Sri Aurobindo

11/16/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Sensitive Vital

Q: Is it good to have a vital sensitive to others, exposed to others? It is neither good nor bad. It comes like that in the […]
11/15/2021

Quietness of mind in Yoga

Q: Learning languages makes the mind active. Does not the Yoga mean to keep the mind quiet and turn it always to the Divine? Do you […]
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 […]
11/10/2021

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 – […]
11/06/2021

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 […]
11/06/2021
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Reading as part of Sadhana

Q: 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 […]