Sri Aurobindo Ashram Information Guide

12/07/2024

🇮🇳 भारत क्या है ? 🇮🇳

"भारत इस भूमि की मिट्टी, नदियाँ और पहाड़ नहीं है, न ही इस देश के वासियों का सामूहिक नाम भारत है। भारत एक जीवित सत्ता है, उतनी ही जीवंत जितने कि, मानो, शिव। .... भारत एक देवी है जैसे कि शिव एक देवता। यदि वह चाहे तो मानवीय रूप में आविर्भूत हो सकती है।"

(CWM 13: 372)

श्रीअरविन्द को भारत की आत्म-सत्ता का जीवंत अनुभव था इसलिए यहाँ उन्होंने हमारे समक्ष एक बड़ा ही नवीन और विशिष्ट आयाम खोल दिया है। उनके अनुसार, जिस प्रकार भगवान् शिव की, श्री राधा की तथा अन्य देवी-देवताओं की अपनी एक पृथक् सत्ता होती है उसी प्रकार भारत की देवी की अपनी एक पृथक् सत्ता है जिसका एक विशिष्ट कार्य है। एक व्यष्टिगत आत्मा का ही उदाहरण लें तो वह अपनी सच्ची सत्ता में परमात्मा से अभिन्न होती है और उन परमात्मा की ही अनंत कलाओं में से किसी एक विशिष्ट कला को, उनके एक विशिष्ट तत्त्व को प्रकट करने के उद्देश्य से पार्थिव अभिव्यक्ति में आती है। क्रमविकास में वह एक मन-प्राण-शरीरमय व्यक्तित्व धारण करती है। इस व्यक्तित्व में चेतना के निश्चेतन व अवचेतन स्तरों से लेकर चेतना के गंभीरतम और अतिचेतन स्तरों तक का प्रवेश रहता है। इसी कारण हमें जीवन में अनंत जटिलता दिखाई देती है, सभी प्रकार के द्वंद्व जैसे कि सुख-दुःख, लाभ-हानि, सफलता-असफलता, उत्थान-पतन आदि दिखाई देते हैं। इन सभी जटिलताओं का उपयोग करते हुए परमात्मा जीव में अपनी वह विशिष्ट अभिव्यक्ति, जो कि उसमें आंतरिक श्रद्धा के रूप में अंतर्निहित होती है, संसिद्ध करते हैं। जब हम एक व्यक्ति के जीवन में ही इतनी अनंत विविधता व जटिलता देखते हैं और ज्यों-ज्यों वह चेतना के अधिकाधिक उच्चतर और गंभीरतर स्तरों पर विकसित होता जाता है त्यों-त्यों जटिलताएँ और विविधताएँ भी बढ़ती जाती हैं- और जन्म-जन्मांतरों के एक सुदीर्घ काल के विकास के बाद ही कोई व्यष्टि सत्ता अपनी परिणति तक पहुँच पाती है तब फिर किसी वैश्विक सत्ता के विकास के आयामों की तो कल्पना भी हमारे लिए मुश्किल है। श्रीअरविन्द कहते हैं कि जिस प्रकार एक व्यष्टिगत सत्ता होती है वैसे ही किसी राष्ट्र की भी एक पृथक् सत्ता होती है। संपूर्ण पृथ्वी की अपनी एक पृथक् सत्ता है, सौर-मंडल की अपनी एक सत्ता है, और सारे ब्रह्माण्ड की भी अपनी एक पृथक् सत्ता है। इन सभी सत्ताओं का अपना-अपना अंतर्निहित सत्य है जो इन्हें अभिव्यक्त करना है। इसी प्रकार भारत की भी अपनी एक सत्ता है जिसका अपना एक गहन सत्य है जो उसे अभिव्यक्त करना है। जब किसी व्यष्टि सत्ता में ही आत्मा को सतह पर आकर अपनी सच्ची अभिव्यक्ति करने में एक दीर्घ समय लगता है तब किसी वैश्व सत्ता के विकास में लगने वाला समय तो किन्हीं भी मानवीय काल-गणनाओं से अतिविशाल होगा ही। जब कोई व्यक्ति उस सत्ता के संपर्क में आता है और उसकी आत्मा का अनुभव करता है तभी वह उसके सच्चे उद्देश्य के विषय में, उसके अतीत, वर्तमान और भावी विकास के विषय में, उसकी नियति के विषय में जान सकता है। इसके बिना तो वह सदा ही केवल बाहरी रूप से ही वस्तुओं, व्यक्तियों, घटनाओं आदि को देखता और उन्हें परखता है और उनके सच्चे कारण को और उनकी सच्ची गति को समझ पाने से चूक जाता है। श्रीअरविन्द को यह प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव और तादात्म्य प्राप्त होने के कारण वे अपने ग्रंथ 'मानव-चक्र' में यह स्पष्ट करते हैं कि पृथ्वी की अपनी एक विशिष्ट नियति है और पूरे ब्रह्माण्ड में उसका एक अतिविशिष्ट स्थान है। उसमें भी भारत का एक विशिष्ट स्थान है। इसी विहंगम दृष्टिकोण से वे पूरी मानवजाति की अतीत, वर्तमान और भावी गति को प्रकट करते हैं। साथ ही यह भी प्रकट करते हैं कि इस पूरे गतिक्रम में किस प्रकार भारत की भूमिका सदा ही पूरे विश्व को आत्मा की निधियों की आपूर्ति करने की रही है और भविष्य में भी उसकी भूमिका इस विषय में पूरे संसार का नेतृत्व करने की और पृथ्वी पर दिव्य विधान की सर्वांगीण चरितार्थता की ओर गति करने की होगी। जब हम इस दृष्टिकोण से देखें तभी हमें हमारी संस्कृति के वैदिक काल से लेकर वर्तमान तक का सारा विकासक्रम कुछ समझ में आता है और उसी के आधार पर भारत के उज्ज्वल भविष्य की निश्चिति प्राप्त होती है। परंतु भारत संसार में अपनी महती भूमिका निभाने के लिए तैयार हो उससे पहले यह आवश्यक है कि वर्तमान में वह जिस दुर्दशा में फँसा है उससे निकलकर एक सशक्त राष्ट्रवाद विकसित करे और एक सुदृढ़ राष्ट्र के रूप में उदित हो। जो संस्थाएँ, व्यवस्थाएँ, योजनाएँ आदि इस राष्ट्रवाद के विकास में सहायक होंगी वे ही टिक पाएँगी, बाकी सब को एक विजातीय पदार्थ की भाँति त्याग दिया जाएगा। परंतु भारत का यह अभ्युदय अन्य राष्ट्रों की भाँति सशक्त होकर स्वयं अपने स्वार्थों को पूरा करना न होगा।_ श्रीअरविन्द के शब्दों में, *"भारतवर्ष, दूसरे राष्ट्रों की भाँति, अपने लिए ही या शक्तिशाली होकर दूसरों को कुचलने के लिए नहीं उठ रहा। वह उदित हो रहा है सारे संसार पर उस सनातन ज्योति को फैलाने के लिए जो उसे सौंपी गई है। भारत अपने लिए नहीं अपितु सदैव ही मानव जाति के लिए अस्तित्वमान रहा है, उसे अपने लिए नहीं अपितु मानवजाति के लिए महान् होना होगा।"

(CWSA 8, 5-6)

"भारत माता भूमि का कोई खण्ड नहीं है; वह एक शक्ति है, एक देवी है, क्योंकि सभी राष्ट्रों की ऐसी एक देवी होती हैं जो उनके पृथक् अस्तित्व को थामे रखती है व उन्हें अस्तित्वमान बनाए रखती है। ऐसी सत्ताएँ उन लोगों जितनी ही, जिन्हें कि ये प्रभावित करती हैं, यथार्थ या उनसे भी अधिक स्थायी रूप से यथार्थ होती हैं। परंतु वे एक उच्चतर लोक की होती हैं, वैश्विक चेतना व सत्ता का अंग होती हैं और यहाँ पृथ्वी पर मानव चेतना को, जिस पर कि ये अपना प्रभाव डालती हैं, गढ़कर अपना कार्य करती हैं।" (CWSA 28:482)

"भारत की आत्मा एक और अविभाज्य है। भारत संसार में अपने नियत कार्य के विषय में सचेतन है। वह अभिव्यक्ति के बाहरी साधनों की प्रतीक्षा कर रहा है।"

(CWM 13: 351)
(भारतीय संस्कृति और सनातन धर्म की महानता, पृ. १-३)

21/02/2024

Darshan Card - February 21, 2024

On 21st February, we celebrate the Birth Anniversary of the Mother.

