VIDEO IN ENGLISH
In this talk, we cover some of the remaining writings from Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo, Vol. 8 'Karmayogin'.
At the Feet of The Mother
Sri Aurobindo's Writings
Bengali Writings
The ideal society is the vehicle of the indwelling Godhead of a human aggregate, the chariot for the journey of Jagannath. Unity, Freedom, Knowledge and Power constitute the four wheels of this chariot.
Bengali Writings
Pity and compassion are different kinds of feeling, pity can be a feeling even contrary to compassion. ... Compassion is an Aryan attitude, pity an un-Aryan sentiment.
Karmayogin was launched by Sri Aurobindo on the 19th June 1909 six weeks after his acquittal from the Alipore trial case. The person who came out of the prison was a Jivanmukta and Karmayogi. The name of the journal that he now launched was perfectly apt.
Bengali Writings
That India has undergone a downfall in the Kali age no one can deny. But God never descended on earth to bring about a downfall. The Incarnation is for saving the Law, the world and men. Particularly in the Kali age does God incarnate Himself in full.
VIDEO IN ENGLISH
This talk takes some of Sri Aurobindo’s political writings and speeches from the years 1890- 1908, published as a joined volume 6 - 7 of the CWSA (The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo), "Bande Mataram".
VIDEO IN ENGLISH
Sri Aurobindo’s translations are unique by how Master's touch enriches existing masterpieces which had lost some of their shine through the ages.
Bengali Writings
The main weapons of this divine Maya are affection and pity. In the human race, love and affection are impure movements; owing to distortions produced by the body and the vital sheath the purity of the love and compassion is tarnished and deformed.
Bengali Writings
The Mahabharata is not a metaphorical piece nor are Krishna and Arjuna the creations of poetic fancy, the Gita too is not the speculation of a modern logician or philosopher. Therefore we have to prove that anything said in the Gita is not impossible or against reason.
VIDEO IN ENGLISH
In this talk we take up a part of the combined volume CWSA 3-4, formed by three main plays, Viziers of Bassora, Rodogune, and Perseus the Deliverer.
Bengali Writings
Dhritarashtra said, - O Sanjaya, gathered together for war on the holy field of Kurukshetra, what did my partisans and those of the Pandavas do?
The wideness and plasticity are most needed when we deal with their writings that cover every aspect of life from every angle of vision without losing, even for a moment, the total picture.
... very often we bind ourselves to the letter and not the spirit, the outer sense rather than the deeper inner meaning, the mental understanding rather than the truth being revealed to us.
Bengali Writings
The Gita ranks first among the world's scriptures. The knowledge that has been briefly explained in the Gita is the highest and most secret knowledge.
... the Mother advises us to remain quiet and not try to understand the words but simply wait for the understanding to develop in a receptive state.
The word has power, even the ordinary word releases into the psychological and occult atmosphere certain energies that have concrete and lasting repercussions upon the earth
VIDEO IN ENGLISH
The first talk of this series gives us a general overview of Sri Aurobindo's writings and the necessity of reading them.
Bengali Writings
The vision of the World Spirit is a very necessary element of the Gita. ... Arjuna expressed his desire to see the World Spirit. Once he had this vision of the World Spirit, his doubt vanished for ever.