In the light of Gita's concept of tyaga and sanyasa, can we look at Buddha's spiritual actions as an example of sanyasa, external renunciation? Because he gave up on kingdom and family to be able to pursue Truth. Then again, from what I have read of Buddha's words himself, he did not pay much attention to external fanfare. He told the monks 'You can put on the robe in fifteens minutes but learning true monkhood will take you lifetimes of effort as one needs to have a pure mind first.' This looks like he emphasised more on tayra 🤨. I was wondering how you look at this.

Recently, I have been losing a lot of friends. Not that I have many friends. But my core friends are discontinuing their friendship with me. Some of my friends fell into drugs, alcohol, smoking. They invited me, but I refused, so they started distancing themselves. 🤝🕊️[…]

October 25, 2026

First of all my appreciation that you are able to see through these people who, under different names, are trying to destabilise the country, hurt its resources and capabilities, slow down and obstruct its progress. But leaving that aside, it requires great courage to stand alone, to take a stand based on your own rational thinking and your …

Reflecting on The Mother’s words, “The divine force is with you – feel its presence more and more and be careful never to betray it,” what does it mean to betray this Force, and how does that betrayal happen? Could you explain how one can stay vigilant and avoid betraying its presence in daily life? 🔥🙏🏻

October 25, 2026

Here is the full statement of The Mother written to one of the Capatains in the Ashram Physical Education Department in response to his prayer.

Sweet Mother,

We aspire to work all together towards the goal that Thou hast proposed to us…

1) Whenever I try to meditate, after some time I see a brief flash of a cobra’s hood for a fraction of a second. It isn’t very sharp—just a 3D gray patch with faintly outlined features. I don’t feel scared or uneasy. Why do I keep seeing this? 🐍🦉[…]

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Cobra represents the urge to evolve or the beginning of the evolutionary process. It is obviously a good sign. Snakes in general represent fear, fears of various kinds that stand in the way of evolution.

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