Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Tue, Aug 12, 6:00pm – 7:30pm, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata - map Discourse: The Life Divine by Prof. Biswanath Roy

Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House, Tatabad, 10 a.m. The Hindu: Engagements: In Coimbatore Today

Monday, August 11, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees: writing of Savithri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, Tatabad, 10 a.m. In Coimbatore Today The Hindu Monday, Aug 11, 2008

Monday, Aug 11 V5: Group Show by Pondicherry Artists ::: Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas, Pavilion of India ::: Mon ::: 11:00 AM

Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Mon ::: 8:00 AM

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Sunday, 10 Aug V5: Group Show by Pondicherry Artists ::: Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas, Pavilion of India ::: Sun ::: 11:00 AM
Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
Documentary on Auroville ::: Cinema Paradiso ::: Sun ::: 4:30 PM

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Kendra, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar

Aug 09, 2008: Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Kendra Study Circle, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Events Calendar

Aug 09, 2008: Foundation Day Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centres:

  • SAIEC, Banki, Odisha
  • SAIEC, Rupra, Kalahandi, Odisha

Sri Aurobindo Society: Prema Nandakumar speaks on The Mother, V Cross East, Thillai Nagar, 6 p.m. Engagements - Tiruchi Today The Hindu Saturday, Aug 09, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithiri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House Road, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - Coimbatore Today The Hindu Saturday, Aug 09, 2008

Saturday, 09 Aug Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Sat ::: 8:00 AM - Till 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm

India and her Spiritual Destiny: A Future Perspective - Shri Manoj Das ::: Sri Aurobindo World Centre for Human Unity, Bharat Nivas ::: Sat ::: 5:00 PM

Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust ALL SATURDAYS Patha Chakra (Study Circle) 10.30 A.M. Sri Aurobindo Marg, J.P.Nagar I Phase, Bangalore - 560 078 Ph: 91-080-26349882, Website: http://www.newrace.org/ Email: sactmsf@vsnl.net

Sri Aurobindo Integral Yoga Meditation and Reading, 3401 Leighton Ridge DrPlano, TX 75025; Every Saturday at 6:00 PM. Meditation, Reading and discussion. Phone 469-951-4324 Organized by Sri Aurobindo Center Dallas

THE EAST-WEST CULTURAL CENTER welcomes you to participate in the following discussion and study groups: Other Saturdays Sanskrit Mantric Chanting 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Use the Language of the Gods in joyful chanting to raise your consciousness and invoke the Truth. Savitri 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Sri Aurobindo's magnificent epic mantra in the English language is recited and studied with receptivity and concentration on its power to induce spiritual experience and change our consciousness.. Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles

Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Peetham Another regular activity that strengthens our group cohesion is a study circle held on Saturday evenings from 8:00-9:00 p.m. For this, we read and discuss a selected work of The Mother or Sri Aurobindo. Our current study group is focusing on The Mother's Vision. On the week of the monthly retreat (see below), however, we do not hold the study circle, having instead the special retreat activities. please arrange your visit in advance either by calling (209) 339-1342 Ext. 5 or sending email to sasp@lodinet.com [8:30 AM]

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Friday, August 08, 2008

What is yet to discovered is how much Sri Aurobindo himself was influenced by Christianity

transfiguration by Cyprian Consiglio at 12:08 PM. Just in the first three chapters [Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga] I am again startled to find how much resonance there is with Bede Griffiths thought on spirit, soul and body, which Aurbindo calls bodily or material, mental and spiritual. But this bleow especially struck me yesterday, reading it on the feast of the transfiguration. (What is yet to discovered is how much Aurobindo himself, on the other hand, was influenced by Christianity.) ... talks, notes, and travelogues - http://cyprianconsiglio.blogspot.com/

Time to Be a Man by Gagdad Bob. A rapid google search yields the following (also here), which may or may not be of help. Feel free to translight it into your own theological language; it's the principle that counts, not the particular application (sorry about the length; it just kept making sense, so I just kept going with it): "In Sri Aurobindo's formulation, the first infinite divine plane is Pure Existence, which he calls Sat (Being, Reality). Sat is not merely pure Existence, or Chit empty Consciousness. Rather, as Aurobindo explains, it is a Conscious-Existence.... Existence is Consciousness and there can be no distinction between them...." ... One Cosmos - http://onecosmos.blogspot.com/

Aug 08, 2008: Foundation Day Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centres:

  • SAIEC, Irrigation Colony, Jeypur, Odisha
  • SAIEC, Singijuba, Sonepur, Odisha Events Calendar

Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House, Tatabad, 10 a.m. The Hindu: Engagements: Coimbatore Today Friday, Aug 08, 2008

Friday, 08 Aug Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Fri ::: 8:00 AM - Till 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm

" Global Warming: Forces, Responses, Uncertainties." by Dr. Satyajit Ghosh ::: Centre of Scientific Research (CSR) ::: Fri ::: 10:00 AM

C I N E M A - Le Couperet (The Axe) ::: Bharat Nivas, Auditorium ::: Fri ::: 7:45 PM

Workshop “Familienaufstellung – Family Constellation” ::: Pitanga ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM

Fridays 5–6.30 pm: The Synthesis of Yoga, led by Sraddhalu Savitri Bhavan Programme REGULAR COURSES, Auroville Reading Room : Monday to Saturday, 9 – 12, 3 – 6 Everyone is welcome

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Library Western classical music is played every Tuesday and Friday starting at 8.30 pm. Phone: +91413 2334648 Timings: 7.30 am - 11.30 am, 2.00 pm - 4.45 pm

Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust ALL FRIDAYS Weekly Discourse on "Prayers & Meditation" 5.00 P.M. Sri Aurobindo Marg, J.P.Nagar I Phase, Bangalore - 560 078 Ph: 91-080-26349882, Website: http://www.newrace.org/ Email: sactmsf@vsnl.net

Prānāyāma - Time: Every Friday 6.00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M. Venue: SAKSI Meditation Hall SAKSI Activities News & Events Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture # 63, 13 Main, Jayanagar, IV Block, Bangalore- 560011 Phone: +91-80-22456315 Email:

Online Study Session: ICIS has a weekly Online Study Session on Sri Aurobindo's book 'Life Divine' (Book Two, Part II), every Friday morning (IST) 8am to 9.30 or 10.00am (US West Coast time: Thursday evening, 7.30 to 9.00 or 9.30pm). The study is conducted over Skype, an internet based voice messaging system and is free. It is conducted by Dr. Debashish Banerji, director and faculty member of ICIS. [International Centre for Integral Studies (ICIS) ICIS offers postgraduate level Online Courses in: The Integral Way of Sri Aurobindo by Debashish Banerji, PhD Debashish Banerji's articles Life Divine Colloquia via Skype by Debashish Banerji 8:12 AM]

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Thursday, August 07, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre, Jagiapada, Athagarh, Odisha

Aryan Invasion is a myth!
Such statements echo those about ancient India that various Hindus have been making since Sri Aurobindo nearly a century ago. Note the conclusion of the long article. The ie. notes and emphases were added by me.

Aug 07, 2008: Foundation Day Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre - SAIEC, Jagiapada, Athagarh, Odisha Events Calendar

Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithiri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House Road, Tatabad, 10 a.m. The Hindu: Engagements: In Coimbatore Today Thursday, Aug 07, 2008

Thursday, 07 Aug Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM

Yoga Workshop with Sama Fabian ::: Pitanga ::: Thu ::: 6:00 AM

Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Thu ::: 8:00 AM - Till 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm

Thursdays 4–5 pm: The English of Savitri, led by Shraddhavan. Savitri Bhavan Programme REGULAR COURSES, Auroville

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry: On Thursdays and Sundays, a collective meditation is held in the Ashram Playground between 7.45 pm and 8.15 pm. This is open only to the Ashramites and the visitors staying in the Ashram guest houses who have been given Playground passes. These must be shown at the gate.

Sri Aurobindo Centre, Surat: Satsang on "Savitri" Prayer, Recorded Devotional Songs, Satsang Talk, Every Thursday evening 7:30 to 8:30 and Every Sunday Morning 9:30 to 11:00. 108 - Adarsh Society, Near State Bank Society, Ghod Dod Road Side, Athwa Lines, Surat - 395007.

Every Thursday "The Life Divine" Study Group 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm: Sri Aurobindo's magnum opus, in words that stretch the English language to embody the Divine Reason, covers all the philosophical issues related to man's existence on earth, his relationship with the Cosmos, the gods, the planes of existence and the conditions for his Divine collective future. THE EAST-WEST CULTURAL CENTER Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles

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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Premamayi Women's Study Circle, Dhenkanal, Odisha

A brief introductory commentary on the Isha Upanishad Posted on February 25, 2008 by yooday
Here’s an extract from this fantastic introduction, andattached also is the full 8 page pdf of Sri Aurobindo’s (first) draft -should you choose to read the intro in its entirety.“…. For the
Isha Upanishad is one of the most perfectly worked out, one of the most finely and compactly stated inspired arguments the world [...] Filed under: India, Philosophy Tagged:

