Robert Kleinman The constant throughout Robert Kleinman’s life has been a deep interest in the cosmos and the individual’s place in it. As he explains in his book, he was awakened to the wonders of the universe as a teenaged soldier during a spiritual experience on a WWII battlefield in France. After completing his Army […]
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The Mother The Mother was born in Paris as Mirra Alfassa in 1878. She studied art, music and occult sciences in her early life, guided by spiritual experience at a very early age. In 1914 she met Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry, India and in 1920 she moved permanently to Pondicherry to join him as his […]
Sri Aurobindo “The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge….” Sri Aurobindo We are facing in today’s world an existential crisis. […]
The Psychic Being: Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother compiled by Dr. A.S. Dalal 223 pp Paper Back ISBN: 0941524566 The present compilation is an attempt to bring together in one volume the manifold teachings pertaining to the psychic being which are to be found in the numerous works […]
Sri Aurobindo’s Main Works: The Life Divine 1113 pp Paper Back ISBN: 0941524612 The Life Divine explores for the Modern mind the great streams of Indian metaphysical thought, reconciling the truths behind each and from this synthesis extends in terms of conciousness the concept of evolution. The unfolding of Earth’s and man’s spiritual destiny is […]
Sri Aurobindo’s Teaching and Method of Sadhana The following is from SABCL, Vol. 26, “Sri Aurobindo on Himself”, pp. 95-97. It also appears in the recent book The Mind of Light published by Lotus Press in December 2003. The teaching of Sri Aurobindo starts from that of the ancient sages of India that behind the appearances of […]
Sri M.P. Pandit Sri M. P. Pandit served as the personal secretary to the Mother at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and the Mother became the entire focus of his life. He studied the classical scriptures and living spiritual traditions of India, following in the footsteps of Sri Aurobindo and Sri T.V. Kapaly Sastry. His writing […]
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