The Mother

03/19/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Achieving Silence in the Classroom

What can I do to achieve a silent atmosphere in the classroom? Be completely silent yourself. Bring a piece of cardboard with you, about one metre […]
03/18/2025
Sri Aurobindo Ashram's The Mother Charan

Surrender and Sacrifice

Is not surrender the same as sacrifice? In our Yoga there is no room for sacrifice. But everything depends on the meaning you put on the […]
03/16/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Willing and Desiring

Sweet Mother, what is the difference between willing and desiring? They are not at all the same thing. When you see that something ought to be […]
03/15/2025

A Practical Exercise

I suggest that every one of you should try—oh! not for long, just for one hour a day—to say nothing but the absolutely indispensable words. Not […]
03/12/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Resurrection

Resurrection means, for us, the falling off of the old consciousness; but it is not only a rebirth, a sudden change which completely breaks with the […]
03/11/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Divine Compassion

It is very difficult to keep up your gratitude; for a time it comes very strongly and again it goes back. The Divine can go on […]
03/10/2025
The Mother

Preventing mind from Intervening

Mother, how can one prevent the mind from intervening? Ah! First you must will it, and then you must say, as to people who make a […]
03/09/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Uneasiness in Crowd

It is mainly an inner guard that you must keep. At the same time, if you feel unease in crowds it is better to avoid them—except […]
03/08/2025
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Morality and Consciousness

Sweet Mother, hasn’t morality helped us to increase our consciousness? That depends on people. There are people who are helped by it, there are people who […]