Sri Aurobindo says, “Poetry is the rhythmic voice of life, but it is one of the inner and not one of the surface voice and the more of this inner truth of his function the poet brings out in his work, the greater is his creation, while it does not seam to mater essentially or not at the first whether his method is professedly subjective or objective, his ostensible power that of a more outward or a more in word spirit or whether it is the individual or the group sail or the soul of nature or mankind or the eternal and universal spirit in them whose beauty and living readily find expression in his word.”1 The poetry of Sumit Talukdar is his deep meditations that emerge from the remembrance of the things or objects that are formally obliterated and ignored by human mind. THEME OF BIRTH AND DEATH IN THE POETRY OF SUMIT TALUKDAR, Shaleen Kumar Singh

Aug 06, 2008: Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Premamayi Women's Study Circle, Dhenkanal town planning, Odisha Events Calendar

Wednesday, 06 Aug Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Wed ::: 8:00 AM. Till 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm

Youth Section of Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir, Kolkata: We meet every Wednesday at 6 P.M

About SAKSI > Classes: Satsang on Upanishad, Time: Every Wednesday 6.00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M., Venue: SAKSI Meditation Hall, Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture # 63, 13 Main, Jayanagar, IV Block, Bangalore - 560011 Phone: +91-80-22456315 Email:

Wednesdays 4-5.30 pm: “The Upanishads in the Light of Sri Aurobindo”, led by Vladimir Savitri Bhavan Programme REGULAR COURSES Auroville

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Library Indian classical music is played at the Library every Wednesday starting at 8.30 pm. Phone: +91413 2334648 Timings: 7.30 am - 11.30 am, 2.00 pm - 4.45 pm

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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

What about the assertion that Aurobindo was an avatar? I can’t say that the question interests me

What about the assertion that Aurobindo was an avatar? I can’t say that the question interests me very much. Aurobindo never claimed the distinction for himself, and I don’t think anyone alive is in a position to say one way or the other. The Aurobindo that interests me is the one who turned from a life of hectic action to a life of contemplation, but was able, during his forty-year retirement, to write a shelf full of books on philosophy, political theory, and textual criticism, along with thousands of letters and, yes, that epic in iambic pentameter. -- Peter Heehs, author of The Lives of Sri Aurobindo 8:43 AM
Sri Aurobindo: the Spiritual Revolution Poet, philosopher, revolutionary and mystic, Sri Aurobindo was one of India’s most extraordinary leaders. He inspired the revolutionary movement, transformed the Congress from an elite to a mass organization, and propagated a vision of and India proud of her past, and ready to face the future. Incarcerated in jail, he became convinced that India would soon be free. He withdrew from politics and settled in Pondicherry where his intense spiritual exercises led to the development of Integral YogaThis book traces the development of Sir Aurobindo as a spiritual revolutionary and rational mystic who combined in himself the best of East and West. Sri Aurobindo :the Spiritual Revolution (Hardcover - 2002) by Chaturvedi Atuli Our Price: Rs. 95
Free India’s Role In Global Future By Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - In Coimbatore Today RELIGION The Hindu Tuesday, Aug 05, 2008
Till 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM
Tuesdays 3–4 pm: “Cultivating Concentration”, led by Jai Singh. 5-6 pm: Savitri study in Tamil, led by Bhuvana and Sudarshan Savitri Bhavan current program REGULAR COURSES Auroville
Sri Aurobindo Ashram Library Western classical music is played every Tuesday and Friday starting at 8.30 pm. Phone: +91413 2334648 Timings: 7.30 am - 11.30 am, 2.00 pm - 4.45 pm
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday there is a collective meditation around the samadhi from 7.25 pm to 7.50 pm. This is open to everyone. No pass is required.
nandivarman.rediffiland.com/ After all he is not only a Kashmiri but also is a head of a Foundation that is preaching Human Unity. Will Dr.Karan Singh lead a Peace March with all his foreign friends in Auroville from Jammu to Kashmir and usher in human unity in his home territory. Time has come for acid test. All the Foreign Saints that had descended in Auroville are having Super minds and are Super Men. The Government of India must utilize their expertise to preach and practice human unity in Kashmir valley. The Kashmir Palace owned by Dr.Karan Singh is only getting 64,000 rupees monthly rent, as lamented by Dr.Karan Singh in a TV Channel. The Government of India through Auroville Foundation acquire that Palace and airlift some or all Foreign Saints who want to build moneyless economy in Auroville to go to Kashmir and carry out their experiments. Their presence is needed only in Kashmir where human unity had become a dream of past...
Land to Tiller is not only a Kashmiri problem. In Tamilnadu too we want land to the tiller, and Dr.Karan Singh must have the maturity to accept the fact that land to Tamils is the natural law, instead of becoming an advocate to get land to imported foreigners.
Diary of Nandhi Varman - Tuesday 5 August, 2008 http://nandivarman.rediffiland.com/ Category: Politics Permalink

Monday, August 04, 2008

The Mother's Meditation Centre, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad

But, for many in Kolkata, August is the month of Sri Aurobindo. ... However, it is the relics of Sri Aurobindo that this institute is most famous for. India Today - Aug 3

Auroville was founded on 28 February, 1968 inspired by the vision of Sri Aurobindo and Mother of Pondicherry. Over 1800 people of India and 40 other nations ... The Statesman Monday, 4 August 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees: writing of Savithri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - In Coimbatore Today Religion The Hindu Monday, Aug 04, 2008

Monday, 04 Aug Opportunity to tele-participate in One Lap-top Per Child India Day on 4th August ::: Pondy ::: Mon ::: 2:00 PM

Till 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM

Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust ALL MONDAYS Collective Meditation 10.30 A.M. Sri Aurobindo Marg, J.P.Nagar I Phase, Bangalore - 560 078 Ph: 91-080-26349882, Website: http://www.newrace.org/ Email: sactmsf@vsnl.net

Every Monday Classes: Rig Veda, 6.00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M. Venue: SAKSI Meditation Hall About SAKSI > Classes Workshops Conferences Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture # 63, 13 Main, Jayanagar, IV Block, Bangalore - 560011 Phone: +91-80-22456315 Email:

Mondays and Tuesdays 3–4 pm : “Cultivating Concentration”, led by Jai Singh Savitri Bhavan Auroville

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday there is a collective meditation around the samadhi from 7.25 pm to 7.50 pm. This is open to everyone. No pass is required.

Every Monday Study Group - Words of the Mother 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Selections from the Mother's detailed insights on the practice of a conscious life directed towards the future, are read and discussed. THE EAST-WEST CULTURAL CENTER Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles

Sri Aurobindo Society, Adichini, Mehrauli Road, Delhi # 26512491 Yoga Programme DailyAsanas, pranayama meditation and shatkarmas 6.30 to 7.30 a.m., 11 to 12 noon, 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.and 6.30 to 7.30 p.m. Mantra chanting 6.30 p.m. to 7.30. p.m.

The Mother's Meditation Centre, 90B, Gyan Khand-IV, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad: Prayers and Meditation every Monday 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

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Sunday, August 03, 2008

Living Question and The Mother’s Answer conducted by Shailaja, Singapore

Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore 3rd August 2008 Sunday 6.00 pm Living Question and The Mother’s Answer conducted by Shailaja; August 2008 Morning Walk: Date Sunday, 3rd August 2008 Time 8. 00 AM sharp Pre-walk exercise will start on schedule. Please get to the starting point on time. Place Kent Ridge Park

Aug 03, 2008: Sri Aurobindo Spiritual Workshop at SAIEC, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Aug 03, 2008: Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Conference at Tirudihi, Odisha

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch: Bimal Mohanty will deliver a lecture on “Prasthana Trayam”, Sri Aurobindo Marg, 10 a.m. Engagements - New Delhi In the Capital Today GENERAL The Hindu Sunday, Aug 03, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Society: Meeting, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 10.30 a.m. Chennai today The Hindu Sunday, Aug 03, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Society: Study circle on ‘The Mother on Savitri,’ 3 Lajapathi Roy Road, Chinna Chokkikulam, 10.30 a.m. Madurai today The Hindu Sunday, Aug 03, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Society: Prema Nandakumar speaks on The Mother, IV Cross Thillai Nagar, 6 p.m. Tiruchi today The Hindu Sunday, Aug 03, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees: Joint prayer, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, Kovaipudur, 4 p.m.; Sasi Balika Vidya Mandir, 9.30 a.m.; Sri Annai Meditation Centre, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - Coimbatore today Religion The Hindu Sunday, Aug 03, 2008

Sunday, 03 Aug Documentaire exceptionnel sur Auroville (English version next week) ::: Cinema Paradiso ::: Sun ::: 5:00 PM
Singing Mother’s mantra at the Amphitheatre ::: Amphitheatre, Matrimandir ::: Sun ::: 7:00 PM
Flea Market for Auroville Land Fund ::: Town Hall ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM

15th July to 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM

Sri Aurobindo Centre, Surat: Satsang on "Savitri" Prayer, Recorded Devotional Songs, Satsang Talk, Every Thursday evening 7:30 to 8:30 and Every Sunday Morning 9:30 to 11:00. 108 - Adarsh Society, Near State Bank Society, Ghod Dod Road Side, Athwa Lines, Surat - 395007.

Sri Aurobindo Institute of Education, Salt Lake, Kolkata: The Study Centre Library remains open every Sunday from 5 PM-6 PM All are welcome

Sundays 10.30–12 am: Savitri Study Circle 5-6 pm: Foundations of Indian Culture, led by Kittu Reddy Savitri Bhavan Programme REGULAR COURSES Auroville

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry: On Thursdays and Sundays, a collective meditation is held in the Ashram Playground between 7.45 pm and 8.15 pm. This is open only to the Ashramites and the visitors staying in the Ashram guest houses who have been given Playground passes. These must be shown at the gate.

