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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 7 – Beloo Mehra

Date: June 17, 2025 Part 7: On Disinterested Duty and Divine Obligation to Act Continued from Part 6 In continuation of what was discussed in the previous part, it is important to reflect a little on why Sri Aurobindo cautions that it is a mistake to interpret the Gita from the standpoint of today’s mentality. Such […]

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 6 – Beloo Mehra

Date: June 3, 2025 Part 6: Karmayoga – The Yoga of Works Continued from Part 5 Arjuna seems perplexed after listening to the deep metaphysical truths given by Sri Krishna regarding the permanence of the Atman, the way of being of the yogin stationed in the true self-knowledge, and the Yoga of the Intelligent Will. Seeking

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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 5 – Narendra Murty

Date: June 1, 2025 Part 5: Understanding Hindu Rituals Continued from Part 4 Rituals are physical acts that establish our relationship with the Divine. The act of a ritual establishes rules and patterns of behaviour that we adopt towards the Divine. There is a philosophy, meaning and significance behind every ritual. Rituals become beautiful and meaningful

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Traveling through Bhārat – 2 – Lakshmijyothi C.

Date: May 26, 2025 Part 2: The Light of Kashi “As those who dwell in Shiva’s sacred city of Kashi are liberated by the auspicious touch of the Lord, so all this Aryan country where the Goddess has set her purifying feet shall be the Kashi of the world.” ॥97॥ ~ Sri Aurobindo, Bhavani Bharati, verse 97

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 5 – Beloo Mehra

Date: May 20, 2025 Part 5: Sānkhya Yoga – 2 Continued from Part 4 In the next several verses is expounded Gita’s teaching of the Buddhi-yoga, the Yoga of the Intelligent Will. This teaching builds upon two foundations: a) the Vedantic Sānkhya of the Upanishads and b) Yoga, a principally subjective practice and inner change which

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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 4 – Narendra Murty

Date: May 12, 2025 Part 4: Vishnu, the Lord of the Universe Continued from Part 3 The word Vishnu is derived from the Sanskrit root “vish” which means “to pervade.” So, Vishnu is “the one who pervades” or “the all-pervasive”. Vishnu is the inside-out of the whole creation. Vishnu symbolises Brahman, the Ultimate Source of all that

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 4 – Beloo Mehra

Date: May 6, 2025 Part 4: Sānkhya Yoga – I Continued from Part 3 Chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita begins with Sri Krishna giving a jolt to Arjuna when he asks – How and from where has this stain and darkness of the soul entered into you in the hour of difficulty and peril? In order

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A Seeker’s Journey Beyond the Self – 2 – Preeti Mahurkar

Date: April 28, 2025 Part 2 – The Work of Transformation CONTINUED FROM PART 1 Work as a Path to Transformation Auroville was never meant to be a place of passive existence. It was meant to be a field of conscious evolution, where work is a path to transformation. “Work, even manual work, is something

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Traveling through Bhārat – 1 – Lakshmijyothi C.

Date: April 24, 2025 Part 1: Introduction  These are times when Nature is attempting at certain goals and Human Unity is undoubtedly one of them. Globalization on commercial front and Travel on the leisure front have been her tools. Like other movements of human development, travel, too has trends following the natural quest of the

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 3 – Beloo Mehra

Date: April 22, 2025 Part 3: Arjuna Viṣhāda Yoga – The Yoga of Arjuna’s Dejection Continued from Part 2 On the battlefield of Kurukshetra when Arjuna, the representative man of his age, is overcome with dejection and sorrow at the most critical moment of his life, he raises a fundamental question regarding human life and

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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 3 – Narendra Murty

Date: April 16, 2025 Part 3: Nataraja, the Cosmic Dancer Continued from Part 2 Nataraja is an aspect of Shiva. He is the Cosmic Dancer. The word Nataraja literally means the Lord of Dance. In all the religious literatures of the world, we would usually find statements like “God created the universe” or such similar ideas.

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A Seeker’s Journey Beyond the Self – 1 – Preeti Mahurkar

Date: April 14, 2025 Part 1 – A Calling from the Soul Editor’s Note: In this 2-part blog, Preeti Mahurkar, who is currently a pre-newcomer at Auroville, shares some deep reflections on the vision of Auroville – a city that the Earth needs, according to the Mother, – what it means to live and work

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 2 – Beloo Mehra

Date: April 8, 2025 Part 2: Why Study the Scriptures? Continued from Part 1 We begin our study of Bhagavad Gita by becoming aware of what we seek when we study any scripture such as the Gita, what may be the limitation of our instrument, and how to avoid the trapping of the limits of

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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 2 – Narendra Murty

Date: April 1, 2025 Part 2: Symbolism in Murti Puja Continued from Part 1 During his Parivrajaka days when Swami Vivekananda was travelling all over India on foot, he happened to be visiting the princely state of Alwar in Rajasthan. Raja Mangal Singh, the king of Alwar told him that he did not believe in

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 1 – Beloo Mehra

Date: March 25, 2025 Part 1: Introduction   “…the colloquy at Kurukshetra will yet liberate humanity.”   ~ Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, Vol. 12, p. 427 Srimad Bhagavad Gita is one of those rarest scriptures of the world in which lie the deepest and lasting solutions to most of our life’s day-to-day problems. This universal and timeless

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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 1 – Narendra Murty  

Date: March 18, 2025 Part 1 Introduction: The Language of Symbolism Those who are born outside the tradition of Hinduism generally feel completely at a loss to understand the spectacle that unfolds before their eyes whenever they are confronted with any outward signs of it. Lacking a single authority like Christianity, Islam or Buddhism, Hinduism

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Vikasita – Vaikharī: Writing for Civilizational Awakening – Jayadev

Date: February 24, 2024 The written word is perhaps the most powerful medium for ideas in the manifest world. Seers talk of the various states of Vāk (speech), of which Vaikharī is the grossest and most tangible form, and yet only accounts for the spoken word. While the spoken word used in its full capacity can

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Fulfilling Sri Aurobindo’s Dreams: A New India Arising – 6 – Preeti Mahurkar

Date: November 25, 2024 CONTINUED FROM PART 5 A New India: The Birth of a Spiritual Nation The fulfillment of Sri Aurobindo’s dreams is not a distant, utopian vision—it is an achievable reality waiting to be claimed by our collective will and action. A new India, where every citizen enjoys freedom, equity, justice, peace, harmony, progress,

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Fulfilling Sri Aurobindo’s Dreams: A New India Arising – 5 – Preeti Mahurkar

Date: November 19, 2024 CONTINUED FROM PART 4 The Legacy of Our Ancestors The practice of Integral Yoga, as outlined by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, provides the spiritual and practical framework to fulfill the dreams of our ancestors. They envisioned not just political freedom but the complete liberation of the human spirit—a new India where

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Fulfilling Sri Aurobindo’s Dreams: A New India Arising – 4 – Preeti Mahurkar

Date: November 12, 2024 CONTINUED FROM PART 3 Social Evolution: Crisis and Opportunity Integral Yoga and Integral Human Development teach us that the evolutionary process is not random but guided by a divine force. Our role is to align with this force, to repattern our social systems, and to evolve ourselves and society to a higher

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