AuroMaa

Sage Narad Sets the Tone for His Reply, pp. 442-444 (SH 227)

Apr 13, 2017

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Narad has heard the queen, her anguish that blames the Cosmic management. But behind her anguish there is also the seeking to understand the Eternal’s Play. Narad starts his long reply setting the first notes.

Concert in San Francisco – Vasanti Rao

Apr 13, 2017

A beautiful concert of sacred hymns, chants and devotional songs, recorded at the Cultural Integration Fellowship in San Francisco, California, in May 1977, almost exactly 40 years ago. Music was performed by Vasanti Rao, then - secretary of Madhav P Pandit, who often accompanied him on lecture tours.

The Mother and Landing Auroville (video)

Apr 12, 2017

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.

The World of Falsehood and the World of Truth (HH 200)

Apr 12, 2017

audio

Sri Aurobindo’s coming to Pondicherry marks the start of a new project, the progressive divinization of the race, of Matter, so that this earthly life may become the Life Divine. Today we share some thoughts on Sri Aurobindo’s coming to Pondicherry and the preparation needed for the New World to precipitate into this material World.

The Issue (Part 1) – from Crisis to Liberation

Apr 11, 2017

As man grows beyond his first primal needs, there also grows in him, especially with the development of the mind, the urge to understand the world around him. But the understanding of the world alone does not satisfy his longings for knowledge. There comes a point when he must turn back upon himself, the observer of the scene and try to see who he himself is?

The Vital Ego (earth consciousness)

Apr 10, 2017

"There is another cause of the general inability to change which at present afflicts the sadhak. It is because the sadhana, as a general fact, has now and for a long time past come down to the Inconscient..."

February 12, 1913

Apr 10, 2017

"AS soon as all effort disappears from a manifestation, it becomes very simple, with the simplicity of a flower opening, manifesting its beauty and spreading its fragrance without clamour or vehement gesture. And in this simplicity lies the greatest power..."

Growth into the integral Godhead pp 23-24

Apr 8, 2017

"In a summary way, we are being shown the core process and the final result of the Supramental Transformation, - the discovery of the psychic being and becoming a conscious instrument of the Divine, a progressive opening and surrender to the Divine Mother and a growing oneness with Her."

“The Truth Behind the Relics” by Nirodbaran

Apr 8, 2017

"Relics are the living Presence of Sri Aurobindo, imbued with the light and force of his lifelong sadhana, just as an atom contains an infinite power in itself -- this is the truth behind the Relics. To always keep alive that truth and give due respect to it is what the Relics demand of us."

To Thee Homage (a video clip)

Apr 8, 2017

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 Queen Questions the Wisdom Behind Creation, pp. 439-442 (SH 226)

Apr 7, 2017

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

"In the face of personal crisis we often raise questions that challenge our fixed beliefs, and seek answers that conventional understanding does not fully provide. The Queen too raises such questions, seeking their answers from the calm wise sage, Narada."

“Pondicherry” (Part 2) – an essay by Nolini Kanta Gupta

Apr 7, 2017

The second part of Nolini-da's recollections about early days in Pondicherry.

Sri Aurobindo – Relevance of His Vision and Work for the Future (TH 168)

Apr 6, 2017

A Talk in Hindi (audio)

A Talk by Dr Alok Pandey. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo are pioneers of the New Age, the spiritual age of mankind which They ushered. They came to prepare and achieve what the Future. This talk reveals some aspects of Their Vision and Work.

The Cosmic Dance (Dance of Krishna, Dance of Kali)

Apr 6, 2017

video

"Always we hear the tread of Kali’s feet Measuring in rhythms of pain and grief and chance Life’s game of hazard terrible and sweet."

The Greatness of the Gita

Apr 4, 2017

"Where then does the Gita stand amidst all this stupendous mass of revelatory scriptures whose sheer size and of course the substance is mind-boggling? One may even ask what extra truth if any does this rather short treatise of just about 700 shlokas bring?"

“Pondicherry” (Part 1) – an essay by Nolini Kanta Gupta

Apr 4, 2017

"Sri Aurobindo came to Pondicherry and took shelter here. We might say of course from another point of view that it was he who gave shelter to Pondicherry within his own consciousness. But why this city in particular?"

Divine Relics and Their Significance (TH 167)

Apr 1, 2017

A Talk in Hindi (audio)

A talk in Hindi given by Alok Pandey on the occasion of enshrinement of Sri Aurobindo’s sacred Relics at Hazaribagh on the 29th March 2017

The Flame of God or the Psychic Being p 23

Mar 29, 2017

The psychic being leads man from birth to birth, through the doors of death, in numberless names and forms until man the individual grows into an image true of God. Aswapati himself has traced this journey through many lives until he has become the center of the Divine Descent.