Auroville forms an interesting and complex experiment that takes place on more than 20 sq kms of scattered settlements in the midst of forested, semi-urban, and beach areas. For someone new it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where Auroville is. To avoid losing your way, here are some tips to make a first visit easier.Continue reading “Visiting Auroville”
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The Ashram
Created in 1926, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram has grown, under the Mother’s guidance, from a small group of a small group of disciples into a diverse community of almost 2,000 members. Counting the 400 students of the Centre of Education and the hundreds of devotees who live close to the Ashram, the larger community consistsContinue reading “The Ashram”
The Mother, an introduction
TToday, Sri Aurobindo Ashram is known as a great centre of spiritual endeavour. People from all over the world come to Auroville, in South India, to bathe in an atmosphere full of peace, light and joy, to live a life of sadhana and yoga, to imbibe a new spiritual force that can embrace and perfectContinue reading “The Mother, an introduction”
Important dates in Auroville
Shortly after the Siddhi day in November 1926, Sri Aurobindo retired from daily contact with his disciples and placed the Mother in charge of their care. Thereafter he saw them only a few times a year on what came to be known as Darshan days. The Sanskrit word “Darshan” means “seeing” and refers, in thisContinue reading “Important dates in Auroville”
Botanical Survey of Merveille
We are delighted to have supported the Botanical Survey of Merveille study in Auroville. It is our pleasure to share the study update from N. Balachandran, Ecology Departmentat the French Institute of Pondicherry.
Sri Aurobindo Exhibition
The exhibition “Sri Aurobindo & The Mother, The Advent of a New World” was created as a permanent exhibition for the Auroville Visitors Center in 2014.Conceived as a meditative journey through Sri Aurobindo’s and The Mother’s vision and action, it displays some of their most essential and inspiring texts,and it is illustrated with photos andContinue reading “Sri Aurobindo Exhibition”
The Spirit of Auroville Exhibition
The permanent exhibition ‘Auroville, The City the Earth Needs’ has been created on the occasion of Auroville’s fiftieth birthday and was inaugurated on the 28th of February 2018.Conceived as an exploration of the Auroville’s Charter and it’s four main themes — Karma Yoga, Unending Education, The Cradle of a New World and Human Unity —,itContinue reading “The Spirit of Auroville Exhibition”
The Unknown is not the Unknowable
The Unknown is not the Unknowable; it need not remain the unknown for us, unless we choose ignorance or persist in our first limitations.
Yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone
The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity.
Powers of our mind, life, and body
For the powers of our mind, life, and body are bound to their own limitations, and however high they may rise or however widely expand, they cannot rise beyond them.