Sri Aurobindo offers us a clue. In Dharmic
traditions, unity is grounded in a sense of the Integral One, and there can be
immense multiplicity without fear of “collapse into disintegration and chaos”.
He suggests that the “forest” with the “richness and luxuriance of its
vegetation” is both an inspiration and metaphor for India
Sri Aurobindo emphasizes this natural predisposition
to pluralism in the Indian mind where “the Infinite must always present itself
in an endless variety of aspects” and contrasts this to the religious mindset
of the West which has privileged the “idea of a single religion for all mankind
[...], one set of dogmas, one cult, one system of ceremonies, one array of
prohibitions and injunctions, one ecclesiastical ordinance”.
My latest book, BEING DIFFERENT: An Indian
Challenge to Western Universalism (Harpercollins, 2011), examines how this
worldview is different than mainstream Western thought, including the
Judeo-Christian variety, the secular variety of the European Enlightenment, and
the postmodernist thought. Please visit: www.BeingDifferentBook.com for details
on this book and to place an order. To contact me, write: RajivMalhotra2007@gmail.com
There is much hustle-bustle here in Auroville these
days with new developments as well as the Bulgarian celebrations in the
International zone. And with International Women’s Day just around the corner,
you can imagine the excitement as women take the lead in History, Literature,
Cinema, Dance and a lot more!
from: Narayan
T Rao narayan.t.rao@gmail.com date:
6 March 2012 22:16 subject: reply to Shri Ranganath's response to the
Declaration 1. In the Indian tradition…
How many Ashrams have we imagined where the inmates,
some unmarried, especially women, expose their lower bottom on the body by wearing
shorts and go out on the streets, even to the markets? How many traditional
Indian ashrams serve non-vegetarian food to their inmates? This is a reality in
the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and a big attack by some fundamental groups who are
plotting a planned and systematic attack to the very essence and existence of
its survival. This is the nature of attack… Manas
There Was No Assault! from A critique of the book "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo"
by Peter Heehs by General Editor
This shows that Ajit, Arindam, Bulu, Gautam and
Filio, who have gone on overdrive to disseminate the wrong information, are
simply too hot-headed to be reliable.
This video relives Calcutta
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