A National Agenda For Education
A Nath - SummerHill, 2018
… of India, and UGc and his close association with Sri Aurobindo International Institute for. Educational Research as its founder. pdf. Published. 2018-06-15. How to Cite. NATH, Amar. A National Agenda For Education. SummerHill, [Sl], v. 6, n. 2, p. 21-26, june 2018 …
1 The Self
UI after Independence - African Freedom: How Africa Responded to …, 2018
… As a Page 55. 42 The Self counterpoint to Kipling's culturally divided self, Nandy discusses the life of Sri Aurobindo, who was torn between his European childhood and an exaggerated embrace of Indian spirituality as an adult …
On the meaning of hymns to Maruts in Rigveda
D Semenov
… ways, The yet hymns many of passages R.gveda are were still and obscure. are interpreted Even when in variety received of interpretations yield bring some clarity to the text they do not reveal Aurobindo, the light of knowledge attributed to R.gveda …
[PDF] Was Madras Benighted?: The British Beauracratic control over the Swadeshi Press and Political Literature in the Madras Presidency, 1908-1912
V VENKATRAMAN
… Kanyall Dutt, Hemachandra Dass, Bhupendra Nath Dutt, Bipin Chandra, Syamji Krishna Varma, Aurobindo Ghose and other great persons. The leaflet, which suggested the establishment of “Swaraj in India”, also hinted …
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“Intellectual wars of narratives can be won only with intellectual counter-strategy”: @vivekagnihotri : https://t.co/Jr1ATOZCwt via @eorganiser
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I should say I’ve only just started reading. He devotes the last chapter of the book to trying to reconcile our perceptions with physics, which is at least better than Einstein’s dismissal of lived time as “a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
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Tagore was a remarkably modern and scientific man. His conversation with Einstein is a gem, in which Einstein admits being more religious than him. https://t.co/1KK3K9PWMf
The Tagore–Gandhi Debate on the Bihar Earthquake. A magisterial essay by @MakrandParanspe, very profound in parts, but one whose thesis I beg to disagree with.
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Well it’s a debate between a conservative (Gandhi) and a 19th century liberal. Today of course we feel closer to the liberal. But Gandhi is closer to the old Hindu India. Superstitiousness is v much a part of old Hindu India.
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"Income tax is a terror." https://t.co/A0qovCAKhU @Swamy39-ji at his pugnacious & pugilistic best. He's against GST too!
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Economics is a dismal science but not without humor https://t.co/0x0bNESfcq
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Why low-carbohydrate high-fat diets help some diabetics reverse the condition without medication https://t.co/FuyOddZwNR https://t.co/KbjqtQPs6o
“If diabetes is a lifestyle disorder, I was going to put my life back in order.”
Sheltering a wandering mind: Why India needs more daycares for people with dementia https://t.co/fYwqmQxTz6
wandering could be due to four reasons - following an old pattern (like going to office), not being able to find something, boredom, or walking in circles without any reason.
Our most reliable national habit is talking, it should be walking instead: Chidanand Rajghatta Efforts on the part of India’s sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, cricketing icon Virat Kohli, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others to inculcate… https://t.co/d58mvdooUB https://t.co/F3jPFM7UX1
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The received wisdom among religion scholars & Indologists worldwide is that "India is a secular state" (which moreover is "threatened by the BJP"). Laughable, the opposite of the truth. Take the minorities' privileges in education: https://t.co/tRapJcVtUd
#Sathya Sai Controversies and the Art of Guru Bashing https://t.co/oMd70e8mfh #alayarahm #antisaimovement
Is jiva a creation of Vishnu? Are they different from Vishnu? While they appear different, are they equal to one another? https://t.co/syBiCtuu31 #Hinduism #dharma
#ColonialConsciousness Non Semitic Indians are not people of book and as such we follow traditions of our ancestors.
