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Questions on Mother, Sri Aurobindo and Savitri

It is said that Sri Aurobindo’s yoga begins where all other yogas end. It is said that the Goal of all other yogas is Moksha/ Nirvana/ Liberation. If my understanding is right, having attained Moksha, the individual has now internalised all other yogas – Bhakti, Jnana, Karma and Raj seamlessly. ๐ŸŒ„๐Ÿฆš[โ€ฆ]

By attaining Moksha one does not necessarily internalize all the other paths as the nature of realisation is different in each path. It is somewhat

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Alok Da, in the poem ‘Love and Death’ – I felt Ruru made a wrong choice; if he had become a Rishi, he could have led a race, but here he chose his own vital love. Well, in Savitri, it was different. She chose to come back with him because their work was unfinished โ€ฆ What do you think?ย ๐ŸŒนโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ

Yes. But perhaps he became a yogi pursuing the path of love transmuting the vital love into psychic by pursuing the law of sacrifice. Once

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There are a few rituals we perform for a departed person, like Asthi Visharjan, 13/40 days, and doing meditation in our Ashram here in Pondicherry. Do these rituals really help the Departed Soul, or is it more for the satisfaction of friends and relatives of the departed soul? What do the Mother and Sri Aurobindo say on these activities that we appear to take quite seriously? ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿชท

The ancient rituals for the departed were based on an occult knowledge that has now been lost. Its purpose was to dissolve the vital sheath

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Thou seemest to bewilder my intelligence with a confused and mingled speech; tell me then decisively that one thing by which I may attain to my soulโ€™s weal.||2|| Really I want to know which one book, reading by which will give me the essence and understanding of all scriptural knowledge fully?Because every scripture attracts me.ย (Bhagavsdsm, Ramayanam, Bhavadgita, Upanishads) ๐Ÿ“–

Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri contains everything.
If for some reason you find it difficult then simply read Letters on Yoga Volume 1 and 2

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Today morning, I was reading from Incarnate Word, where I came across the following lines said by The Mother: How many timesโ€ฆ how many times have we said, Sri Aurobindo (and I too) said, “When a thing is true, you can be sure that its opposite is also true. When you have understood this, then you will begin to understand.” ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‚[…]

This is true of the mind that takes an either-or position with regard to its angle of vision. This angle of vision itself depends upon

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