- Dec 2017
- Nirvana and Human Consciousness by SRI AUROBINDO
In the following letters, Sri Aurobindo describes ...
Dec 15, 2017
- Oct 2017
- The Man Who Took ‘Integral Yoga’ to China—Xu Fancheng
At the Celebration of the 68th Anniversary of the ...
Oct 12, 2017
- Jun 2017
- KARMA by the Mother
(In this article, the Mother explains the conseque ...
Jun 5, 2017
- Jul 2016
- An Afternoon at Ajanta
“The first and lowest use of Art is the purely aes ...
Jul 5, 2016
- A Taste in the Mouth
O unknowable land of familiar stories your secre ...
Jul 5, 2016
- Jun 2016
- Doing Away with Desire
It is neither by moral precepts and observances, n ...
Jun 29, 2016
- The Importance of Finding the Strength Within
Life is often a struggle, outside and within. We a ...
Jun 29, 2016
- Apr 2016
- I am Here, I am Here
(from https://medium.com/@floatingsuns/sri-a ...
Apr 29, 2016
- Feb 2016
- One Day (The Little More)
One day, and all the half-dead is done, One day ...
Feb 19, 2016
- Light on the First Supramental Manifestation
What took place on the 29th February, 1956 was a m ...
Feb 19, 2016
- Action of the Supramental Force
Mother, this new force which is going to act, will ...
Feb 19, 2016
- Passing into the Supramental Consciousness
As the beginnings of the supramental life, which m ...
Feb 19, 2016
- Breaking Barriers
The human body can adapt endlessly. All we need is ...
Feb 19, 2016
- Jan 2016
- Life and Death
Life, death, - death, life; the words have led ...
Jan 5, 2016
- The Ideal Friendship
Human affection is obviously unreliable because it ...
Jan 5, 2016
- Friends Forever
Speaking about best friends the other day, it brou ...
Jan 5, 2016
- To Honour Your Soul
Perhaps you have never heard of Katherine Lawes. K ...
Jan 5, 2016
- Hiye Kaaya Mein (In this Body...)
(From the Kabir Project) Kabir evokes the simul ...
Jan 5, 2016
- May 2015
- The Future Evolution of Man
Man's highest aspiration - his seeking for perfect ...
May 6, 2015
- Feelings as Experiences
There is no law that a feeling cannot be an experi ...
May 6, 2015
- The Pursuit of Ignorance
In this witty talk, neuroscientist Stuart Firestei ...
May 6, 2015
- On Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
On Sri Aurobindo's Savitri Part Two: Collected ...
May 6, 2015
- This is Love
The lover dissolving into the unseen, Making vi ...
May 6, 2015
- Mar 2015
- The Coming of Superman
Is it said that when the supramental descends, it ...
Mar 3, 2015
- Glaring at God
Have you ever experienced that moment of frustrati ...
Mar 3, 2015
- Descent of the Avatar
The boy with the flute is Sri Krishna. The Lord de ...
Mar 3, 2015
- Come as a Breath
Come as a gold spangled breath of presence A mi ...
Mar 3, 2015
- Jan 2015
- Turning Point
I am speaking of an incident that took place about ...
Jan 29, 2015
- The Divine gives Himself
What is meant by "the Divine gives Himself"? It ...
Jan 29, 2015
- A Life of Beauty
With beauty before me, May I walk With beauty be ...
Jan 29, 2015
- The Glass Palace
Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace is an epic novel t ...
Jan 29, 2015
- Tu Ka Tu (You only You)
Prahlad Tipanya is one of the foremost names which ...
Jan 5, 2015
- Dec 2014
- At the Samadhi of Sri Aurobindo
Majestic Master of the immutable Light, Calm trav ...
Dec 24, 2014
- On Attachments
As a new year approaches, pondering on a perennial ...
Dec 24, 2014
- Death and Immortality
The quest for immortality is as old as man himself ...
Dec 24, 2014
- Giving Voice to the Animal Kingdom
A short and powerful talk by Frans Lanting who not ...
Dec 24, 2014
- Steps to Freedom and Mastery
Steps to Freedom and Mastery Publisher: Sri Aur ...
Dec 24, 2014
- Nov 2014
- Yogic Principles for the Teacher
Sri Aurobindo tells us that man is a transitional ...
Nov 24, 2014
- Much Needed to Come Out of the Animal
…the only thing which is very important for the mo ...
Nov 24, 2014
- Music without Boundaries
Recently I stumbled across a singer just by chance ...
Nov 24, 2014
- A Unique Little Girl
A Unique Little Girl — Pournaprema Publisher ...
Nov 24, 2014
- The Touch of a Master's Hand
I was battered and scarred and the auctioneer Tho ...
Nov 23, 2014
- Oct 2014
- Help Desks
I came across this piece of ingenuity in an articl ...
Oct 16, 2014
- Eco-friendly Economic Development
(Continued from the September issue) ...
Oct 16, 2014
- The Spiritual Teacher
In all spiritual traditions the teacher, or the gu ...
Oct 16, 2014
- Pain is the Hammer of the Gods
As I walk the wet by-lanes of Mumbai shelte ...
Oct 16, 2014
- Seed of Grandeur
Seed of Grandeur Commentary on Sri Aurobindo's ...
Oct 16, 2014
- Sep 2014
- Growth of Consciousness
Is the body purely matter? How is it different fro ...
Sep 3, 2014
- I am that Change
A powerful video indeed... Are you that Change? ...
Sep 3, 2014
- Sustainable Technologies: Energy Imperatives
At present, the world is facing a serious environm ...
Sep 3, 2014
- On Movies, Art and Culture
About a month ago I watched a movie called "The Mo ...
Sep 3, 2014
- Judging
Unless your vision is constantly the vision of the ...
Sep 3, 2014
- Aug 2014
- The Soul of a Nation
(Sri Aurobindo has said, “India of the ages is n ...
Aug 5, 2014
- India the Secular State (The Right Interpretation and the Wr ...
(This article first appeared in Mother India (1949 ...
Aug 5, 2014
- Historicity of Krishna
They say that the gospels are forgeries and Krishn ...
Aug 5, 2014
- Krishna
Like a song of joy, humming On dreaming wings, H ...
Aug 5, 2014
- Sri Aurobindo: Saga of a Great Indian Sage
Sri Aurobindo: Saga of a Great Indian Sage Auth ...
Aug 5, 2014
- Jun 2014
- Consciousness as Freedom
Consciousness is liberty, unconsciousness is slave ...
Jun 12, 2014
- Musings on Surrender
“True Surrender enlarges you; it increases your ca ...
Jun 12, 2014
- The Knowledge Within
Book: The Knowledge Within The Source, the Brea ...
Jun 12, 2014
- Dots and Stickers
The Wemmicks were small wooden people. These littl ...
Jun 12, 2014
- Progress on the Path
Sweet Mother, when we make an effort to do better ...
Jun 12, 2014
- May 2014
- Offer the Shadow
Examine thyself without pity, then thou wilt be mo ...
May 14, 2014
- Can a Politician be a Gentleman?
(Following is a compelling speech on politics and ...
May 14, 2014
- Take the Weather with You
Traveller: "What kind of weather are we going to h ...
May 14, 2014
- Machinery and Logical Intelligence - Part II
(Continued....) And then comes literature – I s ...
May 14, 2014
- Transformation of Consciousness in Savitri
Book: Transformation of Consciousness in Savitri ...
May 14, 2014
- Apr 2014
- To Walk Through Life
To walk through life armoured against all fear, pe ...
Apr 16, 2014
- A Prayer to the Mother
With worshipping hearts we bow to Thee this day ...
Apr 16, 2014
- Machinery and Logical Intelligence - Part I
There is no doubt that the machines, factories and ...
Apr 16, 2014
- The Pale Blue Dot
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother have spoken a lot abo ...
Apr 16, 2014
- Mar 2014
- Business Gardening
Remarks prepared by William Rosenzweig On the occ ...
Mar 12, 2014
- The Constant Mantra
If you desire only the Divine, there is an absolut ...
Mar 12, 2014
- Why bees are disappearing
I'm not a big fan of bees. I've been stung a few t ...
Mar 12, 2014
- The Other Point of View
A student asked Suzuki Roshi why the Japanese make ...
Mar 12, 2014
- The Tale of My Exile
Book: The Tale of My Exile (Twelve Years in the An ...
Mar 12, 2014
- Feb 2014
- You in All
Let me see you in all In every voice your sound ...
Feb 20, 2014
- I Am With You
“I am with you.” What does it mean exactly? Whe ...
Feb 20, 2014
- The Shakti of Sri Aurobindo
I have been asked to speak about the Mother. How t ...
Feb 20, 2014
- The Mother Abides
Book: The Mother Abides Final Ref ...
Feb 20, 2014
- What I learned from Nelson Mandela
What is the gift that Africa has to share with the ...
Feb 1, 2014
- Profiles in Greatness: Sudhir Kumar Sarkar
There are men and men; qualities differ. We have ...
Feb 1, 2014
- Paths to Self Discovery
Book: Paths to Self-Discovery: Reflective Practice ...
Feb 1, 2014
- The Most Essential Condition
It is then by a transformation of life in its very ...
Feb 1, 2014
- The Master and the Disciple: The Ancient Indian Ideal
My idea of education is Gurugriha-vasa. Without th ...
Feb 1, 2014
- Jan 2014
- Sri Aurobindo's Call to the Youth of India
All great and new creation has to come from the yo ...
Jan 11, 2014
- Rising above the Subhuman
The course of evolution proceeding from the vegeta ...
Jan 11, 2014
- Nakedness
Lost in the many layers of clothing that I wear ...
Jan 11, 2014
- Profiles in Greatness: Nolini Kanta Gupta
There are men and men; qualities differ. We have ...
Jan 11, 2014
- A Tribute to Mandela
On 5th December 2013, the world mourned the pass ...
Jan 11, 2014
- Dec 2013
- Immortality
I have drunk deep of God’s own liberty From which ...
Dec 14, 2013
- The Story of Solutions
I had to go shopping for a pair of shoes recently. ...
Dec 14, 2013
- The Importance of Sincerity
It is indeed possible even while fasting for very ...
Dec 14, 2013
- To Thee Our Infinite Gratitude
Book: To Thee Our Infinite Gratitude Writings o ...
Dec 14, 2013
- The Emergent Spiritual Evolution
A New Consciousness, a higher spiritual consciousn ...
Dec 14, 2013
- Nov 2013
- The Mother's Withdrawal
(A talk given in Auroville, on 28th November 1973) ...
Nov 13, 2013
- The Need of a Spiritual Change
At present mankind is undergoing an evolutionary c ...
Nov 13, 2013
- Education: Philosophy and Practice
Book: Education: Philosophy and Practice (Articles ...
Nov 13, 2013
- The Ideal Student
Once Rishi Dattatreya was asked by King Yadu who h ...
Nov 13, 2013
- God’s Whole Secret
The strokes of time have left no scar on her: Dea ...
Nov 13, 2013
- Oct 2013
- On the Importance of Sanskrit
For thousands of years, ancient traditions and kno ...
Oct 19, 2013
- Leather and meat without killing animals
Andras Forgacs may be saying things which seem abs ...
Oct 19, 2013
- The Power of No
In the spiritual path, and also in our ordinary li ...
Oct 19, 2013
- The Raja, his Buhkshi and the Goatherd
I think it will be scarcely too much to assert, th ...
Oct 19, 2013
- Arunachala
An eagle Circling majestically Over Arunacha ...
Oct 19, 2013
- Sep 2013
- Shut Up & Listen
Oh, how I loved this talk by Ernesto Sirolli! F ...
Sep 28, 2013
- Orderly Work
This is a short story the Mother told the children ...
Sep 28, 2013
- No Politics
Sri Aurobindo withdrew from politics; and, in his ...
Sep 28, 2013
- The Study of God
Charles P. Steinmetz, the great electrical enginee ...
Sep 28, 2013
- The Concept and the Destiny of the Individual in the Bhagava ...
