit : This Video was shot on 24 April, 1973,  by filmmaker Ms. FlameSchon (Diane Rochlin). She had lived in Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry and Auroville from November 1970 to April 1974.

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 (The
crack in the photo is perfect; we can know that it is very old (1970). It was shot

Darshan Days in Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Video Credit : This Video
was shot by filmmaker
Ms. Flame Schon (Diane
Rochlin). She had lived
in Sri Aurobindo Ashram,
Pondicherry and Auroville
from November 1970 to April
1974.
I have her permission to share
this Video with all of you.*                                             *













IMPORTANT DATES IN THE ASHRAM



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