Revival of Metaphysics in the Philosophy of Religion

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Publication of Shyam Kumari’s ‘How They Came to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Volume 5’

Dear Friends and Well-wishers of Overman Foundation, We are happy to announce the publication of our new book entitled ‘How They Came to Sri Aurobindo...

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s Care for the Ashram Animals: Entries in Krishnayya’s Notebooks

Dear Friends, Krishnayya used to be in charge of the cows, bullocks and carts belonging to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the 1930’s. He was...

Sri Aurobindo’s Bazar Account by Nirodbaran Talukdar

An exercise-book came to my hand bearing on the cover the impressions of King Edward VII and his queen. Against the title was written “Record...

The Mother’s Personality of Ananda by R.Y. Deshpande

In his little book The Mother Sri Aurobindo writes: ‘There are Presences indispensable for the supramental realisation — most of all one who is her...

About the “Intermediate Plane” by R.Y. Deshpande

We are looking into the following passage from Sri Aurobindo’s little book The Mother first published in 1928. The chapter dealing with the Four Aspects...

The Spiritual Planes of Consciousness — ‘The Life Divine’ by R.Y. Deshpande

Supermind is a part of theTranscendent, Sat-Chit-Ananda-Vijñana, the House of the Spirit as Savitri would call it (Book Three Canto Three), or the Vedantic Brahman,...

A New World by R.Y. Deshpande

Part A In the wake of the supramental descent the Mother made tremendous advances towards its manifestation upon earth. Here is a rapid survey of...

“Too immense my danger and my joy” by R.Y. Deshpande

Yogi Aswapati has climbed the topmost ladder of creation and there comes from the other side of the utter Unknowable the supreme executive She, the...

That Ancient Problem of the Physical Body by R.Y. Deshpande

In his Secret of the Veda Sri Aurobindo writes about the Gods of the Veda as follows: “… existence is not simple in its infinite...

On Satprem and Sujata Nahar: An Interview with Nirmal Singh Nahar

Dear Friends, Born as Bernard Enginger on 30 October 1923, Satprem was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War and was...

ESPR2026 - Conference Theme — Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies

The Revival of Metaphysics in the Philosophy of Religion. New Universalisms, Catholicities, and their Opposites KU Leuven, Belgium 10, 11 & 12 September 2026.

Call for Papers — Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies - Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen - KU Leuven

Arguably, the revival of metaphysics in the second half of the 20th century was chiefly initiated by advances in modal logic and reasoning. Overcoming the anti- ...

The Metaphysical Turn: Why metaphysics is seeing a resurgence across phenomenology, critical thinking, and analytic theology.

Universalisms vs. Particularism: How emergent universalisms attempt to find common ground between religious and philosophical traditions.

The Philosophy and Theology Divide: Reconsidering the relationship between traditional premodern thought and modern philosophy. - GoogleAI 

[HTML] Adapting Sri Aurobindo and the Mother's teachings to an Integral Psychology

ME Borden

Integral Psychology draws on mysticism, philosophy and psychology, conveying an
evolution of consciousness. Psychology in the Light of the East presents a unique
approach integrating the reason of Western psychology and the holistic outlook of …

[PDF] Reconceptualizing non-dualism: Swami Vivekananda,s interpretation of Sankara,s Advaita Vedanta in modern religious discourse

AK Batabyal - 2026

… facilitating the global dissemination of Yoga and Vedāntic thought. His emphasis on
… exposition of rāja yoga in the West, combining Patañjali‘s philosophy with Vedāntic
… contributed to the emergence of global yoga culture, and shaped discourses on …

[PDF] Understanding philosophy of mind in Indian knowledge systems

C Sarkar - 2026

… regard different states as integral forms of mind, offering a broader perspective than
… thinkers used practices like Yoga to explore and change how the brain functions.
… One of the most specific cognitive systems is the Sāṃkhya-Yoga model. It …

