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Gṛhasthadharma: The Evolving Ideals for a Householder

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Author: Beloo Mehra Journal: Śraddhā Date of Publication: February 2025 A new article by Dr. Beloo Mehra was recently published in Śraddhā, Vol.16 No.3. This joournal is pubished by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Research in Social Sciences, Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata. Gṛhasthadharma: The Evolving Ideals for a HouseholderEXCERPT FROM THE ARTICLE “Grihastha life, meaning marriage and […]

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Foreword for the book – ‘Floral Meditations with the Mother’

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Author: Beloo Mehra Release Date: February 1, 2025 Publisher: Midam Foundation, Puducherry In December 2024, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to write a Foreword to an upcoming book titled ‘Floral Meditations with the Mother’. The book authored by Chitra Suresh was to published by Midam Foundation, Puducherry. This book with 27 flower meditations is a

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Are We Ready for a Real Change? – New on SAIEN Blog

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Author: Beloo Mehra Date published: February 6, 2025 As a Collaborating Center of SAIEN (Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Network), BhāratShakti regularly contributes to the SAIEN Blog. Are we ready for a Real Change? is our third blog published on SAIEN platform. Are we ready for a real change? Change is the only constant, it is often said.

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Indian Sacred Architecture – January 2025, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume VI, Issue 1Date: January 21, 2025 Excerpt from Editorial by Beloo Mehra “…everyone who has at all the Indian spirit and feeling, can at least give some account of the main, the central things which constitute for him the appeal of Indian painting, sculpture and architecture.” ~ Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, Vol. 20,

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सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः May All Be Free From Illness

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Renaissance E-book 5 Author: Dr. Rajeshwari Released: December 2024 सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः May All Be Free From Illness is a FREE E-book available through Auropublications, the publications wing of Sri Aurobindo Society. This book brings together a series of articles written by Dr. Rajeshwari for Renaissance journal which were first published in 2021-2022. Dr. Rajeshwari

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The Way of the Indian Artist – Nov-Dec 2024, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume V, Issue 11-12Date: November 21, 2024 Excerpt from Editorial by Beloo Mehra An ability to ‘see’ is the key difference between a true artist and a non-artist or a mere craftsman. We are not talking here about the specific angle or perspective from which an artist sees the outer form of

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Spiritual Nationalism and Its Significance for Today

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Dr. Beloo Mehra’s essay titled ‘Spiritual Nationalism and Its Significance for Today’ was recently published in the special commemorative volume of Ritam, a bilingual journal published by Uttarpara Sri Aurobindo Parishad. This special volume brings together articles from various scholars in Sri Aurobindo Studies, and presents a good overview of some of the essential facets

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To Be Like the Ocean – New on SAIEN Blog

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Author: Beloo MehraDate published: November 7, 2024 As a Collaborating Center of SAIEN (Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Network), BhāratShakti regularly contributes to the SAIEN Blog. To Be Like the Ocean is our second blog published on SAIEN platform. To Be Like the Ocean The other day as I read the following lines from Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri,

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The Sacred Origins of Art – October 2024, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume V, Issue 10Date: October 21, 2024 Excerpt from Editorial by Beloo Mehra India had conceived the whole philosophy of her art, early on in the Vedic period itself, emphasises E.B. Havell in Ideals of Indian Art. The highest vision of the Vedic seers, the vision of the Infinite that is revealed and yet hidden in all

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Beyond the Profit Motive – Narendra Murty

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        Date: October 22, 2024 The demise of Ratan Tata marks the end of an era. An era of visionary leadership that began 100 years back with Jamshedji Tata, that continued through JRD Tata, finally ended with Ratan Tata. Business for the Tatas was not just about making money and getting rich. It was

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Book launch – Antaryatra: Soul Journeys by Beloo Mehra

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Date: September 23, 2024 Venue: Creative School, Freedom Land, Karnataka Dr. Beloo Mehra’s new book titled Antaryatra: Soul Journeys (2024, published by Sri Aurobindo’s Action with Brown Critique Books) was officially launched on September 23, 2024. The book is primarily written keeping the youth of India in mind. So it was perfect that the book

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Purpose of Art: From Beauty to Bliss – September 2024, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume V, Issue 9Date: September 21, 2024 Excerpt from Editorial by Beloo Mehra In Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s vision of integral human development, cultivating a sense of beauty occupies an important place. The Mother said that it is one of the greatest weapons of the Asura at work when we are taught to shun

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Sri Aurobindo, the Avatar – August 2024, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume V, Issue 8Date: August 15, 2024 Excerpt from Editorial by Beloo Mehra  In August 2022, for the 150th birthday of Sri Aurobindo, we did a special issue of Renaissance on the theme – ‘Sri Aurobindo, the Eternal Presence‘. And ‘Sri Aurobindo, the Rishi‘ was the theme for the August 2023 issue. As the

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Flowers of the Mother’s Symbol

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Renaissance E-Book 3 Released: July 2024 “Life must blossom like a flower offering itself to the Divine.”~ The Mother, CWM, 14:98 Flowers of the Mother’s Symbol is a FREE E-book available through Auropublications, the publications wing of Sri Aurobindo Society. For the 12 issues of Renaissance during 2021-2022, as we explored the 12 qualities of the Mother’s

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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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