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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 10 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: July 29, 2025 Part 10: ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगः – The Yoga of Knowledge – 3 Continued from Part 9 In the next few verses in the chapter on Yoga of Knowledge, Sri Krishna elaborates on the idea of sacrifice. He speaks of the psychological disciplines by which seekers of higher self-possession and self-knowledge practice and develop self-control […]

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 9 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: July 15, 2025 Part 9: ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगः – The Yoga of Knowledge – 2 Continued from Part 8 The Avatāra and the Dharma As the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, focusing on Jñāna Yoga, the Yoga of Knowledge, unfolds further, we get a deeper understanding of the work of the Divine when it descends in

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 8 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: July 1, 2025 Part 8: ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगः – The Yoga of Knowledge – 1 Continued from Part 7 The fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita focuses on Jñāna Yoga, the Yoga of Knowledge. It opens with Sri Krishna telling Arjuna that it was He who had revealed this highest secret, this imperishable Yoga, to the Sun-God

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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We, the Perpetually Outraged – Beloo Mehra

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Date: August 26, 2024 People are angry. The atrocious, most horrible crimes that took the life of a young doctor at the very hospital where she worked has made the nation angry. The disgusting manner in which the state administration, which is supposed to maintain law and order and ensure the safety of citizens, is

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On Nationalism, Patriotism and Significance of August 7 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: August 7, 2024 Sri Aurobindo once wrote that more than the disunity, it was the lack of national feeling among Indians which made the British so easily conquer India. In this context he described the essential difference between national consciousness and patriotism, which he said are two different qualities. “The patriot lives in a

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Films that Educate 1: Article 370 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: July 1, 2024 “I always thought it [cinema] could be used to good purpose.” ~ The Mother, Agenda, 10: 270 In this series of jottings I will periodically share a few reflections or thoughts on some films which I feel serve an important purpose of making people aware of some of the uncomfortable truths

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Musings on Indian Renaissance – Beloo Mehra

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Date: June 24, 2024 While speaking of the nature of Indian Renaissance Sri Aurobindo tells us that it is an attempt and impulse of a “reawakened national spirit” expressing itself in new forms which shall give the spiritual force for a great reshaping and rebuilding. Out of this awakening vision and impulse, the future tendency

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