Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Sri Aurobindo provides diverse perspectives to sense imperatives


This book is not about Hindu nationalism in power but as a social and political movement and its aim is to encourage a more informed understanding of an idea that will remain relevant in Indian life far beyond victories and defeats in ...

Lavanya Vemsani - 2018 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions
(2015), About Savitri. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press. SriAurobindo. (1997a), Essays Divine and Human. ... Visual Piety of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo and St. Clare and St. Francis,” Journal of HinduChristian Studies 28:11–32.

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. This book is an enquiry into the integral philosophy of Aurobindo and its contemporary relevance.

2016 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions

... fascinating and many-faceted characters of the freedom movement—a writer and poet, a revolutionary dreaming of driving the British out of India, and then a famous Hindu mystic. Aurobindo Ghose was born on 15 August 1872 in Calcutta.

Wendy Doniger, ‎Martha C. Nussbaum - 2015 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions
Interfaith Council.11 The economic and political clout of the Hindudiaspora notwithstanding, my discussion here will highlight ... A selected list of these various entities includes Shri Aurobindo's Centers;13 Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar ...

It is of Hindu origin, but is also used in other Dharmic religions, such as Buddhism. ... Interestingly enough, as we have seen, Sri Aurobindo (late 1800s and early 1900s) was a political activist for the first part of his adult life, and then a spiritual ...

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Assorted tweets:

14) Hymns 83 - 89 (Verses 909 - 978): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 01, Sukta 083 to 089 (including the famous Swasti vachanas or the words of well being); with #SriAurobindo's words on the necessity of establishing a philological basis for His psychological theory https://t.co/fxbAVmm6aH
https://twitter.com/Auro_Mere/status/1143606243363213312?s=19
15) Hymns 90 - 95 (Verses 979 - 1,067): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 01, Sukta 090 to 095 (including a joint prayer to Agni and Soma); with #SriAurobindo's words on the necessity of establishing a philological basis for His psychological theory https://t.co/7qFsoV7oV9
https://twitter.com/Auro_Mere/status/1143606484317552640?s=19

Pushing a narrative and telling the right thing are two different things. Obviously, people are driven by material gains and no escape from such compulsions. Sri Aurobindo, however, provides diverse perspectives to sense current priorities and imperatives. https://t.co/yA7GHvJTdf
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1143745208053465088?s=19
Savitri Era Open Forum: Sri Aurobindo's vision of a world union of free nations https://t.co/FZVGXuksMJ
Savitri Era Political Action: Sri Aurobindo points out that the real evolutionary force is supramental https://t.co/KV3ZsCsRFz

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