It has been a great error of certain religions as well as of a strongly egocentric section of humanity to believe that God created everything for man’s pleasure and enjoyment. Rather we should say that He created all things for His delight.
The Alipore Ashram (in Hindi)
This talk focuses on the Alipore bomb case trial.
November 29, 1913
“WHY all this noise, all this movement, this vain and futile agitation; why this whirlwind carrying men away like a swarm of flies caught in a storm? How sad is the sight of all that wasted energy, all those useless efforts!
Savitri Overview in Hindi (5/9) Book Seven (conclusion) and Book Eight
This talk takes up the Book of Yoga in detail and also Book eight which is about the Death of Satyavan.
The Ashram Sadhaks
People believe that drawing down of the higher things is not a desirable movement — there should be an effortless descent.
But that is made an excuse for not doing any active sadhana at all — hence a general tamas and inertia in the Ashram, people taking things easily as if they had only to wait and chat and eat and read and sleep and whatever was necessary would descend of itself some day or other.
A Step Towards Victory
We need not suffer this constant sense of a fatality that haunts our lives. We can recreate our fate each moment, rewrite the scroll of destiny, replace the script written by our trembling mind and heart with the script of the soul and thereby change a crisis, even a moment of inevitable death into a door of opportunity and a step towards victory.
Nirvana (in Hindi)
This talk is centered around the third major realisation of Sri Aurobindo, Nirvana, which he had in January 1908.
February 1, 1914
O Lord, eternal Master, enlighten us, guide our steps, show us the way towards the realisation of Thy law, towards the accomplishment of Thy work.
Choice and Destiny
This message is about our role in shaping our destiny. It raises and answers the question if destiny can be changed.
Revolution and the National Education (in Hindi)
This talk takes up some aspects of the national education inspired by Sri Aurobindo and also the needed qualities for a leader of any revolution.
November 22, 1913
A few minutes passed in silence before Thee are worth centuries of felicity…
The Central Point (HH 019)
A Talk by Dr Alok Pandey from the “Tuesday Talks” series
The Key
It is indeed doubt and distrust, depression and despair, most of all fear that closes this inner door from where we can receive help beyond our imagination and stay always and under any and every circumstance with peace and a serene joy
In the Moments of Crisis
This message is for all who are going through a state of crisis. It directs us to the source of hope and strength within us.