Date: April 16, 2025 Part 3: Nataraja, the Cosmic Dancer Continued from Part 2 Nataraja is an aspect of Shiva. He is the Cosmic Dancer. The word Nataraja literally means the Lord of Dance. In all the religious literatures of the world, we would usually find statements like “God created the universe” or such similar ideas. […]
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Date: April 8, 2025 Part 2: Why Study the Scriptures? 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 our reason. We are
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Date: 25 March, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society “Music, no doubt, goes nearest to the infinite and to the essence of things because it relies wholly on the ethereal vehicle, śabda…”~ Sri Aurobindo As part of the year-long exploration of ‘Spirit and Forms of Indian Art’ the BhāratShakti department organised a special evening programme focusing on
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Start Date: 6 March, 2025 End Date: 23 March, 2025 Venue: Ashram Exhibition House, Pondicherry Lifelong learning and awakening a thirst to know and grow plays an important role in the overall progress of the individual in the context of Integral Development. The Mother has also emphasised how important it is to create or awaken
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Date: April 1, 2025 Part 2: Symbolism in Murti Puja Continued from Part 1 During his Parivrajaka days when Swami Vivekananda was travelling all over India on foot, he happened to be visiting the princely state of Alwar in Rajasthan. Raja Mangal Singh, the king of Alwar told him that he did not believe in
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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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Date: March, 13, 2025 Venue: Ashram Exhibition House, Pondicherry Watch the Recording As a part of the Exhibition on “Hampi – A Photographic Journey Tracing the Aesthetics of Perseverance and Valour”, BhāratShakti team organised a Lecture-discussion by Dr. Nanda Kishore M S, Head of the Department of Politics & International Studies and Chair of Sri
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Date: March 18, 2025 Part 1 Introduction: The Language of Symbolism Those who are born outside the tradition of Hinduism generally feel completely at a loss to understand the spectacle that unfolds before their eyes whenever they are confronted with any outward signs of it. Lacking a single authority like Christianity, Islam or Buddhism, Hinduism
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Date: 10 March, 2025 Venue: Online A webinar in Hindi was organised by BhāratShakti on the theme of Shiva, The Lord of Tapas on March 10, 2025 to celebrate the holy occasion of Mahashivaratri. The programme involved a talk by Dr. Charan Singh Kedarkhandi and musical offering by Ms. Biswajita Mohapatra. About 25 people joined
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Date: March 6, 2025 Venue: Ashram Exhibition House, Pondicherry At the invitation of the Exhibition House of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, the BhāratShakti team organised an Exhibition on the theme: “HAMPI – A Photographic Journey: Tracing the Aesthetics of Perseverance and Valour” as part of its ongoing exploration of the Spirit and Forms of Indian
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Date: February, 23, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch Watch the recording HERE. On 23rd February, 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 Inner
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Date: January 25, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir Watch the Recording HERE. Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited by Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir to deliver a talk on January 25, 2025. Inaugurated on 15 August, 1941 at the same location, Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir was the first public institute of its kind outside Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, entirely
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Start Date: December 27, 2024 End Date: December 31, 2024 Venue: Om Shanti Dhama Gurukulam, Karnataka As part of their day-long workshop titled ‘Our Culture, Our Pride’, especially curated and conducted for students at Om Shanti Dhama Gurukulam, Karnataka, BhāratShakti team researched and curated a 20-poster exhibition on the theme – ‘The Greatness of Indian
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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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Date: October 5, 2024 Venue: Online Watch the Recording On October 5, 2024, Mr. 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
Date: October 5, 2024 Venue: Online Watch the recordings – PART 1 PART 2 It is victory day; let it be a true victory of the Spirit over ignorance and falsehood. The Mother’s message on Durga Puja, 1954 Durga Puja is celebrated in Sri Aurobindo Ashram as victory day, a victory of the truth over
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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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Date: September 13, 2024 Venue: Tagore Government Arts and Science College Watch the RECORDING On September 13, 2024, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti was invited to deliver a talk on the topic – Decolonizing Indian Cultural Studies with Sri Aurobindo. This program was organized by the Department of English, Tagore Government Arts and Science College,
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Start Date: June 1, 2024 End Date: August 17, 2024 Venue: Online Watch Glimpses from the Course A 12-week Online Course on Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma was organised by the BhāratShakti team starting from 1st June to 17th August, 2024. The course was facilitated by Narendra Murty, Research Associate and Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti.
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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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