Friday, August 07, 2026

Sri Aurobindo gave humanity a new spiritual ideal

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

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Sri Aurobindo said," India lives for the world, not for herself. India has a role to play towards unity and peace for the people."
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To make this new age a living reality, Sri Aurobindo gave humanity a new spiritual ideal—the harmonisation of matter and spirit, life and spirit. This ideal ...
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[PDF] Hindu Nationalism, Akhand Bharat, and Foreign Perceptions of India

C Clary - Managing Editor, 2025
Hindutva might be considered one type of many potential Hindu nationalisms,
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'Even God Seems to Have Gone into Hiding': Hindu Nationalism, Indian Nuclear Scientists and the Quest for the United States of India in Anushakthi Amma (2004)

S Kar, S Bhattacharjee, D Roy - South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 2026
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[PDF] Navigating authoritarian citizenship in India: a case study of the Irulars

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Monday, August 03, 2026

The universal solvent that is modernity

 Pretty much. But it's worth pointing out that this is not a new discussion. 

Bankim Chatterjee in his "Letters on Hinduism" argues that the prevailing understanding of "Hinduism" was reduced, by "the ignorance, the intolerance and the contempt of foreigners and the degeneracy of natives," to an incoherent amalgamation. It was akin, Bankim writes, to a conception of Christianity that incorporates "the political and social constitution of Europe, its codes of morality, its jurisprudence, its international law, and its legislative enactments." 

Swami Vivekananda similarly argues that Hindus have a tendency to include "every little village-god and every little superstition" as part of "religious faith." Vivekananda emphatically declares that "the greatest mistake made is that ignorant people always think that this local custom is the essence of our religion."

The failure is understandable in a sense. The notion of "religion" as a distinct sphere of human life was foreign to Hindu civilization, and it is only natural that some Hindus, violently thrust into modernity via the colonial encounter, would react by seeking to maintain the integrity of the "Hindu world" uncontaminated by the taint of this new world. This is the heart of the orthodox position, which was encoded in the popular conception of "Hinduism" that emerged in the early 20th century. 

The consequences of this failure are more apparent in the diaspora where the break with the old world is definitive, but India will not be spared the universal solvent that is modernity.

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There is so much stress today in a race to become something, be somewhere. Hindu Civilization is supposed to be anti stress as eternal fundamentals have been sorted. What we need is a cognitive shift to make custodianship and transmission of what inherited, as life goals.

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The Indic Thought Forum requested me to appear for a podcast on Pakistan based on my book. This was for a Gen Z audience by a Gen Z interviewer "India, Pakistan & The Future of South Asia"

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Vedic Meditation on atma prakaasha आत्म प्रकाश 

One of the most curious qualities of consciousness is self luminosity 

That is it needs no light from outside 

It is like the gem that creates its own light, what is called the मणि 

It needs no light to shine within

Or rather, it is this light that illuminates the stars and sky, the earth and waters

Here, again, the Chitta burns as Chitta Shakti or Chidagni 

This quality of consciousness is called sva prakasha स्व प्रकाश and we must find it or let it find us spontaneously 

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One Truth- One Family- A vision that transcends time. Discover how the Vedas reveal the unity of humanity and the deeper meaning behind these timeless words. Watch now. Discover more in this episode. youtu.be/DQbeYr4W_1Q?si… @AmazingVedas @PariksithSingh @MakrandParanspe

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A nation born from freedom. A history marked by contradictions. A future reshaped by AI. Professor Subhash Kak explores the deeper meaning of America at 250 with @MakrandParanspe . Watch full episode youtu.be/rnluRgBtBg8?si… @AmazingVedas @PariksithSingh

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Hymns to the Mystic Fire, 1st US Edition - Sri Aurobindo ..this book he has provided the translations for all hymns to Agni, the mystic fire, from the Rig Veda. lotuspress.com/products/hymns… #mystic #mysticfire #rigveda #veda #sriaurobindo #aurobindo

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I knew his sister Dr Kamala and her husband Maj General Krishna Tewari when they came to live in Pondicherry later in Auroville in the late 1970’s. She was dispensing Homeopathy in the Auroville Health Centre. Three of their daughters live and work in Auroville

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Only the cavemen and barbarians don’t understand the difference between literary fiction and myths. Myths are the fountainhead of a civilisation. Greek mythology is treated in such a manner because pagan Greeks went extinct. As long as Hindus live, our myths will reign supreme.

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Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra