Ancient Indian Wisdom and Contemporary Challenges
What are the critical problems of today? And what could be relevance of ancient Indian wisdom in resolving our predicaments when modern knowledge appears to have been so advanced?
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The Unfinished Agenda of Spirituality
Mangesh Nadkarni on Sri Aurobindo's 'new spirituality' — a spirituality which has discarded its old limitations and inhibitions but still draws on its ancient roots and whose aim is the perfection of human life on earth...
Read MoreChristmas In the Ashram
Christmas is celebrated as the festival of Light at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. An introduction to the Festival of Light in the words of an Ashram resident.
Read MoreSri Krishna and Sri Aurobindo
Few know or understand the spiritual relationship that Maharishi Sri Aurobindo had with Sri Krishna. This article explores this very special and profound aspect of Sri Aurobindo's Yogic life.
Read MoreRadha Prem as Universal Love
The two meanings of Radhaprem are the two sides of the cosmic process — On the one side there is the Divine will that Bliss should be manifested and on the other side there is the self giving, the making of everything to centre in Sri Krishna so that the world may be the vessel of that Bliss...
Read Moreऋग्वेद अनुवाद मण्डल १ सूक्त २
ऋग्वेद कदाचित् मानवजाति का प्राचीनतम साहित्य हैं। समस्त भारत दर्शन, विश्व के धर्म व साहित्य उनसे अत्यंत प्रभावित हुए हैं किंतु उनका मूल अर्थ हम भारतीय ही भूल गए। यह आधारभूत अर्थ है उनका आध्यात्मिक ज्ञान व अनुभव, उनका मांत्रिक काव्य। इसी गहन बोध को आधुनिक काल में स्वामी दयानंद व उनके पश्चात श्री अरविंद ने पुनः उजागर किया। यहाँ हम उनके विवेचन व भाष्य से प्रेरित अनुवाद व विश्लेषण प्रकाशित कर रहे हैं।
Read MoreWhile God Waits
Maya is popularly understood as a synonym of illusion but the term has far greater significance at the spiritual plane.. It is the creative power and its role in our life changes as our consciousness grows...this story illustrates the spell of Maya operative in nature.
Read MoreSans Sanskrit What Is Prakrit?
The ancient Indian understanding of Sanskrit is that it is devbhasha, it comes from a consciousness above the human mentality, where the sounds are not separate from meaning or image, and the grammar, morphology and vocabulary is intimately one with the consciousness...
Read Moreऋग्वेद अनुवाद मण्डल १ सूक्त १
पहले मण्डल के प्रथम सूक्त में अग्नि की विशेषताओं का वर्णन किया गया है। जैसे वे सदा शुभ ही करते हैं। भद्रम शब्द से अर्थ है वे जो सदा मंगल ही करें। इस सूक्त में दोनों भक्ति और ज्ञान योग का प्रादुर्भाव देखा जा सकता है। किस प्रकार मन केंद्रित होकर ऊर्जा से भर जाता है और किस प्रकार ऋषि भक्ति भाव से भरकर अग्नि को नमन करते हैं।
Read MoreThe Satyameva Dialogues (4)
The Satyameva Dialogues consist of a series of conversations with various teachers and practitioners of Vedanta and spiritual Yoga. The present series is a dialogue on the Bhagavad Gita recorded over a period of several months.
Read MoreThe Six Systems of Philosophy in India
A description of the systems of Indian darshan by one of the leading exponents of Indian dharma.
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