Using the Mother’s flower teachings as a framework, this film presents the story of her life and work from her birth and early childhood realizations, her spiritual attainments and her meeting with Sri Aurobindo and the formation of the Ashram.
At the Feet of The Mother
Documentaries and Videos
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on the New Birth: birth of the true consciousness, that of the Divine Presence in us. A video clip by Wilfried Schuh, Germany.
Film narrates the history of building Matrimandir, an important and powerful feature at the heart of Auroville, which was seen by the Mother as the symbol of the Divine's answer to man's aspiration for perfection and as the central cohesive force for the growth of city.
A video clip, based on a video taped on April 24, 1973 by filmmaker Ms. Flame Schon (Diane Rochlin).
Remember why thou cam'st:
"Find out thy soul, recover thy hid self,
In silence seek God's meaning in thy depths"
[Sri Aurobindo, Savitri]
"Men are so much engrossed in the crowded life of senses that they hardly aware of themselves as apart from the movements in which they are carried. Even the few who have become conscious of their mental selves and stand aloof from their external life-movements, are lost in the noise of their own thought-activity and emotional turmoils."
The second of two talks by Loretta Shartsis (Auroville) at the Unity Pavilion in February 2017 - video and audio versions
The first of two talks by Loretta Shartsis (Auroville) at the Unity Pavilion in February 2017, in video and audio formats
Four early Aurovillians - Frederick, Dayanand, Narad and Joss - bring their memories of The Mother guidance about "landing Auroville". A documentary produced by Auro Image in 2016.
A video clip "To Thee Homage" with views of Matrimandir and gardens around it, produced by Auroville Video Productions with use of drone technology.
"The central aim of Knowledge is the recovery of the Self, of our true self-existence [...]. Hence the supreme importance to man of Knowledge, not what is called the practical knowledge of life, but of the profoundest knowledge of the Self and Nature on which alone a true practice of life can be founded." Sri Aurobindo, Synthesis of Yoga.
Awarded 'Best Film' at the Delhi Documentary Film Festival in 2001, this movie by Auroville Press is based on a text from "The Renaissance in India" by Sri Aurobindo. This is a High Definition version of the film with FRENCH subtitles.
Awarded 'Best Film' at the Delhi Documentary Film Festival in 2001, this movie by Auroville Press is based on a text from "The Renaissance in India" by Sri Aurobindo. This is a High Definition version of the film in HINDI.
Awarded 'Best Film' at the Delhi Documentary Film Festival in 2001, this movie by Auroville Press is based on a text from "The Renaissance in India" by Sri Aurobindo. This is a High Definition version of the film in ENGLISH.
A short composition, based on photographs of The Mother, a vision of Nolini Kanta Gupta, music by Sunil Bhattacharya, and paintings by Priti Ghosh. Produced on occasion of The Mother's Darshan of February 21, 2017, in Pondicherry.
