Thursday, February 20, 2020

The luminous heart of the Unknown

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Saturday, August 31, 2019

Hero is the one who can be betrayed with impunity


Assorted tweets collated by @NathTusar Director #SavitriEra Learning Forum (SELF since 2005) Ghaziabad #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Online Courses this September - Bhagawad Gita | Sanskrit | Psychology of Human Development | Consciousness & Social Evolution | Wellness Coaching - elearn@gnosticcentre.com https://t.co/TAULFDBFa6
https://t.co/HzuGeWFwcr
https://twitter.com/Gnostic_Centre/status/1159395880283312128?s=19

Happy to announce a very special event coming up on Sept 6th. SAFIC is invited to present two Lectures and two Exhibitions as part of Raj Nivas Lecture Series and Raj Nivas Art and Culture Series at Puducherry. @LGov_Puducherry https://t.co/hBIARoeuPb
https://twitter.com/AUROSAFIC/status/1167796579266433024?s=19

We need a new psychology which can offer support for the human mind to reach a perfected state. #WhenTheSoulHeals #spirituality #psychology #selfgrowth #selfhelp #author #spiritualawakening #TheMother #SriAurobindo #books #BookBoost https://t.co/1xxPTscmSQ
https://twitter.com/pulkitsharma82/status/1167805128751157248?s=19
When householders embark upon a spiritual journey, never-ending struggles await them. Amidst this chaos Someone holds them safe and warm constantly reassuring them that they are the real heroes (My article in Times of India dated 29.082019). https://t.co/urKa5lP5lJ
https://twitter.com/pulkitsharma82/status/1167124338572705795?s=19
Rethinking Spiritual Psychology
My talk at Vimhans -- what is spiritual psychology, why we need it and how we can integrate it in our daily life. #spirituality #psychology #WhenTheSoulHeals #PulkitSharma #selfgrowth  #selfhelp  #Healing 
https://t.co/l4KoaHLjie via @YouTube
https://twitter.com/pulkitsharma82/status/1166566389064380417?s=19
It was blissful revisiting Sri Aurobindo Ashram last week, presenting my book to Tara Didi and sharing my writing journey with Dr. Ramesh Bijlani. #WhenTheSoulHeals #SriAurobindo #psychology #spirituality #BookBoost #books https://t.co/KFLHIEAxvQ
https://twitter.com/pulkitsharma82/status/1163049146812645378?s=19

Initiated discussion on an Advaitic interpretation of Wittgenstein's transcendental, trans-cultural conception of religion which resembles to contemporary neo-vedantins' (such as Vivekananda's and Sri Aurobindo's) universal religion/intuitive religion at ICPR Centre, Lucknow. https://t.co/gMkr1IlW93
https://twitter.com/K_C_Pandey/status/1167127011409592320?s=19

"Power does not always have to corrupt. What it always does, is reveal what you are. If you want to know what a person truly is, give them power." - Knower of the Field, Part two, Chapter thirteen
https://t.co/7YpYbIFTOt #BookReview #newbooks
https://twitter.com/PPrativadi/status/1156389612316766213?s=19
"Impelled to seek answers and deep-seated motivations, this thriller will alter readers’ perceptions of genetic science and the flawed people at the helm of corporate corruption in a field established to preserve and protect humanity." -The Booklife Prize https://t.co/7YpYbIFTOt

The 'field' and the 'knower of the field' is discussed in Chapter 13, #BhagavadGita 
"The Field and Its Knower" - Sri Aurobindo's translation. https://t.co/IIXcVcOupi
https://twitter.com/IntegralUnity/status/1167468452443021312?s=19

Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri and the Mantra https://t.co/mHDOYbeLdJ via @indianexpress #lifestyle https://t.co/AH0V2GPmrU
https://twitter.com/BcabaNetwork/status/1167216297417084928?s=19

That's why I mentioned not Gandhian leadership. I mentioned kshatriyas as de leaders. A pro active Hinduism is what #SriAurobindo desired, not a passive one.
https://twitter.com/raptor_fossil/status/1167773415400296448?s=19

"Ripeness is all". King Lear Shakespeare 
"...the ultimate value of a man is not to be measured by what he does, nor even by what he says, but by what he becomes." 
Sri Aurobindo, Letter to Dilip Kumar Roy
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1167457891810283520?s=19

["My opinion is that Allah is great and great is the mystery of the universe and things are not what they seem, etc." Sri Aurobindo
The Ashram is an epitome of this mystery; thing to hold on is this faith "The Ashram is the cradle of the new world." Kishor https://t.co/FIMNAk3HDI
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167653032743456768?s=19

Peter Heehs wrote the final book on Sri Aurobindo. Vikram Sampath has written one on Savarkar now. Such a book on Subhas Chandra Bose is badly needed to end perennial discussions on him which, to say the least, is irritating. Failure of science is understandable, but why history?
Not exactly; it's an exacting book barring just one page. It didn't cater to popular expectation but it has documented most positive and negative aspects relating to Sri Aurobindo apart from all minute details of his life. Nothing can be added and in that sense final. @sathya_adv
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167468232585838592?s=19
I have a book called Pen-portraits and tributes by Gandhiji - U.S. Mohan Rao (NBT - 1969). A similar book by Sri Aurobindo can be very popular. Of course, many feel that Sri Aurobindo's assessments at times are a bit flowery, rhetorical, or polemical. Archer's case, for instance.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167192593639149568?s=19
I might have recommended Sri Aurobindo's The Secret of the Veda several times, but his Vedic and Philological Studies (CWSA-Vol.14-742 pages) is a veritable treasure house to unlock many doors of Indian wisdom. And it's first such compilation in book form. https://t.co/rnB74m3p1q
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167770855809536000?s=19
The Secret of the Veda is the Sri Aurobindo's most original and revolutionary contribution to Indian knowledge bank. https://t.co/Wkh1jrxY36
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/871041788772888576?s=19
Dharma has become synonymous with Hindutva but they are not very enthusiastic about the Veda. That may be due to the old antagonism towards Arya Samaj. However, The Secret of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo exposes falsity of Rituals by establishing their original purpose. @sakshitrust
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167237617680707585?s=19
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo don't differentiate between the so called sacred domain and the profane and thus work becomes worship. Surrender is the only overarching ritual in Integral yoga without reliance on any external paraphernalia or office of a priest https://t.co/dkU2V9DPnA
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167232400318840832?s=19
Well, PhD is nothing but crossing the threshold to enter the world of ideas and encounter it with more freedom and confidence. Unlearning parts of the thesis to accommodate future convictions is also a cruel reality, especially in Humanities. Any reference to Sri Aurobindo, btw?
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167383549369958400?s=19

