krishnabaalu posted 15 hrs ago
Wonderful; Mother and Sri Arobindo would have changed the world if we Indians had realised the power of Sri Arobindo. The true spiritual power and yogi of Modern World. Krishna Baalu
komlet posted 24 hrs ago
Barin Chaki.....the whole write up is so well versed and aims to strike the heart of a seeker......read and get in touch of something special...........perhaps i can not define it right now, thanks for your wonderful notes.
The Hindu Sunday, Mar 30, 2008 RELIGION
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Lecuture by Prof. C.V. Ramanan on “Total Quality Person”, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 10 a.m. to 11-15 a.m. Engagements - New Delhi In the capital today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 10.30 a.m.
Sri Aurobindo Society Centre: Meeting, AP-514, J Block, 8th St., Anna Nagar, 6 p.m. Chennai today
Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Coimbatore today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Study circle meeting on ‘The Mother on the Birth of a New World,’ 3 Lajapathi Roy Street, Chinna Chokkikulam, 10.30 a.m. Madurai Today
Coming Events
Sunday, 30 Mar
Exhibition: "Jours#" by Leonard ::: Pitanga (until 12 April) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
ERIC - Sri Aurobindo ::: Auditorium - Bharat Nivas ::: Sun ::: 7:30 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM
Auroville Nature Camp Meeting ::: Certitude ::: Sun ::: 10:00 AM
A Sound Meditation ::: Pavilion of Tibetan Culture ::: Sun ::: 6:30 PM
Monday, 31 Mar
Exhibition: "Jours#" by Leonard ::: Pitanga (until 12 April) ::: Mon ::: 8:00 AM
ERIC - Sri Aurobindo ::: Auditorium - Bharat Nivas ::: Mon ::: 7:30 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Mon ::: 9:00 AM
Tuesday, 01 Apr
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Tue ::: 5:00 PM
Exhibition: "Jours#" by Leonard ::: Pitanga (until 12 April) ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM
ERIC - Sri Aurobindo ::: Auditorium - Bharat Nivas ::: Tue ::: 7:30 PM
Wednesday, 02 Apr
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Wed ::: 7:30 PM
Exhibition: "Jours#" by Leonard ::: Pitanga (until 12 April) ::: Wed ::: 8:00 AM
Thursday, 03 Apr
Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM
Exhibition: "Jours#" by Leonard ::: Pitanga (until 12 April) ::: Thu ::: 8:00 AM
Friday, 04 Apr
Exhibition: "Jours#" by Leonard ::: Pitanga (until 12 April) ::: Fri ::: 8:00 AM
pranayama course (prior registration) ::: Quiet Healing Centre ::: Fri ::: 6:30 AM
C I N E M A - DANCE OF THE WIND ::: Auditorium, Bharat Nivas ::: Fri ::: 7:45 PM
Saturday, 05 Apr
Exhibition: "Jours#" by Leonard ::: Pitanga (until 12 April) ::: Sat ::: 8:00 AM
DUTCH Avondje Wim Sonneveld ::: Aurelec Cafeteria ::: Sat ::: 7:30 PM
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I do not know how, in the face of Sri Aurobindo’s own comments, Peter Heehs can suggest disengaging Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and Thea’s work from the tenets of Hinduism. Has he not read his own statement on the matter????