Book: The Concept and the Destiny of the Individua ...
Sep 28, 2013
- Our Education
A considerable movement is visible nowadays agains ...
Sep 14, 2013
- Towards a New Political Synthesis - II
DIMENSIONS OF LIBERTY Most modern conceptions of ...
Sep 14, 2013
- Be Like the Elephant
As the elephant on the battlefield endures the arr ...
Sep 14, 2013
- Light in a Bottle
Everyone loves innovative ideas. And simpler, the ...
Sep 14, 2013
- You Can’t Close Your Heart
I hate the smell of hospitals. The white walls and ...
Sep 14, 2013
- Aug 2013
- Education as the Growth of Consciousness
All knowledge is within you. Information you get f ...
Aug 31, 2013
- O Silent Love...
Because you never claim of us a tear, O Silent ...
Aug 31, 2013
- Raag Vrindavani Sarang
Celebrating Lord Krishna's birthday with Pandit Bh ...
Aug 31, 2013
- Towards a New Political Synthesis (I)
THE INTEGRAL VIEW The concept of sustainability ...
Aug 31, 2013
- Spirituality, Master-key of the Indian Mind: A Reflection
“Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indi ...
Aug 30, 2013
- The Lord Knows Best What He Is Doing
I took my seat, it was almost time, perhaps half a ...
Aug 12, 2013
- Sri Aurobindo's Role in the Indian Freedom Movement
What is exactly the role of Sri Aurobindo in the I ...
Aug 12, 2013
- Old Spirituality and the New Way
(This is a transcription of a talk given by Alok P ...
Aug 12, 2013
- Krishna
At last I find a meaning of soul’s birth Into thi ...
Aug 12, 2013
- Sri Aurobindo: The Poet, Yogi and Philosopher
Book: Sri Aurobindo: The Poet, Yogi and Philosophe ...
Aug 12, 2013
- Jul 2013
- The Light Within
I have met a number of artistes, painters, actors, ...
Jul 27, 2013
- The Mind-Body Continuum
Behind the enormous untapped potential of the huma ...
Jul 27, 2013
- Burning
The veil parted momentarily, To reveal a silver ...
Jul 27, 2013
- The Divine Power behind Personal Effort
Always indeed it is the higher Power that acts. Ou ...
Jul 27, 2013
- Purity of Gift
I have been trying to understand what causes disap ...
Jul 12, 2013
- How to Escape Education's Death Valley
“Education is not a mechanical system; it is a hum ...
Jul 12, 2013
- Getting the Full Benefit of an Experience
… the experience precedes and transcends by far th ...
Jul 12, 2013
- The Teacher as Evolutionary Energy
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell whe ...
Jul 12, 2013
- Jun 2013
- The Integrity of Fan-ship
A rather pleasant surprise came my way recently. I ...
Jun 29, 2013
- Drawing God
A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom ...
Jun 29, 2013
- The Supreme Presence
Sweet Mother, is there a spiritual being in everyb ...
Jun 29, 2013
- Extinguish my Eyes
Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you. Seal ...
Jun 29, 2013
- Paths are Made by Walking
Thank you to my distinguished friends, President A ...
Jun 8, 2013
- Take Back your City with Paint
Edi Rama is the Mayor of Tirana, the capital of Al ...
Jun 8, 2013
- He is in you - He is you
A resplendent sun rises above the horizon. It is y ...
Jun 8, 2013
- Trees
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely ...
Jun 8, 2013
- Environmental Education and Other Interventions
Enforcement by Law Government laws and regulati ...
Jun 8, 2013
- May 2013
- The Formula of Success
We move in an age whence the boundaries of well-de ...
May 18, 2013
- For Your Children
I beg of you, stop ill-treating your children! Sto ...
May 18, 2013
- The Fourth Dimension of Health
Man, perhaps, has been the only animal who has the ...
May 18, 2013
- The Dawn of De-extinction
What happens when one of the most abundantly found ...
May 18, 2013
- An Old Tale with a New Twist
1857 The Real Story of the Great Uprising by Vishn ...
May 4, 2013
- Birds of Paradise
This is a trailer from a documentary being made by ...
May 4, 2013
- Heart of a Lock
There is this ancient lock in the main entrance to ...
May 4, 2013
- The Science of Living
An aimless life is always a miserable life. Every ...
May 4, 2013
- Apr 2013
- What Makes Water Happy?
Surfing through the Internet, I stumbled across th ...
Apr 20, 2013
- All in One
"…he has felt a Divinity who is all these things, ...
Apr 20, 2013
- Educating the Individual
(Rabindranath Tagore tried to give a new orientati ...
Apr 20, 2013
- The Green Invention
In this article we will discuss briefly the instit ...
Apr 20, 2013
- Health Management
The human being can be viewed from different persp ...
Apr 20, 2013
- A New Paradigm of Man
‘Yoga is nothing else but practical psychology.’— ...
Apr 6, 2013
- In the Mother's Light
Book: In the Mother's Light Author: Rishabhchan ...
Apr 6, 2013
- The Hole in the Wall
A man puts a computer in a hole in the wall and a ...
Apr 6, 2013
- The Hour of Heroism
For centuries and centuries humanity has waited fo ...
Apr 6, 2013
- Indian Democracy - Part 5
In Part 4, we examined the psychological roots of ...
Apr 6, 2013
- Mar 2013
- Is it always for the Best?
We often hear it being said that whatever happens ...
Mar 18, 2013
- The Woodpecker Might Have to Go
Everything I need to know about life, I learned fr ...
Mar 18, 2013
- Intuition in Science
(In the popular conception, science is an entirely ...
Mar 18, 2013
- Indian Democracy - Part 4
In Part 3, we continued our study of ancient India ...
Mar 18, 2013
- Sound Advice
In this interview with Bertrand Russel , when aske ...
Mar 18, 2013
- Feb 2013
- Spiritual Life in Mother's Light
In the spiritual life, even more than in other fie ...
Feb 21, 2013
- The Mother: The Nature of Her Work
"In the Divine, by the Divine all is transfigured ...
Feb 21, 2013
- Remembrance of The Mother
O with what joy do I remember Thee! And with what ...
Feb 21, 2013
- The Mother: Her Miraculous Touch
Book: The Mother: Her Miraculous Touch (Photograph ...
Feb 20, 2013
- Walking with Kabir
My journey began eight years ago in the city of Ah ...
Feb 5, 2013
- Indian Democracy (Part 3)
In Part 2, we began by examining the political pri ...
Feb 5, 2013
- Learning from Movies
When the dastardly incident involving a 23 year ol ...
Feb 5, 2013
- Science and Reality
All spiritual seeking is a seeking after the deepe ...
Feb 5, 2013
- Dimensions of Sustainability
The concept of Sustainable Development is now univ ...
Feb 5, 2013
- Jan 2013
- A Call to the Youth of India
The Standard Bearers of a New Humanity Our call ...
Jan 25, 2013
- Calling a Spade a Spade
On 26th January 1950, India became a Republic with ...
Jan 25, 2013
- A Timeless Creation
There is something so wonderful that gets conveyed ...
Jan 25, 2013
- The Mother of Indian Culture - VI
India, said a western historian, is the Mother of ...
Jan 25, 2013
- Indian Democracy (Part 2)
In Part 1, we made a preliminary foray into the st ...
Jan 25, 2013
- Man and Woman - forever distinct?
This is a December few of us will forget. Delhi-it ...
Jan 5, 2013
- Indian Democracy (Part I)
In the following articles, we are presenting Sri A ...
Jan 5, 2013
- An Ode to Joy
"A flash mob (or Flashmob) is a group of people w ...
Jan 5, 2013
- The Goal is Sure
If you are in a state of conscious aspiration and ...
Jan 5, 2013
- Dec 2012
- Call Me by My True Names
Do not say that I’ll depart tomorrow because even ...
Dec 20, 2012
- Ravi Shankar - The Legend
11-12-12. On this day of Ravi Shankar’s passing, I ...
Dec 20, 2012
- Husn-e-Haqiqi (Beauty of Truth)
When I first heard this song, I didn't understand ...
Dec 20, 2012
- Divine Guidance behind Life
I can only state my own knowledge founded not on r ...
Dec 20, 2012
- The Passing of Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo left his body on 5th December 1950. ...
Dec 5, 2012
- Kneading Perfection
A friend mentioned how she had enjoyed the process ...
Dec 5, 2012
- Life and Death
Life, death, — death, life; the words have led for ...
Dec 5, 2012
- Wings of Life
In the world of Nature, nay, in the world of Man, ...
Dec 5, 2012
- Nov 2012
- The Day of Siddhi
In order to understand the importance of this day ...
Nov 23, 2012
- On the Road to Exile
(Legend of the origin of the book Tao Te Ching on ...
Nov 23, 2012
- Delight of Being
There comes a time when one begins to be almost re ...
Nov 23, 2012
- The Mother of Indian Culture (V)
.. Previous articles in this series p Part I | ...
Nov 23, 2012
- Desi [email protected]*
It's night. There is only one auto on the street. ...
Nov 23, 2012
- Leaving the Path
When one draws back from the path, one draws back ...
Nov 9, 2012
- The Mother of Indian Culture (IV)
.. Previous articles in this series . Part I | ...
Nov 9, 2012
- The Foundations of Education
Many must have heard the name of Georges Carpentie ...
Nov 9, 2012
- Milky Ways on Earth
Book: I Too Had a Dream by Verghese Kurien as told ...
Nov 9, 2012
- Oct 2012
- Chariot of the Gods
The human body has been sometimes visualised as a ...
Oct 26, 2012
- How to Have the Experience
We read, we try to understand, we explain, we try ...
Oct 25, 2012
- Farming the Gandhian Way
Not many of us would have heard of Bhaskar Save bu ...
Oct 25, 2012
- The Way to Think
If you know the point of balance, You can settle ...
Oct 25, 2012
- Hymn to Durga
Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, giver of all stre ...
Oct 10, 2012
- Motivation
Human beings are a complex amalgam of many sub-typ ...
Oct 10, 2012
- Creativity and Insanity
Is it necessary to be a little mad in order to be ...
Oct 10, 2012
- Collecting Lost Heritage
"Can you say among a hundred people who is the mos ...
Oct 10, 2012
- A Moment in Passing
When the moon rises in the Heart of Heaven And a ...
Oct 10, 2012
- Sep 2012
- The Mother of Indian Culture - III
India, said a western historian, is the Mother of ...
Sep 25, 2012
- The Journey so Far
Man is a strange creature, to say the least. A mix ...
Sep 25, 2012
- The Tree of Life
(15th of September was celebrated as World Tree Da ...
Sep 25, 2012
- Reinventing Education
Ask anyone in India who Salman Khan is and actor/s ...
Sep 25, 2012
- Preserving Faith
Can faith be increased by personal effort? Fait ...
Sep 25, 2012
- Pressure of the Spirit
The mental intelligence and its main power of reas ...
Sep 13, 2012
- Words of Wisdom
Sometimes you stumble upon a piece of writing whic ...
Sep 13, 2012
- I and My Typewriter
I place the typewriter in front of me and I begin ...
Sep 13, 2012
- The Grammar of Prayers
How little we understand the way the physical worl ...
Sep 13, 2012
- Aug 2012
- The Mother of Indian Culture - II
India, said a western historian, is the Mother of ...
Aug 26, 2012
- Vande Maataram in Pop Culture
Although written as far back as 1882, Bankim Chand ...
Aug 26, 2012
- The Last Day of Raja Nandakumar
(On the occasion of India’s Independence Day which ...
Aug 26, 2012
- August 15: Its World-Significance
(This article by Amal Kiran was published on Augus ...
Aug 15, 2012
- Vande Mātaram in Music
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote Anandamath in 1882 ...
Aug 15, 2012
- A Prayer
...
Aug 15, 2012
- The Story of Krishna
. . . . . Krishna At last I find a meani ...
Aug 2, 2012
- The Mother of Indian Culture - I
India, said a western historian, is the Mother of ...
