Monday, May 22, 2023

We stand for ourselves and our family alone

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

17 hours ago — Renaissance with its focus on Indian Culture and Integral Yoga features inspiring content in the light of Sri Aurobindo's vision for India and her role in the ...

23 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo saw a spiritual aspiration as the “governing force of this culture, its core of thought”. This spiritual vision gave rise to the idea that ...

4 hours ago — Vice Chancellor Prof Sabita Acharya, gracing as chief guest, fondly remembered her brief meeting with Das at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry and ...
Summary of Chapters 1-4 of Book One. A talk by Dr Alok Pandey at Sri Aurobindo Society, Jaipur, Rajasthan.To listen to the audio or download as mp3 go to ...
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20 hours ago — In The Human Cycle, Sri Aurobindo traces the evolution of human society and suggests where it is headed. Read More ...

Bengal and Italy: Transcultural Encounters from the Mid-19th to the Early 21st Century

P Chakravarti, M Prayer - 2023
The ten chapters collected in this book manifest the current global interest in trans-border
dialogues and trace the origins and development of Italian and Bengali
internationalisms in the period from the mid-19th to the early 20th century. Despite …

5 The Italian Connection to Indian Art in Calcutta

R Basu - Bengal and Italy: Transcultural Encounters from the Mid …, 2023
In studying the relations between Italy and Indian art in Calcutta, I begin with a focus
on a recent exhibition entitled Ghare Baire or “The World, the Home and Beyond”
that was held at the iconic Italianate Currency Building in Kolkata, showcasing the …

[PDF] A Metaphysique of Sustainability: Vedāntic Perspectives

R Dabee
Many cultures around the world view the Earth as a living entity, referring to it as the
Mother since she sustains all forms of life. She is the source of the fundamental
elements that constitute all matter. Geographical features like mountains, oceans …

[PDF] The Nature of Compassion in Yoga: Illuminating its Modern Role through an Examination of Historical Texts

K Eshed - 2023
… often highlights compassion as a core element with little or no reference to the
traditional literature of yoga.While compassion is an integral part of Buddhist … As
will be explored throughout this paper, Buddhism and Yoga have been intermingling …

Mapping Hindutva's coordinates: global formations of nationalist space

S Thobani - Social Identities, 2023
… pilgrimages, entangled with the politics of Hindutva, are so effective in marking
civilizational … in the sites I examine serves to ground Hindutva politics globally, its
focus on the bounded … it now comes to be operationalized in contemporary …

On demystifying the consumerist bubble and dismantling the obsession with superheroes: an interview with comic artist Appupen

S Khatai, SK Ladsaria - Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 2023
… If you read Manusmriti, you know why the present context of Hindutva fits right
with male power and supremacy. So, it had to be a man for sure. I have grown up
with some strong and influential women around me, and I think women hold it …

The Metamorphosis of the Public Sphere in India over Time: Unfolding the Dichotomy between Public and Private Spheres in the Pre and Post-Independence Era

S Raiguru - Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2023
… , leading to its susceptibility to the recent rise of Hindutva. The current state of the
public sphere in … The rise of Hindutva in Indian politics has further strengthened
this trend by seeking to … in India has made it vulnerable to the advance of Hindutva …
21 hours ago — Apart from Chhayavaadi poems, Pant also wrote progressive, socialist, humanist poems and philosophical (influenced by Sri Aurobindo) poems.

The essays in 'Mystics and Sceptics: In Search of Himalayan Masters', edited by , look at both the tyranny and beauty of life and bring alive the spiritual resonance of the #Himalayas, writes for #THSundayMagazine Read more here:
Indian Ideas of Freedom is an illuminating study of the lens through which freedom was perceived by thinkers such as Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, BR Ambedkar, MN Roy and Jayaprakash Narayan.
In WWI and WWII, a vast majority of people in the world had no voice, no say, in what a bunch of colonial, supremacist powers did to carve out the world into their fiefdoms of unending plunder and loot. Now, they do. This time, it will be different.
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Would recommend a deep dive into Sri Aurobindo, if you're looking for a practical approach, more than intellectual speculations and metaphysics.
The human body is not simply a physical body; it’s the material organization around the Divine Center. Only human beings can connect with the Divine through what Sri Aurobindo calls the Psychic Being which connects to the Divine like a cable connects to a generator.
Auroville Song Mother India, February 1969
Is Auroville Tamil Heritage Center being appropriated by ? Sanskrit programs are being planned at the Center. Villupuram MP RaviKumar has written to TN CM to intervene. See the communications below posted on RaviKumar's Facebook page.
Wonder how a quack architect without registering in can practice in India by signing some agreement with and has the right to blame our public officers?#Auroville
Youth Delegation from West Bengal visit Auroville May 20th. To celebrate the cultural & linguistic diversity of our country, the Gov of India is organizing Yuva Sangam through the Ministry of Education under Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat Scheme. #Auroville #Aurovillefoundation
Pune is slow bake. Mumbai is slow stew. Delhi is slow grill. Chennai is slow steam. Which town in india is liveable in May?
Doing good is not just a mere act, but a reflection of a simple will to make a positive impact. Let's embrace kindness, compassion, and generosity, and strive to make the world a better place.#DoGood #MakeADifference.
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The function of an office where one can read the files carefully and with concentration has great merit. Spending one's best time and best energy there leads to right judgement and appropriate decisions. Administration means that and not moving about all the while like a tourist.
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, President of the party, and the most prominent MP are the four power centres in the politics of a State. So there is constant tension and struggle for reinforcing influence. Access to the central leadership is flaunted as the crucial factor.
My life in the last century was spent in the secular atmosphere whereas this century has seen the dominance of Hindutva discourse. Two other influences the Western and Sri Aurobindo's form the four pillars. Integral in my circumstances would mean reconciling these four dimensions
Mythology trivialises philosophy. Sri Aurobindo relies upon the Vedic framework for formulating an evolutionary metaphysics that is in consonance with science. He also integrates it with practice and religion so that All life is Yoga becomes a translation of All this is Brahman.
Plain & Simple: Humility is a hallmark of a truly elevated soul plasim.blogspot.com/2023/05/humili Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005) and Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.