At the Feet of The Mother

Essays on Yoga

The first step towards self-mastery

Aug 30, 2020

TEXT IN ENGLISH

To discover the priceless pearls one must dive deep within and be willing to lose, for some time at least, the surface bonds that keep us tied to the small and narrow outposts of life and its little pleasures and joys and griefs.

Spirituality and Worldly Life 5: The Two Streams of Life

Aug 26, 2020

A five-part article by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)

Life and yoga are not two but one thing. Life, at least as we experience it, is a concealed yoga. Yoga as the yogin experiences it is life taken to its utmost.

Spirituality and Worldly Life 4: The Perfect Remedy for Stress and Suffering

Aug 25, 2020

A five-part article by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)

The yoga opens the doors of knowledge, true knowledge for us so that we become aware of the truth of our own self and the truth of the world around us. This truth and knowledge are liberating.

Spirituality and Worldly Life 3: The Springs of Spiritual Action

Aug 24, 2020

A five-part article by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)

... what about survival of the fittest, what about competition and strife that abound in our everyday life? What alternative fuel to drive human nature does yoga provides?

Marriage and Spiritual Life

Aug 22, 2020

An essay by Dr Alok Pandey in English

... in most cases the absorbing interest in fulfillment of vital desires as well as the time and energy needed just for maintaining the framework of the family life leaves little room and time for spiritual self-growth which demands a greater and greater one-pointedness.

Spirituality and Worldly Life 2: Life-denying and Life-affirming Spirituality

Aug 21, 2020

A five-part article by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)

There is a line of spiritual living that is not only compatible with worldly life but strengthens it with a new impulsion. It is typified in the great teachings of the Upanishads and the Gita, in the luminous writings of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo

Spirituality and Worldly Life 1: A Perceived Antagonism

Aug 20, 2020

A five-part article by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)

There is a tendency to think that people who take to spiritual life become incapacitated for dealing with real life issues. Nothing can be farther from truth. This misconception is based on a wrong understanding of true spirituality and a wrong understanding of life as well.

The Greatness of the Great 4: God’s Own Example

Aug 17, 2020

The worship of Rama, Sita, Krishna, Radha, Christ, Buddha, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother is not just some kind of demonstrative act of devotion. It is a recognition that here are some lives that man can emulate. It is a recognition of divinity within the reach of man.

The Greatness of the Great 3: Failings of the Great

Aug 16, 2020

...what is important is to know what truly helped them to become what they became, regardless of defects or their absence. It was this understanding that led to the deification of certain great and luminous beings in the eyes of humanity.