VIP VAK: What isn't considered a social construct? https://t.co/SkHgCMi38a
SAVITRI ERA OF THOSE WHO ADORE,
OM SRI AUROBINDO AND THE MOTHER.
Assorted tweets collated by @NathTusar Director #SavitriEra Learning Forum (SELF since 2005) Ghaziabad
#SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167362002534060037?s=19
Read the Odia translation of an article (Bengali writings - Vol. 6) by Nolini Kanta Gupta (13 January 1889 – 7 February 1983) on Unity of India in the current issue of Navaprakash (Puducherry). He obviously defends the present structure but concedes that the diversity is complex.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167748726498054145?s=19
Nice thread and resonates with all of us who are born and brought up in a village but then I was reminded of this old column by Dileep Padgaonkar which I had read before my access to Internet. https://t.co/Q8hvHhwqZ6
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167734069515280384?s=19
[Let your grand-daughter live in a hut in my village, tend goats all day and sing your poems to her hearts content.] https://t.co/TRaCWQsyHN
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/802146171078590464?s=19
You have said many things; would seem as rambling rant but intention is laudable. It's a question of right attitude and convincing content. In the absence of right books people are confused about the ideology. When right knowledge comes humility will dawn. https://t.co/WlqusLsAAg
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167722812414365697?s=19
Human affairs as perceived by way of current affairs is merely a tranche. Even in its totality it's like a few pieces of a jigsaw puzzle without any assurance of being the authentic ones since rest of the pieces are either missing or it's not known whether a puzzle exists at all.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167495554877673472?s=19
Hindutva votaries need to be polite therefore without flaunting any kind of certainty as regards cosmology or sociology. Superiority and exceptionalism are avoidable hubris. Berating others for their contesting point of view can be unsubstantiated chutzpah. Coexistence is basic.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167501124665933824?s=19
Let language be the sole defining criteria for a nation when the States get Sovereignty. Preserving all dialects is a romantic idea but hardly practicable; they will perish. Major ones will survive just like merger of Banks. Economics will play a role toward an organic evolution.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167506085676081152?s=19
I respect you both. Each person has his chosen intellectual trajectory, spiritual destiny, and Evolutionary assignment. Truth is a severely contested domain in the 21st century due to uncertainty of science and it's a catch 22 situation. So, let not there be bar on perspectives.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167345207760707584?s=19
I feel pity for the Hindutva activists who undertake painstaking research for understanding various nuances of Islam in order to criticise it. Similar is the case of @devduttmyth who valiantly bears the burden of displaying the futility of mythology by wallowing in its quagmire.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167242542980554752?s=19
I remember Kanchan's regular column in The Pioneer when it was relaunched first three decades back spreading alternative perspectives. Some have pioneering roles and that should get due recognition. Countless people might have benefitted from such endeavours. Each word mattered.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1166981880215826432?s=19
One of The Mother’s many volcanic ideas that shook us in the school days and hooked us to her lasso is that the flowers decorating her photo need not be thrown away daily. Each flower has the right to serve the divine as long as it remains fresh ... https://t.co/9txtO5woZG
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1167225879417638912?s=19
Sites like @AuroEbooks @aurovilletoday @SACAR_IN and @WelcomeSacar are helpful. https://t.co/7a6m2kZcC1
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167220375941304320?s=19

[One such from Lacan is his notion–in connection with Antigone–that the hero is the one who can be betrayed with impunity. It sounds strange at first, considering that the hero is usually a figure who seems both strong and surrounded by supportive allies.] https://t.co/DG4FqcXx3q
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1167757547060678656?s=19

I don't think. NOT. RW Emerson, TS Elliot, Robert Oppenheimer, Herbert Spencer, Arthur Eddington, Albert Einstein
I feel indebted to them as a student of INDIAN PHILOSOPHY & ENGLISH LITERATURE..Ma'm thank you.
https://twitter.com/rsbegur/status/845896828943925248?s=19

Unfortunately, most people have such a naïve understanding of the problem. When a monopoly is so all-encompassing, it becomes as invisible as the air. https://t.co/8sjXwPtSC0
https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1167325275199115264?s=19
Things are definitely getting more and more opaque in computer science research. https://t.co/CxUC2JftZP
https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1167696669456183301?s=19

#Opinion: Students falling into the trap of identity politics, writes Avijit Pathak https://t.co/2UrNicsmiZ via @thetribunechd
https://twitter.com/thetribunechd/status/1167618678357028864?s=19

This is the problem with Sanghi nutters who whatabout at the drop of a hat. And with Tamil nationalists who somehow think bringing past sins is relevant to present unrelated struggles.
https://twitter.com/puram_politics/status/1167620229192716291?s=19

Modernity came to India unfortunately through colonisation rather than national choice - which explains why decolonisation takes the form of a hopeless atavism rather than the growth of a native discourse of modernity.
https://twitter.com/AshayNaik1/status/1161903319784181760?s=19

Transhumanist technologies can enable shortcuts to the various destinations of natural evolution. How will humanity be altered? Ganesh Chakravarthi @craynonymous explores how humans have started adopting such technologies in this essay. https://t.co/EmfutHd2So
https://twitter.com/TakshashilaInst/status/1167320525791617024?s=19

#GunIsland #AmitavGhosh #climatechange I read Gun Island in 24 hours. And it is spooky how the amazon forest burning seems to be straight out of this book. I liked the occult dimension of this neatly woven story.
https://twitter.com/SunayanaPanda/status/1167317010327326721?s=19
Also John Brunner's *The Sheep Look Up*. And old book about environmental catastrophe. It's last chapter is very much like what is now happening.
https://twitter.com/fourfoldvision/status/1167429935658688512?s=19
"Where the peril is greatest, there lies the saving power also" --Hölderlin. A characterisation of enantiodromia or reversal at the extremity. "Everything is pregnant with its opposite" today- (Marshall Berman).
https://twitter.com/fourfoldvision/status/1167769483600990211?s=19
It's in this context of decoherence and disintegration and a pandaemonium of the affects, though, that the quest for the Holy Grail of a new Integral Theory is sensed as so urgent. "One must have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star" (Nietzsche).
https://twitter.com/fourfoldvision/status/1167767907612258304?s=19

Intellectualism is overrated. Too much focus on it reduces the focus on common sense, intuition, self awareness, sensitivity, sensibility, spontaneity and sense of harmony in personality. How can only intellect be the single most overbearing report card of a human being?
https://twitter.com/shreya_nupur/status/1167180586923909120?s=19

Apparently the same sinister power centre that broke the back of the bengali collective energy through earlier Islamic&later British rule, is still continuing till date as the NRC exercise now makes it clear. Wonder why the dead tiger of Eastern sentience is still feared so much. https://t.co/8Cs6dgNtZo
https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1167785299167940608?s=19

Khudiram Bose was the 1st martyr in the history of revolutionary movement for Indian independence. Kanailal Dutta was the 2nd& Satyendranath Bose was the 3rd
https://twitter.com/shirshendu8/status/1167184431582310401?s=19

much of history handed down - is the history of individuals. But what we read history for, at least I do, is to get the story of an identity: where both individuals and collective merge. Isnt that something thats crucial even for the individuals life view?
https://twitter.com/dikgaj/status/1167496681799192576?s=19

जातीय आरक्षण व जातीय अस्पृश्यता समाज को बांटने का अंग्रेज, कांग्रेस, वामपंथी ईसाई धर्मांतरण  करने वाली  संस्थाओं द्वारा पोषित षड्यंत्र है https://t.co/IQRESqNjk9
https://twitter.com/shantprakash/status/1167393260265824256?s=19
जरुरतमंद को मिले आरक्षण आरक्षण के मठाधीश न पैदा हों, 
आरक्षित सीटों से जीते सांसद विधायक, आरक्षण से बने आईएएस, पीसीएस, डॉक्टर इंजीनियर नहीं चाहेंगे कि कभी आरक्षण खत्म हो- शांत प्रकाश जाटव https://t.co/c7fLEmOIE7
https://twitter.com/shantprakash/status/1167802154570006531?s=19

When the British left India, they had actually created and left behind a real caste system: the English and the non-English caste system, the prime example of which was our first Prime Minister. 
—Sandeep Balakrishna @dharmadispatch   
Read: https://t.co/lWkri2dgz3 https://t.co/qrL4pYQcZOThe 
https://twitter.com/_Bhaarat_/status/1167734841787289600?s=19

Hindu Dharma remains an enemy of exclusivist theologies and materialistic ideologies that find dharmic values and yogic spirituality to be a threat to their hegemony https://t.co/icL3oD66q5
Strong defence of the world's most peaceful religion by @davidfrawleyved -- must read
https://twitter.com/gchikermane/status/1167076366761639936?s=19

Vedic Sacrifice Leads to the Fulfillment of the Powers of the External World https://t.co/H7FVC03P9T
https://twitter.com/santoshk1/status/1167460939056259072?s=19
The Development of the Lower Knowledge and Its Limitations Through the Action of Aspiration and the Forms of Sacrifice https://t.co/EQmwQRsOZl

Is Sanskrit relevant today?
Listen to my TEDx talk... https://t.co/RNPAXYtu9L
https://twitter.com/Sampadananda/status/1167001623287066624?s=19
Ramakrishna is Paramahansa - not 'Great Swan'
Shivaji is Chatrapati - not 'Lord of Umbrella'.
Because of the wide gulf between Sanskrit & English with respect to genius, sentence structure and turn of thought, a verbal translation from Sanskrit to English would be disastrous. https://t.co/8Z5uLrIzET
https://twitter.com/Sampadananda/status/1167795269414440960?s=19

Taitariya Brahmana Vol 2 was released with blessings from  Bindu Madhava Swamy at Belaguru. Prof. R. L Kashyap, Dr. R. V. Jahagirdhar and Sakshi volunteers joined the celebration. #sakshitrust #Veda https://t.co/h3tkFYdlQk
https://twitter.com/sakshitrust/status/1166216496487383040?s=19

গীতার দ্বাদশতম অধ্যায়ে কৃষ্ণকে একজন ভক্তের বৈশিষ্ট্যাবলী ব্যক্ত করতে দেখা যায়, কিন্তু সেই রূপকে তিনি একজন জ্ঞানীর প্রলক্ষণ বর্ণনা করেন।
কৃষ্ণ-জীবনে ভগবদ্গীতা – ভক্তি https://t.co/OfDT6EkUsK
https://twitter.com/prekshaajournal/status/1167814188057559040?s=19

A Series Inspired by India’s Rebirth – 3 https://t.co/q0MxYQvCvZ https://t.co/1vOReIEqjj
https://twitter.com/beloome/status/1137185665916030976?s=19
Filmy Musings: Amar Prem (and a painting at home) https://t.co/EfPHJfc4uh https://t.co/R012VahlKT
https://twitter.com/beloome/status/1143157396589731840?s=19

J Sai Deepak :Ushering the Indic Renaissance https://t.co/PKmZWJMZww brilliant talk and a call to action..do listen and ponder..each of us should aspire to do what swabhava impels us to..
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1167805049155637251?s=19

A must read book on medieval India is Mohsin Fani's Dabestān-e Mazāheb. It was composed in about 1655 CE and it gives a first-person account of the religious & philosophical scene in India during Akbar's reign. 
https://t.co/XwnU0LeDcq
https://twitter.com/subhashkak1/status/1167562559341367296?s=19
Most authorities now believe that the author was one Mīr Ḏu’l-feqār Ardestānī (ca. 1026-81/1617-70),with pen name Mollā Mowbad or Mowbadšāh.

[PDF] “Empower Women to Enlighten India”–Validation of Women empowerment Scale with Reference to Vellore District
B Suresh, A VJ
… Research. I sincerely thank Dr. Jayachandran. F, Research Officer, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, Puducherry, for patiently rectifying all my doubts while working on statistical software packages. References …

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Location: Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201014, India

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Shobha Mitra had learnt music from Dilip Kumar Roy and Sahana Devi



Dear Friends, On Wednesday, 31 July 2019, the Aurobindonian community lost a great music maestro and a creative genius with the passing away of Shobha Mitra at the age of eighty-five. She belonged to the rare class of composers who believed in the philosophy of ‘Art for the sake of "Divine"’ instead of ‘Art for Art’s sake’. She had learnt music from the likes of Dilip Kumar Roy and Sahana Devi and had kept the glorious legacy of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Music alive with her soul-touching compositions.

An obituary of Shobha Mitra has been published in the website of Overman Foundation along with some of her photographs. To read the obituary kindly click on the following link:
https://t.co/gdQlTpVHb8
@Auro_Mere @integralyog #sriaurobindo
https://twitter.com/kuldipkumarsuri/status/1162939599519248385?s=19

International Conference to be held in Pondicherry
Topic: “Spiritual Perspectives on Creating a Conscious Humanity”
Dates: 18-20 October 2019
Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry
For full details about the conference, please visit the link below.
https://t.co/CGCv0laAM5
https://twitter.com/AUROSAFIC/status/1162911265125068801?s=19

Pondy Lit Fest (Sept 27-29)
60 speakers. 40 conversations. Swapan Dasgupta | Baijayant Panda | Pavan Varma | Anirban Ganguly| Tavleen Singh| Sanjeev Sanyal | Deep Halder | Gautam Chintamani | Vikram Sampath | Meenakshi Jain | Aashish Chandorkar | Aravindan Neelakandan | #PLF19 https://t.co/btWPbiOrOe
https://twitter.com/KanchanGupta/status/1162736112743272451?s=19
Pondy Lit Fest (Sept 27-29)
Celebrating Sri Aurobindo's idea of 'Bharat Shakti'.
Inaugural address Smt Smriti Irani
Bridging Kamakhya & Kanyakumari Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma
In conversation:
Shri Arif Mohammed Khan
Shri Prasoon Joshi
Shri Malini Awasthi
Plenary
Shri Samir Saran https://t.co/M7ntNtScMs
Pondy Lit Fest (Sept 27-29)
Scintillating conversations, elevating music. Join us to create an alternative to all other lit fests. Entry is free. Registrations will open soon. #PLF19 https://t.co/1cSbWO4gzh

Pondicherry Literature Festival (Sept 27-29)
Pradeep Bhandari @pradip103 will be there to tell the audience how he gets his sums right. #PLF19
Celebrating Sri Aurobindo's #BharatShakti
Celebrating #YoungIndia and its youth.
https://t.co/JiKVRlqb6J


Suffering is often a catalyst. More & more humans are suffering during this Time of Transition as this new Supramental consciousness, to quote Sri Aurobindo, anchors itself, bringing up all that doesn't align with Truth. All that we've not looked at, we've avoided, our shadows...
https://twitter.com/fluidlyspeaking/status/1162921077603000320?s=19

Sandeep Balakrishna @dharmadispatch speaking at Sri Aurobindo Society. Fantastic topic!
"Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance." @SrijanFn see what a good topic and by worthy scholar/ speaker https://t.co/WsKLX03kgW
https://twitter.com/_Bhaarat_/status/1162877036689383425?s=19
Sandeep Balakrishna @dharmadispatch  speaking at Sri Aurobindo Society about some of the luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance. August 10, 2019.
Full report with more pictures and summary of his talk coming soon.... https://t.co/50Ka11Cwjp
https://twitter.com/AUROSAFIC/status/1162784134185361408?s=19

Beautiful flower arrangements created by Unmesa participants  today. They also learned a few things about what we can learn from flowers, how being sensitive to flowers and nature helps us grow in consciousness, and some Sanskrit words for flowers. https://t.co/gIX14YHdsV
https://twitter.com/AUROSAFIC/status/1162786403140300800?s=19

Excerpts of the interaction:
"Teachings of Aurobindo and Krishnamacharya have had a deep influence on me especially in pursuit of understanding the true essence and meaning of Yoga." https://t.co/hPF08N2pVS
https://twitter.com/SoftPowerCenter/status/1162738506021531653?s=19

People who despise Gandhi are the ones who never seriously read him. I used to hate him too. And yes there are aspects of his life and ideology which do not apply in realpolitik, but still his philosophy is as astounding as that of Sri Aurobindo or Swami Vivekananda.
https://twitter.com/avishek41/status/1162727242897608704?s=19

You are very very wrong. RSS is the father of BJP and that was created by Hegdewar under influence of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and a lot of guidance of Rishi Aurobindo.
While Congress was a purely British party.
You prove how erasing history has helped them. Find out first.
https://twitter.com/A1catalyst/status/1162712350538887168?s=19

A supreme manifesting godhead is quite Abrahmic description. Vedas are subtle they take no firm stand. But for intellectual knowledge i will say all Vedic gods are parts of higher divine element.
https://twitter.com/PT_Chaitanya/status/1162546129310871552?s=19

What was special about Sethna, Gokak, Iyengar, Pandit n Madhusudan Reddy? Their originality n their language under the influence of Sri Aurobindo.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1162577522925551619?s=19
The standard of the leading Ashram journals has gone down miserably, partly because the geniuses have left or too old, partly  due to d "frog in the well vision" n chiefly due to the promotion  of the underqualified to block talented young writers. Ego again!!!
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1162727511911854080?s=19
If I stayed in Pondicherry I would spend my days n nights with RY Deshpande. He is always creating with passion like a young man, be it on the Mind of Light or the sonnet like passages in Savitri. Blessed to be his student !
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1162751082122006529?s=19
A man from Physics, RY Deshpande later learnt the finer nuances, technicalities n the soul of poetry. Today he is a living encyclopaedia of Savitri ! Amazing wholetimer on Sri Aurobindo! It will be wise for all to collect the "gold" from him.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1162929100199059456?s=19

You make a fair point that there are various versions. But I draw the line where one version starts distorting core aspects of Hinduism and denigrates Hindus. He crossed that line long ago. While I acknowledge the merit of your argument, my opinion of him remains...
https://twitter.com/heinlein2302/status/1162981675363475456?s=19

Fair. You have all freedom to have your own opinion. And in my limited experience, I have not come across anything 'denigrating' Hinduism in his writing / talks until now.
https://twitter.com/pattaprateek/status/1162984739508125696?s=19

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Agni running away from doing duty

Assorted tweets:

