People say you cannot buy time because time is money but if you buy things which can save your time isn't it a way you are buying time?

Asked by 12 year old boy.

Time is precious and money is not the only precious thing in life. Friends, family, studies, good character, education, health are all precious, more precious than money.

One may lose money and get it again. But if one loses health, character, intelligence it is difficult to get it back.

Hence one should try to use time to gather these things especially when during early years of life such as when a student. For if one wastes that precious period then it is difficult to acquire these most precious things.

Affectionately,

Alok da.

Sir, on the morning of mahalaya many people goes to riverside for ‘tarpan’ ritual. Which is to offer water towards the ancestors. Sir , can this ritual be explained from the perspective of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy🤨?

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These rituals are performed for several reasons.

1. It is a way of paying homage and remaining connected to the family roots.

2. From the occult point of view they might help in clearing the earth atmosphere a little bit from the presence of several tiny elemental energies released from the dead that float in the…

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First one should read Works of the Mother, especially Volumes 1, 2 and 3. One may like to read all the other volumes in which case one should just go ahead reading them….

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People say you cannot buy time because time is money but if you buy things which can save your time isn’t it a way you are buying time?

Asked by 12 year old boy.

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