Saturday, March 10, 2012
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Savitri reading is a potent vehicle of aspiration
The whole poem first appeared in book-form in two
parts in 1950 and 1951. Sri Aurobindo's letters written to his disciples on
various aspects of the poem are now part of the book. This modern epic written
in a modern language is also a modern day scripture. It recounts the saga of
human victory over ignorance and conquest of death. Painstakingly composed in a
rhythmic meter, each line of the poem is suffused with power of Mantra.
Many students and disciples of Sri Aurobindo and The
Mother draw inspiration from Savitri for their spiritual growth.
Many even find the answers to their doubts and questions by opening the book at
random. On special occasions, continuous recitation of Savitri on
a relay basis is also quite common in the Centers where the works and yoga
teachings of The Mother and Sri
Aurobindo are studied and practiced. Regular camps and conclaves are
also organized at different places in the world to study the poem and
contemplate over its occult force.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Silent protest from February 26-28
Pondy ashram faces 3-day flak Deccan Chronicle February 27,
2012 chennai By
S. Prasad
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram here is facing an
embarrassing turmoil with a section of the inmates and devotees launching a
three-day protest against the trustees of the ashram for their alleged failure
to take action against inmate and US author Peter Heehs for making
“denigrating” remarks against Sri Aurobindo and The Mother in his book, ‘The
lives of Sri Aurobindo’.
The aggrieved inmates announced a silent protest
from February 26-28 to exert pressure seeking dismissal of the present group of
trustees and expulsion of Mr Heehs from the ashram community.
Mr Bijan Ghosh, a devotee and Supreme Court lawyer, told Deccan Chronicle that the Orissa government had proscribed the book in 2009. The book contains ‘derogatory’ and ‘malicious’ content about Sri Aurobindo, The Mother and the collective life at the ashram. We are going to intensify the agitation till our demands are met, he warned. A section of the protesters also demanded the dismissal of the present trustees of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust.
Mr Bijan Ghosh, a devotee and Supreme Court lawyer, told Deccan Chronicle that the Orissa government had proscribed the book in 2009. The book contains ‘derogatory’ and ‘malicious’ content about Sri Aurobindo, The Mother and the collective life at the ashram. We are going to intensify the agitation till our demands are met, he warned. A section of the protesters also demanded the dismissal of the present trustees of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust.
They demanded that the trust publicly declare that
the book is factually incorrect and does not represent the views of the
community and the trust and that Mr Heehs has abused his position at the
archives. The trust should also withdraw the copyright permission to publisher
Columbia University Press.
A spokesperson of the trust said the ashram cannot
take a fundamentalist stand and some, posing as gurus and those the ashram had
taken action against for indiscipline, were instigating the devotees. Many who
have written to the ashram appreciating the book, felt that those who found the
book offensive have not read it completely. Further, Mr Heehs’ visa extension file was pending
with the Union home ministry. As long as his visa is not rejected, his stay is not
illegal, said the spokesperson.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
How can we find the Divine within ourselves?
- Its a very special day for all Annai devotees across
the World. It is her birthday today.Its important to note, that todays date
21-02-2012 is also the las... 51 minutes ago
How can we find the Divine within ourselves? * First of all, you must begin to seek Him, and
then that must be the most important thing in...
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do not abuse, stronger people do not even respond to abuse… Self-restraintis
required - so that the discussion doesn't degenerate into mud-sli...
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find the Divine within ourselves? * First of all, you must begin to seek Him,
and then that must be the most important thing in life. The will...
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On spirit possession and mental imbalances - It
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Self-Realization - A friend of mine recently shared the following
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approach) discussing the question o...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Sacred Relics of Sri Aurobindo was enshrined in Delhi on December 5, 1957
Comment on The Anti-Hindi Riot of Pondicherry by Togo Mukherjee
by Anurag Banerjee from Comments for Overman Foundation by Anurag Banerjee
Many people think we are trying to establish a “new
religion” or that we are against this or that religion; there are many ideas
like that everywhere. But that doesn’t interest us at all! (The Mother, 27 February
1965)
Sri
Aurobindo Ashram -Delhi Branch founded on 12 Feb 1956.
