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Light on the First Supramental Manifestation

Light on the First Supramental Manifestation

0 / Feb 19, 2016 4:06 AM

What took place on the 29th February, 1956 was a manifestation, not a descent. Explaining the difference, the Mother points […]

Descent of the Avatar

Descent of the Avatar

0 / Mar 3, 2015 5:03 AM

The boy with the flute is Sri Krishna. The Lord descended into the world-play from the divine Ananda; his flute […]

The Spiritual Teacher

The Spiritual Teacher

0 / Oct 16, 2014 4:02 AM

In all spiritual traditions the teacher, or the guru as we call him in India, occupies a pivotal place. The […]

Consciousness as Freedom

Consciousness as Freedom

0 / Jun 12, 2014 4:06 AM

Consciousness is liberty, unconsciousness is slavery. When you are unconscious you are a prey to all kinds of forces and […]

The Shakti of Sri Aurobindo

The Shakti of Sri Aurobindo

0 / Feb 20, 2014 4:01 AM

I have been asked to speak about the Mother. How to speak about one whose movement is inscrutable even for […]

Sri Aurobindo’s Call to the Youth of India

Sri Aurobindo’s Call to the Youth of India

0 / Jan 11, 2014 4:05 AM

All great and new creation has to come from the youth.  And India at present needs such a new and […]

The Emergent Spiritual Evolution

0 / Dec 14, 2013 4:00 AM

A New Consciousness, a higher spiritual consciousness, is emerging out of the heavy drowse of earth-nature. The emergence is slow […]

The Mother’s Withdrawal

The Mother’s Withdrawal

1 / Nov 13, 2013 5:05 AM

(A talk given in Auroville, on 28th November 1973) It was last week that a friend spoke to me of […]

Old Spirituality and the New Way

Old Spirituality and the New Way

0 / Aug 12, 2013 4:02 AM

(This is a transcription of a talk given by Alok Pandey) There is a poem by Sri Aurobindo – ‘One […]

A New Paradigm of Man

A New Paradigm of Man

0 / Apr 6, 2013 4:06 AM

‘Yoga is nothing else but practical psychology.’— Sri Aurobindo Introduction and Scope Psychology is often defined as the science of […]

Spiritual Life in Mother’s Light

Spiritual Life in Mother’s Light

2 / Feb 21, 2013 4:10 AM

In the spiritual life, even more than in other fields since the possibilities and the pitfalls are greater here, a […]

The Mother: The Nature of Her Work

The Mother: The Nature of Her Work

0 / Feb 21, 2013 4:05 AM

“In the Divine, by the Divine all is transfigured and glorified; in the Divine is found the key of all […]

The Passing of Sri Aurobindo

The Passing of Sri Aurobindo

0 / Dec 5, 2012 5:06 AM

Sri Aurobindo left his body on 5th December 1950. We publish here an article written by K. D. Sethna in […]

The Day of Siddhi

The Day of Siddhi

1 / Nov 23, 2012 4:30 AM

In order to understand the importance of this day it is necessary to go back to Sri Aurobindo’s experience in […]

August 15: Its World-Significance

August 15: Its World-Significance

0 / Aug 15, 2012 6:30 AM

(This article by Amal Kiran was published on August 15th 1950 in the monthly journal Mother India. The sub-title read: “Pointers […]

Yoga, Psychology and the Indian Genius

Yoga, Psychology and the Indian Genius

0 / Apr 11, 2012 2:01 PM

India is well-known as the land of religion and philosophy. The spiritual masters of modern India like Sri Aurobindo and […]

Manifestation of the Supermind

Manifestation of the Supermind

0 / Feb 21, 2012 7:11 AM

In fact, a supermind is already here but it is involved, concealed behind this manifest mind, life and Matter and […]

The Mother’s Mission

The Mother’s Mission

0 / Feb 21, 2012 6:25 AM

The Mother was once asked when and how she became conscious of her mission, when and how she came to […]

The Sacrifice of Sri Aurobindo

The Sacrifice of Sri Aurobindo

0 / Dec 5, 2011 2:10 PM

1.26 am, December 5, 1950. A moment like any other, in a night like many a night – except to […]

The Last Embodied Darshan

The Last Embodied Darshan

0 / Nov 24, 2011 12:48 PM

(This was written by Amal Kiran (K.D.Sethna) in 1950, about November 24th and what it meant to him. It appeared […]

Meditation and Concentration

Meditation and Concentration

0 / Oct 20, 2011 6:20 AM

(This was a talk delivered at the “Intensive Awareness Camp” for Workers of the Society, 2008. We have refrained from […]

Sri Aurobindo’s Teachings and Yoga

Sri Aurobindo’s Teachings and Yoga

0 / Aug 19, 2011 1:40 PM

Sri Aurobindo’s Teachings Sri Aurobindo’s teachings or vision of life revolves around the following three central ideas: Evolution of Consciousness […]

Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (II)

Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (II)

0 / Apr 18, 2011 10:46 AM

When one begins to walk on this path, it is alright to do some charity but we should not confuse […]

Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (I)

Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (I)

0 / Mar 18, 2011 10:43 AM

If we look at the earth from a cosmic standpoint, it will look like a small dot in infinity. And […]

Social Service, Philanthropy and Spirituality

Social Service, Philanthropy and Spirituality

0 / Feb 18, 2011 6:50 AM

Social service and philanthropy are normally considered as great altruistic activities which lead to moral and spiritual development. But Sri […]

The Need of a Spiritual Change

The Need of a Spiritual Change

0 / Sep 17, 2010 4:27 AM

At present mankind is undergoing an evolutionary crisis in which is concealed a choice of its destiny; for a stage […]

The Significance of 4’th April

The Significance of 4’th April

1 / Apr 4, 2009 12:25 PM

Calm was the day, and through the trembling air, Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play. – Spencer Such a day was […]

Future of Matter – VIII

Future of Matter – VIII

0 / Aug 6, 2007 12:51 PM

    Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit in some ethereal heaven, but an embodied Soul in a […]

Future of Matter  (VII)

Future of Matter (VII)

0 / Jul 6, 2007 10:12 AM

    Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit in some ethereal heaven, but an embodied Soul in a […]

Future of Matter – VI

Future of Matter – VI

0 / Jun 6, 2007 7:03 AM

    Our human organism is not a disembodied spirit in some ethereal heaven, but an embodied Soul in a […]