The urge for motherhood is natural in women. It is a biological instinct strongly ingrained in us. If one ignores it for sometime it tends

Yes, reading books is helpful but evidently it is not enough. Even in ordinary fields of knowledge such as physics, biology, arts, literature etc we

Yoga Maya is the power of the Divine through which He limits Himself into form and name. Thus the jiva feels himself a limited being

Bowing at the feet and doing pranam has nothing to do with feelings of superiority or inferiority, nor is it the acknowledgement of someone being

It is the last thing in traditional Yoga based on the idea that once the soul realises its true nature it would want to withdraw

Everything has its place, its role and its function in the grand scheme of things. Rituals were used by certain rishis to invoke and propitiate

Good question actually. All life is Yoga implies two things. First, it means that there is a yoga going on subconsciously through a slow and

As you might be knowing if one reads Sri Aurobindo’s life and experiences, Sri Krishna and Sri Aurobindo are one. Sri Krishna is the Ananda,

Reading and understanding about the principles of the Yoga but not all are required to undertake it nor is it indispensable for the practice of

Yes, the Mother has given a great importance to physical education in both men and women from an early age. Body is the base for

There is indeed a prophesy like that which is more like caution that being on the sea level, if the waters rise high in the

It is a conversation of May 27, 1970 as reproduced below where She describes the future being. ‘I saw that future being (I saw it

There is no history as such though The Golden Chain did carry a piece on him, long back. These names appeared to him in his

The outer reason is that it was gifted to them by a devotee who was probably inspired by the image of Shiva wearing a tiger

Sri Aurobindo and The Mother never gave any outer (or even inner conditions) for chanting Their Names or the mantras. Even Sri Krishna does not

There is no such rule like that. On the contrary people are advised to initially work temporarily as volunteers and see for themselves if they

In India there has always been a tradition of giving samadhi to certain realised saints and Yogis rather than burning the body. The logic is

‘The anniversary of my return to Pondicherry, which was the tangible sign of the sure Victory over the adverse forces.’ This is the significance that