[PDF] Bhakti Yoga: An Appraisal towards Balanced Life and Holistic Well-Being

V Rishi, DP Singh

… The various types or branches of Yoga that we have seen above like Hatha Yoga
or Jnana Yoga are not considered to be emotion-based practices. On the other hand,
Bhakti Yoga is unique … Effect of integral yoga on psychological and health …

[PDF] Mahābhārata 12.289: On the Yoga of Marvels. Preliminary Study and Translation

Ó Figueroa - Nova tellus, 2026

… su liberación”, que “es a la vez activo e inactivo”, sugiere una visión de los
poderes yóguicos “no como un obstáculo hacia la liberación sino como una dimensión
integral del estado de liberación: el yoga es un estado de poder”.Por su parte, para …

[HTML] Sacred Harmony: Foundations and Challenges

GL Beck - Religions, 2026

… Furthermore, the spirituality of Indian classical music was based upon the tonal
centricity of the sacred syllable of OM, Yoga philosophy, … with the Supreme
Absolute and naturally their philosophy of Beauty will be an integral part of their …

[PDF] BRIDGING TRADITION AND MODERNITY: RELEVANCE OF INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS IN MODERN EDUCATION AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE OF …

R Mondal, N Asthana - Journal (IERJ), 2026

… Indian art, music, and craft traditions are integral parts of IKS, emphasizing the
value of education, spirituality, and creativity. The Nāṭyaśāstra, linked to Bharata,
combines verbal expression (vācika abhinaya), physical movements (āṅgika) …

[PDF] My Mouth is a Glutton, My Mouth is a Lover.

CK Eller - 2026

… I believe that ornamentation is integral to both the continuation of the empire and,
paradoxically, liberation from it. … The Spanish silver dollar, often referred to as the “pieces
of eight,” was integral to the development of early capitalism, global trade, and the …

'Guru Dakini'of Christianity: Beholding Mary Magdalene Through a Tantric Lens

NB Saxena - Journal of Dharma Studies, 2026

… Given that this paper is discussing Tantric yoga’s technology of transmutation of
sexual energy, we can surmise that such techniques were also known in other
civilizations. However, confusion, distaste, and ambivalence accompany the …

Promoting Flourishing Through Self-Transcendent Leadership and Self-Transcendent Leadership Development

JA Gruman, GA Smith - Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 2026

The ancient Greek admonition to “Know Thyself” refers to knowing and acting in
accordance with one’s spiritual, greater Self, and can be promoted by transcending
the boundaries imposed by the ego-dominated, lesser self. The present paper …

Two lineages

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the Orchid and the rOse

Injustice is structural to modern liberal orders - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Bk 03 C 02 The Adoration of the Divine Mother, Sri Aurobindo's 'Savitri' read by Ameeta Mehra 38:10 SAVITRI Book 3 (The ...

Savitri Era Open Forum

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Democracy does not break - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra Feel Philosophy Dewey and Sri Aurobindo are deeply connected in Education - Your assessment is spot on. The special issu...

Savitri Era Political Action

Evolutionary nature of human consciousness and mental development - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra [HTML] UPANISAD IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD S Chakraborty - INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM (IKS), 2026 The Upanishads constitute t...

It would be great to have a living Guru. If not, no worries. The Guru will come to you in other ways if you have the Fire. I can only suggest what I read but there are other great books and teachers too. 

What to read? I started with Sri Aurobindo, the Mother. Krishnamurti, Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda. Letters on Yoga by Sri Aurobindo made things simple and easy. Prayers by the Mother. Books by Satprem on Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Sri Ramana. Nisargadatta Maharaj. I read them and practiced. All non Sanskrit 

The Veda came to me after all these great teachers via Sri Aurobindo. Swami Dayananda. TV Kapali Shastri. RL Kashyap. David Frawley. 

