Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
namaste, why do we have three Societies in name of Sriaurobindo. Time to consolidate and become ONE, else lot of redundancies will keep accumulating.
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You are quoting Sri Aurobindo out of context. From a spiritual point of view gender has no role to play. The Mother is displeased about this distinction. In SA Ashram, which you are so well acquainted with, do not stress on any gender differences.
I am the vast bosom of Thy boundless love…. My arms have enfolded the sorrowful earth and press it tenderly to my generous heart; and
- The Mother
Prayers and Meditations: August 11, 1914
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[PDF] Teaching-learning Process at Sri Aurobindo's Integral School-An Explorative Study
S Mohanty, T Subhrajyoti - Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies, 2023
… Objectives of the study were to study the life of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh and the
educational philosophy of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. Design of … that Sri Aurobindo
presented his idea in 1910 and 1937, it is still applicable to today's educational …
educational philosophy of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. Design of … that Sri Aurobindo
presented his idea in 1910 and 1937, it is still applicable to today's educational …
[PDF] Spiritual Landscape
D Uthirapathi, G Nivedhan, S Santhakumar - International Journal of Recent …, 2023
… According to Sri Aurobindo, “Man does not instantaneously reach the utmost
inner height, and if it were expected of him immediately, he would never reach it. He
demands some stream of thought, dogma, worship, image, sign, and symbols, as …
inner height, and if it were expected of him immediately, he would never reach it. He
demands some stream of thought, dogma, worship, image, sign, and symbols, as …
Learning to Live Together Harmoniously: Spiritual Perspectives from Indian Classrooms
J Patel - 2023
This book calls for an expanded vision of holistic education that emphasizes
togetherness and harmony through the discovery of oneself, others, and the larger
society. It brings together teachers’ voices, experiences, and practices for such an …
togetherness and harmony through the discovery of oneself, others, and the larger
society. It brings together teachers’ voices, experiences, and practices for such an …
Remind: The Prescription for Happiness, Success, and Fulfilment in Life
L Foulder-Hughes - 2023
… Dance is an integral part of human nature. Humans have always danced. There is
evidence that our earliest ancestors used dance as part … Dr Madan Kataria is a
medical doctor who first brought to the world’s attention the therapeutic benefits of …
evidence that our earliest ancestors used dance as part … Dr Madan Kataria is a
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[PDF] Interrogating the Authenticity of Dalit Texts in Translation
M Yadav
The paper looks at the complexities involved in the translation of Dalit texts. There is
an attempt to look at the Dalit texts in translation as “new writing”,“recovery” and “discovery”.
The paper attempts to answer the most important question: can the Dalit texts in …
an attempt to look at the Dalit texts in translation as “new writing”,“recovery” and “discovery”.
The paper attempts to answer the most important question: can the Dalit texts in …
[PDF] Poetics of Black Foodscapes: A Qualitative Study Exploring Black Culinary Epistemologies in the Food Practices of Urban-dwelling African American Women …
AK Stewart - 2023
… Within these populations, food has been integral to the production of culture,
preservation of tradition, and sustenance of corporeal black … frame of reference as
it relates to bodies and food practices that are integral to overall well-being. Another …
preservation of tradition, and sustenance of corporeal black … frame of reference as
it relates to bodies and food practices that are integral to overall well-being. Another …
[PDF] Religious Fundamentalism: Islamic Fundamentalism, Hindu Fundamentalism, Christian Fundamentalism
A Al Mamun
… foreign-beginning finances most effectively to Hindutva organizations, over
20,000 non-Hindutva civil Society organizations have had their … people, with
marauding bands employed for bodily assaults on all who disagree with Hindutva—particularly …
20,000 non-Hindutva civil Society organizations have had their … people, with
marauding bands employed for bodily assaults on all who disagree with Hindutva—particularly …
Follow the Leader, Lose the Region: Charting a Canadian Strategy for the Asia-Pacific
J Reeves - 2023
As competition among the traditional great powers in the Asia region intensifies,
Canada faces a stark choice: Should it align its foreign policy with the US-led free
and open Indo-Pacific strategy? Shared values and material ties give Canada a …
Canada faces a stark choice: Should it align its foreign policy with the US-led free
and open Indo-Pacific strategy? Shared values and material ties give Canada a …
Ethan Mills Apr 19 |
I recently received a note from Prof. Nirmalya Chakraborty (Rabindra Bharati University) about an exciting new digital library. It includes three categories: Navya-Nyāya Scholarship in Nabadwip, Philosophers of Modern India, and Twentieth Century Paṇḍitas of Kolkata. You can find the site here: https://darshanmanisha.org
In 2021, a Harvard professor published the book “Religion and the Rise of Capitalism,” where he says we typically ignore religion’s influence on the way our economic system developed—
that we typically think of modern economics as a secular product of the Enlightenment...
…but Protestant religious beliefs are DEEPLY encoded in it.
95 Theses Daddy had a LASTING impact, and these beliefs came loooong before the good ole’ US of A.
The “Father of Economics” Adam Smith was born in Scotland in 1723.
Friedman wrote, “Beliefs about God-given human character, about the after-life, and about the purpose of our existence, were all under scrutiny in the world in which Adam Smith and his contemporaries lived.”
Riches were considered not a gift from God, but as a reward for achievement and a sign of good character.
“Hustle culture” is basically a 21st-century rebrand of centuries-old beliefs that there’s a direct link between one’s hard work and their access to heaven. #grindset
Even Max Weber, in “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,” wrote in 1904 that the Protestant ethic was key to the success of Protestant groups in the early stages of European capitalism, because “worldly success was interpreted as a sign of eternal salvation.”
“Friedman explores how those debates go far in explaining the puzzling behavior of so many of our fellow citizens whose views about economic policies—and whose voting behavior—seems sharply at odds with what would be to their own economic benefit.”
The philosophical foundation of his system was a Humean theory of imagination that encompassed a distinctive idea of sympathy. Smith saw sympathy as our ability to understand the situation of the other person, a form of knowledge that constitutes the basis for all assessment of the behaviour of others. Our spontaneous tendency to observe others is inevitably turned upon ourselves, and this is Smith’s key to understanding the moral identity of the individual through social interaction. On this basis he suggested a theory of moral judgment and moral virtue in which justice was the key to jurisprudence. Smith developed an original theory of rights as the core of ‘negative’ justice, and a theory of government as, primarily, the upholder of justice. But he maintained the political significance of ‘positive’ virtues in a public, non-governmental sphere. Within this framework he saw a market economy developing as an expression of humanity’s prudent self-interest. Such self-interest was a basic feature of human nature and therefore at work in any form of society; but commercial society was special because it made the pursuit of self-interest compatible with individual liberty; in the market the poor are not personally dependent upon the rich. At the same time, he recognized dangers in commercial society that needed careful institutional and political management.
What are the fundamental assumptions that inform Hindutva representations of the past? What might we foreground to change, as Thapar has, the very terms of engagement? What might such a reformulation for our Hindutva present look like?
G.N. Devy bares Hindutva's incongruency with Indian history.
#ExpressOpinion | Replacing ‘western knowledge’ with ‘Indian knowledge’ will produce a generation of students that will hold anything in the ‘western knowledge’ system with scorn, writes G N Devy
What a disaster forecast for Indian Knowledge systems:))
Terrible strawman to prevent genuine discussion about 'decolonisation' by throwing labels, spreading FUD & muddying the waters. We have to fight against exactly this sort of straitjacketed binary thinking cc
Points:
The Western system thinks of knowledge as a known, while Indian traditions of thought looked at knowledge as an experience.
Here, he says that Western knowledge system is logical, hence scientific; while ours is based on experience hence non-scientific.
The Western system thinks of knowledge as a known, while Indian traditions of thought looked at knowledge as an experience.
Here, he says that Western knowledge system is logical, hence scientific; while ours is based on experience hence non-scientific. This is wrong to anyone who understands or have ever read Indian Knowledge system. Indian knowledge system gave birth to logic, binary logic (went to Greeks), Quad-logic systems as well. Moreover, we were phenomenal in science, astronomy, mathematics, medicine.
We had great mathematicians till the destruction of Kerela school of mathematics. Ayurveda is the first evidence based (logical scientific) knowledge system of medicine. We were masters of engineering process which is not possible without logical scientific process in place.
It is only in the limitation of science, in the quest for consciousness, that we allowed the "experience" to be the acceptable proof as well but this too is shallow understanding. If one person experiences something, he must formulate the method that allows others to formulate the same experience which has the same result. Only then that experiential knowledge is taken seriously in Indian Education systems.
Memory had been a central interest in Indian traditions of learning from the earliest times. The larger part of ancient Indian literature was preserved through memorisation with a very high standard of accuracy.
Don't see how this makes any case for his conclusion?
He concludes that if an ideology that nurtures the fantasy that “all knowledge” was developed in ancient India attempts to force educators to bring “Indian knowledge” to replace “western knowledge”, it is predictably going to result in the greatest intellectual disaster.The problem is that no-one is going that route and also his conclusion itself is based on ignorance about Indian Education system.
In reality, Western Education System must be dismantled entirely - especially Social Sciences. Link: bit.ly/3UOvg6i
Adam Smith was born three hundred years ago in 1723. His invisible hand doesn't refer to god or any supernatural force. His sympathy and self-interest however do have religious connotations but if compared to Sri Aurobindo's fraternity, the chasm between their approaches is wide.
Savitri Era Political Action: Researching the context is important sepact.blogspot.com/2023/04/resear
Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006) and President, Savitri Era Party (2007).
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.