This year, 2024, a card containing a beautiful childhood picture of the mother and this message of the Mother was distributed in Sri Aurobindo Society on this occasion.

“So long as you do not have the
power to change the world, it is
useless to say that the world is
wrong. And if you abolish in
yourself the things that are
wrong in the world, you will
see that the world will no
longer be wrong.”

CWM 14:279 The Mother

21/02/2024

The Mother's Birthday — February 21st

“Mother, be with me, now and always. Envelope me with your presence. Raise and purify me with your touch. Inhabit me with your living image.
Transform all dullness and darkness into bright and perfect faith.
Transform all restlessness and agitation into inviolable calm and peace.
Transform all attachments into a deep and stainless purity.
Mother, liberate and change me, perfect your child”.

Prayer for a disciple —Sri Aurobindo

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15/08/2023

Renaissance journal (https://journal.aurobharati.in/) is celebrating the 151st birthday of Sri Aurobindo through its new issue released on August 15, 2023 on the theme -- Sri Aurobindo, the Rishi. The issue includes several profound insights on topics including Rishis as the makers of Indian Civilization, Sri Aurobindo as the Rishi who brought down the Supermind, Sri Aurobindo's concept of Evolution and Superman, Sri Aurobindo Ashram as the Golden Temple of Mother Divine, New Dimensions in Spirituality, Sri Aurobindo's vision for the future of India, Revelation and Inspiration as the faculties of a Rishi, and more.

If you are a lover of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, and are interested in their vast and futuristic vision and their profound yogic work, this issue is not to be missed! Visit - https://journal.aurobharati.in/

15/08/2023

How should we be on Sri Aurobindo’s birthday?
Sincere and progressive.
The Mother
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15/08/2023

On 15th August 2023, as we enter the 151st year of Sri Aurobindo, we celebrate this occasion by releasing this special issue of Renaissance on the theme – Sri Aurobindo, the Rishi.

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15/08/2023

Happy Independence Day!

15 August 2023. A day for all Indians to celebrate as we step into our 77th year of Independence and the 152nd Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo.

14/08/2023

Sri Aurobindo | A New Dawn, the much awaited animation film by Sri Aurobindo Society, is releasing on 15th August, 2023 at 10 AM (IST). 🙏🏻🪷🇮🇳

Besides our website: www.anewdawn.in, the film will also be available worldwide on YouTube!! 🪷💞

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Sri Aurobindo | A New Dawn, the much awaited animation film by Sri Aurobindo Society, is releasing on 15th August, 2023 at 10 AM (IST). 🙏🏻🪷🇮🇳

Besides our website: www.anewdawn.in, the film will also be available worldwide on YouTube!! 🪷💞

SHARE | COLLABORATE | SPREAD THE WORD 💗🪄

14/08/2023

14/08/2023

08/08/2023

PRESIDENT MS. DROUPADI MURMU TO VISIT AUROVILLE On August 8 to participate in month-long birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Aurobindo *

President Ms. Droupadi Murmu is expected to visit the Matrimandir, address the plenary of a day-long conference on ‘Aspiring for the Supermind at the City of Consciousness’, and attend a concert by Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam.

Tamil Nadu Governor and Auroville Foundation chairman R.N. Ravi, Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, member of Auroville governing board, are expected to address the gathering.

Briefing reporters, Jayanti Ravi, Secretary, Auroville Foundation, said the conference would be spread over three sessions that would focus on various dimensions of Sri Aurobindo’s teachings and writings. The conference would feature scholars from Auroville, Sri Aurobindo Society, Sri Aurobindo Ashram and various national and international centres who would share their experience and understanding of the concept of the supermind.

One of the sessions is devoted to understanding the essence of the Supermind as expatiated in the teachings/writings of Sri Aurobindo and his spiritual collaborator The Mother, who founded the universal township 55 years ago.

The supermind, in Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy of integral yoga, represented the dynamic manifestation of the absolute, the intermediary between the spirit and the manifest world which enables the transformation of the common being to an enlightened soul.

