Saturday, December 26, 2020

Heehs and Hartz

[PDF] The Genesis of a Philosophical Poem: Sri Aurobindo, World Literature and the Writing of Savitri

R Hartz - Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico, 2020
Philosophical poetry has had a long and distinguished history in different cultural traditions. These traditions have always interacted to some extent, but today the barriers between them have largely broken down. Savitri, an epic in English by the …

P Heehs - Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico, 2020
… Archival Documents and Claims of Timeless Truth Peter Heehs Sri Aurobindo Ashram (India) peterheehs@yahoo.com Abstract … Aurobindo's papers are preserved in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives, which took shape during the 1970s …

Sri Aurobindo's Theory of Spiritual Evolution

P Heehs - Asian Religious Responses to Darwinism, 2020
Sri Aurobindo's philosophy of spiritual evolution was based on ideas found in Indian spiritual texts but also incorporated Western ideas. Born in India, he was educated in England between 1879 and 1892, when the question of evolution dominated British …

[PDF] Derridean Deconstruction in the Short Stories of Manoj Das
SK Padhy
… Ltd New Delhi Articles: 1-113 1. Derridean Deconstruction in the Short Stories of Manoj Das 1-9 by Santosh K. Padhy 2. Quest for Divine Love: A Transcendental Expedition of 10-16 Paramhansa Yogananda by Vibha …

Describing the Unspeakable: Psychedelic Communication Technologies and the Development of a Posthuman Language

B Dueck - 2020
… Banerji (2016) identifies a common link in the thought of Henri Bergson, Sri Aurobindo, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that he labels “cosmogenetic individuation,” the cosmic tendency toward increasing self-organization and …

Aurobindo’s vision of consciousness evolution https://t.co/ECUgVIiABu

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Recognition as non-Hindu minority religions

Thus, in the 1980s the Ramakrishna Mission’s schools in West Bengal were harassed by the Communist teachers’ unions and threatened with nationalization. Instead of appealing to Hindu society to come to its rescue, and instead of challenging the discriminatory rules which made this hostile takeover possible, it dishonorably decided to abandon Hindu society and distance itself from all other Hindu sects that invest in schooling. The Ramakrishna Mission approached the Court to get itself recognized as a non-Hindu minority, exemplifying the scramble for the exit from Hinduism.

The RK Mission failed in its attempt at de-Hinduization, as had happened before already to the Sri Aurobindo Society: the Court had to admit that the respective founders, Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo, had explicitly stated that they were Hindu and had never intended to found a new religion. But the Arya Samaj at the Punjab state level, the Jains, and the Lingayats did succeed in getting recognition as non-Hindu minority religions.

The RK Mission failed in its attempt at de-Hinduization, as had happened before already to the Sri Aurobindo Society. #Hindurights #HinduCharter #MinorityRule #pseudosecularism https://t.co/lNUKM5j4dv
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Koenraad Elst
Dr. Koenraad Elst earned his Ph.D., from the Catholic University of Leuven based on his research on the ideological development of Hindu revivalism
https://www.indiafacts.org.in/commentaries/equal-rights-for-hindus-the-time-is-now/

We must take seriously the thinkers who made big impact on humanity & study them.
Brilliant social-psychologists who developed systems lasting centuries w millions of ardent members include:
-Roman Emperor Constantine, founder of institutional Church
-Mohammad
-Karl Marx
-etc
https://twitter.com/RajivMessage/status/1308161701347459074?s=19
Even if you bitterly disagree, its bad idea to trivialize their works. Sadly, too many Hindus are unread & compensate w emotions. Name-calling and not taking their ideas seriously disqualifies you as intellectual leader.πŸ™
Those well-educate in Vedic thought wont be threatened by adversaries & in fact enjoy purva-paksha. I find 99% of so-called Hindu activists lack this level of competence. Leaders and followers alike.πŸ™
There are excellent criticisms of Marx written by well informed thinkers. This rant is mediocre.
Sita Ram Goel is a good example of what I am advocating.πŸ™
Deen Dayal Upadhyay was another example of someone who studied the opposing side before responding.
S. Radhakrishnan and Sri Aurobindo discussed others' thoughts in detail; did not engage in tamasic hitting out. Hence their impact has been long term. Most of you will have little long-term impact, mere feel-good before like-minded people to escape the inferiority complexπŸ™
https://twitter.com/RajivMessage/status/1308348884960374785?s=19

