Essays and Talks of Nirodbaran
Sri Aurobindo had, ... a high esteem for Nivedita on several grounds and has told us India cannot be too grateful to her for what she did for our country.
At the Feet of The Mother
...to understand His play we must first free our minds of all conceptions and notions and even systems of beliefs and philosophies and ideologies that have imprisoned Him in cages of thought, painting the bars with colours of our fancies and desires.
REFLECTIONS ON PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS OF THE MOTHER (VIDEO)
This is a meditation on Divine Love.
It is always helpful to spend some time in quiet reflection about what we here to do. It may take some time but it is worth the effort. Otherwise we lead a borrowed life, a life that is no more ours, an artificial life so to say.
VIDEO IN HINDI
This brief Reflection in Hindi explains the term Kalyan Shraddha in the light of the Integral Yoga. We also touch on its modern understanding and how The Mother has explained it.
A weekly sharing on Savitri by Alok Pandey (audio recording in English).
We are all born with an original script of life with our soul’s and God’s signature upon it. This original script of destiny is often buried under a heap of artificial goals determined by others, or corrupted by the virus of ambition, greed and lust.
Video in english
In this brief reflection we look at heredity and its effects in the light of the Integral Yoga.
Each of us must face our own share of failures and falls. The difference between human beings however lies in how we deal with these failures.
With his characteristic humour Sri Aurobindo reveals to us how we may be misled into the illusion of absolute Knowledge as we climb up the stairways of the Spirit. A last step remains even at the highest reaches of the Mind.
Video in English
The webinar, organised by The Mother's International School, Delhi Branch of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, is about trying to understand the roots of difficulties and ways to deal with them.
Essay on Yoga
So what is the role of rituals on the spiritual path and what should be our attitude towards them?
an audio in english
I listened to the song of the waves, and it told me of such great marvels....
VIDEO IN HINDI
This brief reflection in Hindi explains how one should safeguard ones faith when faced with someone who is hostile towards Divine.
SELECTIONS FROM CONVERSATIONS BY THE MOTHER (TEXT)
One must always be greater than one’s experience. [...] no ambition, no vanity, no pride. A sincere self-giving, a sincere humility, and one is sheltered from all danger. There you are, this is what I call being greater than one’s experience.
This talk focuses on the various relations that man can have with God in the light of Sanatana Dharma.
Sri Aurobindo in his own characteristic way shows to us the greatness of these gods and the beings I contact with them and yet he also reveals their limitations. Each has its own place and station and working in this vast and complex creation. But the ultimate secret, the last secret is not found here.
Essays and Talks of Nirodbaran
Since childhood, he had been brought up in Shanti Niketan. Poet and artist, he became at once Tagore’s favourite. Tagore initiated him into the subtleties of Bengali literature with care and affection. In Art, Abanindranath and Nandalal were his masters.