This is a special issue featuring a few precious memories recounted by some of the senior sadhaks of Sri Aurobindo Ashram who were blessed to have close and intimate interactions with the Mother for decades. When we read accounts such as these, we enter into a new kind of contact with the Mother. We connect …
February 2023 issue of Renaissance – Remembering the Mother Read More »
After a break in December, we are happy to be back with our new issue, the first issue of 2023. We continue with our ongoing series – All Life is Yoga, and this time we focus on the theme – Human Relations and Yoga. Sri Aurobindo writes in The Synthesis of Yoga: Life is indispensable to …
January 2023 issue of Renaissance – Human Relations and Yoga Read More »
Date: December 22, 2022 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Watch the recording HERE. As part of our work on the January 2023 Renaissance issue on the theme of ‘Human Relations and Yoga’, the Renaissance-AuroBharati team organised a special event on December 22, 2022. We invited Ms. Lakshmi Jyothi Manapragada to share some thoughts on the topic …
Individual and Family: Insights from the Social Thought of Sri Aurobindo Read More »
Date: December 3, 2022 Watch the livestream of the event HERE. “To do the work that one does with all sincerity, as perfectly as one can, is certainly one of the best ways to serve the Divine.” (The Mother, CWM, 14: 307) Since June 2021, every issue of Renaissance, the monthly journal of AuroBharati, Sri …
Work as Sadhana: An Interactive Session with Arul Dev Read More »
From August 2021 to July 2022, every month we took up one of the Twelve Attributes as our theme for the Renaissance issue. We concluded that series with a special issue for August 2022 with the theme – ‘Sri Aurobindo, the Eternal Presence.‘ With our last issue (September 2022), which focused on the theme Conscious Parenting, we started another series inspired …
October 2022 issue of Renaissance – Education for the New Age Read More »
Sri Aurobindo once said that his life was not lived on the surface for men to see. As I understand this statement, it means only with an inner vision — a vision one may be blessed with through intense yogic sadhana and with Divine Grace, — one could begin to understand a little the true …
August 2022 issue of Renaissance: Theme – Sri Aurobindo, the Eternal Presence Read More »
Topic: Powada, a story-telling performance art that inspires and educates A conversation with Mahila Shahir Vinata Joshi In our Insightful Conversations series we speak with authors, artists, performers, educators, story-tellers and other creative individuals who are keeping alive, reviving and also giving new forms and expressions to the timeless spirit of Indian culture, history and …
Insightful Conversations at AuroBharati – August 15, 2022 Read More »
Have you had those moments when everything seems perfect? Even if it is just a few moments, but somehow everything feels right in those moments — completely peaceful and perfect? We look around and everything feels as if it is in its right place, as it should be. Nothing is amiss, nothing is wrong. No …
The present issue of Renaissance is dedicated to exploring equality. It is one of the twelve qualities that the Mother says we must cultivate and progressively deepen as we walk the Sunlit Path. Through our varied offerings we delve into various dimensions of equality. We also attempt to highlight relevant passages which throw much-necessary light …
June 2022 issue of Renaissance — Theme: Equality Read More »
Topic: Bringing Indian Culture in Schools: An Educationist’s Experience and Insights In conversation with Dr. Chhalamayi Reddy One of the greatest secrets revealed by the Indian spiritual knowledge is that only when a human being finds and lives from the inner self, can he or she most embrace the universal being and become one with …
Insightful Conversations at AuroBharati – May 21, 2022 Read More »