The Delhi Branch was officially inaugurated on 12
February, 1956, with the Blessings of the Mother. To the great joy and gratitude
of spiritual seekers in Northern India ,
the Mother graciously granted the very first Sacred Relics of Sri Aurobindo to
be enshrined here on 5 December, 1957.
Since then the Ashram has been growing at a steady
pace. The shrine and the Meditation Hall continue to be the centre of life and
the teaching of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother the guiding light. The Love and
Blessings of the Master and the Mother and their Grace are always available to
their disciples living here.
All live and work here as equals. No distinctions of
sex, creed, religion, race, caste or national origin are observed: all are
looked upon as souls and children of the Mother. There is no hierarchy of
officials and subordinates. All work in association and as a unit under the
general supervision of one or more sadhaks. Last Updated on Wednesday, 14
December 2011
Ranganath Raghavan's Response to "A Declaration of
Solidarity" from A critique of the book "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo"
by Peter Heehs To Jay Raichuria and Meera Gupta (Sabda)
To anyone reading your “Declaration” casually and
superficially, it will appear to contain very sound reflections and plausible
ideas. But a closer scrutiny will reveal that the words are high sounding
without solid content. We are having a closer look at your declaration in
a more deliberate manner and these are my reactions.
1. It is NOT an attack against the
Ashram, it is a peaceful protest by some of the Ashramites and devotees of Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother against the non-action (or rather active support) of
the management, against an offender who, even while being an Ashramite, thinks
it is admissible, even justifiable to find fault with the Guru. This is
absolutely inadmissible in any spiritual life, specially so in the Indian
tradition.
Tusar N Mohapatra said... Dear Debabrata babu,
As per the teachings of The Mother and Sri
Aurobindo, we are all participants in an evolution that is taking place whether
we stay aware of it or not. So, when you say that ‘I am this and this, and I do
not want to be that and that’ it is simply not within your powers to decide. If
we really leave ourselves in the hands of The Mother, then it is she who makes
one Bagha Jatin, and another her Togo
BABUL'S WORLD: Judgement of The Mother 6 Jul 2008 – Savitri Erans
should take part in these discussions and apply their mind as to ... the
Mother, then it is she who makes one Bagha Jatin, and another her Togo. ... It
is sad, Mr. Tusar, that though you claim to be some sort of Sri ...
P.S.: If you tell us that you are indeed conscious
of that deeper reality within yourself, and that you are truly inwardly
realised and convinced that it is necessary to set up 'systems', create a
'Savitri Era Party', 'save' the Aurobindonian community from impending doom and
destruction wrecked by the wretched administrators you seem to conjure - well,
sound the bugle, and perhaps we shall be inspired to join you. But at present
you hardly come across as one who has the Knowledge or the Call. I can imagine
there is much which can be changed for the better, in Auroville, in the Ashram,
in India
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Discussing Sri Aurobindo's works and his yoga
Interested mainly in the Adventure of Consciousness,
I believe in human progress and evolution and in the inner capacity of Man to
outgrow and master all his imperfections and darkness, to grow into a creative,
constructive and higher divine being, along with the society, conquering all
inner and outer darkness, crossing all barriers and divisions. I am a retired
Officer of the Orissa Administrative Service from Orissa , India
In 1956, I read The Life Divine, and gradually, read
almost all that is written by Them and about Them. I have visited the Ashram
and Auroville some times. I organized some Sri Aurobindo centres in Orissa, and
often met Prapatti and Ramkrishna Das. I and my wife and children had a special
Darshan of The Mother on my birthday on 3rd March 1972. Mira Aditi Centre has
published my Bengali translations of some books including Sri Aurobindo or the
Adventure of Consciousness by Satprem , India 's Rebirth and India
One can
have Multiple Religions - by Choice - by Dilip Kumar Roy Jan 10, 2012
I like this statement by Devinder Singh - We
must move from becoming Sikhs by birth (belief) to Sikhs by choice
(experience). How about this one - one can adhere to multiple religions, if
that synchronises well within your consciousness?
