At the Feet of The Mother

Essays on Yoga

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.

The Greatness of the Great 2: Life of a Spiritual Person

Aug 14, 2020

A four-part article by Dr Alok Pandey

...the advice of the wise ones has always been to approach the life of a sage, seer, yogi, even of a vibhuti, but most of all of an Avatara with all humility and caution.

The Greatness of the Great 1: Two Approaches to the Life of Great Ones

Aug 12, 2020

A four-part article by Dr Alok Pandey

Rama and the Soul of India 8: The Ideal Bhakta

Aug 12, 2020

Rama and the Soul of India 7: Dharma and Adharma

Aug 11, 2020

In the single persona and figure of Rama we see a perfect symbol of the high and noble Aryan type, the heroic humanity that shrinks not from any battle whether it be inner or outer. But his battles are never for the ostentatious expansion of ambition but for the expansion of dharma.

Rama and the Soul of India 6: Fall from the Heavens

Aug 10, 2020

The Rakshasa and Asura is clearly not a surname or decided by birth but something into which man can grow so much so that even a deva type can degenerate into an Asura even as an Asura can evolve into a deva type.

Rama and the Soul of India 5: the Setting and the Context

Aug 9, 2020

It is important to re-establish the truth of the ancient Aryan world lest with the sinking of India the hope sinks and the world deprived of its psychic nourishment goes down into abysses of lust and greed after material power and money and immediate success.

Rama and the Soul of India 4: Spiritual Feminism

Aug 8, 2020

An essay in English (TEXT)

If Rama embodies the strength born out of a spiritual manhood, Sita embodies the strength born out of true love.