Another session, “Attaining the Supermind” will explore the continuum of efforts in the city of Auroville to manifest these higher concepts across all aspects of living — education and research, art and culture, city planning and architecture, economy, farming, health and wellness.

“Aspiring for Human Unity” will be the theme of the third session that would delve into the ethos and nuances of such an aspiration and the process of enlivening it into the day-to-day routine.

The month-long events mark an extension of the year-long sesqui centennial birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo with a host of events connecting people across the country with the quintessence of his expositions as nationalist, philosopher and yogi.

The dawnfire celebration around the Matrimandir will take place on August 15, that conjoins celebration of Independence Day and Sri Aurobindo’s birth anniversary.

According to Ms. Jayanti Ravi, there are also plans to involve school and college students from Puducherry and Tamil Nadu in the celebrations.

The Bharat Nivas, or the India Pavilion in Auroville, would be the hub of exhibitions. About 800 Auroville units would take turns showcasing their products to the public. Yoga sessions are also part of the events, some of which will continue till mid-September.

Capping off the month-long celebrations would be the Auroville Literature Festival from August 25-27 that features top-notch authors from India and abroad attending in person or online. The premiering launch of a translation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s book “Deliverance”, revised by Sri Aurobindo and prefaced by Rabindranath Tagore, focused sessions on Aurobindo and cultural performances are among the high points of the festival of letters.

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08/08/2023

08/08/2023

PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU TO VISIT SRI AUROBINDO ASHRAM, Puducherry.

On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, the President is scheduled to visit the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville where she will participate in various events to mark the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Aurobindo.

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08/08/2023

SIGNIFICANCE OF AUGUST 7 FOR INDIAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT

1. It was on August 7, 1905 when the formal proclamation of the Swadeshi movement was made with the passing of the ‘Boycott’ resolution at a meeting in Calcutta. In a way, this date signifies the commemoration of India’s declaration of independence and reaffirming her separate national existence.

2. The first of nine articles in the series titled 'New Lamps for Old' by Sri Aurobindo were published in the journal Indu Prakash on 7 August 1893, in which he made a case for complete swarajya. That was the first time that any Indian had the courage to openly ask the British to leave India.

3. On August 7, 1906, the first issue of the nationalist journal 'Bande Mataram' was published edited by Sri Aurobindo.

21/02/2023

A special issue featuring a few precious memories recounted by some of the senior sadhaks who were blessed to have close interactions with the Mother.

21/02/2023

On the occasion of the Mother’s 145th Birth Anniversary, let us look back at what Mirra Alfassa, Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual collaborator, called ‘The Mother’, shared about her earliest childhood memory, which shows when Her Yoga really began:

“In fact, if I look at the order my own yoga took…. When I was five years old (I must have begun earlier, but the memory is a bit vague and imprecise) … but from five onwards … well, I began with consciousness. Of course I had no idea what it was. But my first experience was of the consciousness here (gesture above the head) which I felt like a Light and a Force; and I felt it there at the age of five. It was a very pleasant sensation. I would sit in a little armchair made especially for me, all alone in my room, and I ... had a VERY PLEASANT feeling of something very strong, very luminous, and it was here (above the head). Consciousness. And I felt, “That’s what I have to live, what I have to be.” Not with all those words, naturally, but… (Mother makes a gesture of aspiration Upward). Then I would pull it down, for it was… it was truly my raison d’être.”

An animation film ‘Sri Aurobindo: A New Dawn’ is being made, to inspire the youth of India and the world, through the story of Sri Aurobindo, as an offering by Sri Aurobindo Society for the 150th year of Sri Aurobindo’s birth.

Visit our website www.anewdawn.in to know more of the making of this film.

Join hands to make the film. Donate @ www.anewdawn.in/donate 💖

21/02/2023

On the occasion of Mother’s Birthday today (21 February), here are some heart-warming words of Sri Aurobindo on reliance on Mother’s Grace, inspiring hope and faith: "This you should always remember, that if you go forward with full trust in the Mother, then whatever may be the circumstances and the difficulties, however long a time may be necessary, you will most certainly reach your goal — no obstacle, delay or adverse condition can mar the ultimate success."