Post-Independence of India,prominent leaders like Mahatma Gandhi,Swami Vivekananda,Sri Aurobindo envisioned a Vedic-Social model for the Indian society.However,India took the Nehruvian route,largely based on Marxism.Was it a boon or a bane? @ComeCarpentier https://t.co/uu6PNAgYdI https://t.co/uHBqRu63G5
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Gandhi is a European – truly, a Russian Christian in an Indian body. When the Europeans say that he is more Christian than many Christians they are perfectly right -- Sri Aurobindo 
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There should be a class in India's schools on the Contribution of Indic Thought to the Modern World. Addressing how Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Buddhism, Jainism etc. have influenced modern spirituality, science, medicine and figures as Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Aurobindo etc.
https://twitter.com/davidfrawleyved/status/1308067722014666752?s=19

As ARYA (1914-1921) will close within next four months a hundred years ago let's remember that ten to twelve major works of Sri Aurobindo got published in a systematic manner. Collectively these books constitute a veritable University. Indians need to read https://t.co/evlIvfvRuZ
~This post is extremely important for understanding Sri Aurobindo philosophically.
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~one suffers not only from the repression of one’s biological drives but also can suffer from suppression of the sublime (Reddy, 1988). Soumitra Basu
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Savitrieraparty
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Have you read it Sir? Who is ranting here?
Capt Ajit Vadakayil doesn't take donations like Mr. Rajiv Malhotra to save Bharata Mata.
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We know the reality of Karl Marx. We reject his book Das Kapital. 
@GitaGopinath @TVMohandasPai @sundarpichai @doctorsoumya @amitabhk87 @NITIAayog @ncert @davidfrawleyved @chetan_bhagat @vijayanpinarayi https://t.co/nkuPg1oDsE
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Vivekananda—his pre-monastic name was Narendranath Datta— was born into a fairly prosperous ... Chattopadhyay, Swami Vivekananda in India: A Corrective Biography, Delhi,1999.
Swami Vivekananda, ‎Amiya P. Sen - 2006 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions
(34) Vivekananda and Karl Marx So far as Marxian socialism is concerned, Swamiji differed with it on the following points. First, while he ...
A Compilation, ‎Swami Shuddhidananda - Preview - ‎More editions
Swami Vivekananda, although never oriented in Dialectical Materialism, came somewhat close to Karl Marx's division or society into four  ...
These words are no less prophetic than that of Karl MarxVivekananda was the Karl Marx of India, the vedantin version of the great ...
Vivekananda had his personal acquaintance with the Russian anarchist and utopian ... Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) and Karl Marx ...
Panchanan Saha - 2017 - ‎Preview
Some authors try to picture Vivekananda as all but a Marxist . For instance , Bhupendranath Datta , the younger brother of Vivekananda , asserts that the Marxist will be amazed to find that the ideas of Marx are embodied in the views of  ...
Abraham Stephen - 2005 - ‎Snippet view
... Rabindranath Tagore , Aurobindo Ghosh and Swami Vivekananda , according to Hari Dev ... The same writer has pointed out that the first Indian reference to Marx was only in 1903 in ...

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Hindus have no copyright to Sanatan Dharma

If you interested in working on yourself,intrigued by the works of Sri Aurobindo&The Mother or willing to explore the foundations of integral yoga ,please follow the call.
https://t.co/CuUrgMG6aG
#Auroville #SriAurobindo #India #Nationalism #IntegralYoga
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Svadhyaya 2.0, is open to any seeker who is looking to engage with the fundamental aspects of life, willing to understand the psychological landscape within, work on oneself and rigorously engage with the works of the seer Sri Aurobindo & his spiritual collaborator, The Mother.