The books too will come to you in ways you can’t foresee. When you are ready

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Sanatana Dharma allows us to question intensely until we fully understand

In fact, we should not accept a teaching until we understand 

But there is also Sraddha

It is a deep trust in the Guru or the Divine. What the Guru says is true. At least that is how I approached the teachings of my Gurus. Sometimes if I didn’t understand I would keep that teaching in abeyance. But I would return to it and meditate on it deeper and more intensely

And yet, the Divine in Sanatana Dharma is not someone outside of me. The Guru is an intimate part of me though I don’t know that yet. The Guru is my higher Self, the Divine who has taken a name and form to fulfill something in this name and form called me. Such is the Sanatana teaching, liberal, open, all embracing, Divine

No one is forced to follow or accept but realize and learn. It is in this lineage that with utmost sraddha I say that if there is a point of disagreement with the Guru, one is allowed to articulate the disagreement as Arjuna did with Sri Krishna himself 

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Siddhanjana is a book by TV Kapali Sastry originally written in Sanskrit, made available by Sakshi Trust, Bengaluru

Anyone who wants to study the spiritual meaning of the Veda must read this. It is in the line of development rediscovered for us by Sri Aurobindo. Kapali Sastry was truly a great scholar and his impact on Indology and Vedology has not been fully appreciated yet.

Someday, we should extend his work to the entire Veda, not just the first ashtaka that he elaborated before he passed away. RL Kashyap tried valiantly and did a wonderful job and that too must be appreciated

Kapali Sastry is not well-known even as he exemplified for us the direction and the means to understand the Veda. He was the student of the great Ganapati Muni, the first disciple of Sri Ramana Maharishi. It is beautiful to see two lineages come in him. Vedanta from Sri Ramana Maharishi and the Purna Yoga from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

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Two philosophers with entirely different lifestyles.

J Krishnamurti wore Savile Row suits, Lobb shoes, Chauvet ties, and drove a Mercedes.

Sri Aurobindo wore a white dhoti, one end wrapped around his shoulder.

Krishnamurti travelled around the world, teaching and meeting prominent people. Sri Aurobindo stayed in two rooms for 24 years, reading and writing. He refused to meet anyone, even turning down a request from Mahatma Gandhi.

There are other differences , but similarities too. Both believed that transforming oneself was the way forward.

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Sri Aurobindo had a strong non-denominational spirituality. He was not parochial. He did not confuse culture with spirituality. With the Mother, he ushered in modern Hinduism. Beyond the Vedas, with his own meditative insights

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In fact that Sri Aurobindo found the root of His Savitri in the RgVeda and spoke contrary to trad Hindus extolling Upanishads as 'refined n essence of veda'. Rgveda alone, he said speaks of heavenly waters drenching the earth as divinisation of matter flash/earth.

But he as clear that all His new findings were following the Leonine spirit of the Gita n RG Veda which was left unfinished in the past by rishis then and said more will come in future thus making s.dharma an infinite strong treasure of God

so Sri Aurobindo reaffirmed hinduism was actually most the LIFE TRANSFORMING as opposed to life weakening mayavada budhistic jainism that had gripped its ppl. So He was not beyond the Vedas so as to divorce Him from sanatana dharma.

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Dialogue with Hinduism

B Robinson - 2026 - The Oxford Handbook of Asian Christian Theologies

Fragmented Global Nuclear Order

R Zeb - CISS Insight Journal, 2026

[PDF] Brain Drain or Brain Gain? India's Diaspora Outreach under Prime Minister Modi

G Harris - 2026

This paper seeks to answer the question: How does Modi leverage the diaspora to
achieve foreign policy goals, and has he succeeded? The paper finds that Modi has
built personal extra-national networks, removed institutional barriers to personal and …

[PDF] Religious Conversion and Kandhamal Riots: Examining the Gap between Media Portrayal and Local Realities

HS Mishra - South India Journal of Social Sciences, 2026

… , The Organiser, lauded him, stating that his long period of religious practice at
Chakapad had fostered a sense of Hindutva among the … Conversely, the
narratives and statements of Hindutva fundamentalist organisations were covered in …

[PDF] Climate Justice Framings in the Age of Populism: Examples in the Global South

RA Pramanta

… identity-based populism, has been deeply shaped by the ideology of Hindutva,
the project of building India (Bharat) as a Hindu nation. His populist appeal relies
heavily on constructing a moral distinction between the native Hindu people and …

