November 24 is a very significant day, especially for the devotees of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, as it marks the anniversary of the Siddhi Day – ‘The Day of Victory’ – the descent of the Sri Krishna Consciousness or the Overmental Consciousness into the physical, which took place in the year 1926. This wasContinue reading “Siddhi Day – ‘The Day of Victory’”
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The Ashram restored to it’s former glory
The Ashram restored to it’s former glory
A look at India’s first modernist building, Golconde in Pondicherry
This is the first reinforced-concrete structure in India, predating Chandigarh’s and Ahmedabad’s modern architecture. Golconde in Pondicherry was completed in 1945. It was built as a dormitory for members—ashramites, as they are called—of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. It might be easily overlooked from the street, but walk through the singular discreet wooden door with aContinue reading “A look at India’s first modernist building, Golconde in Pondicherry”
Guiding Light: The drive of desire and the spiritual path
Most men are, like animals, driven by the forces of Nature: Whatever desires come, they fulfil them, whatever emotions come they allow them to play, whatever physical wants they have, they try to satisfy. We say then that the activities and feelings of men are controlled by their Prakriti, and mostly by the vital andContinue reading “Guiding Light: The drive of desire and the spiritual path”
In search of paradise
Sohini Dhar’s “Silence, the mystic birthplace of the soul” ~ Sri Aurobindo, reiterates that changing tastes and trends haven’t eclipsed the landscape as a genre. It would take unforeseen shifts in civilizational thinking for the landscape — or Nature in some form — to retire from art, all its metaphorical inflections exhausted. Sohini Dhar’s onlineContinue reading “In search of paradise”
Documentary on Auroville’s afforestation project to be screened at ChangeNow summit.
‘I am excited and proud that my film will be screening alongside Sir David Attenborough’s new documentary Breaking Boundaries,’ says Aurovillian Christoph Pohl. Aurovillian Christoph Pohl’s documentary Ever Slow Green, which tells the story of Auroville’s unique afforestation project that took root on an eroded desert plateau in Villupuram district, has been officially selected for screening at the prestigiousContinue reading “Documentary on Auroville’s afforestation project to be screened at ChangeNow summit.”
Spiritual violence and the divine revolution of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
In 1879, a young Indian boy arrived in England from Calcutta (now Kolkata), in the state of Bengal, sent by his father to receive a British education. Aurobindo Ghosh showed enormous promise and would go on to receive a scholarship to study classics at King’s College, Cambridge. By the time he had moved back toContinue reading “Spiritual violence and the divine revolution of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh”
Bonne Année 50th
50th Anniversary of the coming of la conscience du surhomme on 1 January 1969 50 years ago, on the morning of 1 January 1969, a powerful New Consciousness descended into the earth atmosphere. The Mother described it in Notes on the Way, pp.148-160. The following are some extracts.1 January 1969In the night it came slowlyContinue reading “Bonne Année 50th”
In Sri Aurobindo’s poetry, a vision for spiritual consciousness
‘Kavi’ does not just mean ‘poet’. In classical Sanskrit, the term was used for any maker of prose or verse. In Vedic times, it had an even simpler definition—anyone who saw and sang. It is with this context that viewers were introduced to ‘Sri Aurobindo—The Kavi’, a webinar event conducted Friday by Sri Aurobindo FoundationContinue reading “In Sri Aurobindo’s poetry, a vision for spiritual consciousness”
Comprehensive and up to date botanical survey of Merveille and its surrounding area, Pondicherry
The Sri Aurobindo Trust sponsored a comprehensive study into the botanical survey of Merveille and its surrounding area, Pondicherry. Main GoalThe present study meets two objectives: Output As a result of this proposed project the data collected will be part of research whichwill enable to Ms. Uma Maheswari to work for PhD. Two to threeContinue reading “Comprehensive and up to date botanical survey of Merveille and its surrounding area, Pondicherry”