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21/02/2023

Celebrating Mother's birthday in Auroville, today

21/02/2023

The Mother's Birthday —February 21

“Mother, be with me, now and always. Envelope me with your presence. Raise and purify me with your touch. Inhabit me with your living image.
Transform all dullness and darkness into bright and perfect faith.
Transform all restlessness and agitation into inviolable calm and peace.
Transform all attachments into a deep and stainless purity.
Mother, liberate and change me, perfect your child”.

Prayer for a disciple —Sri Aurobindo

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07/01/2023

Let the dawn of the New Year be for us also the dawn of a new and better life.

The Mother
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07/01/2023

Bonne Année à l'Avance—Happy New Year in Advance!
Here is a New Year Message from the Mother:
“Let this year bring you the power to smile in all circumstances. For, a smile acts upon difficulties as the sun upon the clouds—it disperses them.
With my love and blessings.”
The Mother

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25/12/2022

Merry Christmas! 💐💫💐

25/12/2022

SAS wishes all a merry Christmas. May this Christmas bring to you and your loved ones, moments of love, joy, good health, good thoughts and goodwill.
May the New Light expel darkness and usher in the reign of Truth in the world.
On this day, sharing with you the words of the Mother on The Holy Christ.
“Christ was an emanation of the Lord’s aspect of love….The story of Christ, as it has been told, is the concrete and dramatic enactment of the divine sacrifice: the Supreme Lord, who is All-Light, All-Knowledge, All- Power, All-Beauty, All-Love, All-Bliss, accepting to assume human ignorance and suffering in matter, in order to help men to emerge from the falsehood in which they live and because of which they die.”
CWM 10, Pg - 61
16 June 1960

25/12/2022

All can be done if the God-touch is there.

Sri Aurobindo
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25/12/2022

The Mother has said, “Long before the Christian religion made December 25th the day of Christ’s birth, this day was the festival of the return of the sun, the Day of Light. It is this very ancient symbol of the rebirth of the Light that we wish to celebrate here'.
Every year, the birth of New Light, which falls on the Christmas day, is celebrated very beautifully amidst good cheer and camaraderie in Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry.
In the link below, we found an interesting article on the start of Christmas celebrations in the Ashram. On the Christmas eve, we share it with you with due respect and thanks to the author and hope you enjoy it.

http://savitri.in/blogs/light-of-supreme/how-christmas-was-started-in-the-ashram-by-sunayana-panda?fbclid=IwAR2ebMIViThqpDb4JO59FAvCjydPJDVefRpMxkRJS6BMesP6GsvYCiDQcJE

05/12/2022

Sri Aurobindo’s Mahasamadhi Day
Sri Aurobindo left his physical body on December 5, 1950.
For a glimpse into what happened at that climactic moment, again we have to turn to the words of the Mother:
He had accumulated in his body much supramental Force, and as soon as he left… You see, he was lying on his bed, I stood by his side, and in a way altogether concrete – concrete with such a strong sensation as to make one think that it could be seen – all this supramental Force which was in him passed from his body into mine. And I felt the friction of the passage. It was extraordinary. It was an extraordinary experience.
Our gratitude to the physical body of Sri Aurobindo was expressed by the Mother and has been inscribed on the Samadhi:

“To Thee who hast been the material envelope of our Master, to Thee our infinite gratitude. Before Thee who hast done so much for us, who hast worked, struggled, suffered, hoped, endured so much, before Thee who hast willed all, attempted all, prepared, achieved all for us, before Thee we bow down and implore that we may never forget, even for a moment, all we owe to Thee.”

24/11/2022

NOVEMBER 24th_ SIDDHI DAY

November 24th is a very significant day for the devotees of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, as it marks the anniversary of the Siddhi Day—The Day of Victory—the descent of the Sri Krishna Consciousness or the Overmental Consciousness into the physical, which took place in the year 1926. This was the first decisive step towards the Supramental Manifestation which took place later in 1956.
Of ‘Krishna’, Supermind’, ‘Overmind’ and the need of Descent of Overmental Consciousness, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother say:
“Krishna is the immanent Divine, the Divine Presence in everyone and in all things. He is also, sovereignly, the aspect of Delight and Love of the Supreme; he is the smiling tenderness and the playful gaiety; he is at once the player, the play and all his playmates. … Thus to see Krishna means to find the inner Godhead, to play with Krishna means to be identified with the inner Godhead and to share in his consciousness.”—Sri Aurobindo

