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“Dealing with Death, Books VIII and IX” – Mangesh V Nadkarni at the Savitri Bhavan, Auroville

Oct 13, 2016

VIDEO

This talk was the concluding session of the Savitri Study Camp held in the Beach Office Hall of the Sri Aurobindo Society from February 23 onwards. The final session of the camp was held under the trees in the Savitri Bhavan garden – a very joyous meeting of many Savitri lovers.

Man the Mediator

Oct 12, 2016

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"Rooted in mire heavenward man’s nature grows, — His soul the dim bud of God’s flaming rose."

The Song of Narad, pp. 416-418 (SH 215)

Oct 12, 2016

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Narada, the demigod and a bhakta of the Lord, is ever engaged in the good of all creatures. His work, if he has any since he lives in freedom, is to sing the names of the Lord. As he draws near to Earth, he feels the touch of pain that inhabits mortal things.

The Victory (HH 191)

Oct 11, 2016

An audio in English

The 10th day of the Durga Festival is celebrated as the Day of Victory. As Sri Aurobindo points out in one of His remarkable passages, people adhere to a belief system and make it an excuse to do things that are even diametrically opposed to the original intent that gave birth to a movement. Yet the seed of truth is there...

Шаг первый – Обнаружение Психического Существа (Discovering the Psychic Being)

Oct 10, 2016

2016 Retreat in Russia (VIDEO)

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (in English with translation to Russian). Беседа Д-ра Алока Пандея (на английском языке с переводом на русский).

Evolution [2]

Oct 5, 2016

video

A might no human will nor force can gain, A knowledge seated in eternity, A bliss beyond our struggle and our pain Are the high pinnacles of our destiny ...

The Mother’s Conversation on Savitri, read by Nolini-da

Oct 2, 2016

Nolini da reads the Mother's conversation with Mona Sarkar on Savitri (audio and text)

The Call of the Impossible

Sep 28, 2016

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1934; revised subsequently. Four handwritten manuscripts and one typed manuscript. This poem began as a variant of “The Silver Call”: the first lines of the two poems were once identical — “There is a godhead in unrealised things” — and the first rhyming words remain the same even in the final versions.

The Heavenly Bard and Divine Messenger Narad, pp. 415-416 (SH 214)

Sep 28, 2016

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Meanwhile, in the Seer-King Aswapati’s palace, Narad, the demigod, choses to descend! As always he brings with him a strange mix of good news and a bad news. But in fact the attribution of good and bad is our doing, or rather the mind’s way of looking at things. Narad simply brings down to man the word of Fate.

The Momentary Parting of Savitri and Satyavan, pp. 411-412 (SH 213)

Sep 27, 2016

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Savitri and Satyavan have spoken and met. They have rediscovered each other through Love and grown one. But now Savitri must hasten back to her home and disclose the news to her parents about her choice. Thus she parts from her self-chosen home to the home of her birth and childhood.

Evolution [1]

Sep 22, 2016

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Evolution 1, a sonnet by Sri Aurobindo. Written in 1934, revised 1944. Five handwritten manuscripts and one typed manuscript. This poem and “The Silver Call” were often worked on together. Recitation by Aravinda Maheshwari.

The Wedding of the Eternal Lord and Spouse, pp. 410-411 (SH 212)

Sep 21, 2016

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

The coming together of Man and Woman is simply a symbol, a distorted reflection in our human Ignorance, of the coming together of two seeming opposites, Purusha and Prakriti, Soul and Matter, Heaven and Earth. This profound inner truth of our inmost heights is being revealed to us through the marriage of Savitri and Satyavan...

“Savitri’s Yoga” – Mangesh V Nadkarni at the Savitri Bhavan, Auroville

Sep 20, 2016

VIDEO

Study Camp we are concluding today marks the tenth year of our collective yajna in the form of the study of Savitri. I feel that the Divine Mother has amply rewarded our tapasya (askesis) by bringing into existence Savitri Bhavan and many, many receptive minds and hearts in Auroville.

The Silver Call

Sep 15, 2016

video

The Silver Call. Written on or before 25 April 1934 (when Sri Aurobindo quoted five lines in a letter to Dilip Kumar Roy); revised 1944. Five handwritten manuscripts and one typed manuscript; the first handwritten manuscript was written shortly after those of the two preceding sonnets. The original poem went through several versions, eventually becoming two, “The Silver Call” and “The Call of the Impossible”.

The Moment of Acceptance, pp. 408-409 (SH 211)

Sep 14, 2016

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Satyavan has spoken his deepest heart out to Savitri. Savitri has seen and heard and felt with her inmost heart that the one whom she has searched for is here, embodied in the being of Satyavan. She accepts and, coming down from her chariot, reveals her choice through words and symbol gestures.

The Seeking Spirit of Satyavan, pp. 406-408 (SH 210)

Sep 10, 2016

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey (AUDIO IN HINDI)

Satyavan is no ordinary mortal. In Savitri he is the symbol of the human soul trapped in a double ignorance. On the one side he is ignorant of the world he inhabits while on the other side he is ignorant of his secret Self. When with great labour and struggle he finds the one, he tends to lose the other...

Contrasts

Sep 8, 2016

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Two Talks of Prof Jagdish Vyas

Sep 1, 2016