Renaissance

Summarising Sri Aurobindo’s series – “A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture”

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Samvād: The Book Series

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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Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The Renaissance in India’

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Works

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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Indian Literary Tradition in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

BhāratShakti Writings, Education for New India, Past Works, Renaissance Ebooks

Renaissance E-book 2 Released: August 2023 This book explores the progression of Indian literary tradition over thousands of years, keeping in perspective the innate focus of Indian culture and its natural development over time. Sri Aurobindo’s wide look at the vast canvas and simultaneously an in-depth view of the evolution of Indian literature over millennia helps

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Sri Aurobindo’s ‘A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture’

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Samvād: The Book Series

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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Education for the New Age: Insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: August 12, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata WATCH THE RECORDING As part of the nation-wide celebrations of 150 years of Sri Aurobindo, a special seminar on the theme ‘Sri Aurobindo: Messenger of the Divine Influence upon the Earth’ was organised on August 12, 2023 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata. The organising group, SATIRTHA

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Three Purposes of Art

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works

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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Preparing for Conscious Sleep – An Experiential Session

All Life is Yoga, Past Works, Workshops

Date: August 4, 2023 As part of the June-July 2023 issue of Renaissance (Click here for Renaissance) focusing on the theme of “Food, Sleep and Yoga”, a special experiential online session titled ‘’Preparing for Conscious Sleep’’ was organised by the Renaissance team. The aim of this session was to translate some of the learning from

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Lecture-discussion – Sri Aurobindo and India of the Future

Guest Lectures, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: July 24, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch the Recording HERE. As part of Sri Aurobindo Society’s ongoing celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, Renaissance Journal organised a special lecture-discussion happening at our campus on July 24, 2023. Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty, a noted academic and cultural historian, was the invited speaker who

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Sanskriti च Svādhyāya: An Intensive for teachers on Indian Culture and Self-development

Education for New India, India-Our Mother, Past Works, Workshops

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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Yoga in Daily Life: Guidance from the Mother (with special emphasis on conscious cooking)

All Life is Yoga, Guest Lectures, Past Works

Speaker: Deepshikha Reddy DATE: July 6, 2023 VENUE: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch the Recording HERE. For a full gallery of photos from the event, please click HERE. As part of the Renaissance’s latest issue (June-July 2023) on the theme: Food, Sleep and Yoga, a special event was organised by the Renaissance team to conclude its Exhibition

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Bilingual Poster Exhibition – “Conscious Eating and Cooking”

All Life is Yoga, Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works

DATES: June 27, 2023 – July 6, 2023 VENUE: Sri Aurobindo Society Click HERE for a gallery of pictures from the exhibition. A Bilingual Poster Exhibition was organised by Renaissance Journal from 27th June to 6th July, 2023 highlighting a few insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Conscious Eating and Cooking. This exhibition

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Who is an Aryan and Building Aryan Character: An interactive session with university students

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: June 1, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society A group of 22 undergraduate and postgraduate students along with two organisers from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar who were recently in Pondicherry for a study camp visited Sri Aurobindo Society on June 1, 2023 for an interactive session with Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti. The 1.5

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Yogic Relationship with Money – an Interactive Session

All Life is Yoga, Guest Lectures, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: March 29, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch the recording HERE. As part of its work on the March 2023 issue of the online journal ‘Renaissance’ which has ‘Money and Yoga’ as its theme (released on March 21), the Renaissance team organised a special interactive session on March 29 at Sri Aurobindo Society, Beach

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Webinar Series: What is New in Sri Aurobindo

All Life is Yoga, Courses and Study Groups, Education for New India, Past Works

Dates: January 15, 2023 – March 26, 2023 Venue: Online As part of our ongoing celebrations of the 150th year of Sri Aurobindo and Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Sri Aurobindo Society organised a series of webinars starting January 2023. This series was directly inspired by Sri Aurobindo Society’s core mission, namely to spread the light

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Sri Aurobindo and the New Age – Residential Retreat

All Life is Yoga, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Dates: February 4-5, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Dhama, Sangama-Mekedatu, Karnataka Watch a snippet video HERE.See Photo-gallery HERE. The BhāratShakti team planned and organised a deeply immersive retreat with the theme – Sri Aurobindo and the New Age. The residential retreat was hosted by Sri Aurobindo Dhama located in the serene and beautiful natural surroundings at

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All Life is Yoga: Cultivating Right Attitude Towards Work

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: January 22, 2023 Venue: Sri Arvind Sadhna Kendra, Vallabh Vidyanagar To listen to the recording of the talk, click HERE. As part of their celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, Sri Arvind Sadhana Kendra at Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat organised a special event on January 22, 2023. Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti and

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