The irony of disowning one’s culture
It is not wise to confuse the treasures of our heritage with the Hindu religion as it is understood and interpreted today
05 Jun 2019
The mantra is a synthesis of sound, word and a certain occult power that had been infused into that combination in a remote past when intuitive wisdom and sublime inspiration, not rational mind, ruled our consciousness. We may dismiss the element of occult power. But can we dispute that every sound and word had its effect on us— and the difference in effect due to the intensity of emotion behind the word uttered? The only question that awaits a subjective experience is whether a certain word or sound could be permanently charged with a certain power. But why bother about that if the chanting of Gayatri produced the expected result? We all know that the Vedic mantras were articulated by the legendary Rishis long before the people were called Hindus.
Today’s Hindus cannot—and surely they do not —claim monopoly over them any more than they could claim over Yoga or meditation. These are our nation’s, rather humanity’s heritage. Ayurveda cannot be shunned by the non-Hindus because of its Hindu origin nor the Unani can be dismissed by the Hindus because the medieval Musl... -Manoj Das
Eminent author and recipient of several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Email: prof.manojdas@gmail.com
Cinema and the Evolutionary Emotional-Aesthetics of Sri Aurobindo
by Mark Allan Kaplan, Sofia University (USA)
Film Studies • Cinema Studies • Film Aesthetics • Integral Theory • Sri Aurobindo
This is a research report on one of our current research projects exploring the integral-evolutionary theories and approaches of Sri Aurobindo's work.
[HTML] Confucian Models of Ideal Society Practiced Through" Inner Sage, Outer King"(Neisheng Waiwang) in Chinese Philosophy
MP Daily - 2019
… Then I will investigate definitions and practices of Integralism from the Indian philosophic tradition of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, which have many similarities to Integralism in Chinese philosophy. I proceed with examples taken from contemporary scholars …
Decolonizing Marriage and the Family: The Lives and Letters of Ida, Benoy, and Indira Sarkar
J Namakkal - Journal of Women's History, 2019
… and one-time leader of the Indian National Congress Annie Besant; the Irish nationalist and follower of Swami Vivekananda, Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble); and the French spiritualist and companion to the nationalist freedom …
Next week I will be at The Science of Consciousness in Interlaken, where I will present the ideas from my paper "The Self-Referential Aspect of Consciousness": https://philpeople.org/profiles/cosmin-visan
If anyone will be around too, I will enjoy debating issues about consciousness. https://www.tsc2019-interlaken.ch/
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http://niyogibooksindia.com/blog/the-concept-behind-the-hindu-gods-an-analysis-based-on-aurobindos-interpretations-of-the-rig-vedic-gods/
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/14/18520783/harvard-economics-chetty
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/06/13/jerome-bruner-myth-identity-creativity/
Seth Farber, PhD NYC www.sethHfarber.com
THE MESSAGE OF SRI AUROBINDO: GOD, ROMANTIC LOVE, AND PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY
Assorted tweets:
Links between Vedas, Upanishads, Tantra and Puranas | Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother https://t.co/lk24mKTASI
https://twitter.com/h_santhosh/status/1141668418892062720?s=19
Dear all friends / relatives / members, we, Maa Sri Aurobindo whatsapp group members consecrate the rain compilation video for Collective Meditation (as per Ashram timings Mon-Tue-Wed-Fri 7.25 pm to 7.50 pm &... https://t.co/tQNH7IgONH
https://twitter.com/Balajeearavind/status/1141641055080779777?s=19
The Untold Story of Napoleon Hill, the Greatest Self-Help Scammer of All Time https://t.co/POZmWbvBaY
https://twitter.com/DrMariosAdamou/status/1141771528280903682?s=19
A must read!! Wake up...and smell the fraud.
Opinion: The disturbing irrationalism of Jaggi Vasudev https://t.co/2R4eaG4bpW via @scroll_in
https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa/status/1141578589646667776?s=19
I recommend this fine essay by @MrSamratX on "the foolish attempt to recast India as a homogenous Western-style nation, and to recast fluid Hinduism itself in a rigid Abrahamic way"; with this caveat--the attempt is not foolish, but malign:
https://t.co/IzvPvCjucG
https://twitter.com/Ram_Guha/status/1141689931472855041?s=19
This inexplicable and seemingly contradictory nature of shiva in different ages and texts is an endless source of fascination & awe. //End
https://twitter.com/GhorAngirasa/status/1057492808238596096?s=19
🤣🤣🤣 Unintentional am sure..Sri Aurobindo says if the Vedic Rishis were afraid of anything, it was of Rudra..their approach to Him was always in supplication, a raw uncompromising power, impatient..the Primordial Bull, Male, Un-tameable..May He gaze on us mercifully
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1141369232526995456?s=19
Hey @Bhaktirassagar This guy Debashish Banerji is saying Rudra is an outsider God, who visited like a storm to attack the settlers & hence hymns to appease him in Rigveda. I Think this points to Āryan Invasion. Chk from @28.30 https://t.co/bAHgDbta58
https://twitter.com/Nag_J1/status/1138669394056187904?s=19
"These are the most revealing body of letters after John Keats' and perhaps more important for the future of criticism."
