Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
As one who sets his sail towards mysteried shores
Driven through huge oceans by the breath of God,
The fathomless below, the unknown around,
His soul abandoned the blind star-field, Space.
At the Feet of The Mother
English
Life is a greatness not yet realised. It carries within it the seed of Divine Perfection and hence there is within us an urge towards Perfection. The seed within us drives us eventually on the roads of life looking for and seeking what we carry within.
SATSANG WITH DR ALOK PANDEY IN AUSTRALIA 12/17 (VIDEO)
This is a Part 2 (Questions and Answers) - of a talk on ways and means to instill and inspire deeper values and qualities in children. Practical examples are given from myths and everyday life.
It is not necessary that every man should be an artist. It is necessary that every man should have his artistic faculty developed, his taste trained, his sense of beauty and insight into form and colour and that which is expressed in form and colour, made habitually active, correct and sensitive.
Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
One grew the Spirit's secret unity,
All Nature felt again the single bliss.
There was no cleavage between soul and soul,
There was no barrier between world and God.
A weekly sharing on Savitri by Alok Pandey (an audio recording in English).
Changing in appearances, life continues to be a field of suffering. New hope awakens and then fades away, new practices and ways of living come and go while life continues to linger shackled by the chains of Ignorance tied to her feet.
"... even a blind and ignorant faith is a better possession than the sceptical doubt which turns its back on our spiritual possibilities or the constant carping of the narrow pettily critical uncreative intellect"
Selections from a performance in Auroville, based on Sri Aurobindo's Savitri, Book 7 'The Book of Yoga'. Recorded and edited by Manohar, Auroville.