Watch the recording HERE. Date: November 15, 2025 Venue: Online On November 15, 2025, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to deliver an online talk as part of the weekly YES Talks. YES – Yoga, Education and Spirituality – is an initiative started by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch, based […]
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Date: November 8, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the recording HERE. On 8th November, 2025, Narendra Murty, Research Associate, BhāratShakti was invited to deliver an online talk as part of the weekly YES Talks. YES – Yoga, Education and Spirituality – is an initiative started by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch, based
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Date: October 12, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch Watch the recording HERE. On October 12, 2025, Mr. Narendra Murty, Research Associate, BhāratShakti was invited to deliver a talk at the Sunday Satsang held in the Meditation Hall of the Delhi Branch of Sri Aurobindo Ashram. The subject of the talk was “The Symbolism of
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Date: September 23, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society On September 23, 2025, the BhāratShakti team organised a workshop titled UTSAHA: Celebrating the Joyful and Contemplative Spirit of Navaratri for the students of Sri Aurobindo Centenary School, Tadipatri, Anantapur Dist, Andhra Pradesh. This 2-hour programme was organised at Sri Aurobindo Society. Participants included 50 students from Class
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Start Date: September 15, 2025 End Date: October 31, 2025 Venue: Creative School, Freedom Land, Bengaluru As part of the Invoking Shakti: Kala, Sanskriti evam Sadhana workshop BhāratShakti department was invited to design and conduct for 375 students of Creative School, Bengaluru, Dr. Beloo Mehra researched and curated a 150-poster extensive exhibition on Ajanta and
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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 For one who is always withdrawn
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Dates: September 2-3, 2025 Venue: Online At the invitation of the Department of Political Science, St. Xavier’s College, which is affiliated to University of Mumbai, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti conducted two sessions on the topic ‘Spiritual Nationalism of Sri Aurobindo’ with 35 students of B.A. (Political Science, Third Year). These sessions were part of
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Date: August 23, 2025 Venue: Matriniketan As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion on Saturday, August 23, 2025. All the participants were working at Auro Schools. Considering that we just celebrated Sri Aurobindo’s birthday and
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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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Date: August 16, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the recordings HERE and HERE. To celebrate Sri Aurobindo’s birthday and Sri Krishna Janmashtami, BhāratShakti organised an online satsang on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The programme included a few short talks (in English and Hindi) highlighting a few aspects of Sri Aurobindo’s and Sri Krishna’s Divine Personalities and
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Date: August 13, 2025 Venue: IGNCA, Regional Centre Puducherry, Art and Craft Village, Puducherry The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has designated the 14th of August as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day to honor the memory of those who endured immense suffering and made profound sacrifices during the partition of India in 1947. In
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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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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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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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Date: July 22, 2025 Part 3: Trichy – The Glorious Splendour of the Divine Tiruchirappalli, more commonly known as Trichy, is the quintessence of the glory of the externalisation of Indian spiritual culture that evolved to a zenith in the Tamilakam region and still remains unique to itself. The bustling large town has retained the
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Date: July 18, 2025 Venue: Aurodhan Gallery BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society was one of the collaborators for the Pondicherry Invention Festival (July 18-20, 2025) organised by Aurodhan, Pondicherry under the theme “Invent in India”. On July 18, 2025, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, participated as a panelist at a session titled ‘Exploring Hampi as a
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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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Date: July 12, 2025 Venue: Matriniketan As part of the residential programme organized by Uditam: Institute for Integral Healing, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to facilitate a group discussion on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Most of the participants were teachers from two schools connected with Sri Aurobindo Society, for her session,
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Date: July 10, 2025 Part 7: Understanding Hindu Rituals – Teerth Yatra Continued from Part 6 Teerth Yatra or Pilgrimage has been a part of the religious life of almost all the religions. The physical journey in the outer dimension is actually a symbol of an inner spiritual quest. In olden days, a pilgrimage always implied
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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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