“Sri Aurobindo's work is a unique earth-transformation.
Above the mind there are several levels of conscious being, among which the really divine world is what Sri Aurobindo has called the Supermind, the world of the Truth. … It is the direct descent of the Supramental Consciousness and Power that alone can utterly re-create life in terms of the Spirit.”—The Mother

“… Overmind power which is nearest to the supramental Truth-Consciousness and which is the first fountain of the creation of the Ignorance.”—Sri Aurobindo

A.B. Purani ji has mentioned in his book that nearly 25 sadhaks were there when this great event had occurred and many of them have written about their direct experiences on that day. Today we are sharing excerpts taken from the book: The Mother: The Story of her Life
The Mother’s own recollections about the eventful date 24 November 1926: ‘He [Sri Aurobindo] called everyone together for one last meeting. He sat down, had me sit next to him, and said: “I called you here to tell you that, as of today, I am withdrawing for purposes of sadhana, and Mother will now take charge of everyone. You should address yourselves to her. She will represent me and she will do all the work”… These people had always been very intimate with Sri Aurobindo, so they asked: “Why, why, why?”… I had no intention of explaining anything and I left the room with him, but Datta began speaking… She said she felt Sri Aurobindo speaking through her and she explained everything: that Krishna had incarnated and that Sri Aurobindo was now going to do an intensive sadhana for the descent of the Supermind; that it meant Krishna’s adherence to the Supramental Descent upon Earth and that, as Sri Aurobindo would now be too occupied to deal with people, he had put me in charge and I would be doing all the work.’
November 24, 1926, is also the day when the Sri Aurobindo Ashram came into being. A small seed laid on that day has now become a huge Banyan tree.

24/11/2022

24 November, Siddhi Day

21/11/2022

SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOTHER’S LAST JOURNEY

On November 20, 1973, at 8.20 am, the Mother’s physical body, which was kept in state since the early hours of 18 November, was put to rest in the Samadhi. The description of the Mother’s last journey from the Meditation Hall to the Samadhi vault, which was published in the November—December (1973) issue of ‘Mother India’, the Ashram journal, is as follows:
“A casket was made of one-inch-thick rosewood and the inside was lined with a pure silver sheet and over this was a lining of felt and then white silk satin. On the lid of the casket was fixed a symbol of the Mother in pure gold.
At 8.00 a.m. on the 20th November, the Mother’s body was laid in the casket, which was then covered and sealed hermetically.
The casket was carried to the Samadhi and lowered into the chamber just above the vault in which Sri Aurobindo’s body had been laid in 1950. Nolini and André scattered some rose petals over the casket and concrete slabs were placed to cover the chamber. There was then a meditation for about ten minutes.
A running commentary on the event was given by All India Radio. After the meditation, wreaths and bouquets of flowers were laid on the Samadhi by the Government of Pondicherry, the French Consul and others…”
(Information and photos courtesy Overman Foundation, with deep gratitude.)

17/11/2022

17 NOVEMBER MAHASAMADHI DAY

Today, is the Mother's Mahasamadhi Day. She left her body on this day in 1973. On this day, we are sharing with you some thoughts of Sri Aurobindo on the Mother. Excerpts have been taken from the book Sri Aurobindo on Himself and the Mother.

The Mother’s Personal Presence Everywhere
The Mother has said she could be present everywhere, and she meant, of course, in her consciousness. It is a consciousness and not the body that is the being, the person, the body is only a support and instrument for the action of the consciousness. Mother can be personally present in her consciousness. The universal presence, of course, is always there and the universal and personal are two aspects of the same being.

The MOTHER and The ISHWARA
The Mother is the consciousness and force of the Divine — or, it may be said, she is the Divine in its consciousness-force. The Ishwara as Lord of the cosmos does come out of the Mother who takes her place beside him as the cosmic Shakti — the cosmic Ishwara is one aspect of the Divine.

A MESSAGE heard on NOVEMBER 17, 1974
BEFORE PASSING IN A QUEUE THROUGH THE MOTHER’S ROOM
“Do not look for me only in my room. I have liberated myself from my human’s body. I am now everywhere.”
Sehra di (Amal Kiran da’s wife)

"I am with you because I am you or you are me."
The Mother

Mother