Aug 2, 2012
- Quit India
Bombay, 8 August 1942 The speech which Gandhi d ...
Aug 2, 2012
- Vande Maataram in Film
India's National Song 'Vande Maataram' was written ...
Aug 2, 2012
- Jul 2012
- The Secret behind Pain
“Pain and grief are Nature’s reminder to the soul ...
Jul 17, 2012
- Inner Technology
There is an outer technology of machinery and equi ...
Jul 17, 2012
- Meanderings
(Through the ages, authors and poets have walked – ...
Jul 17, 2012
- Do Schools Kill Creativity?
How many of us wonder when we are well into our li ...
Jul 17, 2012
- Innovative India
The India Idea: Heralding the Era of Path-breaking ...
Jul 7, 2012
- Kanyakumari
One early dawn in March I swam off Kanyakumari jus ...
Jul 7, 2012
- Copyright Laws and the Dissemination of Higher Ideals
Most of us are familiar with copyright laws. You c ...
Jul 7, 2012
- A True Professor
The Mother says a professor, a true professor, mus ...
Jul 7, 2012
- Jun 2012
- Hymn to the Mother
('Bande Mataram' was written as part of 'Anandamat ...
Jun 27, 2012
- Man is a Transitional Being
Man is a transitional being, he is not final; for ...
Jun 27, 2012
- A True Hero
A tribal man with raging fever is carried on a str ...
Jun 27, 2012
- Apr 2012
- Yoga, Psychology and the Indian Genius
India is well-known as the land of religion and ph ...
Apr 11, 2012
- The Extraordinary Average
At times one feels the sudden urge to do something ...
Apr 11, 2012
- The Beginning
A million years ago the animal sprawling in the sw ...
Apr 11, 2012
- FDI In Retail and Political Decision Making
The decision of the Government of India to bring i ...
Apr 11, 2012
- Aims of Education
The nature and scope of education cannot be consid ...
Apr 11, 2012
- Mar 2012
- Selling Good Vibes
One is literally bombarded by an advertisement sel ...
Mar 16, 2012
- Feb 2012
- The Greater Wonder
The rich ambitious type A executive had just recei ...
Feb 21, 2012
- Love
When love is brewed to its richest, It exceeds wo ...
Feb 21, 2012
- True Spirit of Renunciation
A wealthy couple renounced the world and set out t ...
Feb 21, 2012
- Manifestation of the Supermind
In fact, a supermind is already here but it is inv ...
Feb 21, 2012
- Feeling and Experience
Sri Aurobindo clarifies the meaning of the words ...
Feb 21, 2012
- A Rainbow in the Making
Contrary to what many of us feel a lot of the time ...
Feb 21, 2012
- The Mother's Mission
The Mother was once asked when and how she bec ...
Feb 21, 2012
- The Joy of Self-giving to the Divine
All sadhana and spiritual effort lays stress on th ...
Feb 15, 2012
- The Divine Call
Don’t sleep for just one night, my beautiful frien ...
Feb 6, 2012
- Jan 2012
- What does Health really Mean?
This article is based on a talk given by the autho ...
Jan 21, 2012
- How is a Paradigm Formed?
A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage a ...
Jan 21, 2012
- Experience and Realisation
There is a tendency to interchange words like expe ...
Jan 21, 2012
- Throw out the Garbage
Have you noticed how instinctive some of our react ...
Jan 21, 2012
- More with Less
We buy use and throw. Often we buy much more than ...
Jan 1, 2012
- Dec 2011
- Learning for Tomorrow
When we take a discerning look at organized educat ...
Dec 20, 2011
- Is this the End?
Is there a need to look for an alternative to mode ...
Dec 20, 2011
- The Year
WHAT can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not b ...
Dec 20, 2011
- The Boon of Struggle
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a sma ...
Dec 20, 2011
- The Outside World
Some of us are not fortunate enough to leave every ...
Dec 20, 2011
- The Lord's Prayer
What kind of a year has it been for us? All hailin ...
Dec 20, 2011
- The Sacrifice of Sri Aurobindo
1.26 am, December 5, 1950. A moment like any o ...
Dec 5, 2011
- Nov 2011
- The Last Embodied Darshan
(This was written by Amal Kiran (K.D.Sethna) in 19 ...
Nov 24, 2011
- Who said Wisdom comes with Age?
I’m chatting with Srila, presently the vice-princi ...
Nov 20, 2011
- Stress Management: A Different Approach
Sheikh Saadi was passing across a wasteland when h ...
Nov 20, 2011
- Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
(Steve Jobs (1955-2011) truly did take our world f ...
Nov 20, 2011
- When Rules become Indispensible
When we leave the old world and commit to a life i ...
Nov 20, 2011
- Jumping Hurdles
Life is so incredibly interesting. Every step of t ...
Nov 20, 2011
- Oct 2011
- Meditating with a Blue Heron
I got up refreshed at 6 am. As usual, I sat on a c ...
Oct 23, 2011
- Stating the Obvious
I spot Subu outside the ‘living museum’ struggling ...
Oct 20, 2011
- The Duryodhana Syndrome: Causes and Remedies
After a spate of scams and a strong popular uprisi ...
Oct 20, 2011
- Meditation and Concentration
(This was a talk delivered at the "Intensive Aware ...
Oct 20, 2011
- Rules and Yoga
When we leave the old world and commit to a life i ...
Oct 20, 2011
- Defying Gravity
We find the play of gravity as a constant in every ...
Oct 20, 2011
- Sep 2011
- The Mystery of Death (II)
The self and its experience after death Is ther ...
Sep 20, 2011
- What Goes Around, Comes Around
A young, 18-year-old student was struggling to pay ...
Sep 20, 2011
- Free Minds Think Alike
Boris Pasternak’s classic novel Doctor Zhivago is ...
Sep 20, 2011
- Propaganda and Yoga
In all organisations, including those which may be ...
Sep 20, 2011
- In the Moment
Moment by moment. Years upon years. Life after lif ...
Sep 20, 2011
- Aug 2011
- The Mystery of Death (I)
Death the great annihilator of the works of time i ...
Aug 19, 2011
- Nationalism in India
(Rabindranath Tagore was undoubtedly one of the gr ...
Aug 19, 2011
- Sri Aurobindo's Teachings and Yoga
Sri Aurobindo’s Teachings Sri Aurobindo’s teach ...
Aug 19, 2011
- Maya
Silence appearing as thought, The formless assumi ...
Aug 19, 2011
- The Test
The Guru once wished to put his disciples through ...
Aug 19, 2011
- The Purpose of Politics
In India the objective behind entering the world o ...
Aug 19, 2011
- New Beginnings
It’s exhausting sometimes to try and keep up with ...
Aug 19, 2011
- Jul 2011
- Nalanda and the Pursuit of Science
(This is a transcription of Dr. Amartya Sen's keyn ...
Jul 23, 2011
- Babies take Giant Steps
I am standing next to the bamboo groove at the edg ...
Jul 19, 2011
- The Terminally Ill
How do we interact with and bring solace to those ...
Jul 19, 2011
- Useless Words
Once upon a time an old man spread rumors that his ...
Jul 19, 2011
- Work and Yoga
Many of us come to the Ashram with our own notions ...
Jul 19, 2011
- Breathing it in...
When you think of wisdom and those who are wise, i ...
Jul 19, 2011
- Jun 2011
- A Ph.D. in Polo
Polo and Me When I tell people, “I wouldn’t have ...
Jun 23, 2011
- Who's Teaching Whom?
I washed my cumbersome long hair in the morning. S ...
Jun 19, 2011
- Integral Health
An integral view of illness demands an integral cu ...
Jun 19, 2011
- Worship
What can I worship you with? I tried songs woven ...
Jun 19, 2011
- Spiritual Aim
What exactly does the Ashram itself mean to those ...
Jun 19, 2011
- A Single Vibration
Everything has a vibration. We have all been told ...
Jun 19, 2011
- May 2011
- Illness - An Integral View
This article explores the different ways of regain ...
May 18, 2011
- Corruption and Discipline
We are witnessing today two interesting phenomena. ...
May 18, 2011
- A River and a Lake
A river is a lake that is in a hurry to reach the ...
May 18, 2011
- Where does God Live?
The other morning, as my six year old daughter was ...
May 18, 2011
- Conversion and Consecration
When we start our climb towards the gates of the D ...
May 18, 2011
- Understanding Love
Love is so misunderstood. Be it with friends or fa ...
May 18, 2011
- Apr 2011
- Why do Grown-ups Ask Strange Questions?
I ask a serious-looking Khyati, an 8 year old of O ...
Apr 18, 2011
- Stress: Killer or Healer
The mask of death Stress is regarded today as t ...
Apr 18, 2011
- An Invaluable Gift
There was once a king who decided to distribute co ...
Apr 18, 2011
- Sri Aurobindo's Yoga (II)
When one begins to walk on this path, it is alrigh ...
Apr 18, 2011
- Cultural Differences
Many times we come across or participate ourselves ...
Apr 18, 2011
- Less Equals More
It actually takes the smallest part of a second to ...
Apr 18, 2011
- All that Comes is by His Grace Sent
Having cast aside the trinkets of the world, I li ...
Apr 11, 2011
- Mar 2011
- Sri Aurobindo's Yoga (I)
If we look at the earth from a cosmic standpoint, ...
Mar 18, 2011
- Misleading Conclusions
There is a recent dangerous trend in certain scien ...
Mar 18, 2011
- Dropping more than Drawers
Love drops from Above Soaking the body’s cloak ...
Mar 18, 2011
- Eliminate Egoism
Get the psychic being in front and keep it there, ...
Mar 18, 2011
- The Art of Appreciation
The other day someone mentioned that she was w ...
Mar 18, 2011
- Feb 2011
- Human-management — the Key to Social Health
Society and human relationships can be a source of ...
Feb 18, 2011
- The Two Roads
The Mother says that there is infinitely greater j ...
Feb 18, 2011
- Only You
I see You in the blue of the sky In the white clo ...
Feb 18, 2011
- Mending Fences
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. ...
Feb 18, 2011
- Social Service, Philanthropy and Spirituality
Social service and philanthropy are normally consi ...
Feb 18, 2011
- Attitude and Qualities for an Aspirant
Speaking to a sadhak, Sri Aurobindo suggests some ...
Feb 18, 2011
- Playing Ball
Ever wondered what a ball feels like? When some ...
Feb 18, 2011
- Jan 2011
- Science and Poetry
Book: Science and Poetry; Author: Mary Midgley ...
Jan 23, 2011
- Can a Neuroscientist Opine about God?
There is a tendency in certain quarters to almost ...
Jan 18, 2011
- Starting from the Beginning
Something is happening to our education system. It ...
Jan 18, 2011
- Assault to our Being
There are times when we face an assault to our bei ...
Jan 18, 2011
- The Bubble Effect
If you look around you, you’ll probably no ...
Jan 18, 2011
- Dec 2010
- The Cracked Pot
Once upon a time there was a water-bearer who had ...
Dec 22, 2010
- Harmony
Harmony. Even the word itself sounds like what ...
Dec 17, 2010
- Spiritual, Religious and Personal Beliefs
If we earnestly pursue the search for the spiritua ...
Dec 17, 2010
- Answering the Call
Not all of us experience the call to the Path in t ...
Dec 17, 2010
- Nov 2010
- Introvert and Extrovert - A Deeper Perspective
A well-known concept in modern psychology is the c ...
Nov 22, 2010
- Perceptions
Man-management is essentially an extension of self ...
Nov 17, 2010
- Cultivating Certain Qualities in Children
There is another quality which must be cultivated ...
Nov 17, 2010
- Personal Relations and Yoga
Many times we feel our endeavours are misplaced or ...
Nov 17, 2010
- Pride without Prejudice
The Commonwealth Games came and went. Such a hu ...
Nov 17, 2010
- Oct 2010
- Perspective
The rich executive had just received a heart trans ...
Oct 17, 2010
- Teaching Children
It would be interesting to formualte or to work ou ...
Oct 17, 2010
- The Secret of Good Governance
(Review of the book, Lee KuanYew: The Man and His ...
Oct 17, 2010
- The Moment of Realisation
This is it... this is the body we have and we offe ...
Oct 17, 2010
- The Vision that made the Nation - IV
The Vedic Social Ideal The other important ques ...
Oct 1, 2010
- Sep 2010
- Birdwing
Book: Birdwing; Author, Rafe Martin Birdwing by ...
Sep 22, 2010
- The Self & Nature
The Self and Nature are like the light and its lam ...
Sep 17, 2010
- The Need of a Spiritual Change
At present mankind is undergoing an evolutionary c ...
Sep 17, 2010
- Youth and Yoga
There are times when in our own excitement and ent ...
Sep 17, 2010
- Saying Thank You
The other day a doctor was heard commenting on how ...
Sep 17, 2010
- The Vision that made the Nation - III
Man and Cosmos (Vedic Cosmology) All great spir ...
Sep 1, 2010
- Aug 2010
- The Healer Within
“Or we may find when all the rest has failed Hid ...
Aug 17, 2010
- Man and Evolution
An evolution of consciousness is the central motiv ...
Aug 17, 2010
- Delays are not Denials
Sri Ramakrishna walked across the paddy-fields in ...
Aug 17, 2010
- What is an Asura?
We have often heard of the term ‘Hostile Forces’ w ...
Aug 17, 2010
- Free Forever
Freedom is a strange notion. Everyone wants it. In ...
Aug 17, 2010
- The Vision that made the Nation - II
The Fire of Sacrifice The key to the secret of ...
Aug 1, 2010
- Jul 2010
- The Taj Crisis
There’s always something going on in this country… ...
Jul 17, 2010
- Psychotherapy and Indian Thought - III
The grand synthesis and more It is here that Sr ...
Jul 16, 2010
- Askesis for Knowledge
The logical intelligence of man is a great obstacl ...
Jul 16, 2010
- Building Sandcastles
A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing ...
Jul 16, 2010
- Determination
In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling w ...
Jul 16, 2010
- Hostile Forces
We have often heard of the term ‘Hostile Forces’ w ...
Jul 16, 2010
- Growing Up
It can be said without exaggeration that many (if ...
Jul 16, 2010
- The Vision that made the Nation - I
Discoveries of the Vedic Seers The best way to ...
Jul 1, 2010
- Jun 2010
- Sulabh – A Revolution like No Other
In 1967, 25 year old Bindeshwar Pathak had missed ...
Jun 22, 2010
- Psychotherapy and Indian Thought (II)
Another Vedantic Solution Indian thought is not ...
Jun 16, 2010
- Quarreling Unacceptable for Aspirants
While one may derive love and joy from human conta ...
Jun 16, 2010
- One Spoon of Sweetness Please
Has it ever happened that you take a sip of tea or ...
Jun 16, 2010
- May 2010
- Psychotherapy and Indian Thought (I)
The Indian psyche has some special inherent featur ...
May 16, 2010
- No Piggy Bank for these Children
An effort pioneered in India to organise a formal ...
May 16, 2010
- Believing the Un-provable
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his c ...
May 16, 2010
- Loneliness on the Path
While on the one hand, complete withdrawal from th ...
May 16, 2010
- Apr 2010
- Sadhana as a Medical Doctor
Sadhana in its deepest sense is independent of all ...
Apr 16, 2010
- A Task for Everyone
It is common for Indian businessmen to complain of ...
Apr 16, 2010
- The Prayer of Knots
Dear God, please untie the knots that are in my ...
Apr 16, 2010
- Family and Spiritual Aspiration
What role does family play in the life of a spirit ...
Apr 16, 2010
- Between Horizons
The walk to God’s house is the most interesting on ...
Apr 16, 2010
- Mar 2010
- In Either Case
(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a r ...
Mar 22, 2010
- Life on the Fast Lane
The paradox of our time in history is that we have ...
Mar 22, 2010
- Friends and Yoga
Man is gregarious by nature and constantly strives ...
Mar 16, 2010
- A Moment of Gratitude
There is a right time for everything. How often ...
Mar 16, 2010
- Feb 2010
- A Clothes-line from Cities to the Country
Drought in some parts of the country, notably Raja ...
Feb 22, 2010
- A True Physician
The physician is not just a person who is responsi ...
Feb 16, 2010
- Piecing the Puzzle
In an article in the Deccan Chronicle (6th January ...
Feb 16, 2010
- Chain of Love
Someone once asked Hellen Keller: “How do you acco ...
Feb 16, 2010
- Role of Marriage for an Aspirant
There are many dilemmas which crop up when we are ...
Feb 16, 2010
- The Lone Traveller
For those on the path, aren’t there numerous occas ...
Feb 16, 2010
- Jan 2010
- A Need of the Times
“Man’s science builds its abstracts cold and brief ...
Jan 16, 2010
- Education and Initiation
In olden times, in our country, nay, in China, Egy ...
Jan 16, 2010
- Hope for Flowers
Book: Hope for Flowers; Author: Trina Paulus I ...
Jan 16, 2010
- Water Harvesting - The Silent Crusaders
Drought in some parts of the country, notably Raja ...
Jan 16, 2010
- A Violin with Three Strings
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, c ...
Jan 16, 2010
- Human Relationships in Yoga
There are many dilemmas which crop up when we are ...
Jan 16, 2010
- The Most Important Prayer
As the New Year begins, one wonders what all one c ...
Jan 16, 2010
- Dec 2009
- Laughing with the Lord
God's laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit ...
Dec 15, 2009
- Looking the Storm in the Face
In May 1908, Sri Aurobindo was interned, along wit ...
Dec 15, 2009
- The Epic Novel
Some of the traditional and orthodox purists in In ...
Dec 15, 2009
- Love Is...
This is what a group of children had to say when a ...
Dec 15, 2009
- Who Am I?
At some time in our lives we feel the call of the ...
Dec 15, 2009
- The First Step
Not a single day this year has gone by without the ...
Dec 15, 2009
- To My Countrymen
(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a r ...
Dec 1, 2009
- Nov 2009
- The Law of Sacrifice
"The law of sacrifice is the common divine action ...
Nov 15, 2009
- A Tryst with Destiny
(The following speech by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru w ...
Nov 15, 2009
- The Idea of a Novel
She was a smart, young and bright student of a ven ...
Nov 15, 2009
- Signs of Entering the Spiritual Path
At some time in our lives we feel the call of the ...
Nov 15, 2009
- True Commitment
Can a sense of commitment to others be harmful to ...
Nov 15, 2009
- Oct 2009
- Nationalist Organisation
(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a r ...
Oct 22, 2009
- Facing Stress
Stress is defined as the response of an organism t ...
Oct 15, 2009
- Silence
In the hush of the primordial nakedness, All garm ...
Oct 15, 2009
- To Know Oneself
All spiritual disciplines lay a great stress on se ...
Oct 15, 2009
- Hanging with the Uncool
Some say God is not cool enough for the world as i ...
Oct 15, 2009
- Sep 2009
- Can Genes Make Me?
They shared the same genes and even a part of thei ...
Sep 15, 2009
- The Busy, Busy Bus
“Doorstep" is the story of how a small individual ...
Sep 15, 2009
- A Dangerous Cult of Absolute Nonviolence
In the 1940 presidential address at the Twenty-sec ...
Sep 15, 2009
- Not so Mysterious, After All
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on ...
Sep 15, 2009
- Project Warm!
We run, we hide, we pretend we can’t see. But we c ...
Sep 15, 2009
- Aug 2009
- The Boycott Celebration
(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a r ...
Aug 15, 2009
- Spiritual Education
The future of mankind depends on the education it ...
Aug 15, 2009
- Staring Down Droughts
In just seven years, with a modest one-time invest ...
Aug 15, 2009
- The Dawn of Freedom
(The following speech was made by Sarvepalli Radha ...
Aug 15, 2009
- Doubting the Existence of the Divine
Most spiritual journeys start with a faith in the ...
Aug 15, 2009
- The Good and Bad of Obsession
Of all the hours we have in hand, if one was to ob ...
Aug 15, 2009
- Jul 2009
- A Task Unaccomplished
(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a r ...
Jul 22, 2009
- The Rise and Decline of Nations
Amongst the hundreds of unsung heroes of the freed ...
Jul 22, 2009
- The Spirit of Education
The spirit of education is inherent in the word `e ...
Jul 15, 2009
- The Beginning of the End
Has science reached its final limits? This is the ...
Jul 15, 2009
- Pearls before Breakfast
A man sat in a metro station in Washington DC and ...
Jul 15, 2009
- The Victory of this Moment
This moment let me thank you for the deliverance, ...
Jul 15, 2009
- Different Perspectives
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his ...
Jul 15, 2009
- Overcoming Fear
All of us are confronted with various types of fea ...
Jul 15, 2009
- Straight Lines and Circles
It is said that the most difficult path to walk on ...
Jul 15, 2009
- Jun 2009
- The Ideal of the Karmayogin
(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a r ...
Jun 22, 2009
- Practical Hints for Spiritual Education
A complete psychic and spiritual education is a li ...
Jun 14, 2009
- The Power of Peace
There is a power in Peace. The power to heal, supp ...
Jun 14, 2009
- Patriotism in Samskrit Literature
(Radha Kumud Mukherji, the noted historian and pol ...
Jun 14, 2009
- Concentration and the Control of Thoughts
Concentration is a very important part of many spi ...
Jun 14, 2009
- The Greatest Show on Earth
Recently an article appeared in the New York Times ...
Jun 14, 2009
- May 2009
- The Power of Money
Some of you may already know that I travel around ...
May 22, 2009
- Realities of Spiritual Education
The revolution of the 16th Century, which is usual ...
May 14, 2009
- The Ultimate Discovery
Man, the explorer, has ever been in quest of the e ...
May 14, 2009
- Aspiration
Aspiration A yearning for Thee An infant aware ...
May 14, 2009
- A Learning Place as Home
Every evening between 4 and 8 o’clock, Kamalam, Ka ...
May 14, 2009
- Courage
World War II produced many heroes. One such man ...
May 14, 2009
- Freedom is My Birthright
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sentenced to six years imp ...
May 14, 2009
- Dealing with Others
Man is a social being and has different relations ...
May 14, 2009
- Sweep the Temple
On observing the bird life in cities these days, i ...
May 14, 2009
- Apr 2009
- Because, He Saw Them Standing There...
Anuradha Goburdhun Bakhshi says she is paying back ...
Apr 22, 2009
- Education for Perfection
Our religions have proclaimed from the very beginn ...
Apr 14, 2009
- The Adventure of Consciousness
All those who set their feet upon a new way of liv ...
Apr 14, 2009
- Knocking at Your Door
Why this begging for alms of human love When your ...
Apr 14, 2009
- Science and Politics
In the following speech made at the Indian Science ...
Apr 14, 2009
- Divinisation of Life
In the spiritual history of humankind, there have ...
Apr 14, 2009
- Divine DNA?
Someone recently cited an example of how there was ...
Apr 14, 2009
- The Significance of 4'th April
Calm was the day, and through the trembling air, ...
Apr 4, 2009
- Mar 2009
- Faith and Trust Essential
There is a second , which is obviously, as indispe ...
Mar 14, 2009
- Feb 2009
- Three Blind Men
There are three kinds of blindness in the world of ...
Feb 14, 2009
- Towards Freedom
(Lala Lajpat Rai had left India in 1913 and gave t ...
Feb 14, 2009
- Turning Difficulties into Opportunities
We all face, and are bound to face, difficulties i ...
Feb 14, 2009
- The One Constant
If one takes a moment to reflect, it would seem in ...
Feb 14, 2009
- Jan 2009
- Is Man Truly Great?
Legends speak of the three strides of Vishnu*. The ...
Jan 14, 2009
- The Technique of Enjoyment
There is some meaning in describing the Upanishads ...
Jan 14, 2009
- Love without an Agenda
Each month we take a question of this nature and p ...
