The Spiritual Teacher
0In all spiritual traditions the teacher, or the guru as we call him in India, occupies a pivotal place. The […]
In all spiritual traditions the teacher, or the guru as we call him in India, occupies a pivotal place. The […]
“Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinite is native to it.”1 The above […]
(This is a transcription of a talk given by Alok Pandey) There is a poem by Sri Aurobindo – ‘One […]
Sweet Mother, is there a spiritual being in everybody? That depends on what we call “being”. If for “being” we […]
All spiritual seeking is a seeking after the deeper Truth of things, the Divine Reality behind and beyond the outer […]
We read, we try to understand, we explain, we try to know. But a single minute of true experience teaches […]
If you know the point of balance, You can settle the details. If you can settle the details, You can […]
There is an outer technology of machinery and equipment which has made human life a little more comfortable. A lot […]
(Through the ages, authors and poets have walked – through nature, through towns and cities – to tap the wellsprings […]
The Mother says a professor, a true professor, must be truly a yogi. That is to say, a teacher, even […]
India is well-known as the land of religion and philosophy. The spiritual masters of modern India like Sri Aurobindo and […]
The rich ambitious type A executive had just received a heart transplant. The cardiothoracic surgeon complemented himself for his success […]
1.26 am, December 5, 1950. A moment like any other, in a night like many a night – except to […]
There is a recent dangerous trend in certain scientific circles that explains away deeper and higher truths on the basis […]
Social service and philanthropy are normally considered as great altruistic activities which lead to moral and spiritual development. But Sri […]
There is a tendency in certain quarters to almost make a cult of science and take the word of a […]
At present mankind is undergoing an evolutionary crisis in which is concealed a choice of its destiny; for a stage […]
The grand synthesis and more It is here that Sri Aurobindo steps in with His Yoga, stretching the line of […]
Another Vedantic Solution Indian thought is not only about mayavada and illusion. Despite the current emphasis on other-worldliness, there have […]
The Indian psyche has some special inherent features that act as checks to mental imbalance. This article discusses how they […]
Sadhana in its deepest sense is independent of all outer circumstances. It is our ideas of circumstances and attitude towards […]
(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a rocky sea in the middle of a storm — […]
They shared the same genes and even a part of their bodies. The conjoint twins lived together, shared the same […]
Has science reached its final limits? This is the subject of debate in prominent scientific circles. The atomic void has […]
A complete psychic and spiritual education is a life-long process, and yet, in so far as they truly give meaning […]
(Swami Vivekananda, the warrior monk who took the world by storm starting with the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, […]
‘You road I enter upon and look around. I believe you are not all that is here, I believe that […]
An article in a leading Indian daily reports that “A powerful trend in the American establishment has launched a smear-campaign […]
There is a spiritual seeking in Science and there is a science in spirituality. This world is a manifestation of […]
An episode from a spiritual lore: A disciple asks the Master: “Sir, why is there so much friction in our […]