Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF - 2005)
Here Alfassa firmly situates not only herself but Aurobindo as well roughly in the same tradition as Théon, even if his knowledge or practice of it may have been only partial. Significantly, she refers to Théon’s writings as “not philosophy, but stories, fantastic stories!”; ... Similarly, Alfassa described Mme. Théon’s writings or messages as “stories” as well, calling them “an entire initiation in the form of stories.” Indeed, it is the power of ‘stories’ to transform one’s consciousness that she seems to prize the most, and on one occasion she speaks rather frankly
about the attractiveness of ‘stories’ as teaching: ... Unsurprisingly, Alfassa followed this pattern in her own writings as well—her early
allegories and parables are particularly representative of this. In her teaching (or ‘initiation’) of Satprem she similarly utilizes stories, all the while slyly subverting their importance.
Reading Sri Aurobindo
This is a brilliantly encapsulated introduction to the work of a truly great genius
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me yoga poses for my health and well- being. Growing up I remember thinking, “oh
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Asianism–The Indian Sub-Text
of Lord … Yoga Day in 2015 in Jordan which was falling during the holy month of
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guns and a meeting space and invited them to “regulate” the … Using guns supplied
by Hindutva leadership, they confronted a bank officer and secured a loan for one of …
Architecture and Anarchism: Building without Authority
places, the Calais Jungle in France, the Villaggio Matteotti in Italy, and dozens of
other built and imagined constructions, as well as several monumental gatherings …
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that it presents the perfect form of Advaitism. Right from Somānanda to Lakshmanjoo
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[PDF] Biopolitics in the Twenty-first Century: India and the Pandemic
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movement. Khan’s crime was that he was returning after purchasing … The poem
ends with the names of other Muslim men who were lynched by Hindutva cow …
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of Hindutva which violates the core values of constitutional democracy. An
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