Jan 14, 2009
- Sage Advice
In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, the wise g ...
Jan 14, 2009
- The Work before Us
(Swami Vivekananda, the warrior monk who took the ...
Jan 12, 2009
- Dec 2008
- A World of Change
I have nothing to do with America other than the f ...
Dec 17, 2008
- Concentration
Each month we take a question of this nature and p ...
Dec 14, 2008
- Nov 2008
- Reaching Out for a Blade of Bliss
A friend sent me an sms recently, inquiring about ...
Nov 14, 2008
- The What and How of Meditation
In the speed and stress of modern life, more and m ...
Nov 14, 2008
- Grateful or Indebted?
On numerous occasions in the course of a single li ...
Nov 14, 2008
- Oct 2008
- Personality of the Teacher
It has been realised that in the existing system o ...
Oct 11, 2008
- Methods of Enquiry and Research
Research in life sciences, of which medicine is a ...
Oct 11, 2008
- Hell
One who speaks untruth goes to Hell like one who, ...
Oct 11, 2008
- Difficulties in Meditation
Meditation has always been part of spiritual disci ...
Oct 11, 2008
- Who do We Belong to?
Institutions. Organisations. Committees. Councils. ...
Oct 11, 2008
- Sep 2008
- Doctor Shopping
The growing dissatisfaction with modern medicine h ...
Sep 11, 2008
- The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagin ...
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporatio ...
Sep 11, 2008
- Dealing with Unpleasant Thoughts
We have very little control over our mind and thou ...
Sep 11, 2008
- The Miracle of Birth
Parenthood is such a thrill… for most at least. Ap ...
Sep 11, 2008
- Aug 2008
- Living the Praise
How often do we find that praise turns upon itself ...
Aug 15, 2008
- The New Harmony
There is a harmony of animal life. It is a double ...
Aug 11, 2008
- The Path
The best of all paths is the Eightfold Path; the b ...
Aug 11, 2008
- Jul 2008
- Search and Research (III)
The qualitative dimension A new science and new ...
Jul 11, 2008
- The Last Wolf
The last wolf hurried toward me through the ruine ...
Jul 11, 2008
- Judge Not
I was shocked, confused, bewildered As I entered ...
Jul 11, 2008
- The American Dream Turned Nightmare
The ecological crisis facing humanity today is mad ...
Jul 11, 2008
- The Illusion of Action
The illusion of action is one of the great illusio ...
Jul 11, 2008
- Jun 2008
- Bridging the Gap
Frequently, when we despair of where India is at t ...
Jun 17, 2008
- The Teaching Profession: Ancient Indian Ideal & Modern Envir ...
The Mother always said that to be a successful tea ...
Jun 11, 2008
- Search and Research (II)
The Qualitative Dimension A new or rather a dou ...
Jun 11, 2008
- Does God Exist?
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut an ...
Jun 11, 2008
- The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation - V
Literary Sources: The Vedas Our discussion so far ...
Jun 11, 2008
- Life is a Dynamic Mirror
We find it happening every day - we are shocked by ...
Jun 11, 2008
- India's Pride
In different forms of the media, in a single week, ...
Jun 11, 2008
- May 2008
- A Hero Lives On
For decades donors like the World Bank and the Gov ...
May 17, 2008
- The Task of the Teacher
The first task of the teacher is to maintain the c ...
May 11, 2008
- Search and Research (I)
The Parallel Lines Modern science has travelled ...
May 11, 2008
- The Journey of Life
I hear You breathe In the void of silence Echoes ...
May 11, 2008
- Creativity and Taoism
Spring breezes sweep the green meadows. Rains hav ...
May 11, 2008
- The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation - IV
Recent Discoveries and Evidence We have discussed ...
May 11, 2008
- The Power of Desire
The highest spiritual experience affirms that the ...
May 11, 2008
- Young Guns
Recently, the ruling government in India inducted ...
May 11, 2008
- Apr 2008
- Hunger for Books
In 2007, celebrated writer Doris Lessing, aged 88, ...
Apr 17, 2008
- Does Visualization Help?
A very important part of sadhana, of spiritual see ...
Apr 11, 2008
- Limits of Science
Has science arrived at its limits? This is the sub ...
Apr 11, 2008
- The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation - III
The Aryan Invasion: Was there any? (continued fr ...
Apr 11, 2008
- Pleasure
One who gives himself entirely to what is unprofit ...
Apr 11, 2008
- Can or Cant?
No matter how many languages one knows or to what ...
Apr 11, 2008
- Mar 2008
- Walking as Tirtha (pilgrimage)
‘You road I enter upon and look around. I believe ...
Mar 17, 2008
- Magic and Miracles
Man needs miracles. This need, when deeply observe ...
Mar 10, 2008
- The Supreme Alchemist
Wide mouthed the earth drinks, Ambrosial rain tha ...
Mar 10, 2008
- The Successful Dropout
I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: ...
Mar 10, 2008
- Happiness
Among those who hate, happy are we to live without ...
Mar 10, 2008
- The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation - II
The Aryan Invasion: Was there any? This brings us ...
Mar 10, 2008
- Decay and Death
From times immemorial, one of the dreams and aspir ...
Mar 10, 2008
- Erasing the Black Dot
Human beings are notorious for creating problems f ...
Mar 10, 2008
- Feb 2008
- The Supramental Purusha
Purusha of golden eternities of might, Sun-self o ...
Feb 29, 2008
- What Makes a Good Teacher
Teachers who are not perfectly calm, who do not ha ...
Feb 10, 2008
- The Individual
For nine thousand years society has depended upon ...
Feb 10, 2008
- The Awakened One (The Buddha)
He whose victory has never been surpassed nor even ...
Feb 10, 2008
- The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation - I
The origin of ancient civilizations like India is ...
Feb 10, 2008
- Leaping into the Future
What a lovely month…! A leap year for most, an occ ...
Feb 8, 2008
- Everything for the Divine
All spiritual paths and yogas lay stress upon the ...
Feb 8, 2008
- Jan 2008
- Healing Communications
Introduction: Rediscovering Connectedness In a ...
Jan 7, 2008
- Generation Next
There is a growing concern among parents and teach ...
Jan 7, 2008
- Children of Earth
Now this is what we believe. The Mother of us all ...
Jan 7, 2008
- History of India – Towards a New Approach
Of late, the study of history has become either a ...
Jan 7, 2008
- The Certitude of Finding the Divine
The search for God, the effort to find the Divine ...
Jan 7, 2008
- Dec 2007
- Youth and the Future Education
Youth is that stage of life least committed to ves ...
Dec 7, 2007
- True Perfection
There are two kinds of perfection to which all hum ...
Dec 7, 2007
- Defiling the Sublime
An article in a leading Indian daily reports that ...
Dec 7, 2007
- Mythical Rama: The Timeless Reality
There was commotion in the grove on the banks of t ...
Dec 7, 2007
- Mother Earth
Holy Earth Mother, the trees and all nature are wi ...
Dec 7, 2007
- The Ego
If a man holds himself dear, let him guard himself ...
Dec 7, 2007
- Which Way does the Wind Blow?
The year end is always so welcome for it brings on ...
Dec 7, 2007
- Nov 2007
- A Man of Honor
It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was g ...
Nov 16, 2007
- The Language of Life
An illness is like a mis-spelt word in an unknown ...
Nov 7, 2007
- Research on a New Approach to Management (III)
At present, Business and Management is going throu ...
Nov 7, 2007
- Old Age
Why this joy, this gladness, when the world is for ...
Nov 7, 2007
- Is it Necessary to Call the Divine if We Need Help?
All around us, we see violence, destruction of wha ...
Nov 7, 2007
- A New Religion?
We all have our own ways of understanding things, ...
Nov 7, 2007
- Oct 2007
- Education of the Future
We are living in a fast changing world. Due to adv ...
Oct 6, 2007
- Man’s Journey between the Two Poles
There are two poles of the One Reality — the brigh ...
Oct 6, 2007
- Research on a New Approach to Management (II)
At present, Business and Management is going throu ...
Oct 6, 2007
- Punishment
All tremble when faced with punishment; all fear d ...
Oct 6, 2007
- Being Indian
This is what happened to me when I was born 46 yea ...
Oct 6, 2007
- Why do People Like to Hurt Others?
All around us we see violence, destruction of what ...
Oct 6, 2007
- Chasing God
Many of us are prone to working better when under ...
Oct 6, 2007
- Sep 2007
- September 11 - Past, Present, Future
September 11, 2001. It’s a date almost all who are ...
Sep 11, 2007
- The Fundamental Faith
Faith does not depend upon experience; it is somet ...
Sep 6, 2007
- Academy of the Future
The aim of this organisation would be to promote a ...
Sep 6, 2007
- The Success of Failure
It has been said in spiritual traditions that succ ...
Sep 6, 2007
- Research on a New Approach to Management (I)
At present, Business and Management is going th ...
Sep 6, 2007
- The Gift of Insults
Near Tokyo, there lived a very great Samurai who h ...
Sep 6, 2007
- Designing Cities for People
Many of us discuss about the future of our cities, ...
Sep 6, 2007
- Evil
As long as his evil action has not yet ripened, an ...
Sep 6, 2007
- How can the Body Aspire for the Divine?
We feel that the aspiration we have for the Divine ...
Sep 6, 2007
- Aug 2007
- The Republic of Dreams
(Mahasweta Devi had people in tears at the Frankfu ...
Aug 16, 2007
- Future of Matter - VIII
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit ...
Aug 6, 2007
- Sincerity
Better than a thousand words devoid of meaning is ...
Aug 6, 2007
- Childhood Dreams
We have all seen how we change and how, as we grow ...
Aug 6, 2007
- Giving Birth
It is held by many that one of the most difficult ...
Aug 6, 2007
- Jul 2007
- Spontaneity
I suppose most of you come on Fridays to listen to ...
Jul 6, 2007
- Towards a Planetary Education
At this moment when the attention of the whole wor ...
Jul 6, 2007
- Two Sides of a Coin
The medical and spiritual views of the human body ...
Jul 6, 2007
- Future of Matter (VII)
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit ...
Jul 6, 2007
- Totto-Chan
Book: Totto-Chan; Author: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi To ...
Jul 6, 2007
- The Adept
No sorrow exists for one who has completed his jou ...
Jul 6, 2007
- Thought Control
We believe we are rational organised beings. But ...
Jul 6, 2007
- What's Life all About?
One of the most frequent questions we often ask ou ...
Jul 6, 2007
- Jun 2007
- The Origin of Desire
Where does desire come from? The Buddha said ...
Jun 6, 2007
- What is to be done for Education?
We all wish our children to develop and to enrich ...
Jun 6, 2007
- Of Truth and Doubt
There is a spirit of inquiry and a spirit of doubt ...
Jun 6, 2007
- Future of Matter - VI
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit ...
Jun 6, 2007
- The World is One
The world is one, in fact and in potentia. Ther ...
Jun 6, 2007
- My Burning Heart
Satprem was born Bernard Enginger in 1923 in Pari ...
Jun 6, 2007
- The Sage
We should seek the company of the sage who shows u ...
Jun 6, 2007
- Is Religion a Necessity?
Today Religion is very much in the news for variou ...
Jun 6, 2007
- Breaking Chains
Wisdom says that Man is an aggregate of habits. Go ...
Jun 6, 2007
- May 2007
- The New Approach to Education in India
"In any country, the best education to give to chi ...
May 16, 2007
- The Development of Man
There is an outer technology of machine and equipm ...
May 5, 2007
- The Wise Donkey
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. ...
May 5, 2007
- Future of Matter -V
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit in ...
May 5, 2007
- Travelling without Baggage
Mark Twain was once asked if he wouldn’t like to g ...
May 5, 2007
- The Fool
Long is the night for one who sleeps not; long is ...
May 5, 2007
- Social Relations & Complications
There is one situation we all face very often in o ...
May 5, 2007
- Righting the Wrongs
A well known Indian composer recently released a s ...
