Date: August 18, 2024 WATCH the recordings of the 2.5-hour-long symposium:PART 1, PART 2, PART 3 “The recovery of the old spiritual knowledge and experience in all its splendour, depth and fullness is its [Indian Renaissance’s] first, most important work…”(Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 20: 15) As part of our ongoing activities of the study group on
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Start Date: 5 August, 2024 End Date:25 August, 2024 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Kendra, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat A poster exhibition curated by the BhāratShakti team is currently on display at the Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Kendra, Vallabh Vidyanagar in Gujarat. Dr. Rajeshwari Singh, President of the Kendra had invited us to curate a special exhibition for
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Editor’s note: As the world witnesses the heart-wrenching attacks on Hindu temples in Bangladesh, it is time to recall a powerful statement of Sri Aurobindo – “…the creative activities of the Hindu revival have made Indian religion a living and evolving, a secure, triumphant and self-assertive power.” (CWSA, 20: 63). To add more force to
देवी अहिल्याबाई होल्कर, नारी शक्ति का एक प्रज्जवलित उदाहरण – सुमन कोचर Read More »
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 rapture of service to
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Date: July 13, 2024 Venue: Online WATCH THE RECORDING On July 13, 2024, Dr. Beloo Mehra 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 on the idea –
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Date: July 7, 2024 Of late some imbecile politicians no doubt driven by a diabolic agenda, have been articulating a gem of an idiocy that India was not a nation before 1947. That we owe our nationhood to the British rule because India was never a nation but merely a conglomeration of kingdoms. Going by
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Date: July 4, 2024 Today is 4th July, the independence day of the USA. And also the anniversary of the Mahasamadhi of Swami Vivekananda. It was Swami ji who sowed the seeds of Indian spirituality in the “land of the free” showing the “Sisters and brothers of America” the path to a real, truer inner
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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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Date: June 21, 2024 Venue: Online WATCH THE RECORDING On June 21, 2024, the 10th International Day of Yoga, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited by AuroYajna, Sri Aurobindo Society to deliver an online talk as part of the AuroYajna’s celebration of the IDY 2024. The larger theme for IDY celebration was Yoga and
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Start date: June 1, 2024End date: August 17, 2024Venue: Zoom REGISTER FOR THE COURSE. “…the Sanatana Dharma is life itself; it is a thing that has not so much to be believed as lived.” “A symbol…is the form on one plane that represents a truth of another.” ~ Sri Aurobindo Vedanta speaks of the Formless
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Date: January 17, 2024 A bilingual Webinar in English and Hindi was organised by Renaissance Journal Team on the theme of ‘Sri Rama in Indian Consciousness – Bharatiya Chetana Mein Sri Ram’ on 17th January, 2024. The whole webinar was conducted in a spirit of “Satsang” and with an aim to highlight in the light
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Start Date: January 7, 2024 Upcoming Date: December 31, 2024 End Date: To be determined Venue: Zoom BhāratShakti team is happy to represent Sri Aurobindo Society as a collaborator in this webinar series being organised by Aurochit, a small group of aspirants based in the US. Start the year 2024 by spending some time reflecting on the
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On August 16, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to give a talk based on Sri Aurobindo’s essays titled ‘A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture’. This event was organised at Unity Pavillion, Auroville as part of the Auroville’s celebration of Sri Aurobindo’s birthday. The focus of the 12-day-long celebration was on Sri Aurobindo’s First Dream
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Date: August 20, 2023 Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville Watch HERE. On August 20, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance and Senior Academic Mentor, was invited to be part of a panel discussion based on Sri Aurobindo’s essays titled ‘The Renaissance in India’ This conference event was organised at Unity Pavilion, Auroville as part of Auroville’s
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Date: August 16, 2023 Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville WATCH HERE and HERE. Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance and Senior Academic Mentor, was invited to give a talk based on Sri Aurobindo’s essays titled ‘A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture’. This event was organised at Unity Pavilion, Auroville as part of Auroville’s celebration of Sri Aurobindo’s
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In this talk, Dr. Beloo Mehra summarises a few essential points from Sri Aurobindo’s remarkable essay – National Value of Art to bring to light the deep importance of arts education for human development – both from an individual and societal/national perspective. She also highlights that in Integral Yoga and Integral Education, a great emphasis
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Start date: July 17, 2023 End date: July 19, 2023 Venue: Freedom Land, Doddaballapura, Karnataka Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited by the Creative School co-founders and trustees of The Healing Circle, Ms. Jayashree Ashok and Mr. B. Ashok to conduct an intensive course for about 70 teachers on the theme: Indian culture and Self-development. This
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