Occasionally we will be re-blogging some wonderful posts from other blogs we visit and read. Happy to present today this inspiring post from M. S. Srinivasan.
My God, My Prophet, My Avatar – M.S.Srinivasan
What is Yoga – III (Passages from the Mother’s Writings)
This is the concluding part of the series. In this part we share some passages from the Mother's Questions and Answers series from 1929 and 1951. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Q: Will you say something to us about Yoga? What do you want the Yoga for? To get power? To attain to peace and... Continue Reading →
What is Yoga – II (Passages from Sri Aurobindo’s Writings)
Continued from Part 1... Today we share some excerpts from one of Sri Aurobindo's major works on the philosophy and practice of Integral Yoga titled, The Synthesis of Yoga. In the opening chapter, titled Life and Yoga, he writes: In the right view both of life and of Yoga all life is either consciously or subconsciously a Yoga.... Continue Reading →
What is Yoga – I (Passages from Sri Aurobindo’s writings)
In honour of the upcoming International Yoga Day, we share some excerpts from two of the writings of Sri Aurobindo. In this first part of this series, we share a small essay written by Sri Aurobindo around 1911. We believe these selected passages shed some much needed light on what is Yoga in its essence. This is especially... Continue Reading →
The Role of Ashrams in India – Part 4 (Final)
Please see part 1, part 2, and part 3. From a talk given at Pondicherry by Beloo Mehra, 2007 (Part 4) Continued from Part 3.... This final post in the series presents a few important details about Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Sri Aurobindo himself once wrote about the organic ‘development’ of the Ashram in a letter: “There was no... Continue Reading →
The Role of Ashrams in India – Part 3
Please see part 1 and part 2. From a talk given at Pondicherry by Beloo Mehra, 2007 (Part 3) Continued from Part 2.... A Few Examples Let us now take a look at some of the famous ashrams in present-day India to illustrate some of their key roles. These examples illustrate the outer organizational diversity of... Continue Reading →
The Role of Ashrams in India – Part 2
Please see part 1. From a talk given at Pondicherry by Beloo Mehra, 2007 (Part 2) Continued from Part 1.... The key role of an ashram in ancient as well as in modern India is that it serves as a centre for organizing individual and collective life around spiritual pursuit and inner seeking. In his... Continue Reading →
The Role of Ashrams in India – Part 1
Ashrams as spiritual retreats are a magnet for visitors seeking for the spirit of India. Certainly, the practice of tirtha-yatra or pilgrimage has been an important element of Indian social life since ancient times, and nowadays remains the mainstay of the domestic tourism industry. There is little doubt that India also continues to attract large... Continue Reading →
Aims of True Education: Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi
Author: Beloo Mehra (2011), published in New Race: A Journal of Integral Studies. Volume XII (2), pp. 3-17. In this paper, key similarities and differences between Sri Aurobindo’s and Mahatma Gandhi’s approaches to Education are theoretically examined to address a few fundamental questions: a) what is human and what is human destiny; b) what is... Continue Reading →
The Organisational Cycle
Authors: Suhas K. Mehra & Beloo Mehra (2015) published in Sraddha, Volume 6 (3), pp. 96-112 In his social philosophy Sri Aurobindo emphasizes the need to examine the profound psychological factors behind the economic motives and causes of social and historical development. As per his framework, both an individual as well as a society progress... Continue Reading →
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