11/14/2021

Work and the gunas

Q: When we do work without ego, desire and attachment, what kind of action do the gunas take up? The sattwa predominates, the rajas acts as […]
11/13/2021

Prakriti and Purusha

Q: When the Prakriti is emptied of the action of the gunas, or when it ceases to act, what is left in it for us to […]
11/12/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Need for personal Aspiration

Is any personal aspiration necessary during the state of blankness or self-forgetfulness? I ask this because once you wrote that if the silence is deep there […]
11/11/2021
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Meditation or Reading?

One has to do some physical work as part of the Karma Yoga, also some personal work. Where is the time then to read for one’s […]
11/10/2021

On the different gunas

Q: Are Prakriti, Nature and the gunas quite different things? If so, why do we see them always mixed? Prakriti and Nature are the same thing […]
11/09/2021
श्रीअरविंद आश्रम की श्रीमाँ

Learning languages

Q: When I tried to resume my French lessons, the mind proper was completely absent. The physical mind found the activity too difficult to support. Some […]
11/08/2021

Inertia and education

Q: Is it true that a person with a well-trained intellect will not have much inertia? A well-trained intellect and study are two different things – […]
11/07/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Building a well-developed intellect

Q: How can one build up a well-developed intellect? By studying and reading? By training it to see, observe, understand in the right way. Reading and […]
11/06/2021

Mental Development and Sadhana

Q: Do you suggest that people here should have some mental development if possible? Would it really help the sadhana? I don’t know if it helps […]