Woman in Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry
The author presents a delightful reading of the portrayal of selected key women figures from several poems of Sri Aurobindo, from Ahana to Savitri.
The author presents a delightful reading of the portrayal of selected key women figures from several poems of Sri Aurobindo, from Ahana to Savitri.
What is the right place and significance of reading spiritual literature in the path of sadhana? Can reading help prepare the sadhak, can it become a hindrance? Should a sadhak read only spiritual or religious literature? What about the literary classics that are often considered ‘secular’ literature? What does it mean to study literature or write only for the Divine? These and a few more questions are explored in the current issue.
What is the right place and significance of reading spiritual literature in the path of sadhana? We get valuable insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
The Mother answers some questions about how one should approach literature, especially if one is an aspirant on the path of integral yoga. She explains that the significance of literature is not on what is said but on how it is being said and the feeling it evokes in the reader.
The Mother shares that today’s world is filled with worthless literature. There are many books that lower or degrade one’s consciousness. One needs to consciously choose books that are filled with light.
Sri Aurobindo’s words are containers of spiritual forces. When read with true aspiration, little by little, and regularly with a silent mind they penetrate the depth of the being.
We feature the English translations written by Sri Aurobindo for two familiar Tamil literature, ThiruKural and Andal’s poem.
The author emphasises that we should so train ourselves in heart and mind that Savitri becomes an experience of a miraculous communion.
After all that Sri Aurobindo had set forth in his major works, why he undertook another massive effort of literary creation, namely, Savitri?
The author presents a few key facets of Sri Aurobindo’s poetry and poetics that she, a poet herself, finds most fascinating.
In this part, with the help of a few examples, the author speaks of poetic vision of Sri Aurobindo and also discusses Overhead aesthesis.
In this concluding part of the series, the author highlights Sri Aurobindo’s epic commentary on the crest-jewel of the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita.
For our ‘Book of the Month’ we are happy to feature Dr. Charan Singh Kedarkhandi’s recently released book of English poetry, a collection of 80 poems, each with its own special charm and beauty, each expressing a different emotion.
We feature English translations of a few verses by Shah Abdul Latif (1689 to 1752 CE), a renowned Sufi mystic and poet. Anju Makhija is a Sahitya Akademi award-winning poet and translator, and co-founder of Pondicherry/Auroville poetry festival.
The author reminds that “if there is a highest point of meeting between Literature and Yoga, it has to be in the works of Sri Aurobindo.”
The author zooms in on Eric which is a story of love, heroism, responding to a higher call and opening to a greater power.
The Mother encouraged a small group of Ashram children to write stories. We feature a short story written by Tara Jauhar and corrected by the Mother.