The " deities matter" and Sri Aurobindo has given infinite freedom  in his path, the personal religious choice is always there. But the Supramental yoga is impossible without the Mother. Only the Mother can break the lid to initiate the Supermind descent.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal3/status/1235162693570613248?s=19
But the "Hindus" have no copyright to Sanatan Dharma. Sri Aurobindo liberates the 3 major texts, the Vedas, the Upanishads n the Gita from the clutches of the fanatic Hindus n alone brings out their true yoga. They were addressed to Man for their transformation.
Sanatan Dharma for all who follow it. Not just for those who lived by d river Indus. All things were hidden or seen partially till Sri Aurobindo found their integrality. A muslim n a Christian has the same right to Sanatan Dharma. That is why Pondicherry is in the world map!
SA says in The Life Divine that Mind can guess the Supermind. Of Course, he means the slightly better enlightened minds than the average fanatics. No fanaticism in SA.  Nobody b4 Sri Aurobindo found integrality in Scriptures. One does not have to be a great sadhak to know that.
I follow Christians n Muslims in Twitter n I shall be quite embarrassed if they find me equating Sri Aurobindo with the orthodoxies of Hinduism.
One has every right to support the RSS ideology. I myself prefer the BJP over the Congress n the CPM. But then I can't invite Sri Aurobindo to come down to enjoy my private tea party with my sectarian friends!
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal3/status/1235248437618237441?s=19
@RabindraSutrad7 I am sorry I had to block a fanatic. Very offensive and fanatic. Too blind to learn. And also a noise in a discourse on Sri Aurobindo, who lived one thousand years ahead of us.
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No confusions there. Contention was about characterising Integral Yoga as something that bloomed in isolation and not connected to Sanatana Dharma...while its genesis and experiential fact indicates it is but a continuation of the thread that the Vedic Rishis began...
‘Clutches of fanatic Hindus’ is a rather strong phrase..and Master ‘liberated’ the three works? Am sure you are entitled to your view..how much have you actually realised of any of these works? What have you seen so far, what states attained? Opinion without realisation is ok too
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Of course it was Master who found the thread, like the Varaha of old, but doesn’t mean you label an entire race that held the knowledge closely and has poured untold amount of tapasya and faith and even paid price in blood as fanatics...
And yes, the desert cults have a right to Sanatana Dharma too...assuming we survive the conversion, crusade and jihad...yes, all can learn from us..no issues there..but you can’t label Hindus as fanatic just because we are reasonable..
I didn’t say Master was a fanatic..it was your assertion on Hindus..Master should tell whether am a great sadhak or not, but I will not let any slander Hindus or Sanatana Dharma using the name of Sri Aurobindo..fyi, Integral Yoga will become norm for Hindus..watch it play out 
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Perhaps quackery perhaps not..live long enough to see it..until then accept with faith or dismiss as ravings of a lost one..but to those with half an eye, and able to trace the evolution of things it should not be too difficult to see the trend..
And surely you are no gatekeeper to the portals of Integral Yoga...nor the surveyor of its distant peripheries...so, your approval or rejection are both not of any consequence...
And what makes you think I said this out of my volition? He puts prophecies in the babbles of a child..please go ask Master...and there are more youth who listen to these in real world than on Twitter..and I don’t take Master’s name in vain...your worries are misplaced...
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1235240993563213831?s=19
Why strain them at all? Don’t follow Sri Aurobindo! Easy right..as for me, I have no shame..I hold Master’s living word in my heart..to all who would wish to partake I give freely..to all who have the flame of Agni in them...
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1235234173670944768?s=19

