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Interview with Sunanda Poddar – By Anie Nunnally

Sunanda Poddar has lived in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram since the age of sixteen, except for eight years when she worked in Africa for the Sri Aurobindo Book Distribution Agency (SABDA). Her name, given by her parents and unchanged by … Continue reading →

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Service to the Divine

January 1966      Whatever you do in life must be done as a service to the Divine and nobody else. Whatever you are, think or feel, you are responsible for it to the Divine and to nobody else. He … Continue reading →

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On Bhakti – Sri Aurobindo

IT is a misunderstanding to suppose that I am against Bhakti or against emotional Bhakti—which comes to the same thing, since without emotion there can be no Bhakti. It is rather the fact that in my writings on Yoga I … Continue reading →

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On Grace – The Mother

The Supreme’s power is infinite ― it is our faith that is small. 23 August 1954

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Truth Discovery.

Truth is not merely a dry statement of facts or ideas to or by the intellect; it can be a splendid discovery, a rapturous revelation, a thing of beauty that is a joy for ever. Sri Aurobindo

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Grace – Words of the Mother

The Grace is always there ready to act but you must let it work and not resist its action. The one condition required is faith. When you feel attacked, call for help to Sri Aurobindo and myself. If your call … Continue reading →

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Gaining Self-Knowledge and Self-Mastery.

In 1912 a small group of seekers met regularly with the aim of gaining self-knowledge and self-mastery. At the end of each session, a general question was set, which each member was to answer individually. These answers were read out … Continue reading →

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The Great Secret – Mother

Words of the Mother, Vol. 14 page: 244. If you keep your faith unshaken and your heart always open to me, then all difficulties, however great, will contribute to the greater perfection of your being.

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Identification with the Divine in 3 minutes – Mother

Mother’s Collected Works Vol 5 P 222 Porte Saint-Martin. In this play there was a room . On the stage a large room could be seen and its side a small room and …. I don’t remember the story now, … Continue reading →

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Two unpublished letters of Sri Aurobindo

You say that this “Introduction” of yours is a warning against the tricks of the hostile forces. As you have written it, it is much more than that – it is an attack on Yogis, Gurus and occultists in general … Continue reading →

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