Sri Aurobindo, Jung, and Eckhart Tolle

The Hindu : Engagements: Chennai today

Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, AP-514, J Block, 8th St., Anna Nagar, 6 p.m.

Relics of Sri Aurobindo installed at Goudtikra‎ - BARGARH: The relics of Sri Aurobindo were kept in a newly-built meditation centre at Goudtikra near Attabira today. The relics were brought from Sambalpur ... Express Buzz

17.01.2010 (Sunday)

07.00 am Collective meditation near the Sacred Relics.

Sri Bhakta Charan Das, MP receives the sacred Relics for 3 places and proceeds for Bhabanipatana.

11.00 am Arrival at Bhabanipatana.

Sri Ganesh Prasad receives the Sacred Relics and places for Public Darshan. Lunch

12.00 noon Sri Puspendra Singh Deo MLA receives the Sacred Relics and proceeds for Junagarh.

12.45 pm The Sacred Relics arrives at Junagarh. Sri Paramanada Sahu receives the Sacred Relics from Sri Puspendra Singh Deo MLA and places for Public Darshan.

01.00 pm Departure of the Sacred Relics to Papdahandi

03.00 pm The Sacred Relics arrives at Papadahandi. Reception at Papadahandi.

03.15 pm The Sacred Relics leaves Papadahandi. Sri Bhujabala Majhi MLA, carries the Sacred Relics to Nabarangapur.

03.45 pm The Sacred Relics arrives at Nabarangapur.

Sri Lalit Mohan Pattanaik receives the Sacred Relics from Sri Bhujabal . Majhi MLA and places on a dais for Public Darshan.

04.00pm The Sacred Relics leaves Nabarangapur. Sri Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Honourable Minister Information Technology, Science & Technology receives the Sacred Relics and proceeds to Jaypur. Sri Rabi Narayan Nanda, MLA receives the Sacred Relics at the Aunali from Indrabati Bridge, and proceeds to Jaypur Sri Aurobindo Bhaban.

05.00 pm The Sacred Relics arrives at Sri Aurobindo Bhaban, Jaypur.

Sri Radhakanta Panda recieves The Sacred Relics from Sri Rabi Narayan Nanda MLA and places for public Darshan.

05.15 pm Sri Raghuram Podal, MLA, Koraput receives the Sacred Relics

from Sri Rabi Narayan Nanda and proceeds to Koraput, Sri Aurobindo Bhaban.

06.00 pm The Sacred Relics reaches Koraput, Sri Aurobindo Bhaban.

Guard of honour by Govt.of Orissa.

Sri Prasanta Kumar Swain receives the Sacred Relics from Sri Raghuram Podal MLA and places for public Darshan. Night Halt at Koraput.

18.01.2010 (Monday)

07.00 am Meditation near the Sacred Relics.

Sri Rajesh Pravakar Patil IAS, Collecter, Koraput receives the Sacred Relics for 3 places from Sri Tankadhar Behera.

Guard of Honour by Govt.of Orissa.

Relics party proceeds to Semiliguda via Sunabeda. Reception at Matrumandir Trust, Sunabeda-1

8.30 am Sri Jayram Pangi, MP receives the Sacred Relics from Sri Gadadhar Parida, Collector, Koraput, at Similiguda and proceeds to Damanjodi.

10.00 am The Sacred Relics arrives at Sri Aurobindo Central Study Circle, Bhejaput, Damonjodi .

Guard of Honour by Govt.of Orissa.

Sri Pramod Kumar Mohapatra, Executive Director, NALCO receives the Sacred Relics and keeps on the dias for Public Darshan.

11.00 am One Sacred Relics out of Three is taken to the Shrine for installation 11.11 am Prof. C. N. Sharma installs the Sacred Relics followed by collective meditation. Distribution of Messages and sweets.

12.00Noon Sri L.N. Sahu and Sri Madhusudan Sahu receive the Sacred Relics for 2 places from Damanjodi and proceeds to Matruvihar, Barijhola, Rayagada.

01.30 pm Sri Krishna Gopal Mohapatra Collector, Rayagada and Smt. Niharika Mohapatra receives the Sacred Relics at the Roopkona Chhak and proceeds to Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Center, Rayagada.

03 00 pm Arrival of the Sacred Relics at Sri Aurobindo Integral Education centre, Rayagada.

Sri Raisingi Bidika and Smt. Rashmirekha Dwibedi Chairman and Vice Chairman of Rayagada Muncipality receive the Sacred Relics at Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Center, Raygada and place in the dias for Public Darshan.

03.30 pm Sri Nilakantha Das, Managing Trustee of Matrubihar and President of Sri Aurobindo Integral EducationCenter, Rayagada receives the Sacred Relics and proceeds to Barijhola, Matrubihar.

4.00 pm Sri Aurobindo Sacred Relics arrives at Barijhola.

Guard of Honor by Govt. of Orissa.

Sri Kishore Panda, Secretary, Matrubihar receives the Sacred Relics from Sri Nilakantha .Dash and places on a dias for Public Darshan.

Night halt at Barijhola (Rayagada).

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Metro | Timeout

January 18 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Launch of Abha Guha's Saptaparni.

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AUROSERVICE, Sri Aurobindo Bhavan

Tucked behind the lush lawns of Sri Aurobindo Bhavan on Shakespeare Sarani lies a small shop. It has been there for over 30 years, quietly serving as the socio-economic unit of Sri Aurobindo Society. It is one of Calcutta’s best-kept shopping secrets, the treasure trove that it is. From imli sauces to incense sticks, pasta to potpourri, copper plates to cosmetics, spices to scarves, Auroservice stocks it all. Most of the products are handmade in Pondicherry. This store may be simple but it is the soul that matters.

Oh, the prices don’t hurt either: the tags read from Rs 2.50 onwards.

P.S.: There are two shops on the premises — one as soon as you enter the gate and the other a short walk away. Auroservice is the second one. Take the walk. It’s worth it.

My Favorite Poem: Sri Aurobindo's Savitri | Red Room by Aju Mukhopadhyay
I like by heart some great poems, specially romantic and on nature, by Shelley and Wordsworth, and also some spiritual poems and those bordering the unknown by Walter De La Mare. May it be that Whitman entraps me with-

New Birth or Decadence? Sri Aurobindo – The Future Poetry

If any chapter in Sri Aurobindo's work compliments the study of newly discovered subjectivity circa 1910 it is this one (although this chapter was written ...

The liminality or negative capability required in Yoga « Integral ...

This is why Sri Aurobindo asked his disciples to distinguish between ... This blog discusses the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother(Mira Alfassa), ...

Mirror of Tomorrow :: Jung's Psychology of the Living God and …

All life is yoga according to Sri Aurobindo, and Integral Yoga is a “scientific” method that hastens a natural evolutionary dynamic towards consciousness, ...

The Traveller Between Birth and Death « Sri Aurobindo Studies

Sri Aurobindo's description of the soul's journey from birth to birth and life to life brings us to the recognition that it is the inner soul, the psychic being, that gathers the experience, learns, grows and evolves as it moves from ...

talks, notes, and travelogues: abhishiktnanda seminar III by Cyprian Consiglio
Bede on the other hand was a great admirer of the contemporary philosopher Sri Aurbindo, who had a far greater appreciation of created reality as lila–the play of God and therefore as a itself being a means of salvation; and Bede, following Aurobindo, always liked to point out that advaita was not the only interpretation of the Vedic revelation. 

Transformation of Mind with Sri Aurobindo. « shaman sun
Sri Aurobindo had a fascinating and mystical description for where humanity was headed. He describes an evolution of consciousness, whereby a higher reality, or Light-Consciousness, was the next major evolutionary transformation. ...

Travelling without moving: Obscured Human evolution - By Sri Aurobindo by Daniel
It is not very easy for the customary mind of man, always attached to its past and present associations, to conceive of an existence still human, yet radically changed in what are now out...

Explorations of Truth: "Perfect Truth in World Existence is Possible" by Ted
She posted an excerpt from a writing by Sri Aurobindo, the Indian metaphysician/yogi who left his earthly body back in 1950. Here is a quote from that which I loved: "If life in the world were irrevocably bound to misery, ...

Tushar Bhatt's Gujarat: Rohit Mehta, A Gujarati philosopher Ahead ...
Some talk of him as a man with legendary memory who could quote flawlessly from Sri Aurobindo, Upanishad, Gita as also Marx, a teacher with a vast repertoire and a subtle sense of humour and a prolific writer, and a man of unfailing kindliness. ...

In an unending search for spirituality
In ancient times, Chinese scholars used to travel to India to study Buddhism and to bring back Buddhist scriptures, some of which have been well documented in history. But Xu spent a much longer time there than any of them, although he did not have to walk or ride horses and camels across deserts and snowcapped mountains to reach his “dreamland”. For 33 quiet and, for most part, penniless years, Xu worked as hard as the ancient pilgrims, studying and translating India’s classical and modern writings. He was unaffected even by the loss of family members and the change of the national government back home.

He spent most of those years in Sri Aurobindo Ashram, an education center founded by Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950) and led by Mirra Alfassa (known as the Mother, 1878-1973), in Pondicherry, southern India, where he started translating some of Ghose’s key philosophical works.

Gautam Sachdeva
In Pondicherry, besides visiting Sri Aurobindo's ashram, we also visited Matri Mandir - one of the most spectacular meditation chambers in India and perhaps the whole world - a round, all-white room situated at the top of what looked like a geodesic dome, which housed one of the world's largest crystals. Envisioned by The Mother, the purity of the crystal, all-white surroundings and pin-drop silence have an instantaneous effect of switching off one's thoughts. Matri Mandir resonates with an electrifying purity, and we sat there for about forty-five minutes soaking in the rarefied atmosphere. At both these spiritual centres, I can hardly remember the content of conversations with Eckhart; I think that's because hardly any took place.

Monday, 18 Jan

Yoga & Sophrology with Sandra ::: Quiet Healing Center ::: Mon ::: 4:00 PM

traditional spiritual art ::: janaka house ravena ::: Mon ::: 2:00 PM

  50 years of Paper-Making in Sri Aurobindo Ashram ::: Pondicherry (till 28 Feb.) ::: Mon ::: 9:30 AM

Ashtanga Yoga with Monica Marinoni ::: Harmony (Auromodele) ::: Mon ::: 8:00 AM

Ayurvedic Massage Course ::: Aurodam Auroville Harmony Centre ::: Mon ::: 9:00 AM

Exploring Auroville ::: center guest house ::: Mon ::: 9:00 AM

Introduction to sustainable food growing ::: Buddha Garden ::: Mon ::: 10:00 AM

Tuesday, 19 Jan

Rainbow Chanting ::: Verite Hall ::: Tue ::: 7:00 PM

traditional spiritual art ::: janaka house ravena ::: Tue ::: 2:00 PM

  50 years of Paper-Making in Sri Aurobindo Ashram ::: Pondicherry (till 28 Feb.) ::: Tue ::: 9:30 AM

GYROKINESIS® (Dynamic Yoga) - Beginner Basic Fundamentals Classes ::: Quiet Healing Center ::: Tue ::: 4:30 PM

Gala Folk Arts Performance ::: SAWCHU, Bharat Nivas ::: Tue ::: 7:00 PM

Ashtanga Yoga with Monica Marinoni ::: Harmony (Auromodele) ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM

Wednesday, 20 Jan

Insight Seminar: Economy and Organization ::: Inside India Building in Auroshilpam (behind Auromode) ::: Wed ::: 10:30 AM

Yoga & Sophrology with Sandra ::: Quiet Healing Center ::: Wed ::: 4:00 PM

traditional spiritual art ::: janaka house ravena ::: Wed ::: 2:00 PM

  50 years of Paper-Making in Sri Aurobindo Ashram ::: Pondicherry (till 28 Feb.) ::: Wed ::: 9:30 AM

Book Launch ::: Town Hall meeting room ::: Wed ::: 5:00 PM

Ashtanga Yoga with Monica Marinoni ::: Harmony (Auromodele) ::: Wed ::: 8:00 AM

Thursday, 21 Jan

Kirtan! Singing Devotional songs from India ::: Verite Hall ::: Thu ::: 5:30 PM

Insight Seminar: Eco-Restoration ::: Inside India Building in Auroshilpam (behind Auromode) ::: Thu ::: 10:30 AM

traditional spiritual art ::: janaka house ravena ::: Thu ::: 2:00 PM

  50 years of Paper-Making in Sri Aurobindo Ashram ::: Pondicherry (till 28 Feb.) ::: Thu ::: 9:30 AM

Exploring The Elements Of Sustainable Food Growing - Soil And Water ::: Buddha Garden ::: Thu ::: 9:30 AM

Ashtanga Yoga with Monica Marinoni ::: Harmony (Auromodele) ::: Thu ::: 8:00 AM

Friday, 22 Jan

Yoga & Sophrology with Sandra ::: Quiet Healing Center ::: Fri ::: 4:00 PM

traditional spiritual art ::: janaka house ravena ::: Fri ::: 2:00 PM

  50 years of Paper-Making in Sri Aurobindo Ashram ::: Pondicherry (till 28 Feb.) ::: Fri ::: 9:30 AM

C I N E M A - "Ridicule" - French with Engl. Subt. ::: Bharat Nivas, Auditorium ::: Fri ::: 7:45 PM

"Integral Realisation" - Introductory workshop on the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother ::: Savitri Bhavan ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM

Mediation Training with Anny ::: Joy LLC, College Guest House ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM

Ashtanga Yoga with Monica Marinoni ::: Harmony (Auromodele) ::: Fri ::: 8:00 AM

Saturday, 23 Jan

Chant Your Heart Open! Chanting the Rainbow led by Jivan ::: Verite Hall ::: Sat ::: 7:00 PM

traditional spiritual art ::: janaka house ravena ::: Sat ::: 2:00 PM

  50 years of Paper-Making in Sri Aurobindo Ashram ::: Pondicherry (till 28 Feb.) ::: Sat ::: 9:30 AM

Inauguration: Kala Kendra Exhibition ::: Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas, Auroville ::: Sat ::: 4:30 PM

Mediterranean Feast ::: Sve Dam ::: Sat ::: 7:00 PM

Introduction to the Spiritual Dimension of Auroville ::: Anusuya, Aikya ::: Sat ::: 9:00 AM

Thai Yoga Massage - Workshops at the Quiet Healing Center ::: Quiet Healing Center ::: Sat ::: 9:30 AM

Ashtanga Yoga with Monica Marinoni ::: Harmony (Auromodele) ::: Sat ::: 8:00 AM

Sunday, 24 Jan

traditional spiritual art ::: janaka house ravena ::: Sun ::: 2:00 PM

  50 years of Paper-Making in Sri Aurobindo Ashram ::: Pondicherry (till 28 Feb.) ::: Sun ::: 9:30 AM

Inauguration: Kala Kendra Exhibition ::: Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas, Auroville ::: Sun ::: 4:30 PM

Ashtanga Yoga with Monica Marinoni ::: Harmony (Auromodele) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM