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Archive for 2011
Is this the End?
0Is there a need to look for an alternative to modern medicine? This is a question often repeated and debated […]
The Year
0WHAT can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the […]
The Boon of Struggle
0A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly […]
The Outside World
0Some of us are not fortunate enough to leave everything and move to the Ashram in sole pursuit of the […]
The Lord’s Prayer
5What kind of a year has it been for us? All hailing from different corners of the country and the […]
The Sacrifice of Sri Aurobindo
01.26 am, December 5, 1950. A moment like any other, in a night like many a night – except to […]
The Last Embodied Darshan
0(This was written by Amal Kiran (K.D.Sethna) in 1950, about November 24th and what it meant to him. It appeared […]
Who said Wisdom comes with Age?
1I’m chatting with Srila, presently the vice-principal of the school and an ashramite who has been living and teaching here […]
Stress Management: A Different Approach
0Sheikh Saadi was passing across a wasteland when he saw someone sitting under a solitary tree. ”Who is he?” enquired […]
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
0(Steve Jobs (1955-2011) truly did take our world forward and we thank him for it. To celebrate his life, we […]
When Rules become Indispensible
0When we leave the old world and commit to a life in the search for Truth, discipline is extremely helpful […]
Jumping Hurdles
0Life is so incredibly interesting. Every step of the way, one comes across something new that challenges our very being. […]
Meditating with a Blue Heron
0I got up refreshed at 6 am. As usual, I sat on a chair on our outdoor deck to meditate. […]
Stating the Obvious
0I spot Subu outside the ‘living museum’ struggling to put his shoes on, quite alone as usual. I run to […]
The Duryodhana Syndrome: Causes and Remedies
0After a spate of scams and a strong popular uprising against corruption, we feel the pressing and urgent need for […]
Meditation and Concentration
0(This was a talk delivered at the “Intensive Awareness Camp” for Workers of the Society, 2008. We have refrained from […]
Rules and Yoga
1When we leave the old world and commit to a life in the search for Truth, discipline is extremely helpful […]
Defying Gravity
2We find the play of gravity as a constant in every dimension of our life. Most of us take it […]
The Mystery of Death (II)
0The self and its experience after death Is there life after death? This question has vexed humanity since the beginning. […]
What Goes Around, Comes Around
0A young, 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn […]
Free Minds Think Alike
1Boris Pasternak’s classic novel Doctor Zhivago is set in a turbulent period in Russia, beginning before the First World War and ending […]
Propaganda and Yoga
1In all organisations, including those which may be spiritual in their objective, propaganda does invariably play a part in order […]
In the Moment
1Moment by moment. Years upon years. Life after life. The cycle repeats itself ad infinitum. Some things change, some don’t. […]
The Mystery of Death (I)
0Death the great annihilator of the works of time is the only thing certain about life. Yet we know nearly […]
Nationalism in India
0(Rabindranath Tagore was undoubtedly one of the greatest intellects of India. He was a poet, writer, educationist, and India’s ‘conscience […]
Sri Aurobindo’s Teachings and Yoga
0Sri Aurobindo’s Teachings Sri Aurobindo’s teachings or vision of life revolves around the following three central ideas: Evolution of Consciousness […]
Maya
0Silence appearing as thought, The formless assuming a form, Infinity playing at being in time, The voiceless wearing a voice, […]
The Test
0The Guru once wished to put his disciples through a test. Giving a coconut to each one of them, he […]
The Purpose of Politics
0In India the objective behind entering the world of Politics is greatly misunderstood but Sri Aurobindo tells a sadhak what […]
