On March 29, 1914, at 3:30 PM, a French woman named Mirra Alfassa climbed the stairs of a house in Pondicherry and met Sri Aurobindo for the first time. the world saw a traveler meeting a revolutionary-turned-yogi, they recognized something far deeper. Mirra who would later be known as The Mother instantly recognized Sri Aurobindo asContinue reading “The Day of the Radiant Meeting”
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DARSHAN DAY Celebrating The Mother’s 148th Birth Anniversary
Saturday, 21st February 2026 Sri Aurobindo Trust warmly invites all seekers, devotees, and friends to join us in observing Darshan Day on the sacred occasion of the 148th Anniversary of The Mother’s Birthday, to be held at Auromira Centre. Darshan Days hold a special significance in the spiritual calendar, offering an opportunity for collective reflection, inner stillness, andContinue reading “DARSHAN DAY Celebrating The Mother’s 148th Birth Anniversary”
Celebrating the Birth of The Mother – 21st February
On 21st February 1878, Mirra Alfassa, known to the world as The Mother, was born in Paris, France. From her earliest years, she was spiritually conscious, drawn to the divine, and dedicated to the path of inner transformation. Her life was a living testament to the possibility of manifesting higher consciousness in the material world. “Since theContinue reading “Celebrating the Birth of The Mother – 21st February”
The Mother, Prayers and Meditations
At last was won a firm spiritual poise,A constant lodging in the Eternal’s realm,A safety in the Silence and the Ray,A settlement in the Immutable.Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, Book I, Canto III, page 36.February 15th 1914 O thou, sole Reality, Light of our light and Life of our life, Love supreme, Saviour of the world, grantContinue reading “The Mother, Prayers and Meditations”
The Mother, Questions and Answers
As if in her ascent to her lost sourceShe hoped to unroll all that could ever be,Her high procession moves from stage to stage,A progress leap from sight to greater sight,A process march from form to ampler form,A caravan of the inexhaustibleFormations of a boundless Thought and Force.Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, Book II, Canto VI, pageContinue reading “The Mother, Questions and Answers”
The Garden of Utility and the Growing Wholeness of Matrimandir
As we enter 2026, the work at Matrimandir in Auroville is unfolding with renewed energy and quiet determination. The shared aspiration remains clear: to complete Matrimandir, together with the Park of Unity and the encircling Lake, as a sacred offering to The Mother on the occasion of Her 150th birth anniversary on 21 February 2028. AcrossContinue reading “The Garden of Utility and the Growing Wholeness of Matrimandir”
Psychic Fire
Then the small bodily ego thins and falls;No more insisting on its separate self,Losing the punctilio of its separate birth,It leaves us one with Nature and with God.In moments when the inner lamps are litAnd the life’s cherished guests are left outside,Our spirit sits alone and speaks to its gulfs.Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, Book I, CantoContinue reading “Psychic Fire”
Unifying one’s being
A mystic slow transfiguration works.All our earth starts from mud and ends in sky,And Love that was once an animal’s desire,Then a sweet madness in the rapturous heart,An ardent comradeship in the happy mind,Becomes a wide spiritual yearning’s space.A lonely soul passions for the Alone,The heart that loved man thrills to the love of God,AContinue reading “Unifying one’s being”
A Sacred February at Savitri Bhavan: Living the Work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in Auroville
February holds a special place in the spiritual calendar of Auroville. It is a month imbued with aspiration and gratitude, marked by the birthday of the Mother on 21 February and the founding of Auroville on 28 February—a living experiment dedicated to human unity and the evolution of consciousness. At the heart of this sacred time, Savitri Bhavan continues itsContinue reading “A Sacred February at Savitri Bhavan: Living the Work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in Auroville”
Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, Book I, Canto II, page 19.
A force in her that toiled since earth was made,Accomplishing in life the great world-plan,Pursuing after death immortal aims,Repugned to admit frustration’s barren role,Forfeit the meaning of her birth in Time,Obey the government of the casual factOr yield her high destiny up to passing Chance.In her own self she found her high recourse;She matched withContinue reading “Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, Book I, Canto II, page 19. “