On Education

03/19/2018

Hallmarks of a Good Teacher

Example is the most powerful instructor. Never demand from a child an effort of discipline that you do not make yourself. Calm, equanimity, order, method, absence […]
01/30/2018

Never betray the Divine Force

The divine force is with you—feel its presence more and more and be careful never to betray it. Feel, wish, act, that you may be new […]
11/01/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The quality of your life depends on your aims

AN AIMLESS life is always a miserable life. Every one of you should have an aim. But do not forget that on the quality of your […]
10/07/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Perfecting the being

As you pursue this labour of purification and unification, you must at the same time take great care to perfect the external and instrumental part of […]
08/17/2017
On Education

Practise of Integral Yoga

For those who practise the integral Yoga, the welfare of humanity can be only a consequence and a result, it cannot be the aim. And if […]
08/13/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Developing concentration

Fix a time when you can be quiet every day. Take one of Sri Aurobindo’s books. Read a sentence or two. Then remain silent and concentrated […]
08/09/2017
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in her room with Pranab Kumar

How to Develop interest in everything one does ?

In work too there is an austerity. It consists in not having any preferences and in doing everything one does with interest. For one who wants to grow […]
07/27/2017
On Education

Essentials for a happy and effective life

For a happy and effective life, the essentials are sincerity, humility, perseverance and an insatiable thirst for progress. Above all, one must be convinced of a limitless possibility […]
06/29/2017

Qualities of a true child of The Divine

Sincerity, courage, discipline endurance, absolute faith in the Divine work and unassailable trust in the Divine Grace. All this must be accompanied by a sustained, ardent […]