The
Ashram Management’s Fear Psychosis -- Ranganath Raghavan on Feb 17, 2012
8:40 PM
Then Kiran Poddar and Vijay were summoned once again
for “clarifications”. The meeting went off very badly. They were shouted at and
accused of many things. They were even asked why they did not stop the Dharna
under the Balcony. Hot words were exchanged until finally Vijay had to tell the
trustees that if it came to a showdown between the Mother and Sri Aurobindo on
one side and the Trustees on the other, he would not hesitate to go against
them. …
The Ashramites have a right to know what is going on
and why this spirited support to a bigoted book written by a foreigner who
takes pride in declaring that he is NOT a devotee. Satisfactory answers
are required very badly and urgently! Ranganath Raghavan
Frequently
Asked Questions Regarding The Lives of Sri Aurobindo by
Peter Heehs Q 1. Peter Heehs has written a “scholarly biography” of Sri
Aurobindo intended “for the Western mind”. What is wrong with that?
There would be nothing wrong with that if the book
was truly an honest and scholarly biography. Unfortunately it is full of
misrepresentations and deliberate distortions regarding a) facts surrounding
important events, b) their historical context, c) the teaching of Sri
Aurobindo, d) the nature of his own yogic practices, e) life in the Ashram, and
f) the Mother. Naturally these also lead to false interpretations and wrong
conclusions. On reading the entire book, the pattern that emerges is that PH
has distorted facts to force them to fit the Freudian view of spirituality.
Such a book cannot be accepted as “scholarly” since
standards of scholarship demand honesty, accuracy and completeness in
presenting facts. All three elements have been seriously compromised in this
book.
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