Friday 17 November 2023

Emerson, Baldwin, Chomsky, and Sri Aurobindo

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), President, Savitri Era Party (2007) & Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006)

12 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo Ashram – Delhi Branch is pleased to bring you the following programs ... Venue: SAAM (Room 005), near the Ashram Library. Classes by Shri Prashant ...
15 hours ago — There Sri Aurobindo assured him that revolutionary activities were not necessary as the British would leave India on their own. That night, after two years, ...
Sri Aurobindo's The Life Divine - Book 1 Chapter 10 - Conscious Force - Part 1. No views · 4 minutes ago ...more. Ananthavalli Dorai. 1.94K. Subscribe.

Academic Tamasha and its Limits under the Shadow of Authoritarianism

F Nizaruddin - Thinking with the South: Reframing Research …, 2023
… , I encountered the limits of framing my role as a participant in a tamasha while trying to function as an academic in India under the authoritarian rule of Modi, the current Prime Minister of the right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government …

Researching Hindu Nationalism as a Paradigm for Multidisciplinary Political Science

R Bownas - New Political Science, 2023
… Against this, Hindutva and proto-Hindutva (Basu extends the dynamic into nineteenth century forebears of Hindutva such as the Arya Samaj), offered a masculine, “singular Hindu telos”Footnote 22 with clear friend-enemy distinctions (with …

[PDF] Yoga and Emerson's “Nature”: Connecting with the Divine Through Meditation

L Funk - CEA MID-ATLANTIC, 2023
… spiritual influence on the practices of meditation and Yoga, to help understand his time walking … transformative book The Heart of Yoga about how his father brought Yoga to the Western world, … Yoga attempts to influence the mind in such …

[PDF] Noam Chomsky's 'stimulus-free language': A pedestal of mantric poetry

N Kumar - 2023
… as a result of undertaking the yoga of, what Sri Aurobindo terms, ‘psychicisation’. Chomsky’s … and the corresponding plane of mind in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s ‘integral yoga’ and the … be stimulus free, emerged as a result of what Sri Aurobindo terms, ‘psychicisation’ …

Psychometric brahman, psychedelic science: Walter Stace, transnational Vedanta, and the Mystical Experience Questionnaire

JA Breau, P Gillis-Smith - Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2023
… Sri Aurobindo’s mystical typology Although Stace does not cite it at length in Mysticism and Philosophy, Sri Aurobindo’s writing plays a major … In many ways Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950), stylized later in his life as Sri Aurobindo, was the …

[PDF] Politics of languages: Decoding the Hegemony of Translation

S Kumar
So. the focus is more o successfullydelivering the meaning of the" source text'into the anguage of the target text But this can be said the most simple function of translation. There are certain deep implications whichsignificantly Open up the …

[PDF] RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S EDUCATIONAL THOUGHTS AND IT'S RELEVANCE IN INDIAN EDUCATION

DRP MAURYA - IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, EDUCATION & LANGUAGES …
❖ ABSTRACT: Great men leave behind them a scintillating trail of their glorious deeds which inspire the coming generations. India is fortunate to be the birthplace of eminent sons like Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Aurobindo Ghose …

[PDF] An Exploration of Nationalism in Indian Non Fictional Writing A Study

SD Marotrao - 2023
The idea of nationalism emerges in the last two decades of eighteenth century in the Europe, specifically in the French revolutions. At the very first the idea of nation is emerges and then the idea of nationalism emerges. Before the French revolutions …

12 Harmonising the personal God with the impersonal BrahmanSwami

S Medhananda - Vaiṣṇava Concepts of God: Philosophical …, 2023
The Bengali mystic Sri Ramakrishna (1836–1886) was raised in a Vaiṣṇava household and engaged in numerous Vaiṣṇava practices throughout his lifetime, such as adopting the attitudes of Hanumān and Rādhā. Through such practices, he …

Working Toward Wisdom in IS Education: Developing an Integral Knowledge-to-Wisdom Teaching Framework