May 5, 2007
- Apr 2007
- The Elusive Magic Potion
Since the time man began his adventure upon earth ...
Apr 4, 2007
- The Beauty Way
I guess I'm likely to put anything in my body! ...
Apr 4, 2007
- Future of Matter - IV
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit ...
Apr 4, 2007
- A New Rule
It is the rule with drunkards to fall upon each ot ...
Apr 4, 2007
- Of a Time More Scientific than Ours
On the tourist map Ghadisar is as big as the town ...
Apr 4, 2007
- Dayananda: The Man and His Work
Among the great company of remarkable figures that ...
Apr 4, 2007
- The Flowers
Who will conquer this world of illusion and the ki ...
Apr 4, 2007
- Dealing with Wrong Thoughts
The Spiritual journey, the path of sadhana is neve ...
Apr 4, 2007
- No Chance Encounters
Has it ever struck you that in a world full of mil ...
Apr 4, 2007
- Mar 2007
- A Man of Words
I feel that this award was not made to me as a man ...
Mar 16, 2007
- The Purpose of Education
The aim of education is always twofold: there is a ...
Mar 4, 2007
- Looking Beyond
Science has reached a crossroads in its laborious ...
Mar 4, 2007
- A Seed of Truth
An emperor in the Far East was growing old and kne ...
Mar 4, 2007
- Future of Matter - III
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit ...
Mar 4, 2007
- Conservation as Religion
Try to name a widely practiced faith or religion t ...
Mar 4, 2007
- The Demands of Success
We all seek 'success' in life, we want to achieve, ...
Mar 4, 2007
- The Mirror of our Soul
Socrates said, "Speak that I may see you". Whatev ...
Mar 4, 2007
- Feb 2007
- The Mind
Just as the arrow-maker straightens his arrows, so ...
Feb 4, 2007
- Changing Concepts of Education
Hitherto education was a subject by itself and ten ...
Feb 4, 2007
- Food for Thought
Man's preoccupation with food is nothing new. It i ...
Feb 4, 2007
- Future of Matter - II
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit in ...
Feb 4, 2007
- The Meeting
In the lonely spaces of the heart, Under the azur ...
Feb 4, 2007
- To be Vigilant
By his effort, his vigilance, his discipline and s ...
Feb 4, 2007
- A Beacon of Light in the Ocean of Life
We would like to progress integrally. But the path ...
Feb 4, 2007
- Beauty in Simplicity
There is such wisdom and beauty in things, thought ...
Feb 4, 2007
- Jan 2007
- The Call and the Consecration
All Yoga is in its nature a new birth; it is a bir ...
Jan 4, 2007
- Future of Matter - I
Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit in ...
Jan 4, 2007
- The Forest
To live in the forest amongst the trees, surroun ...
Jan 4, 2007
- Today's Imperative
What are we to do today? The question arises becau ...
Jan 4, 2007
- Perseverance
Those who are intelligent, meditative, persevering ...
Jan 4, 2007
- Imperfections and Yoga
Most of us, at some time in our life, feel the cal ...
Jan 4, 2007
- Be Gone, Ego
What is it about a New Year? How is it that a sudd ...
Jan 1, 2007
- Dec 2006
- Difficult is Good
A casual statement overheard recently stated that ...
Dec 17, 2006
- The New Birth - The Decisive Step
… when people tell me, "I would like to know wheth ...
Dec 3, 2006
- The New Approach to Education
The meaning of the word education is - to lead, to ...
Dec 3, 2006
- Science and Spirituality
There is a spiritual seeking in Science and there ...
Dec 3, 2006
- Sanskrit and India's Self-Development
India can best develop herself and serve humanity ...
Dec 3, 2006
- The Samadhi at Night
Into a white slab of marble a heaven descended, G ...
Dec 3, 2006
- Push for Life!
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when sudd ...
Dec 3, 2006
- Where are We Going?
Where are we going? It is given to certain seer ...
Dec 3, 2006
- Illness and the Role of the Mind
All of us react differently to an illness. We ask ...
Dec 3, 2006
- Nov 2006
- Friend or Enemy?
Who really can be called as one's best friend? ...
Nov 17, 2006
- Can People bring Luck?
In life, we often find people speaking of some ...
Nov 3, 2006
- Oct 2006
- Going from Useless to Useful
Walking the Path is a serious issue which can take ...
Oct 17, 2006
- Bande Mataram – A Song Divine
As for the recent controversy surrounding the nati ...
Oct 15, 2006
- A Mystic Symbolism and the Future of Symbols
"To commit adultery with God is the perfect experi ...
Oct 15, 2006
- Zeal for the Divine
The development of the experience in its rapidity, ...
Oct 3, 2006
- That, which we Seek
We seek a science that does not merely see aspects ...
Oct 3, 2006
- Evaluating Sanskrit
There are two forms of knowledge of which those wh ...
Oct 3, 2006
- The Meaning of Indianness
Is there something like Indianness? The answer ...
Oct 3, 2006
- The Web of Desire
A thousand desires Each one worth dying for And ...
Oct 3, 2006
- Words for Children
Of one thing you can be sure-your future is in you ...
Oct 3, 2006
- Vigilance
Vigilance is the way that leads to immortality (or ...
Oct 3, 2006
- Sep 2006
- The Greatest Sport of All
Every once in a while the mind conjures a new pers ...
Sep 17, 2006
- The Inner Frown
An episode from a spiritual lore: A disciple asks ...
Sep 15, 2006
- Indigenous Peoples and the Quest for Wholeness
Early in February, news reached the western press ...
Sep 15, 2006
- To Speak or Not to Speak?
"If you have to adopt a language, why not adopt th ...
Sep 3, 2006
- Sculpting the Past with the Present
"A small bronze statuette of a dancing girl in the ...
Sep 3, 2006
- Why do Accidents Happen?
Question : Why or how is it that some persons seem ...
Sep 3, 2006
- Light and Shadow: Intensification on the Path
When you represent the possibility of a victory, y ...
Sep 3, 2006
- The Inner Eye
If in a drop of water One cannot see the river N ...
Sep 3, 2006
- Old is New
You may have seen them on stage or the telly. Five ...
Sep 3, 2006
- The Whys that Children Ask
Most of us go through life, without even asking ou ...
Sep 3, 2006
- Aug 2006
- My Indian Heritage
Since Independence there has been a great deal of ...
Aug 15, 2006
- To be Thyself
It has been well said by one who saw but through a ...
Aug 3, 2006
- The Future of Human Potential - VI
Futurology is now emerging as a new and fledgling ...
Aug 3, 2006
- The Science of the Supernature
There is technology and there is Science, just as ...
Aug 3, 2006
- Heaven and Hell
A famous soldier came to the Master Hakuin and ask ...
Aug 3, 2006
- Evil
In the two worlds, in this world and in the other, ...
Aug 3, 2006
- Illness
Illness marks some imperfection or weakness or els ...
Aug 2, 2006
- The Importance of Rangaswamy Elango
In a nation where collective finger pointing at po ...
Aug 2, 2006
- Jul 2006
- Young Gods in the Making
It is the midway point. Half a year has passed us ...
Jul 17, 2006
- The Future of Human Potential - V
Futurology is now emerging as a new and fledgling ...
Jul 2, 2006
- Attitude towards Sin
To hate the sinner is the worst sin, for it is ...
Jul 2, 2006
- Rhythms of Intuitive Thought
An academic scholar reviewing one of Sri Aurobindo ...
Jul 2, 2006
- Art, Truth and Politics
In 1958 I wrote the following: 'There are no ha ...
Jul 2, 2006
- Doing Good
One who does good rejoices in the two worlds, in t ...
Jul 2, 2006
- Commercialism and Vulgarity
All around, in every aspect of life, we find a gro ...
Jul 2, 2006
- Jun 2006
- A Battle Worth Fighting
Slavery and bondage exists in today's world as muc ...
Jun 17, 2006
- Awakening the Yogashakti
How can one awaken his Yogashakti? It depends o ...
Jun 2, 2006
- Sanskrit
Sanskrit is a language of antiquity. The roots of ...
Jun 2, 2006
- The Future of the Human Potential - IV
Futurology is now emerging as a new and fledgling ...
Jun 2, 2006
- Of Little Buddhias and Buddhas
Budhia, or the marathon child, has created a histo ...
Jun 2, 2006
- Training the Mind
Just as the rain penetrates through the thatch of ...
Jun 2, 2006
- Difference between Spirituality and Morality
In the normal life and world, very often spiritual ...
Jun 2, 2006
- May 2006
- Drinking from the Founts of Knowledge
There are periods in the lives of the collectivity ...
May 17, 2006
- Young Lions
When finally Damodar 'Damu' Acharya rebelled in 19 ...
May 15, 2006
- Sanskrit: A Creative Force
When we speak about the greatness of Sanskrit we o ...
May 2, 2006
- The Future of Human Potential - III
Futurology is now emerging as a new and fledgling ...
May 2, 2006
- The Human Body: Machinistic and Consciousness View
There has been a certain tendency in many quarters ...
May 2, 2006
- The Role of Sex
The sex-energy utilised by Nature for the purpose ...
May 2, 2006
- Siva
Of all the beings of the overmind, of all the gods ...
May 2, 2006
- City of Hope
For the breed that talks about corporate social re ...
May 2, 2006
- To Know True from False
Those who know the true to be true and the false t ...
May 2, 2006
- Going against our Nature
It is a common experience. There are so many occas ...
May 2, 2006
- Apr 2006
- Praying for Protection
In our prayers, we often ask our gods for protecti ...
Apr 17, 2006
- The Redoubtable Babus of Mumbai
Here's an example of how the meek might inherit In ...
Apr 15, 2006
- The Impossible
"What I cannot do now is the sign of what l sh ...
Apr 2, 2006
- Spontaneity and Experience
… once one enters the yoga and wants to do yoga, i ...
Apr 1, 2006
- Sanskrit as the National Language of India
The Nobel Laureate physicist, Dr. C.V. Raman, beli ...
Apr 1, 2006
- The Future of Human Potential - II
Futurology is now emerging as a new and fledgling ...
Apr 1, 2006
- A Unified System
Like all parents who think their child is imbued w ...
Apr 1, 2006
- Go, Kiss the World
I was the last child of a small-time government se ...
Apr 1, 2006
- How can I Help Others?
Somewhere within each of us there is this urge, th ...
Apr 1, 2006
- Mar 2006
- Allowing the Lord to do it
You are faced with a so-called problem: what shoul ...
Mar 31, 2006
- A Land of Children Dancing in the Rain
One often hears of the high prevalence of child la ...
Mar 31, 2006
- The Tragedies of Time
Disasters and catastrophes, whether man-made or na ...
Mar 23, 2006
- The Future of Human Potential - I
Futurology is now emerging as a new and fledgling ...
Mar 21, 2006
- Importance of Food
It is a mistake to neglect the body and let it was ...
Mar 21, 2006
- Some Doubts, Some Questions
Is Sanskrit a Hindu Language? It would be good ...
Mar 17, 2006
- The Eternal Flame
A recent release by the Hindi film industry(1) tac ...
Mar 17, 2006
- The New Face of Terrorism
The phenomenon of "terrorism" has taken many masks ...
Mar 15, 2006
- Uncommon Battle
For half a millennium now, the people of Muli, a n ...
Mar 2, 2006
- Sharing Difficulties in Yoga
In life, and even more in the path of yoga, we are ...
Mar 2, 2006
- Feb 2006
- Dear Mother...
"She is the golden bridge, the wonderful fire." - ...
Feb 17, 2006
- Peter Drucker and the Future of Management
A great mind of the modern world, Peter Drucker, p ...
Feb 15, 2006
- Balance, Moderation, Loyalty, Honesty
He who puts on the yellow robe while he is yet imp ...
Feb 12, 2006
- Sanskrit – A Self-existent Truth and Power
Life is infinite and rich in its possibilities. Al ...
Feb 4, 2006
- From where do Gods Come?
From where do the gods come? There is a very old ...