I think it is 'unwise' to compare both the stalwarts. both are spiritual giants, while SA poeticizes spirituality trial-blazing SANATANA DHARMA,...SV renders it with patriotic fervour to awaken people from thousand years of slumber under foreign domination. both preponderate yoga
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And in all humility, what all states of consciousness have you attained to, so that we may consider your line of argument? What experiences have you had? What powers visited and or manifested?
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Proves you neither understand Gita not even the rudimentary of sadhana...may the Divine save those who value your words..and no, Auroville is not a superfluous feel good venture initiated by the Mother..it’s a mighty leap into the future meant for heroes of Spirit..
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1234150473965326337?s=19

The narrative of "evil Hindu" being funded and agitprop-ed in the west, especially in academic instttns (which remain singularly silent on jihadis)& media and in India - is most likely a planned buildup to create sympathy/non-intervention for jihadi groups starting their ghazwas.
https://twitter.com/dikgaj/status/1235234296455213061?s=19
Hindus need to be prepared to go it all alone, as the mullah-jihadi wider campaign is coming. Hindus will have to fight a two front war against its own born-Hindu jihadi-lover fifth column, as well as jihadis and their western supporters. But its a fight that can and must be won.
the full flourishing of the "Hindu" will not be reached until it can turn the military situation in its favour, and expand its territorial hold over mullah infested dens of violently sadistic parasites to sanitize the jihadi bases all around India and do pest control.
every Hindu cultural festival shd be a no-compromise issue and any attempt to obstruct shd be openly called out as attempt to disrupt and destroy cultural continuity and public presence of the Hindu. There is ideological reinforcement in massive publicly participated celebrations.

Sir, the Asura has to be fought and in fact Mother Sri Aurobindo fought the bloodiest war to stop him. When the Mother duped Hitler into Eastern campaign it resulted in the greatest number of deaths & atrocities that have yet to be equaled in annals of warfare.
https://twitter.com/auroviryavaan/status/1235244627378266114?s=19
Even now China has been able to control the Coronavirus by extreme & brutal measures which, if it had not implemented, would have resulted in millions others suffering worldwide... there is no escaping the law of force. Any attempt to prematurely circumvent will only boomerang.

For KB, Can you give any indication of a timeframe? Then there are other questions like diversity. Unless articulated at length, such cryptic comments are no more than glorified quackery. False promises and unverified postures need to be avoided in public. https://t.co/UvRYlMEVJN
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Because Thou Art: Doing research in and on India is not easy https://t.co/p0Sc3Z0450
#SavitriEra of those who adore
Om #SriAurobindo & #TheMother
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Monday, March 2, 2020

This includes Hindu fanaticism too

Sri Aurobindo considers Nation-ego as false subjectivism, which thrusts one's superiority in the name of national pride. The Nation-soul, is true subjectivism, which attempts to capture one's traditional heritage and values not as compensation for real or imagined injuries.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1234174704820219909?s=19
Sri Aurobindo is hugely misappropriated by a fringe political wing begging votes in his name. His nationalism was universal and pluralistic which binds whole humanity in one cord. ABVP doesn't even aspire to reach this goal.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1229473225584693249?s=19
The solution is in doing one's work selflessly and letting the Divine do His work. If people choose to play the games of padre and pundit, it is only themselves to be blamed.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1229087385889062912?s=19
Swami Vivekanand and Sri Aurobindo do not belong to a race, a nation or religion, but to the humanity. The evolutionary force will eventually marginalise anything which is sectarian and divisive.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1227218737327067138?s=19
Hindus can rise only if they can raise humanity. All other reactions are that of timid and cowardly. Sri Aurobindo takes the burden of raising the consciousness of the humanity of which Hindus are a fragment.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1224732579120607234?s=19

The Buddhist sociologist David Loy refers to this "National-Ego" as "Wego" -- it's still within the orbit of narcissistic mind.
https://twitter.com/fourfoldvision/status/1234180408289284096?s=19