DJ Pauleen, A Intezari - Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
… This commentary is based on Integral Theory, specifically the conceptualization of a wisdom metacompetencies model. We have developed an integral “knowledge-to-wisdom” teaching framework that proposes an integral set of pedagogical strategies for …

13 The God of yoga

K Valpey, S Sharma - Vaiṣṇava Concepts of God: Philosophical …, 2023
… 3 That Swami Prabhupāda regards Kṛṣṇa as “supreme teacher of the world" is integral to his insistence that the dialogue … of yoga to a morally confounded, emotionally distraught, and highly attentive student of yoga, Arjuna. As the dialogue …

[PDF] Voicing the Differend: A Study of Contested Histories and Disputed Territories in Shashi Tharoor's Riot

RM Sadiq - Annals of Human and Social Sciences, 2023
This research paper studies the fictionalized articulations of causes of antagonistic relations between the Hindus and the Muslims of India in Shashi Tharoor’s Riot, a Novel (2001). The novel evinces a desire for peaceful syncretic and multicultural …

Mainstream Politics and the Naths of West Bengal and Assam: Assessing the Nature of Politicisation

K Debnath - Caste, Marginalisation, and Resistance, 2023
… -Hindutva” to arise in the previously Brahmin-dominated area, with efforts made to include Dalits and lower obcs under the purview of the Hindutva … Hindutva forces also pay close attention to the area between Bahraich and Gorakhpur since it is a …

[PDF] Imagining Home in Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance and Family Matters

AG Hangargekar
… Most of the minorities and dalit communities feared them due to their extremist Hindutva ideology. Mistry explores his ideas about these … Those two parties encouraged the Hindutva extremists to destroy the Babri Masque.” “Yes, but that was-” …

[HTML] Fighting Hate and Hate Speech: Raising Anti-Hate Awareness through Critical Analysis of Popular Cultural Texts on an Undergraduate Course

H Woo, YY Cho - Societies, 2023
… Udupa contends that the cultural and political power of Hindu nationalism is dervied from “fun” activities among online volunteers of Hindutva like trending hashtags and creating memes on social networking platforms such as WhatsApp …

[PDF] Resistance to Victimhood in Gogu Shyamala's Father may be an Elephant and Mother only a Small Basket, but…: An Intersectional Perspective

M Saikia, JM Tamuly
The concept of ‘intersectionality’is fundamental in addressing Dalit feminists’ urge to situate dalit women’s experiences of relatively being ‘different’unlike upper caste women. The caste and gender factors have been overlooked by mainstream …

My experience of 38 years within the governments of India and Australia has been priceless. EVERYWHERE I see government corruption and incompetence. It is an instinct, now.

The government is the MOST harmful thing in the world. 

How to minimise its harm must be our main project. https://twitter.com/sabhlok/status/1724556535341400574?t=jaJoBvgpCC4rXTNOjyvNTw&s=19

‘Time and Cinema’...
exploring cinematic temporalities - with Deb Kamal Ganguly
25th & 26th November 2023_ 14:30 to 19:00 IST_Online.
To know more visit:
filminstitute.auroville.org/2023/11/09/tim…
@everyone please share! https://twitter.com/RichaRrivu/status/1724514439897252067?t=rEjWP_KtKi8JjrXHX5FASA&s=19

A testament to courage & resilience is an extraordinary journey of #Bhagwan #BirsaMunda, who from an ordinary tribal to #FearlessLeader fought to protect the land & its people against #British oppression ~ @Aadi_Advya #BirthAnniversary @IndicaOrg https://twitter.com/indicatoday/status/1725219684822229152?t=mNzQgiPpWZv-iV1inZ80qg&s=19

Yeah in the discussion one did get the impression that Dayananda came after Vivekananda. Perhaps the discussion could have even started with Ram Mohan Roy to show how Christianity impacted Hindu society & the thoughts of its leaders https://twitter.com/im_suketu/status/1722153864139604072?t=5s-7Fu0DR9KYb5uTwvPmbw&s=19

Vivekananda tried to raise a new religion around Ramakrishna and Nehru attempted the same around Gandhi. Both failed but count as important milestone in reforming Indian society. Savitri Era Religion with The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as inspiration is the real option for the future

Being from the RKM background, many Hindutva intellectuals hold high regard for Vivekananda. But over the last five years, the message has spread gradually that Sri Aurobindo is a far more original and authentic thinker. This will grow as more and more people will read his books.