“…Hinduism, which is the most skeptical and the most believing of all, the most skeptical because it has questioned and experimented the most, the most believing because it has the deepest experience and the most varied and positive spiritual knowledge, — that wider Hinduism which is not a dogma or combination of dogmas but a law of life, which is not a social framework but the spirit of a past and future social evolution, which rejects nothing but insists on testing and experiencing everything and when tested and experienced turning it to the soul's uses, in this Hinduism we find the basis of the future world-religion.” (Source: Aurobindo’s Karmayogin: Political Writings And Speeches - 1909-1910: Chapter: The Ideal of Karmayogin)
This is yet another example of a lack of knowledge of the true nature and spirit of Sri Aurobindo’s, the Mother’s and Thea’s work and mission. Central to their work is the restoration of the Sanatana Dharma. This is the exclusive mission of the Avatar in his periodic appearance on the Earth. Part of that restoration includes a clear understanding of the symbolism preserved in the architecture of the Hindu temple and the cosmological significance of its ritual celebrations. But then how can we expect those who have rejected the Mother’s own temple to understand these subtleties. The following article should shed some light on this important matter. R.E. Wilkinson – robtw@sprynet.com
In a recent letter to the New Indian Express, Mar. 9, 2008, (See below) Swami Dayananda wrote of a new rapprochement between Hindu and Jewish religious leaders. This historic meeting, wrote Swami Dayananda, emphasized and illustrated the importance of honest dialogue between two religious traditions to resolve seemingly irresolvable differences. At issue was the question of Hindu worship of "Gods" and "Idols" which, for centuries, Jewish theologians have found irreconcilable with their own traditions which prohibit idolatry.While one cannot doubt Swami-ji's sincere attempt at honest dialog, he has overlooked the fact that the focus on Idols in Hinduism, after the Vedic Age with its emphasis on sacred geometric forms is one of the most inspiring aspects of the Sanatana Dharma. In her reply to Swami Dayananda, Thea (Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet) explains the deeper meaning behind these sacred forms and why Hindus should not so readily capitulate to the criticisms of other beliefs.
Industrial unit of Aurobindo Ashram burgled Puducherry Tuesday, Mar 25 2008 IST Home
Burglers gained entry into an industrial unit owned by the Aurobindo Ashram here and decamped with cash to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh.
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UMass junior dies while studying in India by The Republican Newsroom Tuesday March 25, 2008, 3:50 PM
AMHERST - A University of Massachusetts student from Chelmsford died last week while studying in Auroville, India. Katherine "Katie" Sherman, was a junior in the bachelor's of fine arts program with a concentration in photography, according to officials at UMass-Amherst. In India, she was studying sustainable living, ecology and group dynamics, UMass officials said. No further information was immediately available. Send To A Friend Permalink
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Prashant Khanna to deliver a lecture on “The Life Divine”, Sri Aurobindo Marg, 10 a.m. to 11-15 a.m. Engagements - New Delhi In the Capital Today The Hindu Sunday, Mar 23, 2008
Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 10.30 a.m.
Sri Aurobindo Society Centre: Meeting, AP-514, J Block, 8th St., Anna Nagar, 6 p.m. In Chennai Today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Study circle meeting on ‘The Mother on the Birth of a New World,’ 3 Lajapathi Roy Road, Chinna Chokkikulam, 10.30 a.m. In Madurai Today
Engagements - Coimbatore In Coimbatore Today RELIGION Saturday, Mar 22, 2008
Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithri, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House, Tatabad, 10 a.m.
Sunday, 23 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Sun ::: 7:00 PM
A Prayer for World Peace ::: Pavilion of Tibetan Culture ::: Sun ::: 6:45 PM
Coming Events
Friday, 21 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Fri ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Fri ::: 7:00 PM
hip hop breakdance session ::: Verite ILC ::: Fri ::: 5:00 PM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (extended till 21st March) ::: Fri ::: 8:00 AM
Saturday, 22 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Sat ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sat ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Sat ::: 7:00 PM
Odissi Dance Performance ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium ::: Sat ::: 8:00 PM
Sunday, 23 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Sun ::: 7:00 PM
Monday, 24 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Mon ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Mon ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Mon ::: 7:00 PM
C I N E MA : RED DESERT (IL DESERTO ROSSO) ::: Auditorium, Bharat Nivas ::: Mon ::: 7:45 PM
Tuesday, 25 Mar
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Tue ::: 5:00 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Tue ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Tue ::: 11:00 AM
Wednesday, 26 Mar
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Wed ::: 7:30 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Wed ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Wed ::: 11:00 AM
Thursday, 27 Mar
Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Thu ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Thu ::: 11:00 AMPlease login to publish your events.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=wzhx4r8D44w Why don't you invite them to give a programme in Ghaziabad? R. Posted by Anonymous to Aurora Mirabilis at 5:52 PM, March 20, 2008
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LEARN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AT: Matri Kala Mandir
Sitar, keyboard, Hawaiian guitar, Spanish guitar and tabla are taught here. Classes are held twice a week. At: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Aurobindo Marg, inside Mother’s International School campus. Time: One hour between 3.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Fees: Rs 350 to Rs 450. Call: 32425661.