So admirably put and absolutely unequivocal. Additionally, there's no agony involved in Sri Aurobindo's Evolutionary vision of the future for it's inextricably imbued with the Vedic harmony and optimism. How even Elst misses this is surely a mystery. He hasn't read #SriAurobindo.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1224747750870249472?s=19
Anonymity provides the luxury of overdose of bravado but the reality is much more complex and unpredictable. Each language in India is a distinct Nation and the States need to be given Sovereignty under a loose Federation. The fate of erstwhile USSR has to be replicated in India.
So, what's the solution you suggest? Separate territories and separate Constitutions? Silence on that misguides the people. Coherent and cogent socio-political blueprint needed. And unlike most others here, you are well aware of Sri Aurobindo.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1229051316179066883?s=19

Sir, please desist. What you are saying goes against the very foundational edict of the Gita...it adharma has infested neighbours or friends or even family then it has to be dealt with...you just don’t seem to know what forces you are aiding..stop please...
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1234147538065707009?s=19
Proves you neither understand Gita not even the rudimentary of sadhana...may the Divine save those who value your words..and no, Auroville is not a superfluous feel good venture initiated by the Mother..it’s a mighty leap into the future meant for heroes of Spirit..

This Yoga has no single set method, so declares Sri Aurobindo himself. There are some basic principles..for example ‘aspiration, rejection and surrender’ offered for pursuit and practise. These are often abstract deliberately for the true sadhana is not one set in stone for all..
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1234134760093388800?s=19
..but is an outflowering from oneself, the almost spontaneous combustion of Agni within and his onward progress..and our pursuit and alignment of being to his directions..apologies if one sounds ambiguous, one speaks from experience...that said...
Begin with Adventure of Consciouness by Satprem..that will give a high level roadmap of the Yoga and its aims. Assuming you have some grounding in Vedantic terms and their inner sense, then you may begin with The Life Divine..a very detailed outlining the basis of our aims...
That done, and some practise on your end, affirmed perhaps by some inner signs, you may move to The Synthesis of Yoga. If wondering about how the emotional fallout would be, read the Collected Poems for how all this impacts all parts of being especially vital emotional...
If all this has yet to hook you..touch Savitri..in all these steps try to have a poise of openness..and aspiration..what Sri Aurobindo writes is power more than words and semantics, it can work on one even if one doesn’t immediately grok it mentally..good luck..may Agni aid you!

You remember Him. He calls you. Asap. Was passing by  #Vadodara on way 2 #Delhi. Had a little time. Thought of #SriAurobindo and his stay here. Something happened which I never imagined. Was brought to Ashram . Had darshan meditation. Thank you Mother. https://t.co/jbVVdqqeyg
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Sri Aurobindo is constantly among us and reveals Himself to those who are ready to see and hear Him.-The Mother.

Speaking today at Sri Aurobindo Society and Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture Pondicherry
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How to Inculcate Freedom in Relationships - Live session online on 14 March 2020 - Contact elearn@gnosticcentre.com https://t.co/PHfaCdzkim https://t.co/6baNcyVlcP
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"All fanaticism is false because it is a contradiction of the very nature of God and of Truth." -Sri Aurobindo, 23.10.39. 
Clearly, this includes Hindu fanaticism too. 
Let's not make a virtue of it.
https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/1228735638783983616?s=19

A very personal moment: #PadmaBhushan for my teacher Prof Manoj Das, a living legend & doyen Odia literature & English writing
#PadmaShree for Dr Prithwindra Mukherjee, grandson of iconic Bagha Jatin, scholar pre-eminent of India's freedom movement, thinker, philosopher
https://twitter.com/anirbanganguly/status/1221109448422199296?s=19

