Tuesday, May 31, 2011

“The Lives” has instead clearly exposed their ugly underbelly


The Hindu States Tamil Nadu Rabindranath Tagore Aurobindo meet's ...
The 83rd anniversary of that historic meeting, between two of the country's foremost intellectuals, was observed at the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) by the World Peace Trust here on Sunday.
Secretary of the trust Dibyendu Goswami said that though the poet was older to Sri Aurobindo, he offered his poem in 1907 as a “salutation” to the philosopher.
Ashesh Joshi, Auroville, India - Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo ...
Eventually, he very strongly felt that he wanted to share with the world what he had learned and experienced so in 2007, he came out of the Ashram and joined Auroville.
At Auroville, after giving a series of lectures on Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga, he realised the need to use live and interactive mediums which will become for participants of the workshop, a trigger to begin inner exercises. That gave birth to his multimedia presentations and eventual Inner-Work-Workshops.
The grand Judeo-Vedic grafting effectuated by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo has blossomed into Savitri Era Religion. ...
The primacy of The Mother in our path is not unknown, but the Judeo-Vedic pact that she accomplishes has not received due attention. ...
Judeo-Vedic underpinnings of our religion make it the most ...
Savitri Era, with its Judeo-Vedic hybridity and a modern metaphysics, is the appropriate religion for such a generation. ...
Subsequently of course, I have posted a number of ...
Savitri Era: Savitri Era Religion is “the leading edge” enterprise ... 7 Feb 2008
Savitri Era Religion is “the leading edge” enterprise at ...
Savitri Era: Sri Aurobindo hits a sixer 6 Nov 2007 
Through his Judeo-Vedic synthetic cosmology as delineated in ...
There will be a wave of entry into the Judeo-Vedic Savitri Era Religion ... The final freedom and fulfillment lies in the Judeo-Vedic ...
The task of Savitri Era Religion as the Judeo-Vedic joint-venture, therefore, is undoubtedly onerous. But that is the future and let's all ...
(Not only on this Judeo-Vedic relationship, but on any other osmosis of ideas from one tradition to another. Thoughts?) ...
Q. I asked myself a question about Sri Aurobindo. I wanted to know at what point he had arrived when he passed away – at what point of transformation. ...
As Sri Aurobindo continues his review of the stages of evolution, he comes across similar types of “gaps” in the manifestation of consciousness as ...
Marketime: God is seen as providing divine sanction for the most ...
Sri Aurobindo (from the message broadcast on the eve of August 15, 1947). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. ...
Alok Pandey's spa « auroleaks
Take for instance the example of Dilip Kumar Roy during Sri Aurobindo's and The Mother's time. Though a member of the Ashram, he despised The Mother and ...
But on the other hand, their actions have only brought about disharmony, division and encouraged the spreading of falsehood (c.f. TLOSA Handbook).
These people will of course try to divert the blame for the mess that they have created and try to blame the book “The Lives”  as well as the Ashram management for not acting against it, for the current state of affairs. But in their blind pursuit of their personal agendas, what they fail to realize is that the book “The Lives” has instead clearly exposed their ugly underbelly and that they and their personal agendas are now fully exposed…
And in this regard, whether the book “The Lives” is good or bad, it has clearly served its collective purpose in exposing this cartel of preachers and pseudo-spiritual visionaries… Best, Filio.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Talk on Integral Yoga by V. S. Balakrishnan


The Hindu: Engagements: In Chennai Today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 10.30 a.m..

