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: March 8, 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 session on Saturday, March 8, 2025. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Psychic Education: Practical Guidance from the
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Date: March 3, 2025 Venue: Sharanam, Sri Aurobindo Society Pondicherry Poets and The Brown Critique, the founders-organisers of Pondicherry/Auroville Poetry Festival, invited Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, to deliver a talk for the eighth edition of the Poetry Festival, which was held from 1 to 3 March 2025. Dr. Mehra’s talk titled ‘Art and Poetry with Insights from Sri Aurobindo’ was
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Date: February 28, 2025 Venue: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited as an expert speaker at a National Seminar on Ideas of India’s Eminent Educational Thinkers and Transformative Learning through NEP2020, jointly organized by the School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, and the Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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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: February 22, 2025 Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville As part of the week-long celebration of the Mother’s Birthday, the annual Auroville Festival of 2025 focused on the theme – Humility and its integration with Four Aspects of the Mother. On February 22, the specific theme of Humility and Power (Mahakali aspect of the Divine Mother)
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Date: February 22, 2025 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch On February, 22, 2025, Mr. Narendra Murty, Research Associate, BhāratShakti, was invited to deliver a talk to a group of about 30 devotees from Argentina as a part of the Birthday Celebrations of the Mother at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch. The subject of the
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Date: 20 February, 2025 Venue: Online Watch the recording HERE. On 20th February, 2025, 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,
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Date: February 19, 2024 Venue: Online Watch recording HERE. As part of the celebration of the 147th birthday of the Mother, AuroYajna department of Sri Aurobindo Society conducted a special session on the afternoon of February 19, 2024. They invited Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti to share a few insights on the topic ‘Austerity of
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Date: February 24, 2024 The written word is perhaps the most powerful medium for ideas in the manifest world. Seers talk of the various states of Vāk (speech), of which Vaikharī is the grossest and most tangible form, and yet only accounts for the spoken word. While the spoken word used in its full capacity can
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Date: February 13, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Venue: Matriniketan, Sri Aurobindo Society BhāratShakti team organized a special celebration of the Mother’s birthday titled “Navakriti” with a group of 35 children ages 6 to 8 from Creative School, Bengaluru. These children were on a field trip to Pondicherry and visited Sri Aurobindo Society
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Date: February 15, 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 session on Saturday, February 15, 2025. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Love and Relationships. The session opened
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Date: February 8, 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 session on Saturday, February 15, 2025. For her session, Dr. Mehra focused on the topic – Inner Progress and Education for Life.
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Author: Beloo Mehra Journal: Śraddhā Date of Publication: February 2025 A new article by Dr. Beloo Mehra was recently published in Śraddhā, Vol.16 No.3. This joournal is pubished by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Research in Social Sciences, Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata. Gṛhasthadharma: The Evolving Ideals for a HouseholderEXCERPT FROM THE ARTICLE “Grihastha life, meaning marriage and
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Start Date: April 26, 2025 End Date: May 24, 2025 Venue: Online Love and relationships are at the root of all human life as lived in our familial and societal contexts. But ordinarily, most people do not take the trouble to examine and understand the nature of these two things. Consequently, we go through life
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Author: Beloo Mehra Release Date: February 1, 2025 Publisher: Midam Foundation, Puducherry In December 2024, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to write a Foreword to an upcoming book titled ‘Floral Meditations with the Mother’. The book authored by Chitra Suresh was to published by Midam Foundation, Puducherry. This book with 27 flower meditations is a
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Author: Beloo Mehra Date published: February 6, 2025 As a Collaborating Center of SAIEN (Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Network), BhāratShakti regularly contributes to the SAIEN Blog. Are we ready for a Real Change? is our third blog published on SAIEN platform. Are we ready for a real change? Change is the only constant, it is often said.
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Date: January 28, 2025 Time: 4:00 PM Venue: Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University Watch the Recording HERE. The Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University organizes Sri Aurobindo Memorial Lecture every year to commemorate his birth ceremony. This year Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society, was invited to deliver the 40th Sri
