The Mother

05/20/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Pleasure, Joy, Happiness , Ecstasy and Ananda

Sweet Mother, What is the difference between pleasure, joy, happiness, ecstasy and Ananda? Can we find one in the other? Ananda belongs to the Supreme Lord. […]
05/19/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A prayer

On the surface is the storm, the sea is in turmoil, waves clash and leap one on another and break with a mighty uproar. But all […]
05/18/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Imposing peace on vital

My dear child, Only spiritual force has the power to impose peace on the vital, for if peace is not imposed on it by a power […]
05/13/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Working of Vital

May I know how the vital works? I think it is still full of impurities. Thinking too much about one’s impurities does not help. It is […]
05/12/2026
Sri Aurobindo Ashram's The Mother Charan

Ownership of Material Things

How can I get rid of the habit of feeling that I own the material things that belong to me? If you belong entirely and totally […]
05/10/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Patient Concentration

For the time being, may I stop thinking about sadhana? I can’t find any other way of getting inner peace. I am continuing my aspiration for […]
05/09/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

An absolutely indispensable attitude

Sweet Mother, Each time I have encountered an obstacle in my life, each time I have been deprived of some happiness—some apparent happiness—a consolation has come […]
05/07/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Getting rid of the past

Please tell me how I can get rid of the past, which clings so heavily. To get rid of the past is something so difficult that […]
05/06/2026
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Obstacles for sincere people entering a spiritual life

If you come to the spiritual life with a sincere aspiration, sometimes an avalanche of unpleasant things falls upon you: you quarrel with your best friends, […]