At the Feet of The Mother

Nolini da

The Psychic Being and Rebirth

Feb 26, 2017

"The psychic being at the time of death chooses what it will work out in the next birth and determines the character and conditions of the new personality. Life is for the evolutionary growth by experience in the conditions of the Ignorance till one is ready for the higher light."

Pilgrim of the Supermind – Tributes to Nolini-da. Part 4 by Indra Sen

Feb 22, 2017

"Quiet and economical in words and action, as he always was, he was able to dispose of a great deal of business of the Ashram and yet save a lot of time for his varied studies and writings. He looked so leisurely in the midst of all this."

A Vision of The Divine Mother – Nolini Kanta Gupta

Feb 20, 2017

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.

Pilgrim of the Supermind – Tributes to Nolini-da. Part 3 by Arabinda Basu

Feb 18, 2017

"Nolini Kanta is a name to reckon with in the history of man’s spiritual evolution. In spite of being an amazingly versatile talent bordering on genius, he was first and foremost a seeker of the spiritual life. Under the luminous and effective guidance of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother he blossomed into a yogi of high stature and all-round spiritual growth. "

Avatarhood, the Divine Birth and Divine Works

Feb 18, 2017

"... when the crisis has a spiritual seed or intention, then a complete or a partial manifestation of the God-consciousness in a human mind and soul comes as its originator or leader. That is the Avatar."

Food and Sleep in Sadhana

Feb 12, 2017

The transformation to which we aspire is too vast and complex to come at one stroke; it must be allowed to come by stages. The physical change is the last of these stages [...] Till then at least the body and its supporting energies have to be maintained in part by the ordinary means, food, sleep, etc. Food has to be taken in the right spirit, with the right consciousness..."

Pilgrim of the Supermind – Tributes to Nolini-da. Part 2 by Amal Kiran

Feb 11, 2017

"... none can serve as a third Guru in the domain of so rare a reach of Divine Consciousness. Neither did Nolini ever claim to be such. But nobody deserved as richly as he to be a potent helper on the way... He has also figured admirably as a guardian of the Ashram by his wide reputation for deep mystical experience and a many-sided wisdom."

Pilgrim of the Supermind – Tributes to Nolini-da. Part 1 by Nirodbaran

Feb 6, 2017

33 years ago, on 7th February 1984, Nolini Kanta Gupta, a foremost disciple of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, left his body. In the following weeks we will share several tributes to Nolini-da's life, which we find to be very inspiring and touching. We start with an article by Nirod-da.

“The Ideal Centre” – Nolini Kanta Gupta

Feb 3, 2017

An audio recording and a transcript of a talk.