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On Divine Grace and Personal Effort – by Beloo Mehra

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Author: Beloo Mehra Date Published: January 29, 2026 As a Collaborating Center of SAIEN (Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Network), BhāratShakti regularly contributes to the SAIEN Blog. On Divine Grace and Personal Effort is our SIXTH blog published on SAIEN platform. The entire existence, this world is a gradual self-expression and manifestation of the Divine, says the Indian […]

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Preparing the Mind of a Nation – January 2026, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume VII, Issue 1Date: January 21, 2026 Renaissance releases its first issue of 2026 with 8 thoughtful and thought-provoking offerings. Released on January 21, the issue highlights the ideal given by Sri Aurobindo that our efforts to rebuild a New India must be on the lines of the living spirit of the nation,

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33 Categories, Not 33 Crores – Narendra Murty

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Date: January 19, 2026 How often have you heard “Hindus believe in 33 crore gods?” Sometimes this is said even in a tone of mockery implying that if Hindus can believe in 33 crore gods, they would believe in anything! But this idea, so casually thrown around, is a gross misunderstanding of what is actually

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From Uttarpara to Prabhas Patan: Sri Aurobindo’s Force and the Reconstruction of the Somnāth Temple – Beloo Mehra

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Date: January 7, 2026 The year 2026 marks thousand years of the first attack on the Somnāth Temple at Prabhas Patan by Mahmud of Ghazni. The temple went through 17 brutal attacks at the hands of invaders and haters of Sanatana Dharma. But every time there was an attack there was also a strong resistance

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On Life, Spirit, and the New Ideal – December 2025, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume VI, Issue 11-12Date: December 21, 2025 Sri Aurobindo has brought a new dynamism and has revealed new dimensions to the timeless spiritual vision and thought given by our ancient sages and seers. His emphasis that the ideals of the past is an indication of the greater ideals of the future is an important reminder for all

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Renaissance Redux – Release of Fourth Issue of BhāratShakti’s Quarterly Publication

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Date: November 24, 2025 Venue: Online Starting with February 2025, BhāratShakti department has been publishing a 16-page quarterly called Renaissance Redux. This e-publication features selections from the vast archives of the online journal Renaissance which has been published since 2019 and presents them in a thematic manner. The four issues of Renaissance Redux – each with a different

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Films that Educate – 2: Musings on Bahubali – Beloo Mehra

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Date: November 19, 2025 This writeup maybe a decade late, but the thoughts are still relevant, I think. Because the film which I am going to analyse briefly here can be said to usher in a new trend in multilingual Indian cinema – that of telling pan-Indian timeless stories in a grand, epic style. A

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The Next Stage in Human Progress – October 2025, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume VI, Issue 10Date: October 21, 2025 In The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo writes that “to hope for a true change of human life without a change of human nature is an irrational and unspiritual proposition.” This is our guiding light for the latest issue of Renaissance, our monthly online journal released on October 21, 2025. Sri

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India’s Message: The Spiritual Solution – September 2025, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume VI, Issue 9Date: September 21, 2025 In Renaissance journal, we continue with our exploration of The New Ideal that Sri Aurobindo has given us, with a special focus on highlighting some perspectives relevant to the evolutionary march of our collective lives as societies and cultures. This new ideal of integral spirituality is

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Home Improvement, Self Improvement – by Beloo Mehra

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Author: Beloo Mehra Date published: September 18, 2025 As a Collaborating Center of SAIEN (Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Network), BhāratShakti regularly contributes to the SAIEN Blog. Home Improvement, Self Improvement is our fifth blog published on SAIEN platform. Some years ago, my husband and I spent about 6 weeks getting several long-overdue renovation and repair projects completed

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 13 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: September 9, 2025 Part 13: The Yoga of the Renunciation of Action – 3 Continued from Part 12 Karmayoga and Equality The Gita attaches immense importance in its elements of Karmayoga to equality; “it is the nodus of the free spirit’s free relations with the world,” says Sri Aurobindo. For one who is always withdrawn

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 12 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: August 26, 2025 Part 12: The Yoga of the Renunciation of Action – 2 Continued from Part 11 We continue our brief study of the signs of a Divine Worker. A divine worker is free from the desire of the fruits of action and is conscious of working only as an instrument of the Divine

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Sri Aurobindo and the New Ideal – July-Aug 2025, Renaissance

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Release of Renaissance, Volume VI, Issues 7-8Date: August 21, 2025 Greetings for this special month of August! Renaissance, our online journal, brings several rich offerings in the month of August 2025. A special post released on August 1 featured guidance from Sri Aurobindo on how we can make every August 15 a definitive step in our

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Renaissance Redux – Release of Third Issue of BhāratShakti’s Quarterly Publication

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Date: August 15, 2025 Venue: Online Starting with February 2025, BhāratShakti department has been publishing a 16-page quarterly called Renaissance Redux. This e-publication features selections from the vast archives of the online journal Renaissance which has been published since 2019 and presents them in a thematic manner. The four issues of Renaissance Redux – each

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 11 – Beloo Mehra

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Date: August 12, 2025 Part 11: The Yoga of the Renunciation of Action -1 Continued from Part 10 Chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita opens with Arjuna’s question on how to reconcile Karmayoga and the renunciation of works. He wants Sri Krishna to tell him with a clear decisiveness which of these is the better way.

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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 8 – Narendra Murty

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Date: August 4, 2025 Part 8: About Mythology Continued from Part 7 The art of symbolism has been used extensively in the area of mythology in Sanatana Dharma.  Plato described myths as fictional stories that illustrated Truth. In other words, myths are an expression of some deeper truths through the medium of stories and vivid imagery.

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Launch of ‘The Best of Sri Aurobindo Circle’

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Date: August 1, 2025 Venue: Online In the special month of August, BhāratShakti department under the guidance of Vijaybhai launched a new BI-ANNUAL PUBLICATION – The Best of Sri Aurobindo Circle. The first issue of this e-publication was circulated with a special note from Vijaybhai. He wrote: Sri Aurobindo Circle was started with the Mother’s blessings from Bombay

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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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