[PDF] A Plate of Barrenness: Dietary Practices and The Construction of Male Infertility in Perumal Murugan's One Part Woman

J Binola, AAD Mahisha - International Conference on Emerging Food Studies …, 2026

Perumal Murugan’s One Part Woman portrays fertility in rural Tamil Nadu as a
condition shaped not merely by biology but by food practices, ecological rhythms
and cultural expectations. This paper examines how dietary habits, seasonal eating …

[PDF] Historiographical Interventions of Fractured Histories and Changing Landscapes

A Mehta¹, A Chauhan - Proceedings of the International Conference on …, 2026

This paper discusses the ways that food memoirs, written frequently at the margins
of official historical narrative, provide a powerful site of narrative resistance. By
recalling through meal memory, kitchens, and family routines, these works subtly …

Between Democracy and Authoritarianism: Insights from the Anthropology of Democracy

M Maeckelbergh - Annual Review of Anthropology, 2026

This article traces democracy from a time of universal optimism to today's moment of democratic decline to show how anthropology is particularly well positioned to understand the relationship between democracy and authoritarianism, not only as opposing forces, but also as interconnected political processes. Anthropological approaches to democracy rest on two key analytical distinctions: first, treating politics as a process and, second, separating democratic structures from democratic values to examine how people bridge the inevitable divide they encounter between democratic structures and values. The article highlights three bodies of literature—transitions to democracy, citizenship, and social movements—to show how the marketization and technicalization of politics, the centralization of power, and systems for the allocation of rights lay bare the ways that democratic structures can impede democratic values, as well as how people continue to pursue democratic values, even in the absence or decline of democratic structures.

[PDF] Caste in the feminist classroom: towards anti-hierarchical futures

H Singh, CS Ganesh, P Raghavan - Journal of Gender Studies, 2026

Despite loudly proclaimed commitments to challenging epistemic and material
hierarchies, feminist classrooms remain insidious, concealed sites of caste violence.
This paper examines how caste is (re)produced in the feminist classroom, reflecting …

Entangled Faiths: Christian Missions, Indigenous Agency and the Politics of Conversion in Colonial South Asia: The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion …

SMT Ahmed - 2026

Culture and exclusion

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Publication of ‘Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram in Contemporary Newspapers’ in two volumes

Dear Friends and Well-wishers of Overman Foundation, We are happy to announce the publication of our new book entitled Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram in...

Suresh Chandra Banerji: The Doctor with a Golden Heart by Anurag Banerjee

On 5th August 1921, a doctor passed away at his hill-top residence named ‘Alma House’ in Nainital. At the time of his death, he was...

Sri Aurobindo and the Modern Academic World by Dr. Sachidananda Mohanty

The most direct path to catastrophe is to treat complex problems as if they are obvious to everyone. —Stephen Marche on the Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Four Hundred and Fifty Photographs of the Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

Dear Friends, Born in Berhampur, West Bengal, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya (18 October 1923—8 January 2010) was the eldest son of Dakshinapada Bhattacharya and Prafullamoyee Devi....

A Tribute to Aurovillian Pashi alias Prakash Chandra Kapur by Paulette Hadnagy

Pashi Kapur, who marked Auroville in many ways, left us on Friday evening, October 20th, 2023. He was 91. From the Sri Aurobindo Ashram’s Nursing...

Abinash Chandra Banerji: The First Commentator in India on Specific Relief Act by Anurag Banerjee

‘He is not dead whose noble life Leads thine on high; To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die.’ These were the...

24 January 2024: Centenary of Dilip Kumar Roy’s First Meeting with Sri Aurobindo

Dear Friends, Dilip Kumar Roy (22 January 1897—6 January 1980) had first heard of Sri Aurobindo as a great Yogi in 1923 from his friend...

Krishna Chakravarti: In Memoriam by Anurag Banerjee

Dear Friends, She was one of those rare souls who was feared and loved: feared for her courageous personality, straightforwardness and uncompromising attitude and loved...

