This is the concluding chapter of a memoir by Dinendra Kumar Roy (1869-1943), who lived with Sri Aurobindo in Baroda from 1898 to 1900 or 1901. This text first appeared in the journal Sahitya in Bengali in 1911-1912.
Writings by Other Disciples
Essays, Articles and Talk Transcripts
With Sri Aurobindo in Baroda (3) by Dinendra Kumar Roy
This is an English translation of a memoir by Dinendra Kumar Roy (1869-1943), who lived with Sri Aurobindo in Baroda from 1898 to 1900 or 1901. This text first appeared in the journal Sahitya in Bengali in 1911-1912.
With Sri Aurobindo in Baroda (2) by Dinendra Kumar Roy
Dinendra Kumar Roy (1869-1943) lived with Sri Aurobindo in Baroda from 1898 to 1900 or 1901. This text first appeared in the journal Sahitya in Bengali in 1911-1912.
With Sri Aurobindo in Baroda (1) by Dinendra Kumar Roy
Dinendra Kumar Roy (1869-1943) lived with Sri Aurobindo in Baroda from 1898 to 1900 or 1901. This text first appeared in the journal Sahitya in Bengali in 1911-1912.
An Interview by Maggi Lidchi
Q: What was Mother’s room like? A: It was like walking into a different world; it was like being suspended half way between heaven and earth because of her presence. The room was always full of flowers and a sort of spiritual fragrance. The light was incredible.
A Salute to Mona-da
Victoire à la Douce Mère! Vande Mataram!
Loud and clear rang his voice as we halted after the March-past, and all of us, our blood tingling, repeated Vande Mataram three times, and each time the salute to our Motherland and to our divine Mother grew more powerful.
Aster Patel: Auroville, a New Field of Experience
Auroville is a collective experiment. Among all the experiments going on in the world, this experiment of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother is possibly the most difficult because it aims at a collective realisation, with far-reaching goals.
Brahmanaspati Kshetram: A Quiet Seed
In a quiet back street of Edayan-chavadi village there is a neat house. This is Brahmanaspati Kshetram, a Centre dedicated to The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. It is the loving creation of Rajan, the modest man who shows you around. Here is his story.
A Visit with Sri Aurobindo – Rhoda le Cocq
The account describes the ashram atmosphere during November and December 1950, immediately preceding and subsequent to Sri Aurobindo’s leaving the body, and a meeting with The Mother.
An Interview with Mona Pinto by Anie Nunnally
Mona and Udar Pinto, in their inspiring journey of the soul, played a most vital role in helping to establish the Mother’s and Sri Aurobindo’s Ashram.
“Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of the Ideal of Human Unity” – Kireet Joshi
In spite of the difficulties and critical trials through which humanity may be required to pass, Sri Aurobindo underlines the need of understanding the inevitability of the spiritual solution. He places before us a vision of the way in which a World-Union could come into being.
“Preparing for the Winter Journey” – Zackaria Moursi
“To Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: In eternal gratitude for the incredible love and “divine cunning” with which they have guided me through life.”
“Consciousness of Oneness as Antidote for Fundamentalism and Violence” – Zackaria Moursi
When we follow sincerely our own calling and persevere on our chosen path, we arrive one day at the highest truth: that all beings are but different modes and manifestations of the One and Multiple Supreme, and that we are, therefore, entitled to and capable of realizing Him in ourselves and manifesting Him in our lives.
“Memories of a Happy Islam” – Zackaria Moursi
The reason I have left Egypt to spend my remaining years in an ashram dedicated to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother is that I find this ashram to be, for me, the most suitable place to deepen in and around myself that solid peace on which, in the long run, a divine life can be established on earth.