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Nov 21 2022November 19, 2022

The Spirit of Karmayoga at Sri Aurobindo Ashram

All Life is Yoga, Article, Meditation, Sadhana, Spiritual Philosophy, Work and Yoga, Yoga / By M. P. Pandit

M.P. Pandit writes that when done with right attitude and as a sincere offering to the Mother, work has more dynamic effect than meditation.

Nov 21 2022November 20, 2022

Working for the Mother or Meditating on Her?

All Life is Yoga, Article, Divine Mother, Equality, Meditation, Sadhana, Twelve Soul-qualities, Work and Yoga, Yoga / By Renaissance Editor

These selections from Sri Aurobindo’s letters highlight the necessity of work in Integral Yoga and guide us on how to open to the Mother’s force.

Nov 21 2022November 19, 2022

Power of Concentration for Enhancing Productivity

All Life is Yoga, Article, Peace, Sadhana, Work and Yoga, Yoga / By M. S. Srinivasan

The author examines some key challenges with workers’ concentration in the corporate context and sheds light on developing a greater concentration.

Nov 21 2022November 19, 2022

Work as Worship: Are You Able to Do That?

All Life is Yoga, Article, Aspiration, Reflection, Sadhana, Work and Yoga, Yoga / By Divyanshi Chugh

Given that different inner attitudes and aspirations motivate individuals to work, the author speaks of five evolutionary stages, with ‘Work as Worship’ as the highest stage.

Oct 21 2022October 11, 2022

A Teacher has to be a Yogi

All Life is Yoga, Article, Aspiration, Education, Guru / By Nolini Kanta Gupta

This article highlights a new dimension of consciousness that deeply effects the quality of interaction between the teacher and pupil.

Oct 21 2022October 26, 2022

Sri Aurobindo on Education for Character Development

All Life is Yoga, Article, Culture, Education / By Renaissance Editor

Values cannot be imposed through textbooks. Teachers and parents must serve as living examples. Rich stories can also expose children to higher ideals.

Oct 21 2022November 1, 2022

Dealing with Undesirable Influences and Tendencies in Children

All Life is Yoga, Article, Education, Society / By Renaissance Editor

The Mother gives a few fundamentals for how teachers could facilitate impulse-control in children, particularly the impulses of violence and sex.

Oct 21 2022November 1, 2022

What Matters is the Consciousness with Which You Teach

All Life is Yoga, Article, Education / By Renaissance Editor

We have selected a few passages from the Mother’s correspondence with the teachers at Ashram school (SAICE) which are relevant for all educational contexts.

Oct 21 2022October 20, 2022

Insights from Indian Psychology for Personality Development of the Learner

All Life is Yoga, Article, Education, Yoga / By Kireet Joshi

The author zooms in on a few key insights from Indian understanding of human personality and its perfection which must form the basis of education.

Oct 21 2022October 20, 2022

True Attitude of the Teacher – Part 1

All Life is Yoga, Article, Education, Essay, Guru / By Pavitra PB Saint-Hilaire

Read here about the role of a teacher in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s first principle of true teaching and soul-based free progress approach.

Oct 21 2022October 20, 2022

True Attitude of the Teacher – Part 2

All Life is Yoga, Article, Education, Essay, Guru / By Pavitra PB Saint-Hilaire

How can teachers help children learn to discriminate among the various inner movements? What is teacher’s role in a free progress system? Read this and more.

Sep 21 2022October 11, 2022

The Mother on Conscious Conception, Soul’s Choice and More

All Life is Yoga, Article, Aspiration, Conscious Parenting, Human Evolution, Prenatal Education, Sadhana, Yoga / By Renaissance Editor

The Mother explains that even when the soul has come consciously and has participated in the formation of the physical body, so long as the body is formed in the usual animal way, it will have to struggle and correct all those things which come from this human animality.

Sep 21 2022October 11, 2022

Sri Aurobindo on Parenting and Education in Subjective Age

All Life is Yoga, Article, Conscious Parenting, Education / By Renaissance Editor

Progressive ideas on parenting accepted by growing sections of humanity are part of an evolutionary movement to an age of deeper subjectivism.

Sep 21 2022October 11, 2022

“The Superman Shall be Born of Woman”

All Life is Yoga, Article, Conscious Parenting, Divine Mother, Human Evolution, Prenatal Education / By Renaissance Editor

A passage from the Mother’s message titled “To the Women of Japan”. This was written sometime between 1916-1920 during her stay in Japan.

Sep 21 2022October 11, 2022

Kunti – A Paradigm of Conscious Parenting

All Life is Yoga, Article, Conscious Parenting, Courage, Culture, Perseverance, Scriptures, Twelve Soul-qualities / By Shruti Hajirnis Gupte

Read about the heroic motherhood that Kunti epitomises for all times to come. Kunti stands out as a symbol of patience, courage, sacrifice and forbearance.

Sep 21 2022October 11, 2022

Self-giving that Transforms Human Relationships

All Life is Yoga, Article, Conscious Parenting, Society / By Janani Ramanathan

The author takes a fascinating example from the world of literature to speak of the significance of self-giving in parenting and all human relationships.

The Spirit of Karmayoga at Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Working for the Mother or Meditating on Her?

Power of Concentration for Enhancing Productivity

Work as Worship: Are You Able to Do That?

A Teacher has to be a Yogi

Sri Aurobindo on Education for Character Development

Dealing with Undesirable Influences and Tendencies in Children

What Matters is the Consciousness with Which You Teach

Insights from Indian Psychology for Personality Development of the Learner

True Attitude of the Teacher – Part 1

True Attitude of the Teacher – Part 2

The Mother on Conscious Conception, Soul’s Choice and More

Sri Aurobindo on Parenting and Education in Subjective Age

“The Superman Shall be Born of Woman”

Kunti – A Paradigm of Conscious Parenting

Self-giving that Transforms Human Relationships

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