I am a Hindu by birth, but feel profound comfort and
joy each time I hear a line from Jallaluddin Rumi or St Ignatius of Loyala. Or
that Saint Vincent 's words uplift me no less
than Sri Ramakrishna or Guru Nanak.
That I can spend an hour of sweet joy over a Jap-ji
chant just as a song in praise of the Virgin Mother at a church evokes a
mood of reverence. Moments when the Ahzaan from a mosque puts you onto a
mood of prayer and surrender, just as an abhang from Tukaram makes you realise
that the entire universe is Panduranga Himself!
Or that a Buddhist Vihara gave me as much Peace
as the Dargah of a Sufi Saint. How am I to share this with those stuck in
beliefs of the Book, or those who say I am being falsely syncretic, phony and
politically correct. Either God is a nuisance created by religions or Religions
are a nuisance in the eyes of God.
We just need theological freedom if we are to know
and explore God. Theological exogamy should be an in-thing - too much of
intellectual incest has happened in the name of One Belief, One God, One
Doctrine!
Ah, how sweet was the day when I rejected
affiliation with religions. Then God became real to me - in all religions!
What is my religion? - a Job Application Form asked
me 20 years back. Hindu, I could have replied, with a Christianised upbringing.
With Buddhist leanings and Sikhi Adoration and in love with each word of
Jallaluddin Rumi and His path. Regards, Dilip
Re:
[sbicitizen] Re: The Poetry of Sri Aurobindo Dilip Kumar Roy Feb 6,
2012
I think we could form a smaller group within this
discussion group who would be focussed on discussing Sri Aurobindo's works and
his yoga. If the moderator would consent to form such a group, I would be glad
to be one of the participants of that group.
The primary focus of that group could be to
understand better Sri Aurobindo's works and reinforce our individual spiritual
development through this virtual satsang. Regards, Dilip
Friday, February 03, 2012
Step down - no matter whether the book is right or wrong
A critique of the book "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo" by Peter Heehs: Prof. Kamal Das's Response to Ramchandra Guha: Dilip Kumar Roy - Jan 9, 2012 04:10 PM
I am an ordinary devotee, not an Ashramite. I am one among the thousands of devotees of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo who reside in locations far from Pondichery, but who see the the Ashram as their spiritual sanctuary, the place to withdraw from the hustle bustle of ordinary life. The place to soak in some of the vibes of Peace and calm and strength. And return with a feel of the Mother's love. I suppose this is one of the purpose why the Ashram exists, unless you say that the Ashram exists for Ashramites only. We step in to the Samadhi compound with reverence and come out with Peace. And try to live that Peace in the outer world and our families that we return to. That is all of our 'Sadhana'. We are ordinary and for us the Ashram is a hallowed space. If the ordinary devotee's word counts for anything, here is it:
Its painful and suffocating to hear of the debate and the division that the book has caused. If this debate or even controversy were to happen in a academic forum outside the Ashram, then there would be no pain. Its happening in its hallowed precincts. As an ordinary devotee, I would ask how did things come to such a pass? I would ask Aurobindo Ashram Trust members, the Trustes to introspect and decide whether they should step down - no matter whether the book is right or wrong - but owning responsibility that a damaging and bitter controversy has erupted and this has hurt the Mother's work - and the ordinary devotees' sense of the sacred.
I claim no rights, I have no vote, no authority. For the Ashram, I am a 'visitor'. For me the Ashram is a hallowed space I retreat to for reconnecting with my depths. That's true of thousands of other devotees. The controversy has hurt us. I hope those in authority will listen to our anguish and introspect. I have not read the book. I may never read it. Or I may. The concern here is that a controversy has erupted - a damaging, distressing and a very distracting controversy, not a healthy one. Pranams at the Mother's Feet, Dilip Kumar
Bhâi Tusar,
I would like to inform you that on last 10 December 2011, I sent a word to Mr Ramachandra Guha (ramachandraguha@yahoo.in) without
expecting any reply from him. Here are some relevant passages :
"On last 27 May, on the occasion of launching officially my biography Bagha Jatin (NBT) by the Hon'ble Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, I had been informed that you were not available. I regretted it.
