04/11/2019

Sentimentalism

To indulge in the emotions, love, grief, sorrow, despair, emotional joy etc. for their own sake with a sort of mental-vital over-emphasis on them is what is called […]
04/10/2019

Bhavani Bharati – Verse 43

सुप्तेषु पुत्रेषु रणोत्सुकेषु निशाचरः शोणितमार्यमातुः । पिबन्विनर्दस्यबलान्बली को वहंसि चाण्डाल कृतान्तभक्ष्य ॥ ४३॥ supteShu putreShu raNotsukeShu nishAcharaH shoNitamAryamAtuH | pibanvinardasyabalAnbalI ko vahaMsi chANDAla kR^itAntabhakShya || 43|| […]
04/10/2019

An Avatar – forerunner of perfect realisation

In the eternity of becoming, each Avatar is only the announcer, the forerunner of a more perfect realisation. And yet men have always the tendency to […]
04/09/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Bhavani Bharati – Verse 42

ज्ञात्वा हि मातू रुदितं क्षतानि विद्युद्धराणीक्षणशतान्यभूवन् । क्रोधैः सहस्राणि ततो मुखानि भीमानि भीमं दनुजेशमायन् ॥ ४२॥ j~nAtvA hi mAtU ruditaM kShatAni vidyuddharANIkShaNashatAnyabhUvan | krodhaiH sahasrANi tato […]
04/09/2019

Unselfish Work – cures personal maladies

If it is a work that you are doing for the collectivity and not for yourself personally, then you must do it, whatever happens. It is […]
04/08/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Bhavani Bharati – Verse 41

क्षोभेण तीव्रेण चराचरस्य क्षुब्धान्यपश्यं पृतनानि तत्र । स्वप्नोत्थिनानीव वचः सुरौद्रं भो हन्यतां दुष्ट इतीरयन्ति ॥ ४१॥ kShobheNa tIvreNa charAcharasya kShubdhAnyapashyaM pR^itanAni tatra | svapnotthinAnIva vachaH suraudraM […]
04/08/2019

Give to receive

…the best way of receiving anything whatever is not to pull, but to give. If they want to give themselves to the new life, well, the new life […]
04/07/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Bhavani Bharati – Verse 40

त्रैलोक्यमुन्मादकरैः कराल्या आवाहनैः पूर्णमभूच्च सर्वम् । ज्वालामुखी दारुणवह्निगर्भा कण्ठादुदक्रामदजस्रशब्दा ॥ ४०॥ trailokyamunmAdakaraiH karAlyA AvAhanaiH pUrNamabhUchcha sarvam | jvAlAmukhI dAruNavahnigarbhA kaNThAdudakrAmadajasrashabdA || 40|| 40. All the three […]
04/07/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry

True Inspiration

What does “inspired” mean? It means receiving something which is beyond you, which was not within you; to open yourself to an influence which is outside your individual […]