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Studies of Upanishads in the light of Sri Aurobindo, at Savitri Bhavan.
19 Mar 2008 - 4:00pm
Why and How I Wrote about Hitler - Georges Van Vrekem
22 Mar 2008 - 9:30am
"The Bombadier Beetle" - Georges Van Vrekem
29 Mar 2008 - 9:30am
Orientation to the Multifacted Genius of Sri Aurobindo
20 Apr 2008 - 8:48am
Introductory Course in Indian Psychology (Pondy/Delhi)
25 May 2008 - 12:00pm
Introductory Courses in Indian Psychology (Pondy)
15 Jun 2008 - 12:00am
Yoga of Divine Love
1 Oct 2008 - 8:59am
Engagements - New Delhi In the Capital Today GENERAL The Hindu Sunday, Mar 16, 2008
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Lecture on “The Human Cycle” by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani, Sri Aurobindo Marg, 10 a.m. to 11-15 a.m.
Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 10.30 a.m. Chennai Today
Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithiri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - Coimbatore Coimbatore Today Religion Saturday, Mar 15, 2008
Coming Events Sunday, 16 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Sun ::: 7:00 PM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (extended till 21st March) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
Indian Cartoonists on Tibet ::: Pavilion of Tibetan Culture ::: Sun ::: 5:45 PM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
Monday, 17 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Mon ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Mon ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Mon ::: 7:00 PM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (extended till 21st March) ::: Mon ::: 8:00 AM
C I N E M A : Bled Number One ::: Auditorium, Bharat Nivas ::: Mon ::: 7:45 PM
Tuesday, 18 Mar
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Tue ::: 5:00 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Tue ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Tue ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Tue ::: 7:00 PM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (extended till 21st March) ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM
Wednesday, 19 Mar
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Wed ::: 7:30 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Wed ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Wed ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Wed ::: 7:00 PM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (extended till 21st March) ::: Wed ::: 8:00 AM
Thursday, 20 Mar
Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Thu ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Thu ::: 11:00 AM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts ::: Tibetan Pav.,Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: Thu ::: 7:00 PM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (extended till 21st March) ::: Thu ::: 8:00 AM
Meditation for Spring Equinox ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 6:30 PM
Auroville Renaissance Cappella concerts
Tibetan Pav., Pitanga, Ashram, Eglise Notre Dame Pondi ::: 7:00 PM
AUROVILLE RENAISSANCE CAPPELLA Anandamayi, Firooza, Eliane, Hala van den Driessche, Helga van Kolck, Marijke, Tineke, Uma, Ane, Denis, Carl Harte, Eric, Henrik Forshamn, Lucas dir.: Prof. Eugeen Liven d’Abelardo Poems read by Norman Bowler “Abouth Death and beyond...” Motets and madrigals by Lasso, Arcadelt, Willaert, de Rore, Monteverdi, Morales, Schütz, Kuhnau, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Pärt, Tavener Poems by Baudelaire, Shakespeare, Auden, Dylan Thomas, Rosetti, Frye, Machado, Dickinson, Akhmatova, Sri Aurobindo Tue March 18th, Pavilion for Tibetan Culture 7 p.m. Wed March 19th, Savitri Bhavan 7 p.m. Fri March 21st, Pitanga Samasti 7.30 p.m. Sat March 22nd, Pitanga Samasti 7.30 p.m. Sun March 23rd, Ashram School Hall of Harmony 10.30 a.m. Mon March 24th, Eglise Notre Dame des Anges, Pondicherry 7.00 p.m posted by marijke
e-mail: info@newindpress.com SOUTHERN NEWS - TAMIL NADU Mar 15, 2008
Granddaughter of Mother passes away Saturday March 15 2008 09:15 IST
PUDUCHERRY: Pournaprema (77), granddaughter of Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, passed away at 3 am on Friday at her residence on the ashram premises after prolonged illness.
