Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
KARMADHARA; OBJECTIVE; & MODE OF ACTION
1 Sri Aurobindo Pathachakra and Mahila Pathachakra : Make people aware of Sri Aurobindo's Ideology To organise seminars, conferences, to hold regular study groups
2 Sri Aurobindo Medical Association : Inculcate the consciousness of 'Total Health' of the human phemenon so as to prepare it for its ultimate Divine transformation. Integral Health Topics in Study Circle camps . Sri Aurobindo Health Squad training Programmes, and establishment of Integral Health Centres.
3 Army of Light : Prepare the students and youth for Mother's Work Prepare them from school career to have the clarity of the ideal and organise study circles, take responsibility of organisation activities.
4 Commerce Under Sri Aurobindo's Guidance (CUSAG-Orissa) : To take up commerce as an instrument for The Mother's work, based on Truth. Organising sales Centers of Sri Aurobindo Study Circles with proper management and skill training and manufacturing products of daily use.
5 Sri Aurobindo Legal Unit : Legal consultancy to Sri Aurobindo Study Circle Centres To have legal cells in every district constituting of advocates having admiration and concern for Sri Aurobindo's Work.
6 Sri Aurobindo Engineering and Technical Group : Need based Technology to Sri Aurobindo Study Circles Awareness through camps conferences.Training of Study circle members in technical skills
7 Sri Aurobindo Kalaparishada : Expression of the Highest form of Beauty through performing and visual arts . The training and awareness from school level with regular activities in camps and seminars.
8 Sri Aurobindp Sahitya parishada : Literary capability in the service of the Truth To start literary groups from school level, to hold quarterly and annual sessions for this purpose.
9 Sri Aurobindo Unit of Agriculture : Agriculture consultancy with guidance from The Mother to Sri Aurobindo Study Circles having cultivable land. Training camps, workshops and personal interactions.
10 Sri Aurobindo Unit of Educational Research : Research activities on Integral Education with guidance from The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. To establish Research Cells on Integral Education in every district
Finally the place of execution of the Karmadharas - the "Platform for Action". This is none other than a registered Sri Aurobindo Study Circle Centre (preferably a trust) with its own building and land and Trust Board. There may or may not be installed Relics of Sri Aurobindo but each centre should operate like an 'Ashram', a sacred place which very concretely becomes the channels of the Action of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Sadhaks of this centre should be at the top of the hierarchy and till things are not ready paid workers may be employed to run some of the units. Sponsors and well-wishers who are also the Study Circle Members but not depending on the Ashram financially should participate with full vigour. All the present 10 Karmadharas ought to be activated or rather find a place for its putting into action in this platform. In this way each of these centres becomes a dynamic Divine Centre for an Integral Change. We pray at Her Feet and aspire from the depth of our hearts to make use of us in the way She wants. Let us stand strongly by each other with solidarity, trust and love as comrades and children of The Great Mother and Master. May Their Mighty Will Be Done!
https://www.mothersorissa.org/Files/Article/Doors_to_Enter.pdf
In this course we will explore the heart of the Indian spiritual teachings, based on some profound and frequently quoted remarks of the great sages in the classical spiritual texts. We will begin with several important remarks in the Rig Veda, which is the oldest text in any Indo-European language. We will then explore several significant remarks in the Upanishads, which are the spiritual and philosophical heart of the Vedic tradition. Then we will move on to the Bhagavad Gita which is likely the single most important text to emerge from the vast spiritual traditions of India. We will delve into some of the teachings presented in this text by the God-incarnate Krishna. We will complete our exploration with some remarks in the Yoga Sutras, a classical spiritual text for undertaking the journey of self-transformation. This will be a journey into the Heart of the Indian Spiritual Tradition.
Recommended Readings:
The Rig Veda (selected hymns)
The Principal Upanishads (selected passages)
The Bhagavad Gita
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
Ravi Ravindra, The Wisdom of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras (Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar)
Ravi Ravindra, The Bhagavad Gita: A Guide for Navigating the Battle of Life (Jaico Publications)
Sri Aurobindo, The Secret of the Veda
Raimundo Panikkar, The Vedic Experience: Mantramañjari (University of California Press, 1977).
FACILITATOR
Prof. Emeritus Ravi Ravindra is a life member of the Theosophical Society. He has taught many courses in the School of the Wisdom in Adyar and in the Krotona School of Theosophy in Ojai, California. He is Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, where he had taught in three departments-- Physics, Philosophy and Comparative Religion.
https://www.ts-adyar.org/heart-indian-spiritual-teachings-rig-veda-yoga-sutras
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