The Winds of Wonder

At the Sri Aurobindo Library

Madhumalati

Constant remembrance of the Divine

Spontaneous and joyful. The ideal condition.

The Mother

Lonicera japonica Thunb., Caprifoliaceae.

Japanese honeysuckle, Gold and silver flower

Physical description:

Small sweetly fragrant ivory white tubular flower that gradually turns yellow and is divided into five narrow lobes, one deeply cut, erect and slightly recurved, and four opposite, more acutely recurved and partly joined – borne in axillary pairs subtended by a leafy bract. A moderately vigorous vine with opposite ovate slightly glossy dark green leaves.

The Ashram Library started in 1954. The Mother then gave it the message: “A library must be an intellectual sanctuary. There one should look for light and progress.” Set in a large, French colonial building with its big halls, its quiet corners, and its own little garden in front, and with 80,000 books in 25 different languages and hundreds of periodicals, the library is very much an intellectual sanctuary. The library also has a large collection of Indian and Western classical records and tapes. Indian classical music is played at the Library every Wednesday starting at 8.30 p.m. and Western classical music every Tuesday and Friday at the same time.

The Mother entering the Library, is also seen with her Medhananda the Librarian.

Claude Chamberland writes: Je vous présente Harmonie, la salle à manger et mini-bibliothèque du Centre Sri Aurobindo de Montréal.