Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Perfecting oneself for evolutionary journey

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center is the source of inspiration and learning for perfecting oneself for evolutionary journey of humanity through Integral Yoga.
The focus of the centre is the recovery of old spiritual knowledge and experience, followed by its integration into new forms of philosophy, literature, art, ...
La Grace, Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center is a non-profit organization that supports the process of self-discovery and the cultivation of consciousness.
Savitri Class with Shilpa (by Narad) - Book 2, Canto 2 - Pg (111-112). No views · 7 minutes ago ...more. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo : E-library. 11.2K.

[PDF] The Concept of Humanism: A Philosophical Perspective of MK Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo

MN Sarkar
… His philosophy of Integral Yoga seeks to harmonize all aspects of human existence—… At the core of Aurobindo’s humanism is his philosophy of Integral Yoga, which he developed as a … Integral Yoga involves the cultivation of all …

Philo‐Yoga: An East–West Transformation Tool through Interfaith Pilgrimage

M Chandrankunnel - The Ecumenical Review
… exercise known as philo-yoga or Christayan. This marks a turning into Christ consciousness and a deepening of my own spirituality. … eight-fold path of yoga as well as the Kriya Yoga or Karma Yoga, two perspectives on attaining this integration …

[PDF] New Age as a form of individual religiosity

I Shavrina, V Skrebets - Skhid, 2025
… For example, the practice of “Christian yoga,” which combines yoga postures with Christian prayer and meditation, reflects the syncretic … A holistic view of the universe as an energetically interdependent integral structure is a common approach …

[PDF] Women's Empowerment as a Pillar of Sustainable Ecotourism Development in Belumbang Village, Tabanan, Bali

IW Sudartayana, NKA Dwijendra, IDG Agung, D Putra - 2025
… fortune tellers (Jro Dasaran) and Jro Balian Taksu, Purification/Melukat, Yoga, which is a local culture as a healing tourism attraction, as well … Therefore, strengthening the position of women in ecotourism is not just an economic …

[PDF] Religious factors in vitalistic practices of complementary and alternative medicine

N Ishchuk, O Sadovnycha
… An American philosopher known for his integral theory, Wilber emphasizes a holistic approach to understanding consciousness and reality… Vitalist motifs are particularly evident in Kundalini Yoga. This type of yoga focuses on awakening the …

[PDF] Cosmetology And Ayurveda–A Review Based Upon the Scope and Utility

M Abhilash - Kerala Journal of Ayurveda, 2025
… Ayurveda emphasizes reducing stress through practices like Yoga and Pranayama. … Cosmetics have become an integral part of daily life, but synthetic products can lead to various negative effects, including systemic reactions, allergies …

[PDF] Hindu Studies: Foundations and Frameworks by Prof. Nandini Sahu

SK Sharma - Integral Research, 2025
… way that ensures coverage of concepts like cosmology, dharma, and yoga and meditation. The author, Nandini Sahu, succeeds in covering … Practices like yoga and Ayurveda are explored as cultural ambassadors, while tensions between …

Modern Hermeticism: A Beginner's Guide to Ceremonial Magic

E Brown, A Brown - 2025
… The real substance of Erich and Alannah’s book is the rituals that they have made an integral part of their Hermetic practice. Their approach is twofold, where they have a formal rite that is elaborate, detailed, and performed in sacred space and an …

Metaphysics as Therapy: List-Making and Renunciation in Gnostic Yogas

KS Bouthillette - 2025
This book examines the significance of metaphysical list-making as a determining feature of ‘spiritual exercises’ in South Asian gnostic yogas. It examines how these ancient traditions sought spiritual transformation through the dialectical practice of …

[PDF] WELLNESS TOURISM: NEW HORIZONS FOR BALANCEAND HEALTH UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONSN

V Boiko - 2025
… In a world, where stress and a fast-paced life have become an integral part of everyday life, more and more people are seeking ways to … Wellness tourism offers travelers the opportunity not only to explore new places but integrate such practices …

The Indian Knowledge System: Society, Culture, Traditions, Celebrations, Social Practices, and Norms

AS Jadon - Indian Knowledge System & India: Educational Book, 2025
… Traditional gender roles have been an integral part of Indian society, … Yoga, meditation, and Indian cuisine are widely embraced worldwide, promoting cultural exchange and understanding. International Yoga Day, celebrated on June 21st …

[PDF] Shiva Beyond Borders: The Cross-Cultural Evolution of Proto-Shaivism

NR Subba
… It proves that practices like meditation, yoga, and dominion over animals existed before the Vedic era. … The Pashupati forms of Shiva are very much a link to meditation, yoga, and energy from the dawn of the human civilisation. It puts …

[PDF] Relationalism Beyond Relativism: Intelligence, Epistemic Justice, and AI in a Pluriversal World

M Prabakaran
This paper advances relationalism as an epistemic alternative to the fragmented relativism embedded in colonial-modern epistemology. By integrating insights from Sāṁkhya metaphysics, Mahāyāna Buddhist interdependence (Pratītyasamutpāda) … 

(Un) Making Chorography: Ecstatic Dance Along California's Coast

K Dickason - Numen, 2025
Contemporary ecstatic dance began in Hawaii in 2001 and has since become a global phenomenon. It involves improvised movements and a live DJ , and does not have any direct religious affiliation. Drawing from fieldwork in California and the …

Kingdom First: Lessons Learned and Fulfillment Gained by Seeking God's Kingdom in a Troubled World

RL Roxburgh - 2025
We live in difficult times for both the culture and the church. Believers can find fulfillment and assurance by endeavoring to follow the call of Jesus in Matt 6: 33 to" seek first God's Kingdom and His righteousness." This book is full of stories that …

[PDF] Sustainable Consumption Through the Lens of Indian Tribal Wisdom

A Kumar, A Prasad
… That is why, tribal culture is integral part of the sustainable consumption resulting for sustainable development. Their efforts starting from the assimilation of ancient wisdom to holistic vision and roadmap for sustainable consumption have been …

Setting the Stage: Observing and Understanding Ruminant Behavior

S Bentley, S Huser - Performing the Large Animal Physical Examination, 2025
… Understanding the innate behavior of ruminant species is integral to identifying for every animal and every herd/flock what constitutes “base normal,” which should become the practitioner's foundation for beginning any interaction or examination …

[PDF] Raghurajpur: A Living Museum of Art, Culture, and Beliefs

SK Lohar
… Sri Jagannatha Temple has always been an integral part of Odiya culture. Madala Panji, a chronicle of Sri Jagannatha in Puri, has described that the Chitrakaras were employed to paint the Jagannatha temple at Puri during the time of Sri Narsingha …

Can You See Me Now? Toward a Theory of Sensory Flamboyance and Subtlety in Consumption

T Ghoshal, RW Belk - Customer Needs and Solutions, 2025
This article proposes that taste distinctions with respect to sensory intensity – specifically, preferences for sensory flamboyance versus subtlety (eg, bright versus dull colors) – may be structured sociologically, even more than by individual …

[PDF] A Study Related To Corporate Wellness Programs: Improve and Regulate Work-Life Balance

N Bendre
… Abstract Corporate wellness programs are integral initiatives adopted by organizations to enhance the physical, psychological, and … Yoga Classes: Offering yoga classes or mindfulness sessions to help employees manage stress, improve …

[PDF] Care, Coloniality, and Indigeneity in Saskatchewan's Carceral-Corrections Industry

L Beach - 2025
… It is with deep gratitude and reverence that I thank the Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers who shared their wisdom, invited me to Ceremony, gifted me with Medicines, who guided the sharing circles that were an integral part of this …

Saturday, November 30, 2024

Harimohan and his grudges vs. Civilization and its Discontents

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

6 days ago — Darshan in Sanskrit means seeing. It refers here to seeing Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and to receive their blessings.
After a great success of "Sri Aurobindo: A New Dawn" the hand-painted animation film by Sri Aurobindo Society (watch it here: https://youtu.be/5W6AZpK0N0c ) ...
3 days ago — Overman Foundation · “Immortality Day” — Some Light on a Little-Known Event in the Ashram's Spiritual History by Amal Kiran (K.D. · Maggi Lidchi-Grassi: The ...
Sri Aurobindo the Spiritual guru, the poet, the nationalist. No views · 8 minutes ago #poet #nation #spirituality ...more. TheIndicPen with Lipika Bhushan. 983.
4 days ago — Sri Aurobindo Ashram - Delhi branch has published few podcasts in Tara didi's voice. This is for meditation and to get immersed into Higher Consciousness. Page ...
7 days ago — Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry 1918-20 · Hindi · Russian · French.
3 days ago — A beautiful Audio on Sri Aurobindo and The Mother written by Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
3 days ago — As to philosophy I agree. Sri Aurobindo did not want to be in the rank of philosophers anyways. Besides to call a Yogi philosopher or thinker is to indeed ...
7 days ago — Daily Ecstasy News: Sri Aurobindo's philosophy reinterprets the Upanishadic tradition, proposing a 'triple transformation' of consciousness.
4 days ago — We operate on multiple levels at the same time. There is the external level comprised of actual physical, vital and mental actions we undertake.
5 days ago — Listen to discovery playlists featuring Chiro Biplob Sri Aurobindo by Arundhati Roychoudhury on desktop and mobile.
7 days ago — The Mother's Luminous Gaze. The Mother: 'This gaze is the gaze of the Supreme... From this look emanates the joy of existence, the power of manifestation.. the ...
Join them at Sri Aurobindo Dhama for a 2-day retreat on the theme "Yoga in Everyday Life"
23 hours ago — ... Rabindranath Tagore, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. Sri Aurobindo. Amir Suhail Wani ... Sri Aurobindo, a philosopher, poet, and spiritual leader ...
Produced by the Art Studio " 12 Qualities" http://12qualities.com/, https://vimeo.com/12qualities Text: poem "Evolution" by Sri Aurobindo, quotes of The ...
5 days ago — ... Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, as well as the unique model of Auroville. The Auroville stall became a hub of attraction for Vice-Chancellors, Directors, and ...
2 days ago — Discover 15 quotes by Sri Aurobindo that inspire wisdom, harmony, and spiritual growth, guiding you toward higher realms of understanding.

In the Mother's play "The Great Secret", 6 elites find themselves in a life-boat in a crisis situation, & each one tells how their ideals remained unfulfilled..

Finally an unknown man in the boat tells them about the Divine reality:

incarnateword.in/cwm/12/the-gre

In the Mother's play "Towards the Future", the protagonist & her poet husband both mention the inevitable great future of humanity,  while not disregarding the suffering & weakness of the present..

Here is how the poet describes it:

incarnateword.in/cwm/12/towards

In Sri Aurobindo's poem "Ahana", the aspiring powers of humanity invoke the presence of Ahana, the Dawn of God..

Here the Voices ask Her to come to their spaces and dispel the notion that humanity can't be divinized,

and She agrees:

incarnateword.in/cwsa/02/ahana

In Sri Aurobindo's poem "The Meditations of Mandavya", the Rishi is trying to reconcile the Divine existence with the existence of Suffering & Evil..

Here is what he contemplates about this tendency of negating the Divine presence:

incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/the-med

In Sri Aurobindo's Bengali Story "Swapna" (A Dream), Sri Krishna playfully resolves all the grudges of his poor devotee Harimohan.

Here He reveals the secret of soul's journey, & invites Harimohan to be His playmate post liberation:

incarnateword.in/cwsa/9/a-dream

In Sri Aurobindo's poem "Urvasie", the great nymph Urvasie first comes down from heaven to earth to King Pururavus, & then leaves due to a peculiar curse by sage Bharuth..

Pururavus proclaims to fight Fate & goes in search of her:  

incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/urvasie

In Sri Aurobindo's play "Vasavadutta", King Vuthsa of Cowsamby & the princess of Avunthy, Vasavadutta, fall in love with each other..

Here Vasavadutta realizes the fullness of her love for him, turning from desire to an aspiration:

incarnateword.in/cwsa/04/act-iv… 

In Sri Aurobindo's poem "Love & Death", Ruru quests into the afterlife to resurrect his beloved bride Priyumvada who was killed by snake-bite..

Here he proclaims the depth of his love to Kamadeva who asked him to forget Priyumvada: 

incarnateword.in/cwsa/02/love-a

https://x.com/Auro_Mere/status/1862405140978049183?t=ksnJj7Y7eWNYv4FnjhF89w&s=19 

[Linking death with marriage: Seeing death through a different lens
R Singh - Culture & Psychology, 2024 - Although there is no apparent relation between death and marriage, the discourse of death connotes certain overtones of marriage... entails the culturally shared patterns of interpretation.]

https://bsky.app/profile/savitriera.bsky.social/post/3lc4qdab2hs2f

3 days ago — He joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry after a brief time working as a lecturer at Christ College (Cuttack). He also served as an English literature ...
1 day ago — Savitri is Sri Aurobindo's major poetic work, an epic in blank verse. In Savitri, a legend from the Mahabharata becomes the symbol of the human soul's ...
13 hours ago — Gita app based on Sri Aurobindo's commentary: Android:

[PDF] Re-thinking Sri Aurobindo: from Nationalism to Internationalism

D Samaddar, G Ghosal - Creative Flight, 2024
… This paper, therefore, seeks to highlight this voyage of Sri Aurobindo within the timeframe of 1893-1910. … demonstrates that Sri Aurobindo did not advocate for Hinduism. Though there was a discernible spiritual dimension in his conception of …

[PDF] Philosophical Underpinnings of India's National Education Policy

AR Nair
… Education Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo … Educational Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. https://wellpress. in/rrssh/Download/jul-sep-2017/EDUCATIONAL% 20PHILOSOPHY% 20 OF% 20SRI% 20AUROBINDO% 20GHOSH% 20-% 20Alka% …

The Myth of the Theons

P Heehs - Aries, 2024
… One person who discovered the Revue Cosmique in 1904 was Mirra Alfassa, a young Paris-born artist who toward the end of that year met Louis Thémanlys, … The Mother (Mirra Alfassa) believed that theTheons were master occultists … Years later, after she had become the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, she related some anecdotes about theTheons to students of the Ashram school and to a close disciple.These stories first appeared in print in collections of talks published …

[HTML] Nations in the Empire. The Many Faces of Indian Nationalism: Proceedings of the International Conference held in Naples, Federico II University–Department of …

M Griffo, D Maiorano, T Tagliaferri - 2024
Questo volume raccoglie gli atti di un convegno di studi tenutosi all’Università di Napoli Federico II nell’ambito delle iniziative scientifiche del PRIN 2022 “Myths of Legitimations and Government of Difference in the European Imperial Regimes …

India's Cultural Diplomacy: Decoding India's Soft Power Potential in the 21st Century

S Ghosh - 75 Years of India's Foreign Policy: Bilateral …, 2024
In recent times, the concept of soft power is the most frequently used in the field of International Relations and most frequently misused. Ever since Joseph Nye coined the term, it has almost become rather obligatory to use it. It can be compared to a …

[HTML] Jyotirao Phule

JG Phule
His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system and for his efforts in educating women and oppressed caste people.[5] He and his wife, Savitribai Phule, were pioneers of women's education in India.[5][6] …

Shaiva Traditions of Southern India: Tamil Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta

MA Gollner - Handbook of Indian History, 2024
This chapter provides an overview of the history of Shaiva traditions of southern India, particularly Tamil Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta, beginning with the earliest evidence in Vedic and Tamil Sangam sources. The chapter shows how Tamil …

[HTML] Who is a VEDIC PSYCHOLOGIST and Modern Mental Health

SP Paturi
In the tapestry of human existence, where the threads of the mind, body, and soul intertwine, a Vedic psychologist emerges as a weaver of ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge. This unique breed of mental health practitioners …

[HTML] ECOLOGICAL PLANNING AND DESIGN APPROACHES

O ZEYBEK - Scientific Approaches in Landscape Architecture 2024, 2024
… In these forums, environmentalists from different countries, those who experienced commune life or a return to nature (ecovillage residents from the ecovillages Findhorn, Auroville, Solheimar), and participants in the 1968 student …

[HTML] Stories By Map

A Kothari
The multiple crises humanity confronts require fundamental shifts in how we relate to the Earth and to each other. This entails tackling the roots of these crises head-on, including the structures and relations of patriarchy, racism, colonialism, capitalism …

Homeless in Gujarat and India: On the Curious Love of lndulal Yagnik

A Skaria - Decolonial Travel, 2024
… In choosing celibacy, Yagnik was acting within a long-standing nationalist tradition: recall, for instance, Aurobindo’s famous call to youth to dedicate their lives to the nation. And less than two years after Yagnik chose celibacy for a second time …

[PDF] Guiding Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in the Classroom with Textbooks

S Chaudhary, P Gopal - Library Progress International, 2024
This paper explores the role of textbooks in guiding Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) in Indian classrooms, with an emphasis on NEP 2020's objectives for inclusive and holistic education. When textbooks become the agents driving …

[PDF] University Library Spaces: How Ancient Indian Wisdom is Reflected in Modern Library Design

P Gopal, S Chaudhary - Library Progress International, 2024
Library spaces are redefining themselves. Learning is becoming ubiquitous. With the rise of the internet and artificial intelligence learning opportunities are continually breaking the barriers of access, equity and language. Yet, the physical library …

A Living Legacy: The Continuing

JD Long - Handbook of Indian History
This chapter will explore the background, life, and teachings of Swami Vivekananda and trace his continuing influence in the Western world. Whether it is in the existence of Vedanta Societies in just about every major American city, the presence … Again, outside the Vedanta Society and Ramakrishna Mission which he instituted, his influence in this regard has probably been felt most deeply through the work of Sri Aurobindo, who explicitly attributes his own profound yogic transformation to a …

[PDF] Philosophical Insights of Yagya from Srimad Bhagavad Gita

PK Mandal - Interdisciplinary Journal of Yagya Research, 2024
Yagya, a cornerstone of Indian culture, is deeply embedded in the Vedic philosophy and rituals that have evolved over time. Initially simple domestic practices, these rituals became complex ceremonial sacrifices, reflecting their importance in …

[PDF] Ashwamedha Yagya: A Medium for Nation-Building and Cultural Unity

IP Singh, S Biyala - Interdisciplinary Journal of Yagya Research, 2024
… Through insights from historical texts and interpretations by scholars like Sri Aurobindo and … In his work ”The Secret of the Vedas,” Sri Aurobindo offers a detailed commentary on the … In his commentary on the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad …

[PDF] Enhancing Yoga Awareness Among Future Healthcare Practitioners: A Study on MBBS Students' Knowledge and Perceptions

G Dayanidy, P Nilachal, AB Meena Ramanathan
… Furthermore, the visionary thinker Sri Aurobindo profoundly asserts that "All life is Yoga," conveying the all-encompassing and integrative essence of this timeless practice.These profound perspectives highlight the enduring significance of yoga …