Hinduism is not as much a religion as a way of life, in a sublime sense, a spiritual journey. The Hindutva brigade wants to hard code it like any other abrahamic religion.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1218478081666469893?s=19
No organised religion is going to take humanity to the next level of consciousness. With the level of toxicity and suspiciousness, all religions have become anti-human and weapons of mass destruction.
I wish the sublimest form of every human endeavour is to realize the One. The moment I label it as Hinduism, I am labeling everything else as non-Hindu. This is against the very premise Hinduism is trying to achieve, the one Brahman in every being. It is as simple as that.
Well, good question. All possibilities are within "me" and not without. Till religion guides inner seeking it is helpful. When it divides people it becomes toxic. To stop this toxicity, first thing, spirituality must be delinked from politics.
Nobody can take over one's life if one doesn't want to. Keep politics out of religion, it will no longer be toxic.
I have widely read Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo. What I learnt there's difference between spirituality which is the self's journey to find its own highest Self, and organized religions. These are damned nonsense, hypocrisy, masks for political hooliganism and nothing else.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1218526246574837760?s=19
What else is the goal of religion, other than facilitating the highest form of realization? There is no confusion. Anything that negates the Oneness, the Undivisible is based on ajnana, falsehood. All religions today are divisive and against the principles of Oneness.
If hinduism defines true spirituality let's go and live it rather than fight to prove that mine is better than yours.
The Secret of the Veda is one of the outstanding expository works by Sri Aurobindo which captures its gist and spirit. He silences the western skeptics who perceived it "to be merely an interesting remnant of barbarism". Christianity wouldn't venture into Aurobindian territory.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1217816512448217089?s=19
The roots of democracy can be traced back to Vedic period where Raja didn't hold absolute power and was answerable to the Sabha.#GitishKannad understands the essence of Hinduism.
https://twitter.com/Nimai_Swain/status/1215544572589162496?s=19

Savitri Era: Gita is not an ideal prescription for modern generation https://t.co/Yzix3xrcwZ
@NathTusar Director, #SavitriEra Learning Forum (SELF)
#SriAurobindo's theoretical salience
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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Prithwindra Mukherjee, Manoj Das, and Eric Weiss


Temple is a body, Ram an eternal ideal

Observer Research Foundation-11-Nov-2019
... in a world still occupied by anarchic forces, the Animal Mind and the powers of the vital Ego making its own satisfaction the rule of life,” wrote Sri Aurobindo.


Hinduism Respects Diversity

Mainstream-09-Feb-2020
This is how Sri Aurobindo presents it in his ethereally transparent style, “To know, possess and be the divine being in an animal and egoistic consciousness, .

Auroville, a Utopian Community for Real

BBN Times-16-Nov-2019
I was lucky to meet Manoj Das Gupta who is the “head” of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, 85. Very close to The Mother he is also in charge of Sri Aurobindo ...

The Sky Is Falling. Can Dharma Save It?

Economic Times (blog)-09-Feb-2020
As a consequence, the Dharmic system does not recognize universal morality. In Sri Aurobindo's words, for example, “Politics is the field of the Kshatriya and the ...

Sri Aurobindo and Swaraj

Economic Times (blog)-24-Jan-2020
Sri Aurobindo was another towering personality of the Indian Independence Movement who was big votary of Swaraj. Writing about Swaraj in Bande Mataram ...

'Gandhi didn't take any effort to rescue Bhagat Singh and other ...

The Indian Express-12-Feb-2020
“No particular reason that Indian revolutionaries would necessarily have ended up in fascism. Many of them were very well read like Rash Bihari Bose, Sri Aurobindo and so on. This is a propaganda… I think it is very unfair, in fact, deliberate subversion of this story (revolutionaries) to try and suppress this alternative history of India’s freedom.”

Only two senior leaders of the revolutionary movement survived till independence and both of them were original founders of the movement — Sri Aurobindo and Savarkar,” he said. He also stressed that this narrative (of revolutionaries) should be introduced in curriculum. 

Principal Economic Adviser to the government of India, Sanjeev Sanyal said.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gandhi-didnt-take-any-effort-to-rescue-bhagat-singh-and-other-revolutionaries-principal-economic-adviser-6265502/

For India's revolutionaries in freedom struggle, gyms ...