I have been writing on The Mother & Sri Aurobindo since 2005 and here on X from 2012. I have been trying to bring clarity and transparency to their complex legacy since it's difficult for any newcommer. But unfortunately, people don't read my posts and prefer their own ignorance.

Savitri Era Religious Fraternity: New Age is just Hinduism spiffed up and prettified

serfrat.blogspot.com/2023/11/new-ag

Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra, President, Savitri Era Party (2007) & Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006)

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEra/status/1724788068702650683?t=grZLYlJABsNZ0J9DnSY9Cw&s=19

EM Forster, Howards End. When Tonbridge alumnus EM Forster wrote in Howards End, 'Only Connect', he was encouraging the reader to make the connection between the head and the heart, between thought and feelings. Only then, so his argument goes, can we live a life of purpose and become a force for good. Google 

Quote by James Baldwin: 
James Baldwin — Google 

“One writes out of one thing only--one's own experience. Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from this experience the last drop, sweet or bitter, it can possibly give. This is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art.”

― James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son

Wednesday 23 August 2023

Sri Aurobindo overthrew Shankara's philosophy of illusion

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

9 hours ago — ... come together to put up a presentation on Rabindranth Tagore and Sri Aurobindo for Pronam members. My Kolkata was there to experience the evening.
23 hours ago — And Sri Aurobindo's concept of "supramental evolution" is related, in that he argued that the evolution of consciousness is not limited to the biological or ...
22 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo. 'The Mother' · 'Savitri' | Four Editions · First (1950-51) 'Complete' Edition · Second (1954) 'University' Edition · Third (1970) 'Centenary' ...
7 hours ago — Standing at Thy Altar O Lord Supreme : Pledge Song to Sri Aurobindo and The Mother by PED A beautiful Audio on Sri Aurobindo and The Mother written by ...
But it is riveting -- watching the people in the control room watching the descent.
" has struck a chord in the once insular American conservative community, inspiring hope for America and at least some respect for his ancestral cultural heritage with his eloquent words" - from my new article in :
In India, #SubhasChandraBose was a distinguished leftist with pronounced views on equality. When it came to the wider world, however, he was an ultranationalist. For years, he had been busy ingratiating himself with Europe’s foremost fascists. From 2015: bit.ly/3FQb7Uh
Dive into the Auroville Literature Festival, a unique partnership between CIC and AUROVILLE! Immerse yourself in a realm of thoughts and expressions as we unite exceptional global & Indian writers all in one arena.

This festival is not just about literature – it's a celebration of Sri Aurobindo's 150th birth anniversary, infusing profound spirituality into the realm of words Mark your calendars for August 25-27, 2023, and head to the captivating International Zone in Auroville.