Feb 3, 2006
- Discovering Divine Love
It is said that to become conscious of divine Love ...
Feb 2, 2006
- Jan 2006
- He who Chooses the Infinite
"The lotus of the eternal knowledge and the eterna ...
Jan 29, 2006
- Man and Society: Human Relationships
Human relationships can be a source of stress, as ...
Jan 29, 2006
- Of Past Dawns and Future Noons
Book: Of Past Dawns and Future Noons; Author: Shon ...
Jan 29, 2006
- Stong Wind has no Hold upon a Mighty Rock
Just as the strong wind has no hold upon a mighty ...
Jan 29, 2006
- Evolution of Consciousness
In all futuristic thinking, especially in our pres ...
Jan 29, 2006
- The Giga Joke
After countless aeons of stillness and utter motio ...
Jan 29, 2006
- Man-making Education
Knowing is unveiling. Education is the manifestat ...
Jan 4, 2006
- The Relevance of Sri Aurobindo for Global Education
Sri Aurobindo has come to announce to the world t ...
Jan 1, 2006
- Who are we and what are we meant to do?
We are on the threshold of a new year. The pa ...
Jan 1, 2006
- Dec 2005
- Unceasing Effort for Progress
“The delight of victory is sometimes less than the ...
Dec 30, 2005
- Strong Wind Uproots a Feeble Tree
Just as the strong wind uproots a feeble tree, so ...
Dec 30, 2005
- Understanding the Tsunami
On 26th December 2004, a devastating earthquake wi ...
Dec 24, 2005
- A Tough Hand
Thinking about the past year, with its tsunami, dr ...
Dec 17, 2005
- Sri Aurobindo
Brahman defies description, mind and speech return ...
Dec 5, 2005
- Why Meet if Death is Inevitable?
Death is the ultimate mystery, the unanswered ques ...
Dec 2, 2005
- Nov 2005
- States of Receptivity
There are many different reasons which make one fe ...
Nov 30, 2005
- Willing a Strong Will
Having a strong will… what does it really mean? ...
Nov 17, 2005
- The Two Spirits
There is a spirit of enquiry and there is a spirit ...
Nov 2, 2005
- Useless Talk
We seem to be drowned in an ocean of words, and th ...
Nov 2, 2005
- Oct 2005
- The Inner Marriage
We all know of marriage as a social institution. B ...
Oct 30, 2005
- The Pair of Hands
It happened almost twenty five years ago. I was t ...
Oct 21, 2005
- When Prayer and Meditation become Mechanical
It is (a letter) from someone who is trying to pre ...
Oct 17, 2005
- Admitting our Addictions
Sometimes following the spiritual path is like ent ...
Oct 17, 2005
- The Triple Filter Test
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold kn ...
Oct 16, 2005
- Everything
For a moment the big hall seemed empty. The techn ...
Oct 15, 2005
- Hatred is Appeased with Love
For, in truth, in this world hatred is not appease ...
Oct 13, 2005
- Dealing with Desires and Wrong Movements
Desires, impulses, wrong movements — who amongst u ...
Oct 3, 2005
- Sep 2005
- What does Society Expect of Us?
That’s a question that will take most of us a life ...
Sep 30, 2005
- Pitfalls in Sadhana (III)
Obsessions-Defects-Desires We observed that t ...
Sep 30, 2005
- How to Deal with Depression
Depression is a malady which is affecting more and ...
Sep 30, 2005
- The Miracles around Us
Many of us go through roller coaster rides not jus ...
Sep 17, 2005
- A Pilgrimage with a Difference
Great men undertake works of gigantic proportions, ...
Sep 14, 2005
- Beyond Thy Gifts
What use will all the praise and applause be, If ...
Sep 14, 2005
- Are you Listening?
The man whispered, "God, speak to me." And, a mea ...
Sep 14, 2005
- History and the Future - V
One of the major defects which pursues the study o ...
Sep 13, 2005
- Preparing the Path
… Have you never had the feeling in your life that ...
Sep 5, 2005
- Thoughts one can do Without
“He has insulted me, he has beaten me, he has humi ...
Sep 3, 2005
- Aug 2005
- History and the Future - IV
One of the major defects which pursues the study o ...
Aug 30, 2005
Aug 30, 2005
- Complete Independence
India regained her Independence on the 15th of Aug ...
Aug 17, 2005
- My Friend
I’ve never partied on New Year’s Eve. I pray every ...
Aug 13, 2005
- The Secret of Sadhana
To find one’s inner truth, to change oneself, to r ...
Aug 10, 2005
- Jul 2005
Jul 30, 2005
- Controlling the Mind
The Dhammapada begins with conjugate verses; here ...
Jul 30, 2005
- The Three Victories
For our entire nature and its environment, all our ...
Jul 13, 2005
- Of Carbon Copies and the Divine Body
Can human beings be cloned? Can we improve our rac ...
Jul 3, 2005
- History and the Future - III
One of the major defects which pursues the study o ...
Jul 3, 2005
- The Organic Way to Fame
This man has a green thumb – P. Selvaraj’s 10-acre ...
Jul 3, 2005
- Handling Physical Pain
At some time in our lives we are all confronted wi ...
Jul 3, 2005
- Jun 2005
- The Name Game
In the beginning, when Adam was still in the garde ...
Jun 23, 2005
- The Fourth Type
They say humanity is divided into just a handful o ...
Jun 17, 2005
- How to Receive the Divine Grace
Whether it be the normal life or the spiritual pat ...
Jun 15, 2005
- Parivartan
For a democracy to amount to more than a mere cere ...
Jun 14, 2005
- Veronica Guerin
Film: Veronica Guerin; Director: Joel Schumacher ...
Jun 14, 2005
- History and the Future - II
One of the major defects which pursues the study o ...
Jun 2, 2005
- Individuality - the First Conquest
It is only gradually, very slowly, through the mov ...
Jun 2, 2005
- May 2005
- Looking at Oneself
… when one thinks of “myself” one thinks of the bo ...
May 29, 2005
- Inner Silence
Mother, you have often told us that it is only in ...
May 29, 2005
- A New Thought, A New Birth
The present world is witnessing something of a new ...
May 19, 2005
- A Seed sent from Heaven
It is dark at noon. A thick, wet leaf pile squelch ...
May 17, 2005
- The Mask of God
Pain is a mask Thou wearest, our bodies to hide ...
May 14, 2005
- History and the Future - I
One of the major defects which pursues the study o ...
May 4, 2005
- Two Sides of Inner Discipline
When we want to progress, when we want to change o ...
May 2, 2005
- Apr 2005
- Japa - its Value and How to Use it?
In many spiritual disciplines, and especially ...
Apr 29, 2005
- The First Movement
The Process of Yoga is a turning of the human soul ...
Apr 15, 2005
- My Research as my Sadhana
When I was about twelve I read portions of the col ...
Apr 12, 2005
- The Age of Unification
One of the major thrusts of the future will be tow ...
Apr 3, 2005
- The Value of Literature
What is the value of literature? It depends on ...
Apr 2, 2005
- Mar 2005
- The True Reason
Those who want to follow the true path will natura ...
Mar 29, 2005
- Social Health and Man Management
All illness is essentially an outer reflection of ...
Mar 29, 2005
- The English Class System
The economics of language When English becomes ...
Mar 29, 2005
- A Pilgrimage with Words
The other day, there was a Sufi proverb quoted in ...
Mar 17, 2005
- Mind or Heart?
The conflict between the mind and heart is one of ...
Mar 14, 2005
- Tuesdays with Morrie
Book: Tuesdays with Morrie; Author: Mitch Albom ...
Mar 14, 2005
- Criticism
We all come across criticism at different times in ...
Mar 12, 2005
- The Tsunami Shock and After
A giant wave of destruction has passed over Southe ...
Mar 4, 2005
- Feb 2005
- The Future of Religion (VII)
When we look at the contemporary religious scene w ...
Feb 25, 2005
- Past Forward
We move forward carrying with us the anguish of th ...
Feb 24, 2005
- The Meaning of Education
In all things there lives and reigns an eternal la ...
Feb 24, 2005
- Humanitarianism/Philanthropy and the Malady called Man
The new religion of this age is humanitarianism. T ...
Feb 22, 2005
- A Greater Purpose
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told ...
Feb 21, 2005
- Friend turned Foe
Water. Can't live without it. Thought of affect ...
Feb 17, 2005
- Let me Love you
When darkness entombs & fear tightens into a ...
Feb 14, 2005
- Karma and Reincarnation
Karma and Reincarnation: The Key to Spiritual Evol ...
Feb 14, 2005
- Bartering Silver for Gold
Prescriptions for restraint from the ancient India ...
Feb 3, 2005
- Beating Anger
A student came before the master Bankei and asked ...
Feb 3, 2005
- Jan 2005
- Soul of a Song
Song: If I had a Hammer; Writer/Singer: Peter, Pau ...
Jan 29, 2005
- Points to Ponder
We would always like to see a clear road ahead to ...
Jan 29, 2005
- A Quiz
Ancient India has excelled in the Arts, in Commerc ...
Jan 29, 2005
- The Future of Religion - VI
When we look at the contemporary religious scene w ...
Jan 29, 2005
- My Lessons in Life
The funny thing about life is that you realize the ...
Jan 29, 2005
- The Foundations of Education
Many must have heard the name of Georges Carpentie ...
Jan 29, 2005
- A Year-full of Opportunity
2004. The year that was. We could with a sweepi ...
Jan 17, 2005
- For whom the Bell Tolls?
The bell tolls for the dictator and the despot – s ...
Jan 14, 2005
- The Soul of a Song
As a child I have grown up to the tunes of Elvis P ...
Jan 14, 2005
- Importance of Stepping Back
A New Year is beginning. We have all made our res ...
Jan 1, 2005
- Dec 2004
- Parenting Trees
To be in Karnataka's countryside is to be among a ...
Dec 28, 2004
- The Future of Religion - V
When we look at the contemporary religious scene w ...
Dec 28, 2004
- Helping the World
The world is beset with so many problems, there ar ...
Dec 28, 2004
- Nov 2004
- The Knot of Desire
In the path of works action is the knot we have fi ...
Nov 28, 2004
- A Match for Yoga
Badminton. Its my latest obsession. And yesterday, ...
Nov 28, 2004
- The Future of Religion - IV
When we look at the contemporary religious sce ...
Nov 28, 2004
- Yoga Therapy - Theoretical and Paradigmatic Considerations
Yoga, it is said, is practical psychology. It is p ...
Nov 28, 2004
- Adam
When Adam opened his eyes, he was in a garden. Bu ...
Nov 28, 2004
- A Tribute
November celebrates the birth centenary of K.D. Se ...
Nov 28, 2004
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
When L. Frank Baum gave to the world The Wonderful ...
Nov 28, 2004
- The Right Time to Walk the Path
At some time in our lives we feel the call of the ...
Nov 28, 2004
- How do you Sleep?
There’s a song by renowned singer John Lennon in w ...
Nov 17, 2004
- The Unpunished Culprit
The newspapers spread before me offer an unending ...
Nov 13, 2004
- Oct 2004
- Interiorisation
Almost totally, everybody lives on the surface, al ...
Oct 28, 2004
- The Future of Religion (III)
When we look at the contemporary religious sc ...
Oct 28, 2004
- Health: Mental versus Spiritual Perspective
Introduction The recognition of a spiritual dim ...
Oct 28, 2004
- A Full Circle
Before I begin eating, I am in the habit of offeri ...
Oct 28, 2004
- Are Hinduism Studies Prejudiced?
In this article we discuss the differences, in ...
Oct 28, 2004
- Can Westerners Practice Yoga?
Today ‘Yoga’ has gone beyond the borders of India ...
Oct 28, 2004
- Where has the Soul-Force Gone?
Someone remarked recently that five to ten decades ...
Oct 17, 2004
- Face of the Enigmatic Lady
Law never made a man just, but in its slow refinem ...
Oct 13, 2004
- Sep 2004
- Coping with Difficulties
From the point of view of individual development a ...