Pournaprema, who was born Francoise Morisset, is survived by son Michel Lemaire. Morisset joined the ashram in the late 50s and was named Pournaprema by the Mother. She used to write books, articles and was engaged in ashram-related literary activities. Pournaprema had been ailing for almost a decade now and was receiving treatment in France and Puducherry. Cremation was held in Karuvadikuppam funeral ground here.
Re: After 40 yrs, Auroville still going strong by ned on Fri 14 Mar 2008 01:39 PM PDT Profile Permanent Link
Was the Mother really Sri Aurobindo's "disciple"? I think maybe in the very very initial stages she might have been, but otherwise I think he always saw her as his equal and his spiritual co-worker.
Re: Auroville's Landmark 40th Anniversary Celebrations by Lori Tompkins on Fri 14 Mar 2008 06:36 PM PDT Profile Permanent Link
Karan Singh's statement, 'The completion of Matrimandir marked the conversion of the Mother’s vision into a reality,' reads to me like fiction, or like a complete washing over of evidence to the fact that the Mother's vision was not respected and not '[converted] into a reality'. Why claim the Mother's vision was realized when so much of her vision (including the diameter of the inner chamber) was changed by the architects who took control of the project?
Anyway, I wonder how Auroville can truly expect to prosper while washing over the failures made in carrying out the Mother's actual vision for the Inner Chamber of the Matrimandir. Details of how the Auroville Matrimandir differs from the Mother's original vision can be found at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives in Pondicherry, in The New Way, Vols. 1 & 2 and online at www.matacom.com
Sri Aurobindo - A Contemporary Reader By Sachidananda Mohanty
This book compiles some of the finest writings of Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) — the nationalist, visionary, poet-philosopher. It reflects the range, depth and outreach of the moral, intellectual and spiritual vision of this versatile and multifaceted genius. It aims at providing, at one place, access to the key concepts, tenets, and the spirit of the extraordinary range of texts authored by him....
Published December 1st 2007 by Routledge India. more information about Sri Aurobindo - A Contemporary Reader
March 10, 1908: Sri Aurobindo
In Howrah at a public reception of Bepin Chandra Pal upon his release from jail. -- Sri Aurobindo : a biography and a history by K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Mud Between My Toes from Sri Aurobindo Ashram — Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress by mbjesq
Today was yet another pre-dawn morning. We accompanied the teenage students of the Sri Aurobindo International School to ashram-owned paddy lands, near Ousteri Lake on the Pondicherry – Tamil Nadu border, to harvest sesame (til).
For them, as for us, the outing was a way to experience the basic mechanics of agriculture – or at least one significant part of the process – and remind ourselves from where our food comes. It was also hard work and good fun.
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram is largely self-sufficient in producing the food to sustain its 2,500 members, with entirely organic orchards, fields, paddy lands, and dairy operations. Indeed, the ashram has been producing a surfeit of rice in recent years, and has been rotating its paddies to produce non-flood-irrigated crops like groundnut, sun flowers, mustards, and sesame, which are pressed into cooking oils.
Yesterday evening brought an unseasonable storm to Pondicherry, utterly torrential last night, tapering to showers this morning. The sodden paddy fields were good fortune for us in two ways. First, the wet earth made the pulling of the til like butter.
Second, there are few things in life (I won’t enumerate them) as deliciously pleasurable as the mud of a paddy field squishing through your toes.
Talk by Georges Van Vrekhem
Unity Pavilion ::: 9:30 AM
University of Human Unity:
Georges Van Vrekhem will talk on Saturday, 15th, at 9.30 on
"God within - God without. Gnosticism and Early Christianity".
