Assorted tweets
Enough of devotion! We now want critical works on Sri Aurobindo's literary output. Of course, nobody shd forget on whom he/she is writing! Can u forget when u r writing on Shakespeare? Like that. Sri Aurobindo is another Lord of the English language.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137541369789001728?s=19
He must be placed in a comparative framework. Else the world won't accept his merit. Most in the world r not devotees of Sri Aurobindo. And our objective will be to make them know him. Devotion has done enough harm to Sri Aurobindo. Both the devotees n detractors r guilty.
Let us open out the master for all-- devotees n non-devotees. Sri Aurobindo for all shd be the slogan.
Many people are not bhaktas. But they are fascinated by his language of prose n poetry. They are welcome to appreciate Sri Aurobindo. Those who abuse him shd be treated as becharas!
Sri Aurobindo for Hindus, for Muslims, for Christians, for Sikhs, for Jainas, Buddhists -- Sri Aurobindo for all. Why does an Avatar speak n write English? Because he is for humanity. He is the writer of a great bk called The Ideal of Human Unity.
All can do integral yoga. A change of religion is not needed for that.
Shakespeare is the supreme Lord of Language. Sri Aurobindo has a whole body of aesthetics on Shakespeare. Without rationality n balance in the devotees Sri Aurobindo will continue to be neglected.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137614319816851456?s=19
I was referring to Shakespeare's language. Not his substance. Shakespeare n Sri Aurobindo r the 2 greatest Lords of language. By the way Sri Aurobindo's Interpretation of Shakespeare may be seen in The Future Poetry n Letters.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137612077353168896?s=19
The idea is to see Sri Aurobindo as a culture hero. Bhakti is one aspect. Personal matter. There are many aspects of the Master. Let the no-bhaktas also take some fragrance of him from his sociology, anthropology, literature, psychology etc.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137712649888776192?s=19
Beg to differ sir! #SriAurobindo Has No Parallel !
Beg to differ sir again! Devotees haven’t made any harm to #SriAurobindo ! In fact they’re spreading His Words !! As far as quality of Shakespeare is😟,I had a glimpse of it & found it full of violence, hatred, lust,crime...he can’t be compared with SA! @Auro_Mere @BharatPronam
https://twitter.com/Sanjays81301051/status/1137608797239828480?s=19
Exactly ! What #SriAurobindo & the Mother expect from a devotee is Pure Faith & total Surrender!! Rest lies with the Masters!!
Let’s differentiate between study & devotion! #IntegralYoga by #SriAurobindo isn’t meant for all as it’s “call given very rare & few are selected for it !! Otherwise in a world 🌎of billons not a few millions are devotee of SA!!! Because..
Only few can walk in greater light..
https://twitter.com/Sanjays81301051/status/1137660482159091713?s=19
I think you mean by devotee a particularly sombre, cheerless breed who shut out all in a nervy way. But yoga includes 'Rasa' which is why it's integral. Sri Aurobindo wants us to understand the hidden poetry, 'Rasa' the world carries within. বৈরাগ্যসাধনে মুক্তি, সে আমার নয়..
https://twitter.com/Suranjan56/status/1137715781741862913?s=19
Aesthetics is beyond morality. Devotees(some) tend to follow a moral rigour rather than a spiritual one, to build a Sri Aurobindo cult. Defeats purpose. Sri Aurobindo is all embracing, from poetry to battlefield. Branding SA as a school or discipline is a strait jacket.
https://twitter.com/Suranjan56/status/1137694722825187330?s=19
Since the end of WW2 Sri Aurobindo era has begun. It is felt, not known. Like Ramkrishna had said of special force latent in a person: It's there, but one isn't aware of it.
That's the idea. From the sidewalk of College st to Bastaar forest, to seek & find His fragrance, maybe as a Baiju Bawra or a brooding Jibonanondo Das - depends on your sadhana of previous births. And bhakti? Invisible & individual, like fingerprints.
https://twitter.com/Suranjan56/status/1137720461091934216?s=19
SA preferred students to devotees. The former inspect, question and analyse before their claim on knowledge. They deny accepting anything without an acid test, and that saves them from becoming blind believers, who out of lethal habit tend to become superstitious eventually.
https://twitter.com/rimabalaka/status/1137634144056307712?s=19
Understood! But if a student is not a devotee will Sri Aurobindo open himself to that person?
https://twitter.com/lopamudra_adak/status/1137655164465164288?s=19
@GoutamGhosal2 himself is a profound devotee.But being an emninent scholar of Sri Aurobindo he is explaining how students should approach Sri Aurobindo in terms of academic aspects. Moreover a comparative study will strengthen the faith of a devotee and help the world to feel it
https://twitter.com/lopamudra_adak/status/1137659054413664257?s=19
I don't believe in any astrology,life is a function of a vast karmic field that is connected to a huge collective sentience ,u simply cannot simplify this model enough to a few stars and planets,be that western or indic :) and my life depends on my ishta,planets can go to hell
https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1137604956775636992?s=19
Seed is there,as was planted by swami Vivekananda but the planet is not yet ready to unleash the free dance of mahamaya on physical plane as energy flow ,Kali yuga principle is standing very strong,thus energy comes through the barrier of monetary illusion. https://t.co/9Kr5FTuwpo
https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1137685295485210624?s=19
Long before ramdev ji started appearing on our tv sets,swami Vivekananda had advised each and everyone in his USA speeches&discourses,to take up 30 minutes of Nadi shodhan and few minutes of basic bhastrika pranayam for maintaining good health :) (Complete Works volume 1+2)
https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1137583528571314176?s=19
Dada I have not seen one second piece of literature ,not even rishi aurobindo tbh,that combines so many fields or divergent streams of wisdom in the diary of spiritual journey of a common Kolkata man ,only Kolkata can give such literature to the world
https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1137380946011758593?s=19
Ulysses by James Joyce shares a similar pattern in the way of narrative ,but Ulysses borrows from history&mythology,not exactly tantra,Philosophy &science like nigurananda. Btw I realised this now,nigurananda may well be considered a mild 'streams of consciousness' writer
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