Such an honor to share our Illness to Wholeness work for Stress and Burnout prevention at the Sri Aurobindo Society in Singapore. https://t.co/noY632agru
https://twitter.com/NilimaTweets/status/1153200952813527040?s=19

Will be doing a FREE workshop next week at Sri Aurobindo Centre For Arts And Communication!
Anyone keen, please do register ASAP! *limited Seats*
#mgmhindia #mgmhxmusicbiz #ritnikateaches #theindianmusicscene https://t.co/4TlCNsZGds
https://twitter.com/ritnika/status/1153197639862800385?s=19
Taking care of your mental health is so important. As a certified life coach and energy therapist I am here to help.
I also do monthly free mental health sharing circles in Delhi. For more info pls join our private... https://t.co/pvSlH4OiR8
https://twitter.com/ritnika/status/1127221060586344448?s=19

If Blaming Centre For Everything Wrong With Indian Science Is Scientific Temper, Then I’m Guilty Of Not Having It  @vraman16   https://t.co/28TbjSu2Bn via @swarajyamag
https://twitter.com/prasannavishy/status/1153151536563814400?s=19
Whether it is panchagavya or Ayurgenomics, scientific investigation into these traditional knowledge systems is very essential. If Indian scientists do not do it then, when transnational firms who are constantly knowledge mining these systems, patent these very knowledge systems https://t.co/5PzcphjxXl
https://twitter.com/prasannavishy/status/1153152781340954624?s=19

Don't make roads in Uttarakhand. Don't develop tourism circuits there. Don't make dams. Keep its people poor. Why? So that a crank "Right Winger" living in a metro or a foreign country gets to feel the real spirituality when he deigns to visit it.
https://twitter.com/TheKunwarKhan/status/1152638201229561856?s=19

“National Education is, next to self government...”
The Penguin Sri Aurobindo Reader (Ed. @MakrandParanspe) @IndicBookClub https://t.co/MDtYwOdjfW
https://twitter.com/avatans/status/1153119701763067905?s=19

J.B.S. Haldane created the field of population genetics and fought in the Spanish Civil War. But it's his quotability for which he is remembered https://t.co/xoOAH74vKI
https://twitter.com/aldaily/status/1150370608405983232?s=19
The so-called marketplace of ideas is broken. Turns out that neither markets nor people can be counted on to embrace the rational or the true https://t.co/Kl7cmdPVaH
https://twitter.com/aldaily/status/1149645834755035138?s=19
Academics think their work is timeless, like 13th-century monks’ transcriptions of Aristotle’s Poetics. Yet never underestimate the power of trendiness https://t.co/mHDOxcMdOf
https://twitter.com/aldaily/status/1148921072974270465?s=19

The Mahābhārata is a celebration of such stories. What a variety of stories occur in the epic and what different tastes they kindle in our hearts!
Mahābhārata and its Place in Indian Culture – Part 3 https://t.co/AQL0qHJKhk
https://twitter.com/prekshaajournal/status/1152984295717216256?s=19

Mandra: The Tragic Character of Ramkumari https://t.co/TVThcwzj06
https://twitter.com/prekshaajournal/status/1153175922008133632?s=19


Those 3 brothers of Agni are later revealed as Bhupati, Bhuvanapati & Bhutanampati
भूप॑तये॒ स्वाहा॒ भुव॑नपतये॒ स्वाहा॑ भू॒तानाम्पत॑ये॒ स्वाहा  ।

https://twitter.com/ravikumarg14/status/1152133102019502080?s=19

This leitmotif of Agni running away from doing His duty is seen in several places of shruti..
The verse अग्निर्देवेभ्यो निलायत​ । occurs in a lot of place, with each one set amidst an interesting situation with an equally interesting outcome!


"Cinema has infused mediocrity into every area of public life where rhetoric is an end in itself, slogans are intellectualism and Facebook memes are research.
No wonder then that the Millennial Tamil thinks kitsch is cool and complexity is a conspiracy."
https://t.co/yk0Qb9N3gM
https://twitter.com/haryannvi/status/1152292691180306432?s=19
Brilliant-not just Tamil movies;include all Indian languages and  Ekta kapoors soaps and all TV serials.Lowest-how much lower will they go?
https://twitter.com/UshaGowri/status/1152846363119386626?s=19
The abusive responses of minions of @Suriya_offl below indicate that his fans are just third rate rowdies with very little comprehension. Such a third rate actor with goonda fans getting limelight is a blot on TN.
https://twitter.com/SpiritWithBody/status/1152991555361206272?s=19

Although the notice may seem racist at first glance, much of this is true. Most Indians grow up with zero civic sense in India & find it difficult to change overnight just because one has crossed borders. https://t.co/Q8lT05sc5d
https://twitter.com/dragonswish/status/1153221016631545857?s=19

In general the H-crowd at large is interested in certain figures, and is not that keen to dig deeper to learn more about other equally important figures
E.g. Sankaracharya is ofcourse a pan-Indian icon (though his origins too are in deep south)
https://twitter.com/shrikanth_krish/status/1152970986876276737?s=19

But then other Advaita figures are less well known
E.g. Madhusudana Saraswati from Bengal / Varanasi (16th cen) - few people have heard of him
So it is not a geographic thing. It's about selective valorization of certain names, and ignorance of others

Very recently through @blog_supplement I learnt about this vibrant intellectual culture in the city of Navadwip - home to so many giants - Raghunatha Shiromani, Vasudeva Sarvabhouma, Chaitanya
For the most part there is a lack of interest to learn

Even Chaitanya had to flee to Odisha. How can one expect them to go on reconversion spree on mass scale in a land ruled by Jihadis when preserving their own identity was a concern?
https://twitter.com/vajrayudha11/status/1152970143796027392?s=19
Leave reconversion spree, they had to do extensive polemic vs fellow H to defend right of Ms whom they had already made Krishna devotee to chant Harinama.
https://twitter.com/ArmchairPseph/status/1152974258856964097?s=19

That aphorism of Sri Aurobindo on not fighting under a general who hasn’t lost a war is applicable here..failure teaches a leader to seek counsel from all sources...he does not keep opinions that are unquestionable...
https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1152915772949188609?s=19

