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There are three key elements in Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy that help us orient to his teachings. The conscious collaboration of man to arrive at fulfilling the Divine intention in creation is what is termed as Yoga. Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo is a means to arrive at this Perfection destined for earth and man. TheContinue reading “Better Understanding Sri Aurobindo Teachings”

Of one thing we must be convinced – all that happens is exactly what must happen in order to lead us and the world as quickly as possible to the goal – the union with the Divine and ultimately the manifestation of the Divine.And this faith – sincere and constant – is at once ourContinue reading “All that happens is exactly what must happen – The Mother”

The Mother was known in her family as Mira. Born on February 21, 1878 of an Egyptian mother and a Turkish father who were thorough materialists, Mira was brought up to become an ideal of perfection. Mira later reminisced about her early upbringing. Her mother was a strong-willed lady who appeared to the children toContinue reading “The Mother”

A Radical Approach to Evolution Sri Aurobindo’s advanced world vision, the backbone of Auroville, takes one into wider areas relating to the self, and to life. The spiritual path – or sadhana – as developed by him, works with a combination of a voluntarily adopted psychological discipline and various yogic practices. Already a century agoContinue reading “Sri Aurobindo’s Teaching and Spiritual Method”

“The vast universal suffering feel as thine:Thou must bear the sorrow that thou claimst to heal;The day-bringer must walk in darkest night.He who would save the world must share its pain.If he knows not grief, how shall he find grief’s cure?If far he walks above mortality’s head,How shall the mortal reach that too high path?IfContinue reading “The vast universal suffering feel as thine”

“The Unknown is not the Unknowable; it need not remain the unknown for us, unless we choose ignorance or persist in our first limitations. For to all things that are not unknowable, all things in the universe, there correspond in that universe faculties which can take cognisance of them, and in man, the microcosm, theseContinue reading “The Unknown is not the Unknowable”

“The spiritual life (adhyatma-jivana), the religious life (dharma-jivana) and the ordinary human life of which morality is a part are three quite different things and one must know which one desires and not confuse the three together.  The ordinary life is that of the average human consciousness separated from its own true self and fromContinue reading “The spiritual life (adhyatma-jivana) and the religious life (dharma-jivana) “

Sitting under the wide, massive branches of the Banyan Tree, one is at the very physical heart of Auroville,  at the centre of the township. Matrimandir is the Soul, said the Mother, and the Banyan Tree is the physical  centre. It was there even before the inauguration of Auroville in 1968. Crows and green parakeetsContinue reading “Matrimandir Update”

Popular teachings from Sri Aurobindo; “A civilisation is to be judged by the power of its ideas.” “Evolution is the one eternal dynamic law and hidden process of the earth-nature.” “All existence is a manifestation of God.” “Spirituality is a single word expressive of three lines of human aspiration toward divine knowledge, divine love andContinue reading “Gems from Sri Aurobindo”

What are the main lines of practice of Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga? In Sri Aurobindo’s view, Man, at present, lives mostly in his surface mind, life and body. There is an inner being within which pushes him to a constant pursuit of a greater beauty, harmony, power and knowledge. He has to awake to the greaterContinue reading “Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga”