Friday, August 07, 2015

Sachidananda Mohanty received his education at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education in Puducherry

Veenapani Chawla's last play `The Hare and the Tortoise' was the summation and pinnacle of her artistic works and spiritual quest guided by Sri Aurobindo's

Sachidananda Mohanty, who received his education at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education in Puducherry, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of ... He recalled with fondness the unique training he received at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education that contributed to the growth of his personality. 
“A life dedicated to the pursuit of mental, physical, artistic and the spiritual selves of our being could be the key to the success of education. The influence of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram on young and receptive minds could never be fathomed. It is this vision of education, progressive and emancipatory in character, that could be the answer to the nation’s needs,” said Mr. Mohanty.
Mr. Mohanty’s last work was the book, Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India, which draws on his association with Puducherry and features Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa or The Mother and Paul Richard, among others.
Mr. Mohanty often visits Puducherry as his family members and friends reside here.

FIR over 1939 poem Times of India
His 'Yatra' in1951 was influenced by the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/followceleb.cms?alias= Stay updated on the go with ...

Evening on Auroville Watershed post
The gathering is being hosted by Julian and Wendy Lines, local residents, who are on the Board of Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center in Mount Tremper, NY. Wendy ...

Find out how the Japanese do percussion at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium on Saturday at 8 p.m. Yuhei Motoyama, who has been drumming since the age of 12, ...

... 1898-1950: A Lost Tradition, Sage Publications, 2005; Gender and Cultural Identity in Colonial Orissa, Orient Longman 2008; Sri Aurobindo: A Contemporary ...

Madurai today The Hindu-01-Aug-2015
Aravindar Annai Trust: Sri Aurobindo's 143{+r}{+d}birth anniversary and 68{+t}{+h}independence day celebration, students' competition, TVS Community ...

For old times' sake Hindu Business Line-31-Jul-2015
The only reminder of the building's glorious past is a dust-covered plaque — it states that Sri Aurobindo lived here from 1906 to 1907. Baghbazar's Basubati is ...

India's Colonial Charm Financial Express-30-Jul-2015
The best aspect is the hotel's strategic location, just few minutes away from scenic beach Boulevard, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Bharathi Park and also from the ...

'Remarkable Personality' The New Indian Express-29-Jul-2015
PUDUCHERRY: Sri Aurobindo Ashram has condoled the demise of former President A P J Abdul Kalam and described him as a remarkable scientist who had ...

As part of the challenge, technology students from India are shortlisted for international €100,000 prize from Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education.

The Triumph of the Individual OpEdNews-28-Jul-2015
Aurobindo called the solution the Supramental, on which the very future of our ... The other half according to Sri Aurobindo, is to be found in the depths of Death, ...

The Sri Aurobindo Ashram in a statement said, “A true son of Mother India he ... he found the time to come and pay homage at the samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and ...

'Mission of Ashram Bigger Than Mine' The New Indian Express-28-Jul-2015
PUDUCHERRY: Former President of India A P J Abdul Kalam was closely associated with Sri AurobindoAshram and Auroville. He not only visited the ashram a ...

After Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo and many other saintly social reformers, India lost former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on July 27, Monday. The loss is ...

Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

Save Mirambika – getting more & more support from one and all - Famous author @chetan_bhagat tweeted / retweeted twice in support of #SaveMirambika today. After YouTube video support from famous fashion photog @tkhiwal,...

Off the Cuff-38 - [image: 2015_08_07_performance_off_the_cuff_38_english_1]This week; feedback duties of Aurovilians, up coming events and now you can send Auroville a messa...

Off the Cuff-38 - [image: Thumbnail for 3743]In this session we scan the various reports and requests for feed-back. Did you know the average Avlian is expected to give feed...

Action Not Dependent on the Motive Force of Desire - It is a major axiom for the practitioner of Karma Yoga in particular that the seeker must loosen the attachment to the fruit of works and the impulsion of ...

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F.W.H. Myers, Max Théon, and Sri Aurobindo - In the medieval West and Middle East, one finds reference to four worlds (olam) in Kabbalah, or five in Sufism (where they are also called tanazzulat; "des...

Chintan: India and Me: Part 3a: Digression - Part 1 Part 2 Author’s note: Based on some suggestions received, I have given names to all the 8 learner-participants and their mentor Di. Changes have ...

Far Side of the Moon - From nasa.gov.

Downplaying Sri Aurobindo and Subhas Chandra Bose - Heehs is not making an original observation when he refers to Sri Aurobindo and his associates as terrorists. http://t.co/LMFQ6BJ3hi Finally, readers shoul...

Sri Aurobindo was a Terrorist, says Peter Heehs – by Krish Patwardhan - Sri Aurobindo was a Terrorist, says Peter Heehs, in his book *Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism – Essays in Modern Indian History*, published by *Oxford ...

Quote UnQuote 3: Herd - Source “Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana Isn’t this a bitter tr...

Dyuman’s Correspondence with the Mother: Fourth Installment - Dear Friends, Chunibhai Patel (19.6.1903—19.8.1992) was a Gujarati sadhak who was renamed ‘Dyuman’ (“the luminous one”) by Sri Aurobindo on 24 November 192...

The greatest messianic philosopher the world has known, Sri Aurobindo -SethF1968 (MIA Author) on November 26, 2012 at 1:32 pm said: Rossa Yes I think they are complementary. Man is the Messiah as well as the son of God, the h...

Disconnect between the academy and the bar and bench - Assorted Tweets: In @livemint I argue a dysfunction of the Indian political economy is the favouring of individuals over institutions http://t.co/EuFKHCA7X...

SH 177 B3C04 pp 342-344 The Vision of a New Creation - 29th July 2015 at Dining Room Hall, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India. Savitri study with Alok Pandey SAVITRI BOOK Three : The Book of the Divine Mot...

Gandhi was condemning Madanlal Dhingra in 1909 - Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - Marketime Gandhi's war on the revolutionaries was the industrialists' too - Mahat...

The Matilal Strategy - B. K. Matilal (1935-1991) was undoubtedly one of the most influential scholars of Indian philosophy in the late 20th century. His work has greatly influenc...

On tradition and observation in Tibetan medicine - Two disclaimers are required for this week’s post. First, Janet Gyatso was on my dissertation committee and before that served … Continue reading →

Focus on politics as per Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx book - Terror has no religion has been amply mocked but another dimension that needs consideration is most terrorists are employees & breadwinners. As long as Kash...

The Master as I Saw Him by Sister Nivedita (free ebook) - The Master As I Saw Him. An intimate telling of the life and times of Swami Vivekananda by his devoted disciple, Sister Nivedita.

LOONY TUNES NO. 119 - 1 *“Nannus”* posts (12 July) on “Embassy of the Future” HERE “*Being Strangeled by the Invisible Hand*” 2 *“Earsto1*” posts (22 July) HERE ““Your Invisibl...

Margaret Woodrow Wilson : American President's daughter lived and died in Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry - Religion: Dishta of Pondicherry Monday, Feb. 08, 1943 On southern India's Coromandel Coast New York Times Correspondent Herbert L. Matthews last week stumb...

Dialog, simple instructions - I just posted a rather detailed (and perhaps overly complex?) blog on dialog in Mother and Sri Aurobindo’s writings. For practical purposes, I thought it m...

Towards Sustainable Farming – M.S. Srinivasan - Agricultural systems are a vital link in our planetary ecology. We cannot hope to achieve sustainability without sustainable farming. This article examines...

Be simple, Be happy, Remain quiet - - Plain & Simple Talks by Alok Pandey at Integral Yoga Retreats - Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. - Save Miramb...

Vedas and Gods: 03: Vedic Yoga was mediated through the Gods - Vedism is in contact with the gods and, THROUGH THE GODS, with the Supreme; but it is not in direct contact with the Supreme – there is no inner, psychic con...

Christianity, contemporary legacies, and the critique of secularism - The last post took my response up to the twentieth century invention of “Christian human rights.” This one engages with crucial details about my case for c...

Physical Education: 20: Mother sees the Divine Body - Afterwards, when I met Sri Aurobindo and talked to him about it, he told me, ‘It is surely the prototype of the supramental form.’ I saw it several times aga...

Parallels between Buddha and Jesus - Originally posted on Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother: Dec 30, 1896. Swami Vivekananda was fast asleep on the ship which was taking him back to ...

The Truth about our difficulties – Mother - Sri Aurobindo writes here: “… Few and brief in their visits are the Bright Ones who are willing or permitted to succour.”¹Why ? One must go and ask them !...

ASPIRATION - Botanical Name: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Common Name*: *Night jasmine Spiritual Significance: *Aspiration* *Innumerable, obstinate, repeating itself tirel...

Mother’s ‘Five Points Program’, & Thought Control in our Life - Originally posted on Lab of Evolution: During my early years in Auroville, my outer work was teaching in the school as it existed then. But my inner work wa...

A MONOTONE OF HOMOGENOUS BEAUTY - The ‘I’ arises in the moment an infinitesimal becoming of the infinite, At times a shrunken ‘I’, […] The post A MONOTONE OF HOMOGENOUS BEAUTY appea...

Bhawani Bharati and Sri Aurobindo: 150: Tonight's Illumination - We have been asked to intimate to the public that illuminations will be a part of the celebration today. We hope that every householder will illuminate his h...

Friday, July 31, 2015

Be simple, Be happy, Remain quiet

Monday, July 27, 2015

Umapada Sen played a pivotal role in the establishment of an Ashram Centre at Rairangpur in 1949

Aug 15, 2014 - On the occasion of Sri Aurobindo's birthday an unpublished letter of his has been uploaded in the online forum ... 

In 1946 he joined the newly-formed Mayurbhanj Spinning Mill as the legal adviser. He was associated with a number of projects related to social welfare especially women education and played a pivotal role in the establishment of an Ashram Centre at Rairangpur in 1949. He passed away at the age of seventy-two on 16 December 1963.

We are thankful to Mrs. Arpita Sengupta, youngest daughter of Umapada Sen, for allowing us to publish the letter of Sri Aurobindo which is seeing the light of day for the first time in the online forum of Overman Foundation. For the benefit of the reader Sri Aurobindo’s reply has been italicized.
With warm regards,
Anurag Banerjee
Founder, Overman Foundation.

Beni Madhav Mohanty said, August 18, 2014 at 7:37 am
thanks for the info, had visited this little centre in 2012, saw and was astounded to know its history now have proof of Umapadada’s letter from the lord , it is the oldest centre in Orissa founded with Sri Aurobindo’s blessings in nov 24th 1949 , 65 yrs ago …

Yesterday Benimadhav Mohanty took a nasty swipe at a friend of mine ... the denigration of Sri Aurobindo in his own Ashram by Peter Heehs.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

F. H. W. Myers, William James, and Émile Durkheim

Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Integral Yoga doesn't involve any asanas

Mirambika Crisis: So called neutrals in an email dialogue – interesting - An interesting albeit somewhat rambling email exchange between two so called neutral Mirambika parent friends, Jasmeet & Mandakini (wonderful better halves...

The Indian Express - Last week, the school's 150 students were shifted to an unauthorised and under-construction building located on the premises of Sri Aurobindo ...

Times of India-03-Jul-2015 ... moved into unauthorized and under-construction premises above a bank located on the premises of Sri Aurobindo Ashram on Wednesday. 

Times of India-01-Jul-2015 According to the protesting parents, the children were moved to clear the way for AICTE approval of the engineering college that Sri Aurobindo ... 

Times of India-28-Apr-2015 Mirambika was founded in 1981. In '84, Delhi Development Authority allotted SriAurobindo Education Society land for a "college building".

Ratnamali Jema had offered the entire land of Matrugram to Sri Aurobindo Ashram - Relics Centres - Dasa Karmadhara - Events Organisation News (Monthly) January 2014 Aspruha - Ganjam On behalf of Aspruha Zone, there was a Science Exhibition...

Prapatti Memorial Lecture was conducted at Matrubhaban, Cuttack - Relics Centres - Dasa Karmadhara - Events - July 2014 Organisation News (Monthly) June 2014 Aspruha - Gajapati Dibya Janani Pathachakra, Sebakapur, District ...

Sriballav Panigrahi was the president of New Life Education Trust - [Panigrahi was the president of New Life Education Trust for Promotion of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education in Odisha] http://t.co/wdt3GZEJd7 May, 2014 - Mo...

Integral Yoga Retreats (June-July 2015) - All the contents of this website is available at : http://auro-maa.org Talks were delivered by Alok Pandey as part of Integral Yoga Retreats, which...

The First Step of Liberation from the Modes of Nature Through the Witness Consciousness - Originally posted on Sri Aurobindo Studies: When the seeker decides to apply the leverage of the bifurcation of the Witness from the action of Nature, there...

The Hindu-01-Jun-2015 “Why did Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu travel to Pondicherry over 500 years ago from Nabadwip Dham, West Bengal? Why did Agastya Muni ...

The revolutionary contact was further fueled by his rendezvous with Niralamba Swami, the earliest disciple of Sri Aurobindo. After meeting other revolutionaries, ...

The Hindu-27-Mar-2015 However, unlike the spiritually driven movement of the 19th and 20th Century with luminaries like Raja Rammohun Roy and Sri Aurobindo, the ...

The Shillong Times - SHILLONG: Art of living Shillong organized a four-day spine care and posture session at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Culture recently.

Times of India-24-Apr-2015 KOLKATA: Did Rishi Aurobindo 'run away' from India's freedom movement? Or was he disillusioned by the ways of the freedom fighters? 

Daily News & Analysis-10-Jun-2015 The man who mooted the idea was the young Swami Vivekananda, and a few decades later it was again articulated by Sri Aurobindo.

Sify-05-Apr-2010 Although Pondicherry is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Sri Aurobindo's arrival in the former French Establishment, the Bengali seer's ... 

The Hindu-06-Mar-2015 According to Sri Aurobindo, they describe the psycho-spiritual processes experienced by the sages or scientists of the inner worlds, on their ...

Huffington Post India-07-May-2015 India has produced a constant stream of enlightened masters immemorial -- gurus that embrace the essence of all religions -- Sri Aurobindo, ...

The New Indian Express-23-May-2015 Meanwhile, the faith that India has still something to do for herself and for humanity is being reinforced, as Sri Aurobindo wrote, nearly a century ...

May 10, 2015 - Dear Friends, Not many are aware of the fact that Sri Aurobindo had granted an interview to a correspondent of The Hindu in early 1915.

Aug 15, 2014 - Sri Aurobindo was one of the greatest philosophers, revolutionary, mystics and visionaries of modern history. He was a major leader in India's ... 

Deccan Herald-30-Dec-2014 This township was the brainchild of 'The Mother' of Sri Aurobindo Ashram. ... Saving the cows, starving the children · Hindu religion has solution ... 

Times of India-07-May-2015 That's probably why this experimental township, based on the world vision and integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, has birthed a ... 

The Hindu-16-Mar-2015 I can see only two future scenarios: one of self-destruction because human beings are programmed for it, and the other, like Sri Aurobindo said, ...

The Hindu-24-Feb-2015 ... to pay obeisance to spiritual destinations of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram or Auroville founded by Aurobindo's compatriot Mirra Alfassa in 1968.

The New Indian Express-21-Feb-2015 ... Integral Yoga that was stipulated by Sri Aurobindo which doesn't involve any asanas but is aimed at awakening the supermind; Ishta Yoga ...

Swarajya-10-Apr-2015 Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Tilak, Gandhi, Savarkar, Ambedkar. .... In this definition, Sri Aurobindo explicitly states that Hinduism is so-called ...

Deccan Herald-04-Mar-2015 Sri Aurobindo's response remains relevant as the relationship between development and fertility continues to be overshadowed by the right ... 

The Statesman (press release)-30-May-2015 ... Western scholarship unquestioningly accepted in India (C.V.Vaidya, to whom Hiltebeitel refers often, and Sri Aurobindo to whom he ignores, ...

Times of India-10-Oct-2014 SRI AUROBINDO PATHAMANDIR: This one is primarily a religious centre that also sells books. Established on August 15, 1941, this store has ...

Economic Times-01-Jan-2015 The Maitri Mandir, envisioned by Mirra Alfassa or the Mother, one of the most dedicated disciples of Sri Aurobindo. as a place where human ... 

The Hindu-21-Feb-2015 Religion. Sri Aurobindo Devotees Trust: Prayers, Sasi Balika Vidya Mandir, Azad Road, R.S. Puram, 4 p.m., Annai Meditation Centre, W 7 C, ... 

The Hindu-01-May-2015 Sri Aurobindo Society: Reading of 'The yoga of Sri Aurobindo's savitri ', Chinna Chokkikulam, 4 p.m.. Maharishi Ved Vigyan Bhavan: ... 

The Hindu-07-Jun-2015 Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust : Talk on 'Surrender in integral yoga – Part II' by Jamshed Mavalwalla, Sri Aurobindo Complex, Sri Aurobindo ... 

The Hindu-06-Jun-2015 Sri Drowpathy Amman Fire Walking Festival: RBANM's School ... Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust: Talk on 'Surrender in integral yoga – Part I' by ... 

The Hindu-23-Apr-2015 Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust: Talk on 'The ultimate man – Hellenic and beyond' by Bhaskara Reddi, Sri Aurobindo Complex, Cultural Hall, Sri ... 

The Hindu-01-May-2015 Veda of the body: Talk by Alok Pandey from Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry, Sri Aurobindo Complex, Cultural Hall, Sri Aurobindo Marg, J.P. ... 

The Hindu-10-Jun-2015 Discourse on 'The Supreme claim of the divine mother' by Anuradha Chowdary from Sri AurobindoAshram, Puducherry, Sri Aurobindo ... 

The Hindu-23-Nov-2014 Sri Aurobindo's Siddhi Day: Talk on Demystifying Savitri – part II by Prof. T. Ramakrishna, Hon. Director,Sri Aurobindo Centre for Education in ... 

Carl Jung and Sri Aurobindo Mr. Johnson tackles a huge task in his comparison and elucidation of Jung and the great intellectual Indian man who lived...

Outlook-07-Nov-2014 - But you have a lot of interest in spirituality and are a follower of Sri Aurobindo, ... As you know Hinduism comes in a whole variety of moods and impulses and ...

Swarajya-09-May-2015 ... and is a follower of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo. .... He delivered that sentence first in Hindi and then translated it himself into ...

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri Savitri Cultural. ... Messages given by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo · 

Sri Aurobindo, in a significant verse on the mind of desire, says “its passion caught what the calm intelligence missed”. For example, Vaishnava mystics of India ...

Dr. Shrikant Jamadagni has a PhD in Aurobindo studies and is a working ... He is deeply passionate about Indian Renaissance as expounded by Sri Aurobindo.

Calcutta Telegraph-29-Jul-2011 Consider the fate, within India, of a biography of Sri Aurobindo written by Peter Heehs. Heehs is a real scholar, the author of several substantial ... 

The Hindu-06-Jan-2015 Meanwhile, Latha will revisit 'Savitri', based on Sri Aurobindo's classic. “It is high philosophy; it's the story of mankind's conquest over fear and ...

The Hindu-15-Nov-2014 The Mother's Room at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram will be open for 'darshan' on the occasion of The Mother's Mahasamadhi Day from 4.30 a.m. ... 

Mumbai Mirror-30-Nov-2014 An unwavering believer in the The Mother, spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, the varied interests of VP, as she would sign herself, ranged ...

SriMaa And SriAurobido 2 days ago - Sri Maa and Sri Aurobindo.

The central focus is Sri Aurobindo's mantric epic Savitri : a legend and a symbol, which the Mother has called 'The supreme revelation of Sri Aurobindo's vision'.

India Today-17-Jan-2015 The famous Sri Aurobindo Ashram is under the scanner of the Supreme Court following allegations of harassment of women and child inmates ...