
Nirvana and Human Consciousness by SRI AUROBINDO
0In the following letters, Sri Aurobindo describes his major inner realisations. In the first letter, he describes his Nirvanic experiences […]
In the following letters, Sri Aurobindo describes his major inner realisations. In the first letter, he describes his Nirvanic experiences […]
(In this article, the Mother explains the consequences of one’s action—‘karma’—on the present and future births/lives and a very simple […]
It is neither by moral precepts and observances, nor by a wide knowledge, nor by practising meditation, nor by a […]
Life is often a struggle, outside and within. We are confronted with forces and circumstances which try to depress and […]
One day, and all the half-dead is done, One day, and all the unborn begun; A little path and the […]
Mother, this new force which is going to act, will it act through individual effort or independently of it? Why […]
As the beginnings of the supramental life, which must be the next realisation in the unfolding of the universe, develop, […]
Life, death, – death, life; the words have led for ages Our thought and consciousness and firmly seemed Two opposites; […]
Human affection is obviously unreliable because it is so much bound up with selfishness and desire; it is a flame […]
There is no law that a feeling cannot be an experience; experiences are of all kinds and take all forms […]
The boy with the flute is Sri Krishna. The Lord descended into the world-play from the divine Ananda; his flute […]
What is meant by “the Divine gives Himself”? It means exactly this: that the more you give yourself the more […]
…the only thing which is very important for the moment is the change of consciousness. And don’t think that this […]
Unless your vision is constantly the vision of the Divine in all things, you have not only no right but […]
They say that the gospels are forgeries and Krishna a creation of the poets. Thank God then for the forgeries […]
Sweet Mother, when we make an effort to do better but don’t see any progress, we feel discouraged. What is […]
Examine thyself without pity, then thou wilt be more charitable and pitiful to others. – Sri Aurobindo Very good! It […]
To walk through life armoured against all fear, peril and disaster, only two things are needed, two that go always […]
If you desire only the Divine, there is an absolute certitude that you will reach the Divine, but all these […]
“I am with you.” What does it mean exactly? When we pray or struggle with a problem within ourselves, are […]
It is then by a transformation of life in its very principle, not by an external manipulation of its phenomena, […]
The course of evolution proceeding from the vegetable to the animal, from the animal to the man, starts in the […]
I have drunk deep of God’s own liberty From which an occult sovereignty derives: Hidden in an earthly garment that […]
It is indeed possible even while fasting for very long periods to maintain the full energies and activities of the […]
At present mankind is undergoing an evolutionary crisis in which is concealed a choice of its destiny; for a stage […]
In the spiritual path, and also in our ordinary life, there are two questions, related to each other, which often […]
This is a short story the Mother told the children at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram but it applies just as […]
Sri Aurobindo withdrew from politics; and, in his Ashram, a most important rule is that one must abstain from all […]
As the elephant on the battlefield endures the arrow shot from the bow, so also shall I patiently bear insult, […]
I took my seat, it was almost time, perhaps half a minute before, and all of a sudden, without preparation, […]