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In Rig Veda 1.1.5 Agni Deva is called kavi kratu? What does this mean?
Kavi is not just a poet but a seer who can envision beyond space, time and causation. Kratu is purpose or will power
Sri Aurobindo has pointed out that this is a clear indication of a spiritual meaning of the word Agni
Agni is a universal willpower that is present since the creation of the universe and is the heat and flame of tapas that gave birth to the universe
Agni is inherent or immanent even in unconscious matter. But this Agni can be released from a bound state with the power of the Yajna. That is our purpose
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Don't twist BG. In BG, only Arjuna speaks of Kula dharma. Sri Krishna only extols svadharma and svabhava (innate aptitude and attitude). Sri Krishna's teaching in BG evolves one from kuladharma to svadharma and then to doing d bidding of Divine Will by surrendering all dharmas.++
For this reason, while I respect orthodox spiritual giants, where their commentary differs with Sri Aurobindo's I choose Sri Aurobindo's commentary. Even with a neutral scholarly approach, SA's reasoning and explanation far surpasses every other commentary that I am aware of.
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Cannot classify Aurobindo as a Hindutva person.
Yes, there is his Uttarpara speech, but that is before his philosophy developed, which was totally non sectarian.
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Folks who actually read Savarkar will be disappointed to learn how un-Savarkarite he really was; Aurobindo is of course a forgotten sage who should have been as widely known as Tagore, abd should be read alongside him.
Tilak and Gowalkar are best avoided if you value your time. They have little to offer, especially the latter. If you are a follower who has never read them, you will be embarrassed.
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What to appreciate in Aurobindo and in comical phases of human evolution??? Rostow's growth stages is better
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There is the same Divine power behind both the collapse of communism in USSR and relatively minor collapse of Dravidian movement in TN. The Supramental force that the Mother and Sri Aurobindo brought to earth is working behind all world events.
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American inventor Josiah Warren, one of the country's earliest libertarian thinkers, was there. He watched the community fail from the inside and later wrote about why.
His conclusion: "The difference of opinion, tastes and purposes increased just in proportion to the demand for conformity."
The more the community demanded unity, the more it fractured.
Warren identified the deeper problem almost a century before Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek made it famous in academic economics.
When everyone owns everything, no one owns anything. When labor earns the same reward regardless of effort, effort disappears. When prices vanish, no one knows what anything is worth.
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Yes, the system worked in Aurobindo Ashram because motivation is not material growth. However, nothing great has been achieved by them in 50 years, materially or spiritually.
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Some of you are deeply insufferable. Just read the chapter of George Nakashima’s spiritual, ego-less time in the Sri Aurobindo ashram and low key that sounds pretty appealing. Anyway try to learn something globalinequality.org
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Auroville is not for everyone. Auroville is a choice. A tough one for those who want to do their own thing and misunderstand freedom for license. An easy for those who have recognised Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, the significance of Auroville for the future of the earth, and have happily given themselves to the work it takes, inner and outer, to fulfil the mission.
Nobody is forced to be Auroville. It’s a free choice. But to live here one necessarily has to subscribe to the project, its guidelines, its vision, its mission...
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