Publication of Dr. Prema Nandakumar’s new book, “Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of Indian Culture”

Dear Friends and Well-wishers, Overman Foundation is happy to announce the publication of its new book “Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of Indian Culture” authored by Dr....

The Essence of Savitri by R.Y. Deshpande

What is Savitri? What is Savitri? There are two answers to this question. The first answer is, it is a story of conjugal love. In...

[HTML] Four ideological turns in the construction of the Indian nation: Historical evolution and contemporary implications

H He, S Zhou - International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, 2026

… In order to alter its long-standing marginal status in the political arena, the BJP
promptly adjusted its guiding ideology, shifting from the earlier moderate line that
emphasized “Gandhian socialism” and “humanism” toward a more pronounced …

[PDF] The Politics of Reinterpretation: Constitutional Flexibility & Hindu Majoritarianism in India

B Mehrota - Confluence: The Undergraduate Journal of Discourse …, 2026

… A central mechanism through which the BJP advances its Hindutva project is the
categorical reframing of Hinduism as a culture rather than a … As Shani argues, the
BJP explicitly insists that “Hindutva as a ‘nationalist, and not a religious or theocratic …

[PDF] 'The Constitution is our only Weapon': Resisting and Countering the Assault on the Citizenship Rights of Muslim Women in India and Uttar Pradesh

S Chigateri - 2026

This research documents and analyses what assaults on the Muslim community in
India over the last several years mean for the citizenship rights of Muslim women.
Based on the findings of primary and secondary research carried out in …

[PDF] Modood, Tariq y Thomas Sealy. 2024. The new governance of religious diversity. Cambridge: Polity Press. 180 p.

C de la Cruz-Ayuso - Deusto Journal of Human Rights, 2026

… Fenómenos como la politización de la identidad evangélica en Estados Unidos,
el ascenso del Hindutva en la India y la compleja integración de las comunidades
musulmanas en Europa demuestran que la religión persiste como una dimensión …

[PDF] How TMC became the latest party to fall to BJP's 'divide, defect, dominate'playbook

P Sinharay - The Indian Express, 2026

… At the popular level, the BJP, being a regimented party, is likely to recreate the
party society model of yesteryears to penetrate every sphere of public life,
foregrounding the Hindutva ideology and the vision of neoliberal development. The …

[PDF] Faith on the Margins of the Schedule: Religious Identification, Tribal Identity Salience and the Delisting Debate among Scheduled Tribes of Ranchi District, Jharkhand

DA Bara, PK Panda

… Politically, they read delisting as a Hindutva strategy of boundary-drawing: the
same organisations that would expel Christian converts from the Schedule
simultaneously claim Sarna and “Sanatan” as one cultural stream, so that, as critics …

Globalize the Intifada: Integrating Historical Materialism to Critically Examine Pro‐Palestine Solidarity Motivations in the 'I'm Not Palestinian but'Action

MD Pham, J Acevedo, A Sarmal - European Journal of Social Psychology, 2026

… For example, an Indian person recognized: ‘Sick Hindutva ideology destroyed my
country’s souls and [the] West kept acting blind.’ Specifically on the United Nations’
historical failure to hold Israel accountable for their war crimes (Middle East Eye …

[PDF] The Rise and Decline of Communist Left in India: A Marxian Analysis and Implications for South Korea

A Chakrabarti, S Jeong

… Even non-state right-wing offshoots tied to the Hindutva ideology, who are far
removed from parliamentary politics and electoral contents, are known to use
violence. Likewise, extraparliamentary caste senas in places like Bihar and …

[HTML] The search for a lost fragment of Netaji Bose's Singapore memorial

A Kamalakaran - 2026

For some Indian history buffs visiting Singapore, a pilgrimage to the Esplanade Park
is essential. It is the site of what is locally known as the Former Indian National Army
Monument. Here, in July 1945, Subhas Chandra Bose laid the foundation stone for a …

Neoliberal State Against the People

S Pal - Critical Media Perspectives on the 2024 Bangladesh …, 2026