Inputs may be mailed to tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com Coming Events Monday, 04 Aug Opportunity to tele-participate in One Lap-top Per Child India Day on 4th August ::: Pondy ::: Mon ::: 2:00 PM
Thursday, 07 Aug
Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM
Yoga Workshop with Sama Fabian ::: Pitanga ::: Thu ::: 6:00 AM
Friday, 08 Aug
Workshop “Familienaufstellung – Family Constellation” ::: Pitanga ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM

Aug 11 – 15 2008 Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India - map Polarity Therapy and Wellness Education: A new application of Ayurveda for the healing of body and soul as one. Facilitated by Mikael

A travelling festival of Kabir AUGUST 15 – 17, 2008. AT SRI AUROBINDO AUDITORIUM AUROVILLE

Tue, Aug 12, 6:00pm – 7:30pm, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata - map Discourse: The Life Divine by Prof. Biswanath Roy

Sri Aurobindo's birth anniversary celebrations Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore, 2A Starlight Road, #01-07 Singapore 217755: 136th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo On Friday 15th August 2008 - Welcome Address by Mr. K S Rajah, Special Musical offering by SIFAS teachers -Ms. Sonali Biswas – Hindustani Classical Vocal

August 17 Sunday India Currents - Talk on Work of Yogi Sri Aurobindo, by Richard Lipschutz, who leads a Yoga Study Group at CIF. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cultural Integration Fellowship, 2650 Fulton St., San Francisco. Free will donation. (415) 668-1559. August 17, Sri Aurobindo Birthday Celebrations: On the Four Great Realizations of Yogi Sri Aurobindo About the Speaker: Rick Lipschutz leads an Integral Studies Group at CIF and also teaches the Synthesis of Yoga. He is also a poet, and a student of Western Esotericism and Theosophy. www.culturalintegrationfellowship.org

Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo on 15th August 2008

Sri Aurobindo's birth anniversary celebrations

SRI AUROBINDO SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE
2A Starlight Road, #01-07 Singapore 217755
136th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo

On Friday 15th August 2008
He drew the energies that transmute an age (Savitri, Sri Aurobindo)
A humble Offering at the Lotus Feet of Sri Aurobindo
Silent Meditation in the morning: 10.00am
Evening Program: 6.45pm

Meditation with Sunil’s Music
Readings of Prayers by Shailaja and Jayanthy
Reading of Darshan Day Message from Pondicherry by Mr. N C Patel
Welcome Address by Mr. K S Rajah
Special Musical offering by SIFAS teachers -
Ms. Sonali Biswas – Hindustani Classical Vocal
Mr. Mihir Kundu – Tabla
Mr. Chandranath Bhattacharya – Harmonium
Word of thanks by Mr. Shashi Lal Kashyap
Closing Meditation
Buffet Dinner
All are cordially invited
Posted by Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore at 5:10 PM

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Prema Nandakumar speaks on The Mother in Tiruchi today

August 15th 1947 is the birthday of free India
by Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore (Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Birth centenary Library edition, Volume 26, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, 1972, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) What is a Nation? The Shakti of its Millions For what is a nation? What is our mother-country ... Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore - http://sassingapore.blogspot.com/

August 02, 2008: Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Study Circle at the residence of Prashant Kumar Swain, Koraput, Odisha

Sri Aurobindo Society: Prema Nandakumar speaks on The Mother, IV Cross Thillai Nagar, 6 p.m. The Hindu: Engagements: Tiruchi today Saturday, August 02, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithiri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House Road, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - Coimbatore The Hindu Religion Saturday, August 02, 2008

15th July to 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM

Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust ALL SATURDAYS Patha Chakra (Study Circle) 10.30 A.M. Sri Aurobindo Marg, J.P.Nagar I Phase, Bangalore - 560 078 Ph: 91-080-26349882, Website: http://www.newrace.org/ Email: sactmsf@vsnl.net

Sri Aurobindo Integral Yoga Meditation and Reading, 3401 Leighton Ridge DrPlano, TX 75025; Every Saturday at 6:00 PM. Meditation, Reading and discussion. Phone 469-951-4324 Organized by Sri Aurobindo Center Dallas

THE EAST-WEST CULTURAL CENTER welcomes you to participate in the following discussion and study groups: Other Saturdays Sanskrit Mantric Chanting 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Use the Language of the Gods in joyful chanting to raise your consciousness and invoke the Truth. Savitri 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Sri Aurobindo's magnificent epic mantra in the English language is recited and studied with receptivity and concentration on its power to induce spiritual experience and change our consciousness.. Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles

Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Peetham Another regular activity that strengthens our group cohesion is a study circle held on Saturday evenings from 8:00-9:00 p.m. For this, we read and discuss a selected work of The Mother or Sri Aurobindo. Our current study group is focusing on The Mother's Vision. On the week of the monthly retreat (see below), however, we do not hold the study circle, having instead the special retreat activities. please arrange your visit in advance either by calling (209) 339-1342 Ext. 5 or sending email to sasp@lodinet.com [8:30 AM]

Inputs may be mailed to tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com Coming Events:
Sunday, 03 Aug Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM
Documentaire exceptionnel sur Auroville (English version next week) ::: Cinema Paradiso ::: Sun ::: 5:00 PM Singing Mother’s mantra at the Amphitheatre ::: Amphitheatre, Matrimandir ::: Sun ::: 7:00 PM
Flea Market for Auroville Land Fund ::: Town Hall ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM
Monday, 04 Aug
Opportunity to tele-participate in One Lap-top Per Child India Day on 4th August ::: Pondy ::: Mon ::: 2:00 PM
Thursday, 07 Aug Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM Yoga Workshop with Sama Fabian ::: Pitanga ::: Thu ::: 6:00 AM
Friday, 08 Aug
Workshop “Familienaufstellung – Family Constellation” ::: Pitanga ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM

Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga, reading and meditation. Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. 2134 Carmenere St., Danville. Free. (925) 736-7636, braroo@gmail.com ... India Currents

Friday, August 01, 2008

M. K. Ramaswamy on ‘Six forms of grace’

Learning of Sri Aurobindo through his writings also gives me a sense of what ‘in-finite’ might mean…(nothing else has, so far). Through all these years the respect and admiration have grown so high that each time one thinks no more is possible. And sure enough this limit is transgressed - as if to point out my obvious myopia and to say with a gentle pat on the back - “move on, child, “there is much to be done”. Our Demand and Need from the Gita Posted on July 30, 2008 by yooday Filed under: Philosophy Tagged: , ,

Aug 01, 2008: Foundation Day Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centres:

  • SAIEC, Hata Bharandi, Odisha
  • SAIEC, Auroma, Jharsuguda, Odisha
  • SAIEC, Sri Aurobindo Jogashrama, Bhatlahada, Jharsuguda,, Odisha

Aug 01, 2008: Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Study Circles:

  • Womens' Study Circle, Kodabhatta, Raighar, Odisha
  • Matru-Jyoti, Jharsuguda, Odisha
  • Shimiliguda, Odisha
  • Gandia, Odisha

Aurobindo Society: M. K. Ramaswamy on ‘Six forms of grace’, 5, Smith Rd., Anna Salai, 6-30 p.m. The Hindu : Engagements / Chennai : Chennai today Friday, Aug 01, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithiri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House Road, Tatabad, 10 a.m. The Hindu: Engagements: Coimbatore Today Friday, Aug 01, 2008

Friday, 01 Aug C I N E M A - "Bhumika" by Shyam Benegal ::: Bharat Nivas, Auditorium ::: Fri ::: 7:45 PM

15th July to 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM

Fridays 5–6.30 pm: The Synthesis of Yoga, led by Sraddhalu Savitri Bhavan Programme REGULAR COURSES, Auroville Reading Room : Monday to Saturday, 9 – 12, 3 – 6 Everyone is welcome

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Library Western classical music is played every Tuesday and Friday starting at 8.30 pm. Phone: +91413 2334648 Timings: 7.30 am - 11.30 am, 2.00 pm - 4.45 pm

Sri Aurobindo Complex Trust ALL FRIDAYS Weekly Discourse on "Prayers & Meditation" 5.00 P.M. Sri Aurobindo Marg, J.P.Nagar I Phase, Bangalore - 560 078 Ph: 91-080-26349882, Website: http://www.newrace.org/ Email: sactmsf@vsnl.net

Prānāyāma - Time: Every Friday 6.00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M. Venue: SAKSI Meditation Hall SAKSI Activities News & Events Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture # 63, 13 Main, Jayanagar, IV Block, Bangalore- 560011 Phone: +91-80-22456315 Email:

Online Study Session: ICIS has a weekly Online Study Session on Sri Aurobindo's book 'Life Divine' (Book Two, Part II), every Friday morning (IST) 8am to 9.30 or 10.00am (US West Coast time: Thursday evening, 7.30 to 9.00 or 9.30pm). The study is conducted over Skype, an internet based voice messaging system and is free. It is conducted by Dr. Debashish Banerji, director and faculty member of ICIS. [International Centre for Integral Studies (ICIS) ICIS offers postgraduate level Online Courses in: The Integral Way of Sri Aurobindo by Debashish Banerji, PhD Debashish Banerji's articles Life Divine Colloquia via Skype by Debashish Banerji 8:12 AM]

