Words of Long Ago

07/08/2020

Establishing universal harmony

Q: What is the most useful work to be done at the present moment? A: The general aim to be attained is the advent of a […]
06/17/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Women and spirituality

Women, by their very nature, are more capable of taking the spiritual or, in the deepest sense of the word, moral standpoint. We are essentially realistic […]
06/11/2020
The Mother's Balcony Darhsna

A Morning Concentration on Gratitude

Each morning when you get up, before you begin your day, with love and admiration and gratefulness hail this great family, these saviours of mankind who, […]
05/28/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Charity

There is evidently a wrong way of interpreting this maxim, which says, “First let us accumulate fortune, intelligence, health, love, energies of all kinds, then we […]
05/10/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A Morning Concentration on Gratitude

Each morning when you get up, before you begin your day, with love and admiration and gratefulness hail this great family, these saviours of mankind who, […]
04/08/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Sublime Charity

Yes, there is a sublime charity, one which rises from a happy heart, from a serene soul. One who has won inner peace is a herald […]
04/04/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The gift of example

..consecration to humanity manifests in four domains. One can give to others in four ways: Material gifts. Intellectual gifts: knowledge. Spiritual gifts: harmony, beauty, rhythm. The […]
03/26/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

A Message to Rekindle Hope

Before I close, I shall add a few pages for those who have already made apparently fruitless efforts, for those who have encountered the pitfalls on […]
03/11/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

True Charity

There is evidently a wrong way of interpreting this maxim, which says, “First let us accumulate fortune, intelligence, health, love, energies of all kinds, then we […]