The Hindu : Engagements / Madurai : In Madurai Today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Talk on 'The Mother-Sri Aurobindo: Their Integral Yoga' by V. S. Balakrishnan, 3 Lajapathi Roy Road, Chinna Chokkikulam, 10.30 a.m. ...
He was selected for I.A.S. in 1955 but in 1956 he resigned in order to devote himself at Pondicherry to the study and practice of the Integral Yoga of Sri ...
Kireet Joshi (b. 1931) studied Philosophy and Law at the Bombay University. He was selected for the I.A.S in 1955, but in 1956 he resigned in ...
Sri Aurobindo emerged in the first decade of the century as a revolutionary leader of the struggle for india's freedom, who electrified the nation through his writings. The field of his work widened rather rapidly and after a series of yogic experiences, he withdrew in 1910 to Pondicherry and plunged into a more revolutionary struggle related directly to the evolutionary crisis through which mankind is passing today. In 1914, Mother (Mirra Alfassa) came to Pondicherry from France and joined Sri Aurobindo. Thus began a momentous collaboration for supramental action on earth.
If our search is free from preconceptions and dogmas, if our search is for knowledge that is comprehensive and authentic, if our search is for action that ensures the highest good of the entire world, then the study of Sri Aurobindo and Mother becomes inescapable.
Comment posted by: Sandeep: Re: 15 August: an Eternal Birth—the Mother explains its significance
I tend to leave aside some of these high-brow observations made by the Mother like this one about the significance of 15th August.  Thats because I don't possess the consciousness she had when she spoke of these things, so it makes no sense to interpret it intellectually.
Sri Aurobindo discusses the scientific study of evolution, which up until now has been focused on the evolution of material forms and the beings that ...
Links | Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center
Our sister Center, Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Peetham in Lodi, California...General information on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and Mother: ...
The Life Divine - Google Books
User Review  - Michael Daly - Goodreads
There is a reason why he was considered the intellectual leader of the Free India movement and this book is his magnum opus. It is not an easy read as each paragraph if not each sentence holds deep levels of meaning. 
This book is impossible to describe, you have to read it. If you feel intimidated by its sheer size, start at the last chapter and then work you way through it in bits and pieces. It is a stunning preview of what is to come in human evolution, written with soul and courage, and stretching you beyond where you think you can go... turn off all your preconceived ideas about where we're going and what you are capable of, and follow Aurobindo on his extremely courageous, adventurous and deeply human journey.
Mirra Alfassa, the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, was, by any measure, an extraordinary woman. An intelligent student, gifted painter and musician, ...
23 hours ago - Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. ... Sri Aurobindo: A Contemporary Reader Edited by Sachidananda Mohanty, Routledge India...
I wanted to spread the message of spiritual leader, Sri Aurobindo and I have done it,” he said. He went on this expedition as part of the 'Prayer, ...
History goes digital, from Teen Murti to nehrumemorial.com. The project for digitisation of all the archival material available at Teen Murti....
The NMML has undertaken a project to digitize its collection of newspapers, manuscripts, photographs and other related documents as the existing methods of preservation and accessibility of research resources are outdated in the context of rapid growth of information technology. 
Auroville Press
Products 1 - 20 of 62 ... (Sri Aurobindo) For Marie Curie, the discoverer of radioactivity, science was an adventure, "A scientist in his laboraytory", she said, ...
AUDIOS - VAK The Spiritual Book Shop
Products 1 - 15 of 47 ... 01. Invitation to Sri Aurobindo's Savitri. 02. Sri Aurobindo's Savitri-a legend and a symbol. Reviews, more ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry, invites animated and creative teachers


Join our Education Team!
Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry, invites animated and creative teachers/adults to join our educational team. We are doing some exciting work in education in the area of curriculum development for teachers and students, and are in search of people with passion, zeal and ideas! We welcome people who are interested in working full time in Pondicherry with us or from a distance. Please write an email to Harvinder@sriaurobindosociety.org.in sharing a little about yourself and with any queries you may have.

Symposium on Sri Aurobindo studies: the world in crisis—an interdisciplinary exploration, April 17-23, 2011. Organised by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR), Puducherry, ... [Sri Aurobindo and the World-Crisis Kishor H. Gandhi]
All can be done if the god-touch is there. (Sri Aurobindo, Savitri) ... at Hall of Harmony, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India. Duration : 36 Minutes ...

Sri Aurobindo spends some time reviewing the Sankhya viewpoint of the relationship of purusha and prakriti, the spirit and nature, if you will, ...

Vijaybhai of Sri Aurobindo Society trusted me and my love for books ... He made me a part of Sri Aurobindo Society and he became a part of ...

Alternatives in Education 24 May 2011 Posted by RENU MEHRA
Sri Aurobindo also commented in his essays on Education: about such .... In the Sri Aurobindo Centre, Delhi, some Sadhaks organise The Study ...
My article, "Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, and the Integral Movement", has just been published in the latest issue of _Collaboration_ (Spring 2011) ...

24 May 2011 ... Education in Indology/Hinduism/Yoga and Spirituali... September 2010 (14). Sri Aurobindo on Education · What Maxmular done with vedas? ...

What India needs especially at this moment is the aggressive virtues, the spirit of soaring idealism, bold creation, fearless resistance, courageous attack..... We need to cultivate another training and temperament, another habit of mind. We would apply to the present situation the vigorous motto of Danton, that what we need, what we should learn above all things is to dare and again to dare and still to dare.' Sri Aurobindo.
Baba Ramdev is the proud son of Bharat dedicated his life to improve the physical and spiritual health of the motherland. ... Global Hindu Heritage Foundation Prakasarao V Velagapudi, 601-918-7111
I found this newly disclosed letter of Sri Aurobindo—though written some 60 odd years ago—to be highly relevant to the situation in Assam today & to the ...

Sri Aurobindo has outlined this very succinctly in this chapter:

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

I met quite a few saints and sages before finding 'the Road less travelled'


Sri Aurobindo Society of Singapore Sunday 29th May 2011, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
“Savitri” Talk at Our Centre by Prof. Makarand R Paranjape: "The Finding of the Soul" - Book Seven, Canto V
Sri Aurobindo Society of Singapore 2A Starlight Road #01-07 Singapore. We look forward to seeing all of you there.   

From alok pandey taijasalok@yahoo.co.in to sbicitizen@yahoogroups.com date 23 May 2011 11:32 subject Re: [sbicitizen] Re: Leaders of the Integral Yoga dear GB Singh ji 
I certainly do not claim to have read all the scriptures nor do I claim to have arrived at all the realisation of Yoga. But most modestly I can tell you what I have read and done.

Which Yoga Shastras are you refering to, - the four Vedas, The principal Upanishads, the Gita (regarded as Brahmavidya), Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, Shiv Sutra, Brahmasutra, Naradas Bhakti sutra, Shandilya's bhkti Sutras, the pirncipal Puranans such as Garuda purana, Visnu purana, Devi purana, the Ramayana, the Mahanharata (generally regarded as itihasas but the latter also refered sometimes as the fifth veda), the Dasmahavidyas of the Tantra shastras, Srimadbhagwatam, the Dhammapada, Shankara's Vivekchudamani and Saundarya Lahiri, among others......well these ones I have read for sure. I thought the Vedas and the Gita are regarded as sufficient authority in the Indian context at least. Yoga, Darshana, Mimansas, all are derived from the Vedas and refer to It as the highest authority. I am little non-plussed about what scriptures go beyond the Vedas for authority sake. 
In addition, the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda's lectures, Kabir and other saints, Sufi mystics, Jap ji Sahib, the New testament and the portions of the Old testament from the Bible, portions from the Koran (all of which are some form of Yoga) apart from the Complete works of Sri Aurobindo and many others. 
In addition a number of western writers, theologicians, philosophers, mystics, thinkers including Kant, Russels, Voltaire, Dante, Milton, Homer, St Augustine, St Francis, Oscar Wilde, Shelley, Blake and others. 
Yet all this reading does not give us even an iota of true knowledge. It reflects something in the mind and if the mind is ready and receptive something can get formed and help but if it is not then the mind can turn the same truths into a falsehood when it judges by its limited repertoire of experiences and data. Realising this long back, I went into the pursuit of yoga to have a direct first hand experience and knowledge of the subject. In the course of this seeking, met quite a few saints and sages before finding 'the Road less travelled'. It is now nearly thirty years since I have been walking the walk and just talking about it. 
Do you feel these are qualifications enough or there are some more books to be read?

At the same time let me also add that the effect of Yoga on psychological illnesses and physical ones has been also the subject of my own thesis and many others. Far from the conclusions you mention, the general consensus in te world of psychiatry is that Yoga Helps without a doubt to restore both physical and psychological health, The debate is onyl as to the mechanism involved and I could discuss at any length all the possible mechanisms postulated by the neuroscientists. It is this wide background that led me to wonder as to the method you used to reach the conclusions that Yoga is a political and suicidal thing that deludes people. I would surely contest that unless you can provide valid reasons and; logical arguments and raw data as to how many persons who practiced yoga got deluded and were led to suicide. 
A number of studies are available since the early sixties (1960) and none of them support the conclusions you state. That is why I am wondering. Of course I am not refering here to half-baked yogis and quick to market gurus and the practices they may recommend, but to authentic spiritual pursuits. 
Finally, I must say that the proof of the pudding is in eating it. No scripture modernb or ancient can be a substitute for direct first hand experience..... sabdabrahmativartateto go beyond the written and the spoken scripture as the Gita says and all the great Masters affirm.   
I will be willing to learn if you can let me know about those scriptures you are mentioning and the reasons for your conlusions. Please do not take any of this personally. It is in the spirit of a healthy discussion and for the sake of exploring Truth. Regards Alok 

History of Yoga (History of Science, Philosophy & Culture in Indian Civilization) S. P. Singh (Editor), D. P. Chattopadhyaya (Editor) 
History of Yoga is an attempt to trace the contours of origin and development of the discipline of yoga in all its possible ramifications beginning from the Veda up till modern times. Long before Patanjali stood out as the greatest systematizer of the discipline, yoga had its origin in the aspirations, austerity and tapas of the Vedic seers undertaken to understand the mystery of creation of the universe and the individual both in their essence.
In contravention of the Aryan Invasion Theory dominating the process of investigation into the history of ancient India, the volume traces the locus of the yogic sadhana of the earliest Vedic seers in the high Himalayas getting percolated throughout the rest of the country gradually and leaving its remnants also in the Indus seals of the third millennium B.C. 
For The Turnstiles Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Daniel Gustav Anderson On Critical Theory And Integral Theory
I am disappointed in how the book Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge, & Truth, written by the fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Mirza Tahir Ahmad), has been largely ignored by writers in the integral studies world. If one is interested in the intersection between knowledge-production and "the sacred" in an interdisciplinary and inter-traditional sense, then this text should be on one's list as an artifact of first significance. If one is objective about it, the thrust of its central arguments seem not so very distant at all from Aurobindo's.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Audio rendering of Limbs of Integral Yoga by Alok Pandey in Coimbatore today


Audio Rendering of “Limbs of Integral Yoga” by Alok Pandey, Sri Aurobindo Society No:8, Race Course, 6.00 p.m. ...
from alok pandey taijasalok@yahoo.co.in reply-to sbicitizen@yahoogroups.com to sbicitizen@yahoogroups.com date 20 May 2011 10:44 subject Re: [sbicitizen] Re: Leaders of the Integral Yoga

Do you mean to say that men like Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo were merely fooling themselves or a Buddha was void of intellect or the many many persons across the world experts in different fields (mine is psychiatry, by the way) are all deluded and only Marx and his tribe who neither believe in Yoga nor in anything more than matter are the only sane and wise people left on the planet! […]
Yoga on the contrary gives both value and meaning to life, a purpose greater than merely living for food and sex and the rest.  

Integral Education: The CIIS Blog: Philosophy and Religion By ZACK ROGOW, Senior Editor in the Communications Department. His most recent book of poems is "The Number Before Infinity"
I spoke recently to Jim Ryan, professor and director of the Asian and Comparative Studies program at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Ryan is a much-loved faculty member who teaches classes in Sanskrit and Indian religion. …
During his time at CIIS, he has opened up to the spiritual side of his area of study. “I became a convert because no one tried to convert me,” Ryan explains. “If someone had told me, ‘You have to read 'The Life Divine' by Sri Aurobindo,’ I would have run away and never come back.” 
He is proud to be listed as one of the “founding mothers” of the Women’s Spirituality program at CIIS, which started when Ryan chaired the Philosophy and Religion department. Ryan is renowned for his ability to intone the thousand names of the Hindu goddess Lalita in Sanskrit. 
Even after thirty years, he still finds CIIS a stimulating place to teach: “Our strength in the Asian and Comparative Studies program is that we believe that practice in the tradition you study makes you a better scholar.”
Why should a student choose CIIS? “Because you will be taken account of as a whole person,” says Ryan, “including your spiritual aspirations and development. The students here are not student widgets. We give a place to the fuller narratives of people’s lives, allowing them to be fuller people.”
In this next chapter, Sri Aurobindo takes up the actual process by which the evolution of consciousness takes place in the manifestation. ...
sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/.../principles-of-the-evolutionary-process/
A Comprehensive Study of Education - Page 260 - S. Samuel Ravi - Sri Aurobindo Ghosh (1872-1950) INTRODUCTION Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, occupies a very important ...
Poetry Time: 21 May 2011—The Lost Boat by Sri Aurobindo ... Re: Sri Aurobindo's Avatarhood and the Lives of Sri Aurobindo by Peter Heehs: Vishwas Patel by...
Karma-Yoga and Bhakti-Yoga | Healthy Living With Yoga
9 hours ago - Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching & Method of Practice US Edition One of the foremost Indian philosophers of the twentieth century, Sri Aurobindo was ...
Savitri Era Devotees: Four movements of consciousness
This is a description of the various movements given by Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. ... Sri Aurobindo on the various movements of consciousness ...
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Motion Picture Editing course in Delhi, Sri Aurobindo Centre for ...
Find Motion Picture Editing course in Delhi, Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts & Communication. Compare Motion Picture Editing details, courses offered, ...
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Sri Aurobindo translated about 41 poems of Vidyapati from a very old Bengali... This is an early work of Sri Aurobindo, while staying in Baroda soon after ...
Feel Philosophy: Mira Alfassa was a great modernizer and reformist
The meeting of the East and the West in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy Sisir Kumar Maitra ... Sri Aurobindo Ghose: the dweller in the lands of silence - William ...
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Sri Aurobindo's oft-quoted statement, "Yoga is nothing but practical psychology", provides the pivotal inspiration for this compilation. Rs. 75.00 ...
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Savitri has come to occupy a special place among Sri Aurobindo's works which ... Sri Aurobindo's vision”. She once recommended the study of Savitri to one ...
Schools Directory – Best Coeducational Schools in Adhchini, Delhi ...
The School is situated in the midst of the sylvan surroundings of Sri Aurobindo Ashram (Delhi Branch). This co-educational school has the best ...
The Mother Public School is founded in the year 1984 by Dr. Parmanand Parashar towards the noble cause of educating children up-to the middle level, Mother Public School was a doctor’s gift to the underprivileged children. The president of Kent Medical Foundation, Dr Parmanand Parashar was a homeopathic doctor with a deep affection for children, he felt ‘All children were similar in a way but still every Child was unique’. …
The School is secular and open to children from all backgrounds. The School follows the three principles of teaching as enunciated by Sri Aurobindo. The teacher is not looked upon as an instructor or a taskmaster but is held with honor and respect and considered to be a helper and a guide.
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14 hours ago - The commentaries of Sriyuta Bala Gangadhara Tilak and Sri Aurobindo favor the school of karma-yoga, or the path of action, and are also familiar to modern ...
Savitri Era Learning Forum
Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. .... Also incorrect is the statement made here that “Sri Aurobindo shut himself away for ...
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Sri Aurobindo has lived beyond his words and deeds. Not intense philosophies can shroud his listening soul. At the heart, he is of That Impersonal Being ...
Aurobindo Ghosh became Sri Aurobindo and Jatindra Nath Banerjee became Niralamba Swami (Hindi:निरालम्ब स्वामी ) (November 19, 1877-September ... Aurobindo and Jugantar Arun Chandra Guha 
Under Sri Aurobindo's influence, Munshi was attracted to armed rebellion against the British. He even learnt to make bombs, but when he moved to Bombay in ...
Tamil To Kannada Vocabulary
Sri Aurobindo also noted that a large part of the vocabulary of the South Indian languages Tamil Kannada Telugu Malayalam is common with Sanskrit ...
It is also noted that a large part of the vocabulary of the South Indian languages Tamil Kannada Telugu Malayalam is common with Sanskrit ... The Invasion That Never Was Michel Danino, Danino, Nahar (Paperback - Mar 1, 1996)
Pancha-mahabhutas: the five subtle constituents of matter - If everything is consciousness (Brahman), then how does this conscious energy put on the appearance of material solidity. Why does the table appear solid? ...
Sri Aurobindo: Toward a Cinematic Time Vision? - This article which pulls from a preceding article on the "Meditations on the Second Movement of the Isha Upanishad" by Debashish, one on Bergson, Deleuze, ...
Distortions of Quotations - In this text, Peter attempts to distort and misrepresent the relationship of guru and disciple as a romantic personal interest. He distorts simple normal g...
Nandini Satpathy served The Mother - [Why Amma is the odd one out Sify Then, there's the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. Some people may compare the mentoring of Aurobindo to...
Rabindranath Tagore’s letter announcing the renunciation of his Knighthood - Dear Friends, The year 2011 marks the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. We adore him for his poems, songs, novels and short-stories which hav...