education

02/23/2021
Sri Aurobindo

The three principles of education

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught. The teacher is not an instructor or taskmaster, he is a helper and guide. […]
10/20/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Respect the Feminine Principle

Indeed, is it not in India that we find the most intense adoration, the most complete veneration of the Supreme Mother, creatrix of the universe, conqueror […]
09/12/2020
The Mother taking classes in Playground at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Puducherry

Mental Progress in Children

What most impedes mental progress in children is the constant dispersion of their thoughts. Their thoughts flutter hither and thither like butterflies and they have to […]
07/19/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Arousing healthy curiosity in children

What most impedes mental progress in children is the constant dispersion of their thoughts. Their thoughts flutter hither and thither like butterflies and they have to […]
07/02/2020

School of Everyday Life

The life of every day, of every moment, is the best school of all, varied, complex, full of unexpected experiences, problems to be solved, clear and […]
06/17/2019

Educating a child

The education of a human being should begin at birth and continue throughout his life. Indeed, if we want this education to have its maximum result, […]
01/27/2019

Advice to educators

There is one thing that I must emphasise. Don’t try to follow what is done in the universities outside. Don’t try to pump into the students mere data […]
01/10/2019

Unity

It is not through uniformity that you obtain unity. It is not through uniformity of programmes and methods that you will obtain the unity of education. Unity […]
09/21/2018

Habits

Of all the domains of human consciousness, the physical is the one most completely governed by method, order, discipline, process. The lack of plasticity and receptivity […]