Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The author presents a few key facets of Sri Aurobindo’s poetry and poetics that she, a poet herself, finds most fascinating.

Feb 21 2023March 18, 2023

The One Whom We Adore as The Mother

Divine Mother, Editorial / By Beloo Mehra

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.

Feb 21 2023February 21, 2023

Some Memories of the Mother

Article, Divine Mother, Guru, Mother India Archives, Sadhana / By Amal Kiran

Amal Kiran narrates a few incidents that tell us about the Mother’s grace and eternal love and also the way she helped sadhaks overcome their petty desires.

Feb 21 2023February 20, 2023

The Mother’s Divine Ways of Action

Article, Divine Mother, Guru, Sadhana, Sunlit Path, Work and Yoga / By Nirodbaran

Nirodbaran describes the various ways in which the Mother prepared, and helped sadhaks. Some of her ways are hidden, subtle and guided by inner laws.

Nov 21 2022May 4, 2023

“I do not give positions… I give them work”

All Life is Yoga, Sunlit Path, Work and Yoga / By The Mother

The Mother gives highly practical guidance about the right attitude necessary for sincerely practicing the yoga of works in a collective setting.

Jul 21 2022May 4, 2023

For Peace, Go to Ramana Maharshi

Divine Humour, Guru, Peace, Sadhana, Twelve Soul-qualities, Yoga / By Sri Aurobindo

We present selected conversations of Sri Aurobindo with a few disciples where the matter of peace came up. Readers will find some insightful perspectives here which may help widen and deepen our understanding of peace in Integral Yoga.

Jul 21 2022July 20, 2022

“This is the Mother’s War”: Of WW2, Victory and Atomic Bomb

Article, Human Evolution, Nation, Peace, Twelve Soul-qualities / By K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar

A few excerpts from the book ‘On the Mother: The Chronicle of a Manifestation and Ministry’, which speak of the Mother’s and Sri Aurobindo’s yogic work in WW2.

Jul 21 2022July 18, 2022

Meditation on Peace, the Real Truth of Our Being

Book of the Month, Peace, Sadhana, Sunlit Path, Twelve Soul-qualities, Yoga / By Anilbaran Roy

We highlight a beautiful piece excerpted from Anilbaran Roy’s ‘Songs from the Soul’ which is a collection of his meditations and poems.

Jun 21 2022May 4, 2023

On Vegetarianism, Compassion and Equality

Divine Humour, Equality, Society, Twelve Soul-qualities / By Sri Aurobindo

A conversation of Sri Aurobindo with a few disciples on cultivating an attitude of equality toward food in spiritual life.

May 21 2022May 27, 2022

Money as Power

Article, Generosity, Society, Sunlit Path, Twelve Soul-qualities / By M. P. Pandit

M.P. Pandit summarises several essential points from the teachings of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo on the attitude one should cultivate with regard to money.

Apr 21 2022April 20, 2022

The Manifestation of the Mother of Ananda

Article, Divine Mother, Sadhana, Spiritual Philosophy, Sunlit Path, Video / By M. P. Pandit

This offering for April 24, the date of second and final arrival of the Mother in Pondicherry, gives a peek into the Yogic work of the Mother.

Jan 21 2022May 4, 2023

Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s Force for Healing

Guiding Light, Health and Healing, Receptivity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo helps us understand the conditions under which the spiritual force works to cure illnesses. We also get a glimpse of how the Mother and Sri Aurobindo were using the Divine Force to help sadhaks in their healing process. The faith and inner receptivity of both the patient and the instrument that is used to apply such force, namely the doctor, are important factors.

Jan 21 2022May 4, 2023

Of Force, Receptivity and Laughs

Divine Humour, Receptivity, Twelve Soul-qualities / By Sri Aurobindo

Selected humorous correspondence of Nirodbaran with Sri Aurobindo which explore a few themes related to the working of Sri Aurobindo’s Force and its receptivity by the sadhaks.

Jan 21 2022May 4, 2023

The Force that Made Poets: Selected Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Aspiration, Guru, Receptivity, Sadhana, Twelve Soul-qualities / By Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo has also been spoken of as a poet-maker. Some sadhaks also discovered their latent poetic talents and poured out beautiful poetry, all because of the Yoga-shakti of the Master who also took great pains in correcting their poems.

Nov 21 2021November 21, 2021

Siddhi Day, the Descent of the Overmind God

Article, Spiritual Philosophy / By Nirodbaran

Presented here is an eye-witness account of the evening of November 24, 1926, along with the Mother’s explanation of the true significance of this siddhi for the new manifestation.

‘A Great Illuminative Power’ – Appreciating Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry – Part 1

The One Whom We Adore as The Mother

Some Memories of the Mother

The Mother’s Divine Ways of Action

“I do not give positions… I give them work”

For Peace, Go to Ramana Maharshi

“This is the Mother’s War”: Of WW2, Victory and Atomic Bomb

Meditation on Peace, the Real Truth of Our Being

On Vegetarianism, Compassion and Equality

Money as Power

The Manifestation of the Mother of Ananda

Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s Force for Healing

Of Force, Receptivity and Laughs

The Force that Made Poets: Selected Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Siddhi Day, the Descent of the Overmind God

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