Having been under the impression that Sri Aurobindo did not much matter to you, I come across, however, your apologia for the much criticized biography by Peter Heehs, who belongs to the same group of detractors of Indian spirituality as Jeffry Kripal & Co.
"Unless you have any special reason for helping Heehs expanding his empire (opening his access to the Anandabazar Patrika group, for instance), I would request you to go through the accompanying article I wrote with a view to prove how fragile is his "objectivity" as
historian: (www.thelivesofsriaurobindo.com/2009/04/objective-history)."
Warm regards. Prithwindra Mukherjee
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Unlawful stay of Peter Heehs
Row over book on Sri Aurobindo | Newzstreet: 'via Blog this' - ODISHA TELEVISION
lTD Bhubaneswar
The Odisha High had banned the sale and distribution of the controversial book "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo" and the home department of the state government even had on April 9, 2009 published the order in the gazette notification. The American author has recently filed a review petition in the High Court through his counsel to reconsider its ban order following which the court has asked the chief secretary to furnish his reply within two weeks.
Peeved at Peter Heehs' petition in the High Court, devotees of Sri Aurobindo have questioned the unlawful stay of Heehs in
Followers of Sri Aurobindo both from Puducherry and Odisha were planning to meet the chief secretary and demand continuation of the ban order. The counsel of Peter Heehs however was not available for comment.
PTI | 08:01 PM, Jan 27, 2012 Bhubaneswar
Seeking arrest of Peter Heehs, a US India
The state government through a gazette notification
in 2009 had banned the book published by Colombia University Press, New York
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Myths and Falsehoods around the editing of Sri Aurobindo’s poem Savitri
Google Reader (55): 'via Blog this' from Auro Truths
Content in the “Introduction” page has been updated. ... We are not suggesting that the institutions that Sri Aurobindo and The Mother have established, such as the Sri Aurobindo Ashram or Auroville, are free of problems or cannot be criticized. Everyone is free to poke their nose into the internal affairs of these institutions or criticize them to their heart’s content if it so pleases them.
But we are of the opinion that the manufacturing of non-existent problems that are born out of myths and falsehoods – more often than not mischievously planted by individuals or groups that have personal agendas to execute – and the unjustified and baseless criticism that is publicly propagated to wrongly influence public opinion is unethical, immoral and unacceptable.
For instance there is a considerable amount of confusion that has been generated around the editing of Sri Aurobindo’s poem Savitri. Because the issues concerning the editing of the Savitri poem are complex, these issues have provided a fertile ground for the creation of myths and related controversies that have been used to the hilt to exploit people’s sentiments.
But more often than not a common sense approach to understand and evaluate the issues however complex is all that is required. Therefore, the issues presented here will be analyzed with the use of supporting information as well as with a good dose of common sense. Because common sense like a gust of wind can easily bring down the top-heavy edifices of Myths and Falsehoods which like a house of cards can quickly come crashing down.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
The Tale of My Exile: Twelve Years in the Andamans
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, has published Barindra Kumar Ghose’s book The Tale of My Exile: Twelve Years in the Andamans (introduced and edited by Dr. Sachidananda Mohanty of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad) in December 2011.
There will be a discussion of this book on 19 January 2012 at the India International Centre, 40 Max Muller Marg, New Delhi at the Conference Room No. 1 of the IIC). The discussion will be chaired by Dr. Karan Singh, President, Indian Council of Cultural Relations and will have Dr. Kavita Sharma (Director,IIC), Professor Indra Nath Chaudhury (former Member Secretary, IGNCA) and Professor Sachidananda Mohanty, Editor of this book, as discussants.
