India's Rebirth - Renaissance

A special issue featuring a few precious memories recounted by some of the senior sadhaks who were blessed to have close interactions with the Mother.

Oct 21 2022May 4, 2023

Sri Aurobindo on Education for Character Development

All Life is Yoga, Article, Culture, Education / By Sri Aurobindo

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 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

Back to Basics, Lessons for the Future – 2

All Life is Yoga, Education, Essay, Indian History, Nation / By Beloo Mehra

Given the great value our ancients placed on brahmacharya as a system of human energy management, it is no wonder that we find a long history of physical education in ancient India, far more ancient than Greece.

Sep 21 2022October 11, 2022

Conscious Parenting for Conscious Humanity

All Life is Yoga, Conscious Parenting, Editorial, Prenatal Education / By Beloo Mehra

A conscious change in the human birthing and parenting can be an important and undeniable way to enable the creation of a conscious humanity.

Sep 21 2022May 4, 2023

Sri Aurobindo on Parenting and Education in Subjective Age

All Life is Yoga, Article, Conscious Parenting, Education / By Sri Aurobindo

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

Gṛhasthadharma: The Dharma of a Householder

All Life is Yoga, Conscious Parenting, Culture, Education, Essay, Human Evolution, Prenatal Education, Society / By Beloo Mehra

Briefly describing the dharma of a householder, this essay highlights the relevance of the Indian view of gradual human development through stages of life.

Sep 21 2022October 11, 2022

Conscious Conception and Pregnancy: Listening to a Personal Journey (Video)

All Life is Yoga, Conscious Parenting, Insightful Conversations, Prenatal Education / By Beloo Mehra

We speak with Vijayalakshmi C. about her experience in consciously preparing herself for pregnancy and childbirth. She shares with us how her study of the writings of the Mother and our ancient practices of Sanatana Dharma guided her in this journey.

Aug 15 2022August 15, 2022

“A God’s Labour”: Sri Aurobindo’s Work Divine

Editorial, Sri Aurobindo - The Eternal Presence / By Beloo Mehra

It is a perfect opportunity, this Hour of God, 15 August 2022 – the date that marks the 150th birthday of Sri Aurobindo, and by no coincidence, 75 years of India’s political independence, to sing glories of the Eternal Presence that Sri Aurobindo was, is and will be.

Aug 15 2022August 26, 2022

The Timeless Relevance of Sri Aurobindo

Article, Human Evolution, Sri Aurobindo - The Eternal Presence / By Ananda Reddy

The author writes that as time advances so will the relevance of Sri Aurobindo increase, intensify, and become the inevitable guiding spirit and force of humanity.

Aug 15 2022August 11, 2022

Sri Aurobindo’s Work for India’s Political Liberation

Article, Mother India Archives, Nation, Sri Aurobindo - The Eternal Presence / By Vijay Poddar

Written by Vijay Poddar as his second quarterly test answer in the 1st year of Higher Course at SAICE, this was published in Mother India, 15 August 1962.

Aug 15 2022August 11, 2022

Sri Aurobindo: His Birth Unique, His Presence Ubiquitous

Article, Indian History, Nation, Poetry, Sri Aurobindo - The Eternal Presence / By Charan Singh Kedarkhandi

The author elucidates how the three epithets – “a prophet of nationalism, a poet of patriotism and a lover of humanity” fit Sri Aurobindo’s personality.

Aug 15 2022August 11, 2022

We bow to you, Sri Aurobindo, O Sun of the New Age, Bringer of the New Light! (Video)

Poetry, Sri Aurobindo - The Eternal Presence, Video / By Suhas Mehra

A video post on the poem ‘The New Creator’ which speaks of the significance of the Yoga of Sri Aurobindo for the future of India, world, humanity and earth.

Aug 15 2022August 13, 2022

Sri Aurobindo and Indian Cultural Renaissance – 1

Culture, Essay, Indian History, Nation, Sri Aurobindo - The Eternal Presence / By A. B. Purani

Why did Sri Aurobindo with his cosmic vision of human history write at length about Indian culture highlighting the values that are indispensable to the conception of a perfect human culture? Read on.