ThePrint-02-Feb-2020
Within the north Calcutta Garpar Maniktala area, the Jugantar movement emerged under the leadership of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh among others. It started under ...


Bagha Jatin: The Unsung Hero

The Statesman-05-Sep-2018
Jyotindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha Jatin, attained ... Raymond Aron who supervised the thesis of Prithwindra Mukherjee, the ...



Here is the full list of winners of Padma Vishushan, Padma ...

India New England-26-Jan-2020
Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee Literature and Education France. 95. Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor Social Work Arunachal Pradesh. 96. 
Jan 26, 2020 - Born on 20th October 1936 to Tejendranath and Usha Mukherjee, Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee is the grandson of the famous revolutionary ...
Congratulations, my dear Prithwin. We are proud of you. When you come for the award to delhi, do come and stay with us at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram delhi Branch. Old memories of our childhood are crowding my mind. Hope to see you soon.

Dear manojda, congratulations from the bottom of my heart. We are so proud of you. I am sure this is not the last of your laurels. Many more to come. May be you will go into the Guinness book for the number of awards. Waiting to see you in delhi soon. We will celebrate.

Veteran writer Manoj Das to be conferred with Kalinga Literary ...

Pragativadi-06-Feb-2020
Bhubaneswar: Padma Shri Professor Manoj Das will be conferred with Kalinga Literary Award, announced the organisers of Mystic Kalinga Festival (MKF) on ...

Puducherry CM felicitates Padma awardees

The Hindu-28-Jan-2020
A resident of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, he teaches literature and Aurobindo's philosophy at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. Mr. Das was a ...

Puducherry: Manoj Das, VK Munusamy bag Padma honours

Times of India-26-Jan-2020
Odia and English writer Manoj Das, a member of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry where he teaches English literature and philosophy, was bestowed with ...

Padma Awards 2020: Grateful for honour, say awardees from ...

The Hindu-25-Jan-2020
Since 1963, he has been a resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, where he teaches literature and Aurobindo's philosophy at Sri Aurobindo International University.

Events in Bengaluru on February 15

The Hindu-14-Feb-2020
Spectrum: Indian culture - connecting communities, talk on 'Life in ancient India by Mamatha Rao, Sri Aurobindo Complex, Cultural hall, Sri Aurobindo Marg, J.P. ...

Works of three Auroville artists to be showcased in Puducherry

Times of India-14-Feb-2020
The proceeds from the exhibition will be used to fulfil the long-term vision of the Mother (Mirra Alfassa,Sri Aurobindo's spiritual collaborator) to acquire land for ...

Guiding Light: The Power Of Spiritual Faith

Free Press Journal-10-Feb-2020
Sri Aurobindo. Faith in the spiritual sense is not a mental belief which can waver and change. It can wear that form in the mind, but that belief is not the faith itself, ...

Guiding Light: Logic Of The Mystic

Free Press Journal-20-Jan-2020
As there is a category of facts to which our senses are our best available but very imperfect guide, as there is a category of truths which we seek by the keen but ...

Artefacts track journey of sports & games

Telegraph India-13-Jan-2020
“In the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, physical education had always been an integral part of one's spiritual life. In our Pondicherry ashram, too, there is ...

Smart City project

The Shillong Times-13-Feb-2020
Whereas Marx had taken the improved model of rhythmical progression from Hegel to analyse the historical progress, Sri Aurobindo had adopted the spiral ...

Who We Are: Eric Weiss

Crestone Eagle-30-Jan-2020
Through integrating Sri Aurobindo's ideas with those of English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) and expanding on both, Eric eventually ...

Sri Aurobindo Learning Center: The mystery of the Self

Crestone Eagle-15-Jan-2020
Sri Aurobindo Learning Center: The mystery of the Self. by Dr. Eric Weiss, MFT. Many spiritual teachings tell us that we should “dwell within.” But it's not always ...