Don't miss! Agastya Gurukulam & Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture present a residential camp starting July 28, 2019 where the Gurus come together for the Unmesa programme to teach young minds from around the world. Find the details here.
https://t.co/tMDQoOyJvm https://t.co/pKV8FaMszY
https://twitter.com/SrijanFn/status/1152865816167292928?s=19


There is no such thing as historical enabling in Science and technology. Great research Institutes and centres of excellence can crumble within years, even months. Ideas are the product of a human mind not sanctioned buildings.
Science doesn't live in the past. It isn't History.
https://twitter.com/ARanganathan72/status/1153245158999072768?s=19


"Golconde" is a private residence for the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. This is the first modernist building in India, built in 1942.
#bonjourpondicherry https://t.co/ET1nObPJs1
https://twitter.com/BonjourPondich1/status/1153183368361570305?s=19

I came to #sriaurobindo' jis influence in the year 1990s ;  after reading his writings on the Veda and Gita ; As I was a devotee of  Lord Krishna 's Bhagwad gita since my childhood ;  I found
#sriaurobindo ' s integral yoga  system so perfect method ;  even you may study Six Darshans of sanatan dharam;  Sri Aurobindo's Words are more revealing than even studying upanishad or gita or any other Text as we name #shastras #SundayThoughts
https://twitter.com/kuldipkmar_suri/status/1152866332775342080?s=19
Indian #yoga is ancient system who helps us to find out our True Nature Hidden in our deep recesses.... Initial study of sri  aurobindo's Works  are very typical;  but once mind is bent upon his works  ; one  will not find any parallel Master, Yogi or any Path who makes one  truly Universal Personality .... #integralYoga
The End of an Era : Afternoon Despatch and Courier | Behram Contractor (1930-2001) worked at @fpjindia, @timesofindia & @mid_day before founding The Afternoon Despatch & Courier in 1985. He continued to write articles as #Busybee. His loved and famous column was 'Round and About' https://t.co/GAXVHBCoWS
https://twitter.com/JournalismIndia/status/1152240717588131840?s=19

Its Reshma who sweared to break Sabarimala tradition. She wore sacred chain, pledged b4 public that will remove it only aftr entering Sannidanam. Yest her father died in accident. An Ayyappa who was wearing sacred chain took him to hospital. As father died she has to remove chain https://t.co/ofGqcr85So
https://twitter.com/pratheesh_Hind/status/1153231007216091138?s=19

Tribute to Hindi cinema's legendary singer #Mukesh on his 96th birth anniversary today. Mukesh left a great impact on the Hindi film music world that he's still remembered for his melodious and melancholic voice.
What are your favorite songs of his?
@NeilNMukesh @Shanoozeing https://t.co/O7CxLl565X
https://twitter.com/Bollywoodirect/status/1153206649047244801?s=19

None I suppose.. and except Kanika (Mayfair) no other odia cuisine restaurant does justice to the authenticity, taste & quality
https://twitter.com/maitribehura/status/1152985603027296257?s=19
Anyone who had visited Kanika Odia speciality restaurant of Mayfair Lagoon, Bbsr can plz share his inputs https://t.co/S8Pd9FbPEv
https://twitter.com/TaraniTrotter/status/1153210397911965696?s=19

1. [Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) as the antagonist Shakaal in Shaan (1980)]
2. [Shafi Inamdar (23 October 1945 – 13 March 1996) started with Vijeta and Ardh Satya]
3. [Saeed Jaffrey (8 January 1929 – 15 November 2015) with Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977)]
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1152999940773203968?s=19
Overpopulation has made India ungovernable and its Democracy dysfunctional. Once the States get Sovereignty, they will solve local problems on their own; no need for Delhi megalomania dictating, nor national outlook is warranted. #MakeIndiaHistory by opting for #BharataFederation
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1152983747366739968?s=19
Bande Mataram was written with Bengal in mind and it played a stellar role during Partition of Bengal (1905) movement. All the gains of Bengal Renaissance during the previous 100 years were harnessed to sow the seed of Independence of India. Bengal must become a Sovereign nation.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1153229318815752192?s=19
So called national culture is corrupting and destroying local traditions and languages. Present Odisha symbolising the great Kalinga Empire must get Sovereignty to safeguard its rich heritage. #MakeIndiaHistory by opting for #BharataFederation as per #FiveDreams of Sri Aurobindo. https://t.co/u6lo2W7Tgq
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1153232369546960897?s=19
Thanks for excellent presentation. A trivia: First Odia ICS Officer, Nilamani Senapati belongs to the Garedi Panchana village. He and Bhingarpur Choudhury family are within our circle of relatives. Our caste is Mastan (perhaps Mahasthan) Brahmins who don't perform puja (Bhumihar)
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1152836623169495041?s=19
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have provided the occasion and opportunity to forget about all past icons and affinities. Their contribution in black and white surpass all colourful imaginations of human civilisation by light years. But recognising them constitutes a challenging task.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1153256685877616640?s=19
VIP VAK: Ram Swarup gave the spiritual and philosophical basis https://t.co/5ijabDoMa9 @NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad-201014, UP #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1152863145389543424?s=19

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Friday, July 12, 2019

Nobody has been to the Premodern India


Assorted tweets:


Having limited Mahatma Gandhi to sanitation, Modi is ignoring & will never propagate  his central message: NON-VIOLENCE or TRUTH. https://t.co/1Dp8ZsAtMV via @ThePrintIndia

https://twitter.com/geetv79/status/1149667749452365825?s=19

Goa, Goan, Gone? There Is A Lakshman Rekha In Politics, And BJP Just Breached It With Impunity  https://t.co/0KnOcWPDyH via @swarajyamag
https://twitter.com/patnaik_r/status/1149735091850993664?s=19

https://t.co/qcIZjyZlle Supporters of Moitra, supposedly senior editors & academics, resorted to diversionary tactics, hypocrisy & chicanery. Instead of engaging with the charge, they chose to bully, pan, discredit, troll, undermine and scam those who had raised it.
https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/1149738776924569600?s=19
An author's absolution does not, like a papal bull, wash away the ‘sin’ of plagiarism. It is not the author’s word for or against such an allegation that should count, but the actual evidence. This article examines precisely that, in a systematic, detailed & fair treatment. https://t.co/NwOfxEg7sN
https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/1149733959053402112?s=19

Holding that State must be kept out of education is easier part. Whether community or corporate are capable of designing curriculum needs to be pondered over. Current concept of education based on European modernity has run its course. Brick and mortar must give way to informal.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1149732387711926274?s=19
No one has experienced whole of life and consequently all portrayals of it are inchoate. Stretches of long years may be eventful but in terms of understanding reality of life can be a desert. Spectrum is merely a certain conception or visible aberration of light; not light itself.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1148834256312926208?s=19


As the intellectual fountainhead of the ideology of Hindutva, V D Savarkar is undoubtedly one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century. Proud to announce my new book #Savarkar: Echoes from the Past! 
Preorder here: https://t.co/39TZqE8im4
https://twitter.com/vikramsampath/status/1148911025648914432?s=19


52) Hymns 334 - 341 (Verses 3,479 - 3,541): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 04, Sukta 038 to 045 (including hymns addressed to Dadhikravan); with #SriAurobindo's words on the birth and ascent of Agni https://t.co/HMCHcyXev7

https://twitter.com/Auro_Mere/status/1149732544276881408?s=19


Save the heritage. A house that was home to #Uttarpara Raja's along with Sri Aurobindo, Michael Madhusudhan, #Vidyasagar. #Netaji, Prafulla Sen, Master Surya Sen, Bankim Chandra, Sarat Chandra, Rabindranath Tagore, Crown Prince of Thailand Prisdang, Maa Sarada @MamataOfficial https://t.co/nzbSw2fnR5
https://twitter.com/kaushikuhart/status/1149590522157076480?s=19

As I sometimes remind people - Nobody has been to the India that I study. Premodern India is a foreign and completely inaccessible place to physically visit, for everyone in the 21st century. https://t.co/HAhxdNs2yn
https://twitter.com/AudreyTruschke/status/1147825916107771904?s=19

Historians analyze the past. We lovingly joke that we leave bad predictions about the future to our colleagues in political science.
In all seriousness, I can tell you this based on history: Things can get bad. And things can change, sometimes rather quickly. https://t.co/d7uM8qAfmQ

https://twitter.com/AudreyTruschke/status/1148679007669489666?s=19

Integrity. Honesty. History.
Also, unlike a lot of Hindutva fanatics, I am not ashamed of premodern India. Ancient India boasts a lot of history of which folks might be proud, just not according to the standards of modern science and Islamophobia. #India #history https://t.co/EEEl86fzAw

https://twitter.com/AudreyTruschke/status/1149695043151659014?s=19

Accusing someone of showing the Dunning-Kruger effect makes a lot of people feel clever, but they don't realize that in order to accuse someone of that requires the accuser to be affected by the Dunning Kruger effect himself. IOW a circular argument https://t.co/oVxJZwMLXV
https://twitter.com/bennedose/status/1149702708246409216?s=19

Despite Mr. Pinker, Nietzsche's figure of the tightrope-walker over an abyss in his *Zarathustra* is very relevant here. The abyss is his forecast of "two centuries of nihilism", which we call now "chaotic transition" or "New Normal". The climate crisis is an aspect of that.
https://twitter.com/fourfoldvision/status/1149303334077108224?s=19


We’ve all grown up watching the perfect, always righteous Disney princesses. https://t.co/lGpnNquXoi
https://twitter.com/YahooIndia/status/1149713779632066562?s=19


The timidity of imagination, the incompetence of execution, the mortal fear of failure, the bowing before the enemy before the first shot was fired, winning as an end, and an overbearing, crushingly desperate and embarrassingly obvious Mahatma-complex. Anything else? 🙂 https://t.co/CHIhUTAKiS
https://twitter.com/AbhinavAgarwal/status/1149232671047864320?s=19

One of the root cause of the unhappiness in many Indians is that we can't pursue any profession where our talent lies due to archic education system & family pressure. As a result many struggle monetarily in a profession which they never liked from the beginning.
https://twitter.com/From_Himalaya/status/1149226968728010754?s=19
Until we create enough incentives for respective talents our human resources will continue to waste. Current education statement is good for desk jobs and those will be taken by machines soon. Traits like Creativity, entrepreneurship must be encouraged...
otherwise we're looking towards a dark future no matter how many elections you continue to win.

Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, world renowned performing artist & research scholar, delivered a special lecture on "Role of India's Soft Power in the Indian Ocean Region" as part of CSP’s academic partnership in the Peninsula Foundation's conference on India and the Indian Ocean Region. https://t.co/Mihmn6pmfD
https://twitter.com/SoftPowerCenter/status/1149595725807751168?s=19
"So much of what is presented as dance in Southeast Asia is very close to India. 85% of Southeast Asian languages have roots in Sanskrit. To this effect, there are 10,000 inscriptions that are traceable." https://t.co/0RnA1WU4vl

@sagarikaghose, @Nidhi,@BDUTT of @ndtv & @IndiaToday can sharpen their fringe skills by getting trained under @nelsonvijay08 & Sujitha of this Tamil TV. My today's quota on this TV is over, every day one tweet about this TV. @SaffronDalit,@rkmuthwho,@autovimal1,@Kishoreciyer1
https://twitter.com/KumarSarangapa1/status/1149346437022408704?s=19

Genetic analysis of ancient cattle remains show that Middle Eastern cattle stock suddenly saw a large infusion of Indian zebu bulls around 4000 years ago. Interestingly this coincides with widespread desertification and the decline of Harappan cities.
https://t.co/fwp2tpGjAU
https://twitter.com/sanjeevsanyal/status/1149580698220556288?s=19
It is also interesting that, a few centuries later, we have evidence of Mitanni migrations into northern Iraq from the east. This group not only worshipped Vedic gods but also brought with them Indian iron technology

Around 4000 years ago, a dramatic change occurred in the Middle East - a rapid, widespread, wholesale influx of Indian Zebu cattle from the Indus Valley - which soon reached Europe.
Did the Indian cattle invade the West of their own accord? #AIT
https://t.co/Fcj7Cs4sO8
https://twitter.com/IndianInterest/status/1149412017666531328?s=19

You need do no further than analyze the Puranic lists & to cross check them with Rig Vedic evidence to realize what dynasty the burial belongs to. It could very well be Kaurava or N Pancala.