In our upcoming #SangamTalk scheduled for this Friday, the focus of the discussion will be on the Kalinga Sādhabas. This group comprised indigenous and resourceful seafarers and adept maritime traders who engaged in trade with various nations, islands, and communities.
Interesting. The maritime tradition of Kalinga is so underrated. for taking this up Added to that the fierce resistance that Odia kings gave to Islamic invaders is another unexplored topic and deserve our attention Hopefully, that will also be a part of discussion
In modern western thought, scientific method, deductive reasoning, and empirical verification alone establish what is true. On the other hand, The Taittirīya Āraṇyaka lists four modes to establishing evidence for any given statement.
There’s a place for cultural localism and thus various schools with their own inflections, but the state or political sphere itself should not favor one culture over another (at least if you take social threefolding seriously, which is the larger impulse out of which Waldorf… Show more
The inauguration ceremony of Auroville took place on February 28th, 1968.. The ceremony began with a Welcome message by The Mother. The Mother also read out the Auroville Charter... See rare photos and know more at motherandsriaurobindo.in//auroville/ina #SriAurobindo #auroville #theMother
Organic farming is so attractive and so immersive, one must take time to explore it. Took a video while Touring Auroorchard in Auroville in Pondicherry. #organicfarming #nature #pondicherry #India
Auroville Literature Festival – 25 to 27 August aurovillelitfest.org "We all need to be reading, discussing and learning from each other... and help build a sense of a local and global community” Karen Jennings newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai #Auroville #Aurovillefoundation
"The Auroville Literature Festival brings with it a deep legacy of ideas and intellectual and creative engagement. My instinct says that it will make a distinct mark on the literary landscape." Namita Gokhale thehindu.com/life-and-style #Auroville #Aurovillefoundation
Auroville Literature Festival – 25 to 27 August aurovillelitfest.org “It is a place which has all these associations of an attempt to start a new kind of society.” Ranjit Hoskote thehindu.com/news/cities/pu #litfest #SriAurobindo #Auroville #Aurovillefoundation
Auroville Literature Festival – 25 to 27 August aurovillelitfest.org “Sri Aurobindo was a pioneering thinker and a multifaceted writer and it is appropriate that there should be a literary festival celebrating his works...” Shreya Sen Handley #Auroville #Aurovillefoundation
We’re setting up shop! Books & Things—our new space in Auroville created in collaboration with Studio Tolsta—is now open for business.
Sri Aurobindo's philosophy provides a guide to the past, present and future.
Mahavakyas like Aham Brahmasmi or Tat Tvam Asi are popular but it's by reading The Life Divine that the process of involution by which the creation took shape is brought home. This revolutionary revelation by Sri Aurobindo overthrew the reigning philosophy of illusion of Shankara.
Philosophy Friends & Colleagues: I am so excited to share with you all my latest video in my ongoing series on Classical German Philosophy with a special guest "On the Life & Philosophy of F. H. Jacobi (1743-1819)." youtube.com/watch?v=gh1zZb
Understanding where power lies, where it is derived from, and how it operates is important in all walks of life. In this second piece in my demystifying development jargon, I look at #power.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have accomplished whatever synthesis was possible and needed. Hence, venturing to mix their teachings with other streams is downright stupidity. Similarly, seeking to compare their achievements with other gurus and great men is an exercise in futility.
The life of Sri Aurobindo has many parallels with that of Dante. Despite the religious nature of his poem, Dante is also considered as one of the founding fathers of secularism. The story of Beatrice as Dante's literary muse is interesting. Even the cart-men used to sing his poem
Today happens to be the World Union Day. Apart from Sri Aurobindo's predictions in The Ideal of Human Unity about it, #WorldUnion sits firmly as third dream in the #FiveDreams message broadcast on August 14, 1947. Remembering the pioneers, A.B. Patel, M.P. Pandit, and Samar Basu.
Development in India has been progressive and so thinking that the present Prime Minister is a Messiah is delusional. People rating their Chief Ministers in Odisha and West Bengal is no different. Personality cult bulldozing democratic values and aspirations is playing havoc.
Sri Aurobindo is India's greatest philosopher. He goes beyond all philosophers of the past and present. Read this book to understand his analysis of the universe and his vision of the future. #SriAurobindo Sri Aurobindo
~Sabda newsletter intimates a long list of books relating to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo published since 2020. selforum.blogspot.com/2023/08/recent selforum.blogspot.com/2023/08/latest ~'s new book, SRI AUROBINDO: The Life and Teachings of a Revolutionary Philosopher at
Having lived under all the 14 Prime Ministers (without stepping outside the country), I have some unique experiences as a citizen. I have lived in a village, semi-urban, urban, and a metropolis in four States and seen the technological revolution with Sri Aurobindo as the anchor.
Last eighteen years in social media have also demonstrated that I have unique political ideas and no one is willing to align with me. Instead of being disappointed, I take this as a sign of strength which might prove its might some day. I also suspect shadow-banning by platforms.
Savitri Era Open Forum: Sri Aurobindo, Karl Popper, and George Soros seof.blogspot.com/2023/08/sri-au Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.