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Celebrating Sri Aurobindo and Sri Krishna: An Online Satsang

Date: August 16, 2025 Venue: Online 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 Divine Works, as well as musical […]

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Talk by Beloo Mehra on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

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

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

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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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 10 – Beloo Mehra

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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Traveling through Bhārat – 3 – Lakshmijyothi C.

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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Exploring Hampi as a Template for Inner Architecture

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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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 9 – Beloo Mehra

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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Teachers of the Mahabharata – An Interactive Session for Uditam

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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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 7 – Narendra Murty

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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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 8 – Beloo Mehra

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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Love and Death: Two Protagonists in Savitri – Talk by Ananda Reddy

Date: June 23, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the Recording As part of a natural follow-up to a webinar titled ‘Sri Aurobindo, the Seer-Poet‘, organised by BhāratShakti on December 7, 2024 a special online talk was organised on June 23, 2025 on the topic “Love and Death: Two Protagonists in Savitri.”    The invited speaker for

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Sadhana of India – Talk for IYD 2025

Date: June 17, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the Recording As part of the week-long celebration of International Yoga Day 2025, organised by AuroYajna, Sri Aurobindo Society, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to deliver two talks on June 16 and 17. The theme of the celebration was – Yoga and Awakening: Bharat’s Gift to

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 7 – Beloo Mehra

Date: June 17, 2025 Part 7: On Disinterested Duty and Divine Obligation to Act Continued from Part 6 In continuation of what was discussed in the previous part, it is important to reflect a little on why Sri Aurobindo cautions that it is a mistake to interpret the Gita from the standpoint of today’s mentality. Such

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 6 – Beloo Mehra

Date: June 3, 2025 Part 6: Karmayoga – The Yoga of Works Continued from Part 5 Arjuna seems perplexed after listening to the deep metaphysical truths given by Sri Krishna regarding the permanence of the Atman, the way of being of the yogin stationed in the true self-knowledge, and the Yoga of the Intelligent Will. Seeking

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Symbolism in Sanatana Dharma – 5 – Narendra Murty

Date: June 1, 2025 Part 5: Understanding Hindu Rituals Continued from Part 4 Rituals are physical acts that establish our relationship with the Divine. The act of a ritual establishes rules and patterns of behaviour that we adopt towards the Divine. There is a philosophy, meaning and significance behind every ritual. Rituals become beautiful and meaningful

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Indian Culture through Art and Architecture

Date: May 23, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society As part of the annual intensive workshop for teachers organised by SAFIER, educational wing of Sri Aurobindo Society (conducted from 16th to 24th May 2025 under the title of Anatah-Kamala), on May 23rd, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti was invited to take one session related to Indian

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Traveling through Bhārat – 2 – Lakshmijyothi C.

Date: May 26, 2025 Part 2: The Light of Kashi “As those who dwell in Shiva’s sacred city of Kashi are liberated by the auspicious touch of the Lord, so all this Aryan country where the Goddess has set her purifying feet shall be the Kashi of the world.” ॥97॥ ~ Sri Aurobindo, Bhavani Bharati, verse 97

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Bhagavad Gita: A Study in the Light of Sri Aurobindo – 5 – Beloo Mehra

Date: May 20, 2025 Part 5: Sānkhya Yoga – 2 Continued from Part 4 In the next several verses is expounded Gita’s teaching of the Buddhi-yoga, the Yoga of the Intelligent Will. This teaching builds upon two foundations: a) the Vedantic Sānkhya of the Upanishads and b) Yoga, a principally subjective practice and inner change which

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