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I swore that I would not suffer from the world’s grief and the world’s stupidity and cruelty and injustice and I made my heart as hard in endurance as the nether millstone and my mind as a polished surface of steel. I no longer suffered, but enjoyment had passed away from me.— Sri Aurobindo

Aspire, concentrate in the right spirit and, whatever the difficulties, you are sure to attain the aim you have put before you. The right spirit is the will to perfect oneself, or the will to be calm, or…it depends, you see,…on the circumstances… it means that in each circumstance there is a spirit which isContinue reading “Sri Aurobindo on the right spirit”

A criticism that ignores or belittles the significance of the unsurpassed record and the splendor the self expressing spirit and creative intelligence of the Vedas, stands convicted at one of a blind malignity or an invincible prejudice and does not merit refutation. By your stumbling, the world is perfected. We must not only cut asunderContinue reading “Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga”

Sri Aurobindo Ghose full name was Aurobindo Acroyd Ghose who later on in his life became famous as Sri Aurobindo Maharishi. Furthermore, he was a great scholar, revolutionary, yogi, patriot, philosopher, mystic, poet, humanist, and guru. Moreover, he was born in a standard Bengali family of Kolkata in 1872 on 15thAugust. In addition, the surroundingsContinue reading “Life of Sri Aurobindo Ghose”

“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 “Letters on Yoga”

“Then there is the life-force, the Prana, that works in our vital being and nervous system. The Upanishad speaks of it as the first or supreme Breath; elsewhere in the sacred writings it is spoken of as the chief Breath or the Breath of the mouth, mukhya, asanya; it is that which carries in itContinue reading “The Upanishad speaks of it as the first or supreme Breath”

Chairman of Auroville Governing Board spoke at the three-day global summit on science, spirituality and human awakening at Unity Pavilion as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Aurobindo impacts and a pandemic, Auroville is best positioned to spread the message of human unity to global mankind, R. N. Ravi, Tamil Nadu GovernorContinue reading “Auroville is best positioned to spread the message of human unity to the world, says R.N. Ravi”

Written by Guru Prakash Paswan and Sudarshan Ramabadran Bengal has produced several seminal thinkers who have set up the foundations of our progress as a civilisational nation-state. Celebrating 75 years of Independence this year, India is taking nascent but steady steps towards enabling social cohesion and is contributing to enabling diversity, equity, and inclusion. RamakrishnaContinue reading “Sri Aurobindo at 150: How he stood against caste discrimination and a more inclusive Hinduism”

Sri Aurobindo chose not to come up with another religion since he felt that religions had played their part in human evolution and it was time to move beyond its shell, writes Navin Upadhyay In a country where people still take pride in quoting from the texts of Plato and Friedreich Nietzsche, author Pariksith Singh hasContinue reading “Aurobindo: A bridge between East and West”

Aurobindo was one of those unique figures who left an indelible stamp in 20th century Bengal. As we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Aurobindo Ghose, it is worthy to re-look at the way he poured a stream of fresh inspiration into the national consciousness which later erupted like a volcano and ended up sweepingContinue reading “From Bengali Aristocrat to Indian Nationalist to Philosopher – A Look Back At Aurobindo Ghose”