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 ...