With warm regards, Anurag Banerjee,
Founder,
Overman Foundation.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Nalinikanta Gupta’s birth anniversary
Timeout: January 13 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6pm: Programme to mark Nalinikanta Gupta’s birth anniversary. Featuring reading and recitation by Bimal Dutta and Sukriti Lahari, and songs by Goutam Dey. 'via Blog this'
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Sraddha published by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Research in Social Sciences, Kolkata
Notes on Authors Sraddha - August 2010
Alok Pandey is a seeker on the path of Integral Yoga. A psychiatrist by profession, he has had several encounters with death during the course of his medical practice. A philosopher by temperament, he raised several issues and sought answers to these both within and without. It is only when he came in touch with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother that he found these issues abundantly answered. He has been working in the field of psychiatry with a spiritual approach for more than 15 years. He has developed a working concept of integral health and integral psychology which he is using in his life and practice. He is one of the founders of Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Integral Health and Research (SAIIIHR), Pondicherry
Amalendu De, M.A, D.Litt, F.A.S., retired as Guru Nanak Professor of Indian History, Jadavpur University
Dasharathi Sengupta, born in January, 1941, was an Asst.Prof.of Political Science in West Bengal Education Service.His basic interest is in Political Philosophy.It is this which has led him to become a student of Sri Aurobindo’s political ideas in the later days of his teaching career spanning roughly four decades.
Debashish Banerji is an English Literature graduate from Elphinstone College , Bombay University and an MA in Computer Science, University of Louisville , Kentucky , USA Los Angeles , USA , from 1992-2005, he has a PhD in Indian Art History from University of California , Los Angeles Pasadena City College and Indian Studies at the University of Philosophical Research , Los Angeles , USA
Georges Van Vrekhem (b.1935) is a Flemish speaking Belgian who writes in English. He became well-known in his country as a journalist, poet and playwright. For some time he was the artistic manager of a professional theatre company. He gave numerous talks and presentations in America , Europe and India Pondicherry
He wrote Beyond Man, the Life and Work of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother (1997), The Mother, the Story of Her Life (2000), Overman, the Intermediary between the Human and the Supramental Being (2000), Patterns of the Present, in the Light of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (2001), The Mother: the Divine Shakti (2003) and Hitler and His God – The Background to the Nazi Phenomenon (2006). Books by him are translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. He was awarded the Sri Aurobindo Puraskar for 2006 by Sri Aurobindo Samiti, Kolkata.
Kireet Joshi (b. 1931) studied philosophy and law at the Bombay University Pondicherry Pondicherry
In 1976, the Government of India invited him to be Education Adviser in the Ministry of Education. In 1983, he was appointed Special Secretary to the Government of India, a post he held until 1988. He was Member-Secretary of Indian Council of Philosophical Research from 1981-1990. He was also Member-Secretary of Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan from 1987-1993. He was the Vice-Chairman of the UNESCO Institute of Education, Hamburg
From 1999-2004, he was the Chairman of Auroville Foundation. From 2004-2006, he was Chairman of Indian Council of Philosophical Research. From 2006-2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture. Curremtly, he is Education Adviser to the Chief Minister of Gujarat .
Kundan Singh A devotee and servant of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, Kundan Singh, Ph.D. is an adjunct faculty at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto and the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco from where he also obtained his doctorate in Humanities.
An author of a recently published book titled “The Evolution of Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramakrishna, and Swami Vivekananda,” and a few book chapters and journal articles like “Beyond Postmodernism: Towards a Future Psychology,” “Relativism, Self-Referentiality, and Beyond Mind,” and “Relativism and Its Relevance for Psychology,” his areas of research include Integral Yoga of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, Contemporary and Traditional Vedanta, Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, Sufism of the Indian subcontinent, Indian Psychology, Transpersonal Psychology, Social Psychology, Depth Psychology, Postmodern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Epistemology, Critical Thought and Deconstruction, Cross-cultural Psychology and East-West Studies among a few others. He can be contacted at forkundan@hotmail.com
Prema Nandakumar obtained her Ph.D in 1961 for her study of Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri. Since then, she has been an independent researcher, publishing critical and biographical works. As a translator, her career spans half a
century, with the UNESCO publishing her book on Subramania Bharati. Dr. Nandakumar’s translation into English of Manimekalai, the ancient Buddhist epic in Tamil has been received with enthusiasm. She is also a creative writer in English and Tamil. One of her recent publications is K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar, a monograph on her father for Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
Ranajit Sarkar (b.1932) At the age of 12 he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry France , studied at the Sorbonne; he got his doctorate at the University of Aix-Marseille University of Groningen , the Netherlands Netherlands
Richard Hartz studied philosophy at Yale University and received an M.A. in South Asian languages and literature from the University of Washington
Saurendranath Basu is a retired Reader In English. Apart from his academic pursuits – he did valuable research work on Sir Herbert Read, the English poet and critic of art and poetry – he is primarily interested in a reconciliation between the facts and philosophy of life. Thus having made profitable contact with some great creative minds, especially Rabindranath, he passes his days now reading Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and writing on them in the hope that they would open their door for him some day.