All are welcome!
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Coming Events
Wednesday, 12 Mar
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Wed ::: 7:30 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Wed ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Wed ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Wed ::: 8:00 AM
Exhibition of Urban Architecture ::: Town Hall (until March 15) ::: Wed ::: 11:00 AM
General Meeting with WC and AVC ::: SAWCHU ::: Wed ::: 5:00 PM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (until 12 March) ::: Wed ::: 8:00 AM
Thursday, 13 Mar
Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Thu ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Thu ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Thu ::: 8:00 AM
Exhibition of Urban Architecture ::: Town Hall (until March 15) ::: Thu ::: 11:00 AM
Visita Console Italiano (Consul's visit) ::: Cinema Paradiso ::: Thu ::: 5:00 PM
Jazz concert ::: Kalabhumi ::: Thu ::: 8:00 PM
Friday, 14 Mar
Meditation with Crystal Bowl Sound (weekly till 25 April) ::: Pitanga ::: Fri ::: 6:15 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Fri ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Fri ::: 8:00 AM
Exhibition of Urban Architecture ::: Town Hall (until March 15) ::: Fri ::: 11:00 AM
"Shakuntala and the Ring of Remembrance" ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas ::: Fri ::: 8:00 PM
Jivan in Concert: Songs of Peace, Love and Soul Passion ::: Verite ILC ::: Fri ::: 7:30 PM
Saturday, 15 Mar
Lecture on Sri Aurobindo and Ancient Greece ::: Unity Pavilion ::: Sat ::: 9:30 AM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Sat ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sat ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Sat ::: 8:00 AM
Exhibition of Urban Architecture ::: Town Hall (until March 15) ::: Sat ::: 11:00 AM
"Shakuntala and the Ring of Remembrance" ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas ::: Sat ::: 8:00 PM
Georges Van Vrekhem ::: Unity Pavilion ::: Sat ::: 9:30 AM
Sunday, 16 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
Monday, 17 Mar
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Mon ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Mon ::: 11:00 AM
C I N E M A : Bled Number One ::: Auditorium, Bharat Nivas ::: Mon ::: 7:45 PM
Tuesday, 18 Mar
chant your heart open ::: Verite Hall ::: Tue ::: 5:00 PM
Exhibition: Roger Anger: his achievements before Auroville ::: Town Hall (until March 31) ::: Tue ::: 9:00 AM
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Tue ::: 11:00 AM
Earthy designs & a vision TOI 12 Mar 2008, 0000 hrs IST, MANDVI SHARMA , TNN
Anju Modi and Neha Ahuja (TOI Photo)
“I am a minimalist by nature,” says designer Anju Modi, and that is what her designs are all about this Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. “I like to play around with surface texture, hand-woven fabrics and their unconventional treatment that synthesises the vintage with the contemporary.” Her collection, named Luminosity, is going to have Global Warming as a background for this autumn/winter showcase. There is a use of sheer fluid fabrics in natural colours and Indian designs. There is slight flounce in most of the garments and yet a proper structure has been given to them to bring out the character of the designs. Anju’s show is on Sunday at the WIFW in Pragati Maidan.
“I am a strong believer in Sri Aurobindo’s vision and his thought has inspired this collection,” she says.
Only when thou hast climbed above thy mind
And liv'st in the calm vastness of the One
Can love be eternal in the eternal Bliss
And love divine replace the human tie.
There is a shrouded law, an austere force:
It bids thee strengthen thy undying spirit;
It offers its severe benignancies
Of work and thought and measured grave delight
As steps to climb to God's far secret heights.
Then is our life a tranquil pilgrimage,
Each year a mile upon the heavenly Way,
Each dawn opens into a larger Light.
Thy acts are thy helpers, all events are signs,
Waking and sleep are opportunities
Given to thee by an immortal Power.
