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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

16.3 Distinguishing Good and Evil

Aug 21, 2020

SELECTIONS FROM CONVERSATIONS BY THE MOTHER (TEXT)

It is not a question, of course, of giving a child philosophical explanations, but he could very well be given the feeling of this kind of inner comfort, of satisfaction, and sometimes, of an intense joy when he obeys this little very silent thing within him which will prevent him from doing what is contrary to it.

Sanatana Dharma 11: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The World as One Divine Family)

Aug 21, 2020

VIDEO IN ENGLISH

This talk by Dr Alok Pandey focuses upon the ideal of a perfected human society from the perspective of Sanatana Dharma.

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.

Kalyan “Saheb” Some Memories

Aug 19, 2020

Essays and Talks of Nirodbaran

Cricketer, footballer, tennis player, keen hunter, litterateur, a good translator and bon vivant... Dilip-da is said to have remarked that Kalyan was a Prahlad in the Daitya Kula of their family.

Gratitude

Aug 19, 2020

A Video Clip

A short video clip-meditation, based on texts from Sri Aurobindo's and the Mother's writings. Produced by the Art-Studio "12 Qualities"

Realms of Ideal Mentality, pp. 260-261

Aug 19, 2020

COMMENTARY ON SAVITRI BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

Beyond our struggling human mind there exists an Ideal world of Truth and Light where grief and error have no place. The beings of this world exist in a self-luminous light and perfect sight. These are the high Heavens of the Mind.

With Sri Aurobindo in Baroda (4) by Dinendra Kumar Roy

Aug 18, 2020

This is the concluding chapter of a memoir by Dinendra Kumar Roy (1869-1943), who lived with Sri Aurobindo in Baroda from 1898 to 1900 or 1901. This text first appeared in the journal Sahitya in Bengali in 1911-1912.

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.