Sep 28, 2004
- The Future of Religion - II
When we look at the contemporary religious sc ...
Sep 27, 2004
- The Need of the Hour
The present world is witnessing something of a new ...
Sep 27, 2004
- Looking the other Way
How often do you catch yourself saying something l ...
Sep 27, 2004
- Religion, Humanism and Secularism
In Europe, the philosophy of secularism brought th ...
Sep 27, 2004
- The Mirror Within
It is often said that life and the outer circumsta ...
Sep 27, 2004
- Blame Game
The Indians didn’t fare well in the Olympics. So ...
Sep 17, 2004
- Of Culture and Anarchy
Who must set an example in following a cultured co ...
Sep 13, 2004
- Fanaticism’s Falling Towers
‘What is that sound high in the air Murmur of m ...
Sep 11, 2004
- Aug 2004
- The Future of Religion - I
When we look at the contemporary religious scene w ...
Aug 27, 2004
- Rise of India
Mother India, when Thou rosest from the depths of ...
Aug 27, 2004
- Parallel Truths
There are two movements, seemingly parallel, that ...
Aug 27, 2004
- Main Hoon Na (I am there)
Main Hoon Na (I am there!) Kiska hai ye tumko ...
Aug 27, 2004
- Ambassadors of...
A school principal once said to her teenage studen ...
Aug 17, 2004
- Image of Man in Disaster
Man's fear and fascination for the possible evil i ...
Aug 13, 2004
- Jul 2004
- Keeping the Faith
It is said that nothing is achieved without Faith, ...
Jul 27, 2004
- Dealing with Hurt Pride
How can we get rid of Abhimana? Oh, good heaven ...
Jul 27, 2004
- A Passion gone Wrong?
Film: The Passion of the Christ; Director: Mel Gib ...
Jul 27, 2004
- A Lesson in Love
“The tragedies of the heart and the body are the w ...
Jul 27, 2004
- The Big Question
It is an age of matter. An age where materialism g ...
Jul 27, 2004
- About International Relations
In recent years “international relations” have bec ...
Jul 27, 2004
- Need I Belong to only One Religion?
Religion and secularism are both hot topics of dis ...
Jul 27, 2004
- Concentration and Dispersion
In sporting activities those who want to be succes ...
Jul 27, 2004
- Words, Speech, Communication
It is said that one of the things which distinguis ...
Jul 27, 2004
- Past Future
When a news anchor of a popular channel said, “I a ...
Jul 17, 2004
- Revolutions and Rituals
The anniversary of the Fall of Bastille will be ce ...
Jul 13, 2004
- Education for the Global Citizen: Agenda for Change
It seems obvious to most discerning observers that ...
Jul 13, 2004
- Jun 2004
- Interpreting the Guidance
The difficulties and obstacles met on the path whe ...
Jun 27, 2004
- Physician Discover Thyself
Medical Sciences, it is often remarked, have grown ...
Jun 27, 2004
- An Aspect of Identity
Readers may pardon me for beginning with an anecdo ...
Jun 27, 2004
- Are Indians Corrupt?
Are Indians Immoral or is it the System? Firstl ...
Jun 27, 2004
- A Psychological Approach to History
In our modern techno-commercial culture the study ...
Jun 27, 2004
- The Blame Game
Life raises many questions which do not seem to ha ...
Jun 27, 2004
- Learning from Hollywood
I saw a film some time ago which left a lasting im ...
Jun 13, 2004
- May 2004
- To not be Influenced
How can we escape from other people’s influence? ...
May 27, 2004
- If Life was my Teacher
The soul came to the world to learn a lesson, to l ...
May 27, 2004
- A Wake Up Call
“When Politics becomes lifeless, the triple Veda s ...
May 27, 2004
- Right Here, Right Now...
The present is the most important moment. Why? ...
May 17, 2004
- Apr 2004
- A Question of Faith
Nothing can be achieved in this world, whether in ...
Apr 27, 2004
- Perspectives on Motivation - III
In our previous articles we have discussed the fun ...
Apr 27, 2004
- The Clear Light of Hope
‘What are the roots that clutch, what branches gro ...
Apr 27, 2004
- A Courier for the World Beyond
A gentleman of Florida, told by his doctor that he ...
Apr 27, 2004
- Supermind in the Evolution
A new humanity would then be a race of mental bein ...
Apr 27, 2004
- The Flower
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read ...
Apr 13, 2004
- Mar 2004
- Perspectives on Motivation - II
Motivation is an important subject in management, ...
Mar 27, 2004
- The Case of a Fatal Fascination
Once again the largest democracy in the world is g ...
Mar 27, 2004
- Supermind and Humanity
What then would be the consequence for humanity of ...
Mar 27, 2004
- Rekindling Hope
There are times when we feel that everything in th ...
Mar 27, 2004
- Feb 2004
- Transformation
We want an integral transformation, the transforma ...
Feb 26, 2004
- Darkness and Light from the Arabian Nights
A story from the Arabian Nights: On his deathbed a ...
Feb 26, 2004
- Beyond the Edge
The sight of Indian actress Urmilla on the rooftop ...
Feb 26, 2004
- Moving Forward
All those who set their feet upon a new way of liv ...
Feb 26, 2004
- Shaper Shaped
In days gone by I used to be A potter who would f ...
Feb 26, 2004
- The Virtues
Once upon a time there was a splendid palace, in t ...
Feb 26, 2004
- Perspectives on Motivation (Part I)
Ego-driven Motivation Motivation is a subject whi ...
Feb 26, 2004
- Jan 2004
- Where is the Youth?
Where is the youth? May be there isn’t one. As ...
Jan 27, 2004
- Remembering the Divine
People sleep, they forget, they take life easy — t ...
Jan 26, 2004
- Make that Tryst with Destiny
In borrowing both the title of this article and th ...
Jan 26, 2004
- What is Sincerity?
We are entering a new year, a special year whe ...
Jan 26, 2004
- A Sunrise for Hope
In the infinite flow of time, what is so special a ...
Jan 13, 2004
- Dec 2003
- Right-brained Politics
It has become a truism, even amongst much of the p ...
Dec 26, 2003
- The Current Hindu Upsurge in Sri Aurobindo's Light
There is undoubtedly a Hindu upsurge in the countr ...
Dec 26, 2003
- Karma and Divine Justice
A question which is very often asked is whether th ...
Dec 26, 2003
- Killing the Saviour
"Ganga is the most polluted river,” is the title o ...
Dec 13, 2003
- Is Humanity really Progressing?
After a comparatively turbulent year, characterise ...
Dec 1, 2003
- Nov 2003
- Turning Points
Every year I try and make an effort to become part ...
Nov 26, 2003
- Symbols: Indispensible Elements of National Identity
A truly significant or constructive event often do ...
Nov 26, 2003
- Resolution
Most of us do not have a sufficiently firm resolut ...
Nov 26, 2003
- Foresight
To foresee destiny! How many have attempted it, ho ...
Nov 25, 2003
- Is Religion under Threat?
Recently, I was visiting my niece’s school in New ...
Nov 12, 2003
- Oct 2003
- The Secret behind Pain
Pain and grief are Nature’s reminder to the soul t ...
Oct 26, 2003
- The Dangerous Demigoddess
Not long ago, the colossal nude sculpture, christe ...
Oct 26, 2003
- Ethics and Aesthetics
What is the relation of health with ethics and aes ...
Oct 26, 2003
- Should you Stop Copying a Rival?
While most companies aim to stand out in the marke ...
Oct 26, 2003
- Mastering One's Thoughts
Our thoughts play a very major role in determining ...
Oct 26, 2003
- The Secret of a Successful Marriage
My grandmother got married at the age of four. My ...
Oct 13, 2003
- The Real Message of September 11
This year’s recollection of the “Sept. 11th events ...
Oct 13, 2003
- David Frawley, the Author
I first became aware of David Frawley’s work earli ...
Oct 2, 2003
- Sep 2003
- The True Reason
Those who want to follow the true path will natura ...
Sep 26, 2003
- Business and Future Change
In our modern age, Business as a social organ has ...
Sep 26, 2003
- Snakes and Ladders
As I pick up my study material to understand the f ...
Sep 26, 2003
- Two Similar Events and an Interval of a Millennia
The report appearing in the Hindustan Times (Kolka ...
Sep 26, 2003
- History, Amnesia and Public Memory: The Chittagong Armoury R ...
I shall divide this essay into three parts: in the ...
Sep 25, 2003
- Growth of the Physician
The physician is not just a person working out the ...
Sep 25, 2003
- Freeing Oneself from External Influences
None of us are free from external influences. Only ...
Sep 25, 2003
- Next Generation – “No Future….” ?
Since the beginning of last century each “younger ...
Sep 13, 2003
- Aug 2003
- My Life is Yours
Independence day came and went. Yet another on ...
Aug 25, 2003
- To Know and Control Oneself
All spiritual disciplines lay a great stress on se ...
Aug 25, 2003
- Not Just Another Day
August 15th, 1947 – India achieved her Independenc ...
Aug 17, 2003
- Tragedy of the Taj
The tragedy, luckily, was averted, but our attitud ...
Aug 13, 2003
- Jul 2003
- The Task before Us
The course of evolution proceeding from the vegeta ...
Jul 25, 2003
- God Bless You, God
God bless you, God? Odd isn’t it? I thought ...
Jul 25, 2003
- Fixing the Centre
Set the centre right and all will be right. A vigo ...
Jul 25, 2003
- What is the truth behind Fate, Free Will, Karma and Astrolog ...
How far are things Predestined? What is the truth ...
Jul 25, 2003
- Lord of the Rings
Film: Lord of the Rings; Director: Peter Jackson ...
Jul 13, 2003
- The “Iraq Crisis” and the Role of the United Nations
After the downfall of the communist governments in ...
Jul 12, 2003
- Jun 2003
- Not Renewing Mistakes
To put into practice the little you know is the be ...
Jun 25, 2003
- Indian Art
“The theory of ancient Indian art at its greatest ...
Jun 25, 2003
- Growing Together
"Mumma, where do horses come from?” That is my fiv ...
Jun 25, 2003
- Sickness and things Unseen
The Iraq war is believed to be over. But another w ...
Jun 25, 2003
- Getting Rid of the Ego
A large number of the conflicts and problems which ...
Jun 25, 2003
- Souls under Morphia
Imagine some educated adults, male and female, occ ...
Jun 13, 2003
- May 2003
- The Tale of the Unknown Island
Book: The Tale of the Unknown Island; Author: Jose ...
May 25, 2003
- Education
The education of a human being should begin at bir ...
May 25, 2003
- The Parting of Ways
To be divine or to remain human – this is the one ...
May 25, 2003
- Summer Magic
It's the month of June and summer has us in its ti ...
May 17, 2003
- Apr 2003
- World Movement
Despite what the many prophets of doom proclaim, d ...
Apr 25, 2003
- India of the Ages
In what field indeed has not India attempted, achi ...
Apr 24, 2003
- The Incredible
Never before in my life had I felt so soundly chal ...
Apr 24, 2003
- Physical and Psychological Culture
An Integral view of health will include the body, ...
Apr 24, 2003
- From One Generation to Another
I have finally found a situation where being selfi ...
Apr 24, 2003
- Mister God, This is Anna
Book: Mister God, This is Anna; Author: Fynn “T ...
Apr 24, 2003
- Revamping Headlines
Kalpana Chawla is a name we are all familiar with ...
Apr 13, 2003
- Feb 2003
- Building of the Indian Nation
There are four questions that remain foremost in o ...
Feb 24, 2003
- Born...Once Again!
Experiences. The most potent, vibrant and real pat ...
Feb 24, 2003
- Health and Lifestyle
A new aspect of the interface between Medicine and ...
Feb 24, 2003
- The Hour of the Unexpected
The world is to celebrate the 125th Birth Annivers ...
Feb 21, 2003
- Jun 2023
- Work - A School of Experience
If you don't do anything, you cannot have any expe ...
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