Book VI: The Book of Fate Canto I: The Word of Fate
Page 435 Complete Text With Author's Note On The Poem Sri Aurobindo's Letters On Savitri The Mother On Savitri
Engagements - New Delhi In the capital today RELIGION The Hindu
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Bimal Mohanty to speak on "Spiritual Approach to Life”, Sri Aurobindo Marg, 10 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. In the capital today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 10.30 a.m.; Gita: K.R. Neelakantan, Sri Aurobindo Society Centre, AP-514, J Block, 8th St., Anna Nagar, 6 p.m. Chennai today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Study circle meeting on ‘The Mother on Grace,’ 3 Lajapathi Roy Street, Chinna Chokkikulam, 10.30 a.m. Madurai today
Sunday, 09 Mar
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
INFINITE MATTER : Group show by Auroville Artists ::: Gallery Square Circle : Kala Kendra (until March 2) ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition of Urban Architecture ::: Town Hall (until March 15) ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (until 12 March) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
Pottery Poetry ::: Pavilion of Tibetan Culture until 10 March) ::: Sat ::: 10:00 AM
Book presentation and poetry readings ::: Hall of Light in Creativity ::: Sun ::: 3:00 PM
Workshops and performances of GONG MASTERS (registration) ::: Verité Hall ::: Sun ::: 7:00 PM
Book Launch of Dr. A.S. Dalal's book postponed ::: Verite ::: Sun ::: 8:00 PM
Book presentation and poetry readings. Hall of Light in Creativity ::: 3:00 PM
We heartily invite you to the presentation of the "Devotion" anthology on: Sunday March 9, at three in the afternoon at the Hall of Light in Creativity. We also invite writers to partake in the presentation, by reading some of their work before the Auroville poetry lovers we have invited.
In short, all lovers of writing are welcome, so take friends along.
"Devotion" has been compiled from poetry gathered at the Ashram and in Auroville; from the 1930's to the present, by writers who were inspired by Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and/or Auroville.
We are looking forward to meeting you over poems, tea, cakes and other refreshments. Lloyd and Chandresh
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Postponing the Book Launch of Dr. A.S. Dalal's book.
The book launch for Dr. A.S. Dalal's new book: 'Eckhart Tolle and Sri Aurobindo: Two Perspectives on Enlightenment', which was announced for today Sunday 8 March at Verite has been postponed till further notice.
Bhavana
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1914 Home Page Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Biographical materials 36 years
March 7, the Mother embarked for India aboard the Kaga Maru.
March 29. Mirra and Paul Richard reached Pondicherry. The first meeting of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Paul offer Sri Aurobindo published a journal with synthesis of Sri Aurobindo's philosophical ideas. Mirra, when she saw Sri Aurobindo, acknowledge at him that man who guided her spiritual development. She stayed at Pondicherry till Feb. 1915.
Lecture on Sri Aurobindo and Ancient Greece
Unity Pavilion ::: 9:30 AM Saturday, 08 Mar. University of Human Unity
Georges Van Vrekhem will give a series of lectures starting this Saturday 8th of March at Unity Pavilion at 9.30am. : "The Socratic Bifurcation - Sri Aurobindo and Ancient Greece". posted by AVnet
TALK "Auroville and The Ideal of Human Unity" at IIC - 2nd March 08 from Delhi Events - Today by Rohit Malik Time : 6:30 pm Event Details : A multimedia presentation and Panel discussion on: The Auroville Experience: Towards Peace, harmony and Human Unity. On 28th February 2008, the international township...
