It is not just difficult but impossible to know human beings and what is going on inside them unless you are a yogi. Human mind
A home, as in a typical family, is the first contact and schooling in collective life. The second step is the national life and the
The confusion arises because of a lack of understanding of surrender. Surrender is not inaction or inertia. Rather even inaction is a choice we make.
It is a good opportunity to explain to the child, in a very simple language, that death is simply a changeover. The gifts of the
These activities become a play there just as the enactment of Rama Ravana yuddh or Durga Mahishasura yuddh when depicted in a dance form becomes
You have understood it correctly. We need to also understand that our vision is very limited. The pains of the caterpillar are the labour pangs
Yes Sri Krishna spoke of liberation through action. Before his advent, action was regarded as bondage and meditation and worship the only means to liberation.
The logic trail is as follows. Human beings, cutting across the differences in time, space and education seek or aspire for some ultimate of freedom,
The Divine Grace completely transcends all laws. That is how it came to Jagai Madhai, Ratnakar, Angulimal and others. This does not mean it obeys
Yes sometimes it does feel annoying when parents do not listen to the demands of the child and instead scold them. If you see carefully,
Sri Aurobindo is speaking largely of an earlier humanity that was not touched by modern mind and its ways of life. That humanity is hardly
Earth is a goddess but unlike the other gods and goddesses, she has chosen to sacrifice her high status and accepted to bear the burden
I understand the difficulty which arises mainly from the idea of a fair and just or a humanly rational world fixed in its rules, processes,
t is not only His very nature, it is the very stuff of His being. In fact to Him we are portions of Himself and
It is best not to engage in discussions with those who merely have an idle curiosity. You can simply direct them to read Sri Aurobindo
You will find this in The Life Divine especially in the Chapter on the One Existent. It is used in two ways with a difference
The true basis of relationship between the Guru and the disciplle is the seeking for Truth or Wisdom and Light. This seeking formulates itself in
This is absolutely correct understanding. Very simply put the Divine Will is not a mechanical determinism but a living conscious process. It will fulfil itself