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His Mind of Knowledge

His Mind of Knowledge त्याचे ज्ञानाचे प्रकाशमन Original in English His Mind of Knowledge Agni entered the bridal chamber of the third night and conquered lust, Then by knowing the…
These Mountains — A Poem in Marathi with the original in English

हे पर्वत आहेत हे पर्वत एका महान आत्म्याच्या लयी, त्यांच्याच आकाशात असलेले शांततेचे गुपित; वाढे ग्रीष्माच्या आनंदोज्वालेत त्यांची उंच उंची: भाळ मोठे, प्रशस्त, अबंधीत विचारांचे, तेजस्वी, हृदय न जाणवलेल्या प्रेमाचे…
The joy of a smile — स्मिताचा आनंद

स्मिताचा आनंद मधुर चंद्रमातून ओतला आहे मधुर चंद्रमातून स्मिताचा आनंद कीर्ती वाढविण्या आल्हादी भविष्याचे जीवन; गूढ उद्देशाने थोरले आभाळ झालेही विशाल, नवीन चमत्कारांची उत्कृष्टता असावी म्हणून; मार्ग जरी जाई महारात्रीच्या…
A Profound Dichotomy

In the beginning was the Word “One has to have an integral vision and when that is absent arise all problems,” continued Leon. “In the beginning was the Word, and…
Golden Champa — A Poem in Marathi

Golden Champā—सोनचाफा साती लोकी धगधगे ह्या सोनचाफ्याची प्रदीप्त ज्योत, तेजस्वी अद्भुतता युगांच्या वचनांची येई इथेही धावत; आधी फोफावला होता वृक्ष तो आभाळाच्या उद्यानात, सुवर्ण प्रकाशाने वाढविलेला, पावसाच्या सदैव हर्षात; सुरभी…
She awaits the Word

Her breath has walked into wide ether’s calm, Her sleep is trance of gleaming deathlessness; Her body of jewel-fire burns with the triple glow. She has lent her dense self…
“He gathered all Savitri into his clasp”

The story of Satyavan and Savitri is an immediate recognition of their absolute inalienable identity at the very first contact of each other, the wonderful case of love at the…
Academy of Tomorrow at the Topland Park

Actually, the very first principle of education is: Nothing can be taught to anybody. One has to learn for oneself. A student is not taught anything; he is simply helped…
“Necessity” in Savitri

There are twenty-four occurrences of the word “necessity” in Savitri. But only in one we see it as a feminine noun, Book III Canto iv, “Necessity”: For even through the…
The merit of artistic objective

When truth and beauty come together and become one, there is the highest æstheic wonder and exquisiteness and joy. Can art aim at that? Art, in any case, has to…
Two Poems: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

Sri Aurobindo Infinite’s Silence on columns of Light Bearing the Word inevitable from great God, Wisdom incarnate in bright rhythms of Time, Deathless Will conquering every death, Form of Flame…
Any disease is a falsehood — The Mother

It was clear, very clear today, a sort of Pressure to say: Victory is Harmony; Victory is the Divine; and for the body, Victory is good health. Any, any discomfort,…
The most auspicious form of the Sun-God

पूषन्नेकर्षे यम सूर्य प्राजापत्य व्यूह रश्मीन् समूह । तेजो यत् ते रुपं कल्याणतमं तत्ते पश्यामि योऽसावसौ पुरुषः सोऽहमस्मि ॥१६॥ 16) O Fosterer, O sole Seer, O Ordainer, O illumining Sun,…
Three more Himalaya Paintings by Marc D

The experience of the great expanse of golden light on a mountain-top came because I had asked X to aspire for the higher experiences of the consciousness from above. The symbolic image of…
An Auspicious Breeze — A Poem in Marathi and English

वाऱ्याची मंगलदायी झुळूक आली आहे वाऱ्याची मंगलदायी झुळूक, पहाटेच, कल्पनेच्या उल्हसीत पूर्वेकडून; गाता गाता झाले गाणे निश्चलतेचे वाद्य, न उच्चारलेले शब्द प्रभावशाली स्तोत्र; पाठी ठेवला होता अद्भुततेचा महामेरू, चढता चढता…
The Mother speaks of her past appearances — 3

I heard something written by Sri Aurobindo, saying that for the Supramental to manifest upon earth the physical mind must receive it and manifest it — and it is just…
The Mother speaks of her past appearances — 2

Sri Aurobindo had made it clear to me when I was still in France that this yoga in matter is the most difficult of all. For the … the yoga…
The Mother speaks of her past appearances — 1

Since the beginning of the earth, wherever and whenever there was the possibility of manifesting a ray of the Consciousness, I was there. [CWM, Vol. 13] That which is speaking…