Auroville's art expo kicks off on Jan. 11

The Hindu-07-Jan-2020
The artworks are a rich and creative collection in various media, donated by over 100 artists from Auroville, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, India and abroad. Many of ...

Tinted codes

Telegraph India-05-Jan-2020
To depict this picture, I take the brush strokes available in Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi. Vivekananda is associated in the popular ...

In his new book, RSS leader J Nandakumar accuses Mamata ...

ANI News-01-Jan-2020
... of Hindu renaissance spearheaded by Swami Vivekanand, Sri Aurobindo, Raja Ram Mohun Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Rabindranath Tagore.

A historical perspective of India's socio-political churning

Star of Mysore-12-Jan-2020
Part-I: The Motherland and Nation-Building has eight articles by writers such as Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, SriAurobindo, Sister Nivedita, R.C. Majumdar, ...

CAA has nothing to do with NRC, attempts to mislead the ...

Deccan Herald-14-Jan-2020
"The revolutionary-turned-freedom fighter Sri Aurobindo had said that the biggest virtue, in current times, is to work for national interest and the biggest sin is to ...

Lessons From Sardar Patel: How India Can Prevent the ...

IndiaFacts-30-Dec-2019
It is in this backdrop that philosopher and nationalist Sri Aurobindo said Hindu-Muslim unity – also known as Hindu secularism – should not mean the subjection ...

A Hindu critique of Hindutva

The Hindu-22-Dec-2019
... mob lynching by zealots, which ruthlessly denies the possibility of an evolutionary journey towards what Sri Aurobindo regarded as the 'divine consciousness'.

The charter of liberation

The Indian Express-28-Dec-2019
... 2020 should be the year to read the entire range of the political thinking that made India: from Mahatma Gandhi to BR Ambedkar, from Sri Aurobindo to Periyar ...

Fate and free will

Economic Times (blog)-13-Dec-2019
Aurobindo said that we are our fate through our action. By relying on self-effort in the present, we can decide our fate. Krishna says man should stand up and ...

MADURAI TODAY FOR SUNDAY

The Hindu-30-Nov-2019
Aurobindo Study Forum: Sri Aurobindo's 'Life divine' by Prof. Subramany, Aurolab, Veerapanchan, 10 a.m.. Prajapita Brahmakumaris Ishwariya Vishwa ...

Kolkata must reclaim its place

The Statesman-20-Nov-2019
Ascetics like Sri Chaitanya, Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Aurobindo did never join forces with politicians to champion the cause of Bengali, but what they said and ...

Revolutionary to Yogi

The Statesman-19-Nov-2019
Sri Aurobindo affirmed 'the harmony of all religions precisely on the basis of this non-sectarian Vedantic worldview', faithfully following Sri Ramakrishna and ...

The foundations of our Constitution and House remain firm ...

Hindustan Times-17-Nov-2019
I said, “In the Calcutta maidan, on one side I will put up large pictures of Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo, and on the other side you put ...


Film takes ideas of Aurobindo to the uninitiated

Times of India-11-Nov-2019
Aurobindo's philosophy that aiming for spiritual evolution can transform the human ... mostly former students of Sri Aurobindo International Centre for education.


Tight security for President's visit to Auroville

The Hindu-18-Dec-2019
After the event at Auroville, Mr. Kovind will also visit Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry and return to the Raj Nivas. He is scheduled to visit Karaikal, ...

Chennai engagements for December 29, 2019

The Hindu-28-Dec-2019
Sri Ramana Maharishi: K. Dayanand, Sri Vishnu Mohan Foundation, New Giri Rd., ... Savitri: Malini Narayanan, Sri Aurobindo Society, Smith Rd., 10.30 a.m..

Tributes paid to mother of Aurobindo Ashram

United News of India-17-Nov-2019
Puducherry, Nov 17 (UNI)A large number of devotees from all over the country and abroad thronged Sri Aurobindo Ashram here on Sunday on the occasion of ...