Inputs may be mailed to tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com Coming Events: Sunday, 03 Aug Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Sun ::: 8:00 AM Documentaire exceptionnel sur Auroville (English version next week) ::: Cinema Paradiso ::: Sun ::: 5:00 PM Singing Mother’s mantra at the Amphitheatre ::: Amphitheatre, Matrimandir ::: Sun ::: 7:00 PM Flea Market for Auroville Land Fund ::: Town Hall ::: Sun ::: 9:00 AM Monday, 04 Aug Opportunity to tele-participate in One Lap-top Per Child India Day on 4th August ::: Pondy ::: Mon ::: 2:00 PM Thursday, 07 Aug Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM Yoga Workshop with Sama Fabian ::: Pitanga ::: Thu ::: 6:00 AM Friday, 08 Aug Workshop “Familienaufstellung – Family Constellation” ::: Pitanga ::: Fri ::: 9:00 AM

August 17 Sunday - India Currents
Talk on Work of Yogi Sri Aurobindo, by Richard Lipschutz, who leads a Yoga Study Group at CIF. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cultural Integration Fellowship, 2650 Fulton St., San Francisco. Free will donation. (415) 668-1559. www.culturalintegrationfellowship.org

Aurobindo Ashram and CNN-IBN Story::Nandhi Varman in Pondicherry ...
He is a disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. In 1968, he started a carpentry workshop with borrowed money from the very start the workshop is run on a ...
MONEYLESS AUROVILLE :MONEY MAKING DREAM::Nandhi Varman in ...
The President of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Inmates Association Mr.Kamal Dora wrote to then Indian Home Minster Comrade Indrajit Gupta on the bonded labour status ...

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Talk on ‘Sri Aurobindo’s vision of India’ by Kittu Reddy at Visakha Public Library, Visakhapatnam

Sri Aurobindo Society: Talk on ‘Sri Aurobindo’s vision of India’ by Kittu Reddy of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Visakha Public Library, opposite BVK College 5.30 p.m. Engagements - Visakhapatnam today The Hindu Thursday, Jul 31, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees Prayer Group: Writing of Savithiri Episode, Sri Annai Meditation Centre, West Power House Road, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - Coimbatore today Religion The Hindu Thursday, Jul 31, 2008

Thursday, 31 Jul Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM

15th July to 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM

Thursdays 4–5 pm: The English of Savitri, led by Shraddhavan. Savitri Bhavan Programme REGULAR COURSES, Auroville

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry: On Thursdays and Sundays, a collective meditation is held in the Ashram Playground between 7.45 pm and 8.15 pm. This is open only to the Ashramites and the visitors staying in the Ashram guest houses who have been given Playground passes. These must be shown at the gate.

Sri Aurobindo Centre, Surat: Satsang on "Savitri" Prayer, Recorded Devotional Songs, Satsang Talk, Every Thursday evening 7:30 to 8:30 and Every Sunday Morning 9:30 to 11:00. 108 - Adarsh Society, Near State Bank Society, Ghod Dod Road Side, Athwa Lines, Surat - 395007.

Every Thursday "The Life Divine" Study Group 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm: Sri Aurobindo's magnum opus, in words that stretch the English language to embody the Divine Reason, covers all the philosophical issues related to man's existence on earth, his relationship with the Cosmos, the gods, the planes of existence and the conditions for his Divine collective future. THE EAST-WEST CULTURAL CENTER Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles

Inputs may be mailed to tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com Coming Events: Friday, 01 Aug C I N E M A - "Bhumika" by Shyam Benegal ::: Bharat Nivas, Auditorium ::: Fri ::: 7:45 PM; Monday, 04 Aug Opportunity to tele-participate in One Lap-top Per Child India Day on 4th August ::: Pondy ::: Mon ::: 2:00 PM

A travelling festival of Kabir AUGUST 15 – 17, 2008. AT SRI AUROBINDO AUDITORIUM AUROVILLE; Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore 3rd August 2008 Sunday 6.00 pm Living Question and The Mother’s Answer conducted by Shailaja; August 2008 Morning Walk: Date Sunday, 3rd August 2008 Time 8. 00 AM sharp Pre-walk exercise will start on schedule. Please get to the starting point on time. Place Kent Ridge Park

AUROVILLE : A FAILURE “You no longer knew where you stand; there is Sri Aurobindo Society, Sri Aurobindo Action, and Sri Aurobindo this and that…. The result is dispersion. Yes but when you tell them that especially if you put it that way to Navjatha of Sri Aurobindo Society he will say all right, Sri Aurobindo Action had to go… Each one says I am the one who should stay... That is no solution. You have hit the point; lack of unity is the cause of all difficulties. Even the ashram has been contaminated by the disease; each department considers itself a separate entity. And since there is no more cohesion, nothing works. That is the situation. [Mothers Agenda volume 13 page 84] ...
N. Nandhivarman General Secretary Dravida Peravai
Category: Politics Permalink Diary of Nandhi Varman - http://nandivarman.rediffiland.com/