Marxist-Muellerians are such disgraceful beings, lacking any capacity for reform & honesty even in utter defeat.
A 'historian' Ruchika Sharma in JNU screams, “Why is ASI calling it a chariot! It's only a bullock cart! ASI is wearing the lens of Hindutva!" https://t.co/QYNOQTX9pZ

Genetic & archaeological studies are under way.
Exciting times! https://t.co/jh7dQ3w6qx
https://twitter.com/JoeAgneya/status/1024313734762659841?s=19

Many Hindus are confused.... Article 25  of Indian Constitution gives rights to propagate religion to minority communities. OK agree. but it does not give them right to do FRAUD, money, coercion, threat, lure or Fear based conversions ! We also have right to defend our Dharma
https://twitter.com/noconversion/status/1149364226340921345?s=19

Decade long sexual exploitation of orphans in madrassa cum orphanage in TG state Aswaraopet. Father-son duo sexually exploit same set of minors. Initially funded by your tax money, later discontinued. Orphans of all religions brought here from all over the state. This area /2 https://t.co/FerbmfCyIh
https://twitter.com/oldhandhyd/status/1149576730933227521?s=19

Attended a very articulate talk on Menstruation across cultures by Shri Nithin Shridhar at Ramakrishna College for women, Coimbatore. Very important for young girls of an impressionable age to hear the right narratives and perspectives delivered in language they can understand. https://t.co/L52NeEBlQn
https://twitter.com/sabdavidya/status/1149575406850211840?s=19

Patriots, gear up for the launch of #SaraswatiUntold ,
A Vedic & Scientific agglomeration that’ll bowl over all Colonial claims of calling Her a myth!
Reserve the 28th of July 2019, for huge surprises! https://t.co/10sWqA2BOu
https://twitter.com/meenakshisharan/status/1149545928811896832?s=19

One must understand that UN sees muslim countries as their potential petrol_capital and they are monitored by Vetican Churches. Isa_Musa are brothers though rivals too. Hindus are oldest and best/toughest civilization and thus are envied by barbarians Crusaders/muslims. #VainUN.
https://t.co/BY9qCNqIsv
https://twitter.com/QvYshai5d4hSs8E/status/1149547856354672640?s=19

The culprit is here. At the same time, I was wondering why don't you remember this famous "All Nature dumbly calls to her alone" line often? Telepathy?
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1149590668529954817?s=19

Feel Philosophy: Sense of participatory citizenship is priceless https://t.co/NNw4ad3qPW @NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad - 201014 #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1149618866013650946?s=19

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Friday, July 05, 2019

Understanding, collaborating, and improving


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Some of the  modern Bengali sociologists are allergic to Sri Aurobindo. Reason? Sri Aurobindo asks for a refined life style, which they can't practise. I too can't satisfy the minimum standard set by him. But I don't speak disparagingly of Sri Aurobindo.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147077459055038466?s=19

We need to be aware of those who claim to be working for Dharma, but follow the most adharmic ways and means just to satisfy their EGO and fulfill their vested interest. No sign and symptom of Dharma are to be found in their character. They want others to follow them blindly.
https://twitter.com/Sampadananda/status/1147123813349330944?s=19

In my experience, the proud Hindu nationalists and promoters of hate seem wholly ignorant of dharmashastras, the beauties of the Bhagavad Gita or Shanti parvan, the deep thought of Ramanuja or Shankara. What exactly are they so proud of?
https://twitter.com/JihadiJew/status/1147161209331781632?s=19

most religions/moral frameworks/cultures/state tacitly allow prostitution as an unavoidable market phenomenon that takes care of uncontrollable fluctuations in imbalance in demand-supply of "sex" through the state/insttn preferred "marriage" mechanism.
https://twitter.com/dikgaj/status/805400991466160129?s=19

U notice in Hindu temples U never see of many Hindu warriors who set the example of defending Hindu Dharma was under threat.U see Guru pics but never warriors.Aurobindo was right about these Hindus themselves have taken the Kshatriya out of Hinduism and now are paying the price
https://twitter.com/hhrLondon/status/1147149506238210049?s=19

Be--and become--yourself; that would be so much greater & grander than anything else. Of course, there is so much to learn from one another. Good luck! https://t.co/ffZmcwYi40
https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/1147168505055158272?s=19

Intellectuals not interested in reading Sri Aurobindo can be likened to a foreign tourist visiting many places but missing Taj Mahal. Finding value through rational search should have been normal, but indoctrination prevents most from accepting anything outside their safe limits.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147156738031812609?s=19

Savitri Era Open Forum: Stop misrepresentation of Sri Aurobindo https://t.co/BqH0nMIlsv
@NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), SRA-102-C, Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147156738031812609?s=19

India and the Indian: Will we never be able to achieve consensus on being legitimately Indian, writes Aakash Singh Rathore https://t.co/MSBIiV2KGK
https://twitter.com/aakash_ironman/status/1144812508332433408?s=19

That was recognised instantaneously, hence  John Adams put it "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." https://t.co/fzb22LEiMb
https://twitter.com/tweetingsourav/status/1147029030241095680?s=19

Jefferson's choice of the word "happiness" has unfortunately led to a certain hedonistic streak and avoidance of "pain" in American life to the extent that "happiness" in its bowdlerized form is today privileged over "liberty"
https://twitter.com/shrikanth_krish/status/1146928588857511936?s=19


Sufism is one of the greatest con jobs in history only comparable to the "compassion" of Christ.
By Sandeep Balakrishna @dharmadispatch
#Sufi #Sufism https://t.co/0uiuwEezxq https://t.co/hJ6jDTAZhD

https://twitter.com/CASandeepSehgal/status/1147076569384357888?s=19

Overheard: Bharat Mata Tyagis are saying Indians should give up laptop and paper and use palm leaves as laptop is Western culture and paper is Chinese culture, to free themselves from 'slavery'.  😀 https://t.co/ToyCC5XfF4
https://twitter.com/devduttmyth/status/1147065753041960960?s=19

Left strategy = constantly whining, complaining and finger pointing
Right strategy = constantly defending, heckling and digging heels  
Smart strategy = constantly understanding, collaborating, and improving

https://twitter.com/devduttmyth/status/1147006153680797696?s=19

Sometimes Raitawing on SM behave like that rabid stray dog by the roadside which barks and chases every vehicle passing by in either direction. https://t.co/MVXTaFCqlW
https://twitter.com/Hiranyareta/status/1146783892940218368?s=19

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