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Bimal Mohanty to deliver a lecture on “Prasthana Trayam”, Sri Aurobindo Marg, 10 a.m. to 11-15 a.m. In the Capital Today Engagements - New Delhi The Hindu
Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 10.30 a.m. In Chennai today
Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Joint prayers, Sasi Balika Vidya Mandir, R.S. Puram, 9.30 a.m.; W 7/C, Kovaipudur, 4 p.m.; Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House Road, Tatabad, 10 a.m. In Coimbatore Today
Sri Aurobindo Society: Study circle meeting on ‘The Mother on Grace,’ 3 Lajapathi Roy Street, Chinna Chokkikulam, 10.30 a.m. In Madurai Today
Sunday, 02 Mar
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
INFINITE MATTER : Group show by Auroville Artists ::: Gallery Square Circle : Kala Kendra (until March 2) ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Presentation and Exhibition of Urban Architecture ::: Town Hall (until March 15) ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (until 12 March) ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
Pottery Poetry ::: Pavilion of Tibetan Culture until 10 March) ::: Sat ::: 4:00 PM
AV40: "Mother and Auroville" - exhibition ::: Savitri Bhavan (until 4 March) ::: Sun ::: 9:30 AM
"Quest "- an art exhibition ::: Creativity Hall (until March 2) ::: Sun ::: 3:00 AM
Concert: Jazz Romantic ::: Pitanga ::: Sun ::: 8:00 PM
Monday, 03 Mar
Golden Moments : Photos by Lalit Verma ::: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium Foyer: Ground and First Floor ::: Mon ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: ‘South Calcutta Artists’ Academy’ ::: Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery (until 16 March) ::: Mon ::: 8:00 AM
INFINITE MATTER : Group show by Auroville Artists ::: Gallery Square Circle : Kala Kendra (until March 2) ::: Mon ::: 11:00 AM
Presentation and Exhibition of Urban Architecture ::: Town Hall (until March 15) ::: Mon ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition: "The Blue Invasion" ::: Pitanga (until 12 March) ::: Mon ::: 8:00 AM
Pottery Poetry ::: Pavilion of Tibetan Culture until 10 March) ::: Sat ::: 4:00 PM
AV40: "Mother and Auroville" - exhibition ::: Savitri Bhavan (until 4 March) ::: Mon ::: 9:30 AM
Soleil presents "Neurons for Nirvana" ::: MultiMedia Centre auditorium ::: Mon ::: 5:00 PM
I was somewhat surprised to realize that, in the years I’ve lived in Pondicherry, within a few blocks of this historic building – which plays such an important symbolic role in the lives of so many of my close friends – I had never before been in this place, though it is open daily...
It is quite odd that I find myself living amid so much deeply felt spirituality to which I am so perfectly immune. (It is all the more interesting and ironic to be doing so for much of each year in India, a country that, for all its famous and much-trumpeted ancient experience, is well-and-truly bereft of much-of-anything even resembling spiritual awareness, as most spiritual people would probably define the term. But that is an essay to write – and a fight to pick, no doubt – on another day.) ...
Somehow, my seemingly intractable ignorance hasn’t diminished my curiosity with the subject. I have discovered one thing, though: always take a darshan when you can get one – even when it is with a room. memestream Room Darshan Published 29 February 2008 Art & Culture , Bio , India , Religion, Spiritualism & Other Make-Believe « Bon Fête Auroville
India Devotees throng Ashram for leap-year blessings Puducherry Friday, Feb 29 2008 IST
A large number of devotees from different parts of the country and the world, today thronged the Sri Aurobindo Ashram here on 'Golden Day' in the leap year.
The rooms used by Sri Aurobindo and the 'Mother' were opened for public darshan. A special meditation was organised on the occasion. -- (UNI) -- 29MS47.xml
Thursday, February 28, 2008युग मानस YUG MANAS
हिंदी पत्रकारिता
पांडिच्चेरी (पुदुच्चेरी) प्रदेश में स्वाधीनता आंदोलन के आध्यात्मिक नेता महात्मा श्री अरविंद के आश्रम से चौथे दशक में हिंदी पत्रिका ‘अदिति’ के प्रकाशन के साथ ही हिंदी पत्रकारिता का उदय हुआ । राष्ट्रीयता के आराधक श्री अरविंद की विचारधाराओं के प्रचार-प्रसार हेतु ‘अदिति’ का प्रकाशन हुआ था । राष्ट्रीय विचारधारा को बल प्रदान करने में ‘अदिति’ की अग्रणी भूमिका रही ।