Sonia Dyne, born and educated in England , graduated from St Anne’s College, Oxford Singapore Singapore
Swami Pratyagatmananda Saraswati (1880-1973), who in earlier life was known as Pramathanath Mukhopadhyaya, was one of the brightest luminaries of 19th century Bengal, who shed light on various aspects of life: political, historical, philosophical as well as mystical. The first nationalist resurgence of India , which had its roots in Bengal , drew this brilliant young man when he had just completed his academic career and he decided to dedicate himself to the service of the motherland by holding up the ancient ideal of education and culture through his mighty pen. Equally at home in Sanskrit, English and Bengali, with a style all his own, he made a rich contribution to various newspapers, periodicals, journals and also wrote voluminous books, being invited to deliver lectures by the University of Calcutta and other learned societies.
A colleague of Sri Aurobindo at the National Council of Education and also of Ramendrasundar Trivedi in the Ripon College as well as a collaborator with Arthur Avalon, pseudonym of Sir John Woodroffe, Pramathanath developed, very early in life, a wide philosophical outlook, which sought to synthesise the modern scientific spirit of enquiry with the ancient intuitive method of approach to reality. He firmly believed that what the ancient Rishis have left for us has a deep scientific basis and it is for us to explore it with the help of modern science. It is this belief that led him to interpret the age-old Vedanta through modern mathematical terms and symbols and in this way he was absolutely unique and original.
Later in life when he withdrew himself in his own inmost sanctuary, his one and sole preoccupation was to discover the rationale of Mantras and Tantras. On the pattern of the Vedanta Sutras, he wrote in Sanskrit his Japa-Sutram in four adhyas (chapters) and four padas (sections) and an exhaustive commentary thereon in Bengali, which have been published in six big volumes, running to more than 2000 pages. This may be considered his magnum opus, in which is reflected his poetical genius, literary talent as well as his philosophical insight.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
139th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo observed
Aurobindo''s birth anniversary celebrated MSN India
Puducherry, Aug 15 (PTI) People from different parts of the country thronged the Sri Aurobindo Ashram here on the occasion of the 139th birth anniversary of ...
Devotees throng Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Thousands of devotees from all overIndia
Thousands of devotees from all over
Aurobindo`s birth anniversary celebrated IBNLive.com
PTI | 01:08 PM, Aug 15,2011 Puducherry, Aug15 (PTI) People from different parts of the country thronged the Sri Aurobindo Ashram here on the occasion of the ...
PTI | 01:08 PM, Aug 15,2011 Puducherry, Aug15 (PTI) People from different parts of the country thronged the Sri Aurobindo Ashram here on the occasion of the ...
Sri Aurobindo's birth anniv today
DHAKA , AUG 14: The 139th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet, will be observed on ...
The son is disappointed, the grandsons vague yet intrigued Indian Express
Maitra was nine when he joined the Jugantar Party, established by Aurobindo Ghosh in 1906. “I was too young to understand what the freedom movement was. I just passed messages.” As he alternates between bouts of eloquence and silence, Soumyaraj prompts ...
The Hindu : NATIONAL / NEW DELHI : In the capital today
Maitra was nine when he joined the Jugantar Party, established by Aurobindo Ghosh in 1906. “I was too young to understand what the freedom movement was. I just passed messages.” As he alternates between bouts of eloquence and silence, Soumyaraj prompts ...
