AuroMaa

Yoga in Savitri – Eternity Speaks (video clip)

Apr 21, 2017

"Men are so much engrossed in the crowded life of senses that they hardly aware of themselves as apart from the movements in which they are carried. Even the few who have become conscious of their mental selves and stand aloof from their external life-movements, are lost in the noise of their own thought-activity and emotional turmoils."

May 11, 1913

Apr 21, 2017

"O Lord, Lord, a boundless joy fills my heart, songs of gladness surge through my head in marvellous waves, and in the full confidence of Thy certain triumph I find a sovereign Peace and an invincible Power. "

Shiva

Apr 21, 2017

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"Life springs in her and Mind is born; her face She lifts to Him who is Herself, until The Spirit leaps into the Spirit’s embrace."

Sri Aurobindo and Mother: The Coming of the New Force (Part 2) – Loretta

Apr 20, 2017

The second of two talks by Loretta Shartsis (Auroville) at the Unity Pavilion in February 2017 - video and audio versions

Sri Aurobindo and Mother: The Coming of the New Force (Part 1) – Loretta

Apr 20, 2017

The first of two talks by Loretta Shartsis (Auroville) at the Unity Pavilion in February 2017, in video and audio formats

The Issue (Part 2) – Burden of the Past and the Prison of Nature

Apr 20, 2017

Beyond there is a whole world awaiting our discovery, a world that expresses itself as a state of Consciousness. It is here that Man begins to fulfill his real role to go beyond his humanity and, transcending the barriers of the mind, enter the domains of a higher spiritual truth. But this is no easy task. Nature keeps us tied within its boundaries.

The Good and Great who Suffer, pp. 444-446 (SH 228)

Apr 19, 2017

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Narad reveals how pain chisels out greatness and why is suffering allowed to those who are among the good and the great, whose very life is to serve a higher purpose and who live selflessly. This is a question that vexes all who look upon pain and suffering as some sort of judgment by God for our errors and sins.

The Coming (HH 201)

Apr 18, 2017

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Before the 24th April Darshan it may be helpful to get into the mood and atmosphere of the early days of Sri Aurobindo’s arrival and the earthly lila of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Often this is the simplest way to open one’s heart to Their Love and Compassion and Grace.

Birth of a Seer pp 24-25

Apr 17, 2017

The very first stages of transformation, the transformation of the Mind of Ignorance into a Mind of Light, are now being described in the passages that follow. This initial step leads us to a freedom from Ignorance, as the ignorant human mind gets transformed into the mind of a seer.

Raising the Consciousness (TH 169)

Apr 16, 2017

A Talk in Hindi (video)

A talk of Dr. Alok Pandey in Hindi at the Beach Office of Sri Aurobindo Society in Pondicherry in 2017.

March 13, 1913

Apr 15, 2017

"...LET the pure perfume of sanctification burn always, rising higher and higher, and straighter and straighter, like the ceaseless prayer of the integral being"

Human life – a preparation p 24

Apr 15, 2017

Human life as we experience now, in our ignorance, is not the final intended act of Nature. It is a stage, a transition, a rather long preparation, often through much struggle and suffering, for divinity, for the divine unfolding in and through man as an intermediary link.

Krishna

Apr 13, 2017

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"At last I find a meaning of soul’s birth Into this universe terrible and sweet, I who have felt the hungry heart of earth Aspiring beyond heaven to Krishna’s feet."

Sage Narad Sets the Tone for His Reply, pp. 442-444 (SH 227)

Apr 13, 2017

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Narad has heard the queen, her anguish that blames the Cosmic management. But behind her anguish there is also the seeking to understand the Eternal’s Play. Narad starts his long reply setting the first notes.

Concert in San Francisco – Vasanti Rao

Apr 13, 2017

A beautiful concert of sacred hymns, chants and devotional songs, recorded at the Cultural Integration Fellowship in San Francisco, California, in May 1977, almost exactly 40 years ago. Music was performed by Vasanti Rao, then - secretary of Madhav P Pandit, who often accompanied him on lecture tours.

The Mother and Landing Auroville (video)

Apr 12, 2017

Four early Aurovillians - Frederick, Dayanand, Narad and Joss - bring their memories of The Mother guidance about "landing Auroville". A documentary produced by Auro Image in 2016.

The World of Falsehood and the World of Truth (HH 200)

Apr 12, 2017

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Sri Aurobindo’s coming to Pondicherry marks the start of a new project, the progressive divinization of the race, of Matter, so that this earthly life may become the Life Divine. Today we share some thoughts on Sri Aurobindo’s coming to Pondicherry and the preparation needed for the New World to precipitate into this material World.

The Issue (Part 1) – from Crisis to Liberation

Apr 11, 2017

As man grows beyond his first primal needs, there also grows in him, especially with the development of the mind, the urge to understand the world around him. But the understanding of the world alone does not satisfy his longings for knowledge. There comes a point when he must turn back upon himself, the observer of the scene and try to see who he himself is?