V. K. Gokak on Sri Aurobindo's Letters on Literature.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1141383819091513345?s=19
Princeton's "New Directions in Indian and Comparative Philosophy" series are now online. Please feel free to share the link: http://bit.ly/NDICPprinceton
Yep! Gender bias creeping into scientific research in botany, primate studies, biological anthropology, shows scientific methods & theories are not immune from cultural bias.
https://t.co/9FkwckXt40
https://twitter.com/Shudraism/status/1141409978424516608?s=19
Policing the beats: The criminalisation of UK drill and grime music by the London Metropolitan Police @lfatsis https://t.co/0pIaATZ8iF https://t.co/9d7UUBGL00
https://twitter.com/TheSocReview/status/1141767775855230976?s=19
‘Won’t allow chanting of religious slogans in Parliament’: Speaker Om Birla | india news | Hindustan. Better late than never.. This shd b keep up and any violation dealt with severely https://t.co/DOJol6fyQb
https://twitter.com/ksvenu247/status/1141767118708531200?s=19
Someone gave my papa her photo when he was in 5 th Std , that was the day , automatically he was accepted by mother . And when my papa was studying in baroda , SA ashram is 5 min from there and he started going , and champakdada used to be there , kamla baa was also there
https://twitter.com/DhruvalKhurana/status/1141663568183451648?s=19
Are sexual perversion and criminal conduct important qualifications necessary to become a ‘Liberal’ hero? https://t.co/07a8nEPl2y
https://twitter.com/patnaik_r/status/1141782778574327808?s=19
Marriage is an institution largely for women. Men would be happy to shoot & scoot, leaving the woman holding the baby.
"Feminism" is a handmaiden of patriarchy, creating a rush of single mothers struggling in Western society.
"Be progressive" is the modern man's seduction line https://t.co/hKRXvehQ1D
https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/1141257666733363201?s=19
The problem arises because Western thought is unable to transcend binaries. From the god vs satan archetype it creates Christian vs heathen, men vs women, bourgeois vs proletariat, Right vs Left and so on. It never reaches the non-dual nor understand Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah.
Is there a scientific study on the impact of inbreeding on Muslim communities? Are there disproportional birth defects?
Was Allah not aware of the problems from this when he made it halal in the Book. https://t.co/aziKAn9yz0
https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/1141571164633874432?s=19
Brilliant piece on how Shri R.C. Majumdar was hounded for his dedication to truthfully telling the Story of India by @dharmadispatch https://t.co/u9bEjYFRi5
https://twitter.com/aashishchaturv/status/1141727785460781056?s=19
"Thus despite repeated calls for the working class to liberate itself, Marx did not believe that work makes us free – nor that the society of work expands the scope of human possibility." - @AaronBastani
Fully Automated Luxury Communism is 40% off! https://t.co/WzHBP5QQUa https://t.co/yZCCCy59Lp
https://twitter.com/VersoBooks/status/1141771445783138305?s=19
There is something inhuman about characters who always operate at the maximum pitch of experience https://t.co/UGz7fJlSiM
https://twitter.com/nytimesbooks/status/1141776250735878144?s=19
A must read, and not just for those of us nearing or just passing 50! @arthurbrooks nails the misgivings of aging & our own relevance— and contextualizes it in Hindu philosophy. Well done. @HinduAmerican https://t.co/UCbSRK5f5L
https://twitter.com/aseemrshukla/status/1141779355317743617?s=19
"Taking a ‘social perspective’ on the organism does not simply mean describing the activities of cells in social terms." Dr Jonathan Birch discusses social behaviour in the natural world #philosophyofscience https://t.co/c6Aq8onT2t
https://twitter.com/OUPPhilosophy/status/1141775262457090048?s=19
Marketime: Only Sri Aurobindo remains relevant for the future https://t.co/jjXQJPduHI
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