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Cuttack District Sri Aurobindo Study Circle Workers' Conference at Matrubhaban, Odisha

TomFolio.com: Sri Aurobindo and the New Thought in Indian Politics Being a Study in the Ideas of Indian Nationalism, based on the Rare Writings of Sri Aurobindo in the Daily Bande Mataram during the Years 1906-1908 Author: Haridas Mukherjee and Uma Mukherjee Publisher: Firma KLM Private Ltd. Calcutta, India 1997 Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd 54 Rani Jhansi Road New Delhi, India Email: orders@mrmlbooks.com

Images of revolution - Till July 30 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 4 pm - 8 pm: Bomb in Bengal and Sri Aurobindo: The Revolutionary Years — an exhibition of rare photographs on the occasion of the centenary of Alipore Bomb Trial. Event: The Telegraph - Calcutta > Timeout Monday, July 30, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Society: Talk on ‘Sri Aurobindo and the freedom movement’ by Kittu Reddy of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education (Pondicherry), Visakha Public Library, opposite BVK College, Dwarakanagar, 5.30 p.m. [Talk on Aurobindo The Sri Aurobindo Society’s local centre is organising talk on Sri Aurobindo by Prof. Kittu Reddy of the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Puducherry, at the Public Library here on Wednesday and Thursday.
Seventy two-year-old Prof. Kittu is nephew of former President late Sanjiva Reddy and started living in the Aurobindo Ashram since he was five years old. He is teaching at the school and college levels on Indian culture, political science, social science and history. Since 1987 Prof. Kittu Reddy has been giving talks to the officers and men of the Indian Army, Navy and the Air Force. He is a founder-member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Army Welfare Education Society.] Engagements - Visakhapatnam today
The Hindu Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008

Sri Aurobindo Devotees: Writing of Savithri Episode, Annai Meditation Centre, Tatabad, 10 a.m. Engagements - Coimbatore today RELIGION The Hindu Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008

July 30, 2008: Cuttack District Sri Aurobindo Study Circle Workers' Conference at Matrubhaban The Mother's Work in Odisha Events Calendar

July 30, 2008: Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Study Circle, Boriguma, Odisha

July 30, 2008: Anniversary Celebrations of Aurolight Sri Aurobindo Study Circle, Bheden, Odisha

Youth Section of Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir, Kolkata: We meet every Wednesday at 6 P.M

About SAKSI > Classes: Satsang on Upanishad, Time: Every Wednesday 6.00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M., Venue: SAKSI Meditation Hall, Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture # 63, 13 Main, Jayanagar, IV Block, Bangalore - 560011 Phone: +91-80-22456315 Email:

Wednesdays 4-5.30 pm: “The Upanishads in the Light of Sri Aurobindo”, led by Vladimir Savitri Bhavan Programme REGULAR COURSES Auroville

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Library Indian classical music is played at the Library every Wednesday starting at 8.30 pm. Phone: +91413 2334648 Timings: 7.30 am - 11.30 am, 2.00 pm - 4.45 pm

15th July to 13th August Exhibition of paintings on silk Daily 8-12.30 & 2-7 pm Exhibition "Miniatures" by Firooza ::: Pitanga ::: Tue ::: 8:00 AM

Inputs may be mailed to tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com Coming Events: Thursday, 31 Jul Introduction to sustainable farming in Auroville ::: Buddha Garden Community Farm ::: Thu ::: 10:00 AM; Friday, 01 Aug C I N E M A - "Bhumika" by Shyam Benegal ::: Bharat Nivas, Auditorium ::: Fri ::: 7:45 PM; Monday, 04 Aug Opportunity to tele-participate in One Lap-top Per Child India Day on 4th August ::: Pondy ::: Mon ::: 2:00 PM
A travelling festival of Kabir AUGUST 15 – 17, 2008. AT SRI AUROBINDO AUDITORIUM AUROVILLE; Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore 3rd August 2008 Sunday 6.00 pm Living Question and The Mother’s Answer conducted by Shailaja; August 2008 Morning Walk: Date Sunday, 3rd August 2008 Time 8. 00 AM sharp Pre-walk exercise will start on schedule. Please get to the starting point on time. Place Kent Ridge Park

Aurobindo Ashram is located at Dandia bazaa. Here, there is a library, study room and sales emporium. Open for public, people visit this place for meditation.. There are relics of Shri Aurobindo. Vadodara: Attractions and more