The Hindu : NATIONAL / NEW DELHI : In the capital today
RELIGION. Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Talk on “Sri Aurobindo's Krishna ” by Dr. Prema Nandakumar, Sri Aurobindo Marg, 10 a.m..
The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : Tiruchi Today
The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : Tiruchi Today
Sri Aurobindo Society, Pudur Uthamanur: Sri Aravindar's birth anniversary...
Timeout - Good Morning
August 15 at Mahajati Sadan; 9.30am: Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir celebrates Aurobindo ... August 15 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; ... Swapan Gupta presents Tagore songs to mark Sri Aurobindo's 139th birth anniversary, at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park, 10.30am. ...
Sunday, August 14, 2011
DD-1 National telecast: “The Divine Lotus”
The Hindu : NATIONAL / NEW DELHI : In the capital today
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Talk on “Sri Aurobindo's Durga” by Dr. Prema Nandakumar, Sri Aurobindo Marg, 10 a.m..
Programme on Aurobindo ... DD-1 National will telecast a programme “The Divine Lotus” on the life of Sri Aurobindo at 11.30 p.m. on Sunday. ...
The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : Chennai today
The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : Chennai today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd.
The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : coimbatore today
The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : coimbatore today
Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Centre: Pushpanjali offerings and prayers to Sri Annai, Sasibalika Vidya Mandir, Azad Road
Auronet Sunday 14 Aug
Exhibition / 2011-08-14 (All day) Between Magic & Expression: Exhibition by Juergen: digital paintings & photographs
Exhibition / 2011-08-14 (All day) Exhibition: Photos of Auroville Marathon
Meeting / 2011-08-14 00:30 regular meeting
Exhibition / 2011-08-14 08:00 Exhibition: "NO HAY DOS SIN TRES"
Class / 2011-08-14 09:00 Sunday Group Meditation at Verite
Exhibition / 2011-08-14 09:00 Exhibition - Meditations on Savitri at Savitri Bhavan
Exhibition / 2011-08-14 09:00 New Exhibition - Sri Aurobindo : His Life and Work in photographs at Savitri Bhavan
Class / 2011-08-14 10:30 Savitri Study Circle at Savitri Bhavan
Class / 2011-08-14 16:00 Reading Savitri at Savitri Bhavan
Event / 2011-08-14 16:00 'Litter-Free' - Auroville Cleanup Sunday Aug 14th
Class / 2011-08-14 17:00 The Practice of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga at Savitri Bhavan
Theatre / 2011-08-14 17:00 (Questioning) NAGA-MANDALA
Event / 2011-08-14 19:00 A Lighting Event
Monday 15 Aug
Exhibition / 2011-08-15 (All day) Between Magic & Expression: Exhibition by Juergen: digital paintings & photographs
Exhibition / 2011-08-15 (All day) Exhibition: Photos of Auroville Marathon
Class / 2011-08-15 08:00 Ashtanga Yoga
Exhibition / 2011-08-15 08:00 Exhibition: "NO HAY DOS SIN TRES"
Event / 2011-08-15 08:30 Sri Aurobindo’s Birthday The Independence Day of India
Exhibition / 2011-08-15 09:00 Exhibition - Meditations on Savitri at Savitri Bhavan
Exhibition / 2011-08-15 09:00 New Exhibition - Sri Aurobindo : His Life and Work in photographs at Savitri Bhavan
Event / 2011-08-15 17:00 Collective meditation on Sri Aurobindo's Birthday
Class / 2011-08-15 18:00 On The Mother at Savitri Bhavan-cancelled
Cultural program / 2011-08-15 18:00 Evening Concert in Arka
Cultural program / 2011-08-15 18:00 15th August Music in ARKA
Event / 2011-08-15 19:00 A Lighting Event
Cinema / 2011-08-15 19:15 Film - "The Mother on Sri Aurobindo" at Savitri Bhavan
Sri Aurobindo's Birth Anniversary Mon, August 15, 12 am – Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture
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