Colonials identified some books as guiding our "moral compass" and we have also taken on their language in identifying where and how our traditions originiated https://t.co/3fD4Pq6i9F
The middle ground in philosophy of science https://t.co/jkJiPimFnc
While the Church paints jesus as a Hindu god & cleverly gains acceptance in our homeland, these fools call intelligent approaches of these yogis to teach only the most universal aspects of Hinduism 1st, to be a "distortion". /2
They would rather go extinct than provide any room to flexibility. Any pro H zeal is bound to create counter movements in abrahamic religions in west. Eg. Mahesh Yogi's TM was subverted by church with "Centering Prayer" which is just repackaging of TM with a Christian mantra /3
Core issue lies here: For us (atleast me) Hinduism is frankly not primary. I love Hinduism cz of elements like yoga and not just cz I was born into a Hindu family. For them, Hinduism is primary simply bcz they were born into it./4
These trads live in their holes. They were critical of SV when he went to West, while doing nothing themselves. Their value is limited to preserving things, not realizing them.
What works is evident. 2day westerners hv slowly started accepting bhakti & other soft aspects too /5
I won't say they r more accepting then us. I hv interacted with them. They can be extremely insensitive on an average.
With large majority of Indians, issue is lack of exposure+ education.
That said: these trads are simply not subjectively conscious enough.
Great thread and discussion _/\_ one thing must be kept in view,that sv was preaching Hinduism and sowing the first seeds of hindu missionary zeal back at a time when modern liberal west was not so liberal,rather a bastion of Orthodox xtianity.
And even if I keep the issue of all this missionary or conversion factor aside,praising Christ should be a natural expression in any person who loves the beauty of humanity,just like the west has been greatly influenced by iskcon and Buddhist meditative traditions.
Perhaps, you misunderstood. This is what the great yogacarya, the guru of Pattabhi Jois & BKS Iyengar, said in his 1934 book. Foreigners, indeed, may have done more to promote & practice yoga than Indians, at least physical part of it, but some have denied its Indian roots. https://t.co/G7QzllPV16
The Max Muller Syndrome: Deceiving #Hindus (Part 2) https://t.co/bye7HMAIDo #antihindus #antihindu
Bhupen Hazarika’s songs in Odia https://t.co/mBBu1bRmMb https://t.co/IsOu013Kor
Admission to Ashram was on selective basis and some were directed to other gurus. Btw, my paper deals with individual destiny/choice. https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7 #SriAurobindo
Sri Aurobindo synthesizing Hegel, Nietzsche, Bergson, James, etc with a Judeo-Vedic Evolutionary paradigm should be considered pioneering. Of course, one has to step outside University offerings to discover such gems. Besides philosophy, his "Savitri" is a marvel. #SriAurobindo
Who's your favorite meta-philosopher, the one whose philosophizing about philosophy seems most on target to you? I think mine is Whitehead. The opening sections of Process and Reality are metaphilosophical gold.
Hitler and His God: The Background to the Nazi Phenomenon by Georges van Vrekhem is essential reading in this context which documents how intensely #SriAurobindo was involved in the whole exercise from the "tranquility" of his Ashram in Puducherry. https://t.co/niQNLfkLq4
Critical Posthumanism and Planetary Futures (Editors: Banerji, Debashish, Paranjape, Makarand R.) incorporating insights from Sri Aurobindo can be illuminating in this context. A number of Banerji's YouTube videos are also available. #SriAurobindo
[As described by Sri Aurobindo, the ultimate aim of existence is the Divinization of Matter. This is already referred to (as "the light of Adam Kadmon") in Lurianic Kabbalah (as Tikkun Olam) and by the Tamil Siddha Swami Ramalingam.] #SriAurobindo https://t.co/VmA2i12bnM
At the core of Sri Aurobindo's teaching is his line that Matter shall reveal the Spirit's face. So physical manifestation is the goal and intensity of aspiration on our part is the route. Hence no laxity in fighting obstacles; no indolent waiting. Arya literally means a fighter.
I think, you missed my point. In our path, both Krishna and Sri Aurobindo matter less. It's The Mother who reigns. This integration of Tantra and Vedanta is said to be the greatest contribution of Sri Aurobindo in the history of Indian wisdom. Suits prevailing gender sensitivity!
Spiral Evolution also means that progress is not continuous as civilisational downturns recur as encapsulated in the Vedic allusion to cows (light) stolen and their subsequent release by Divine intervention (or later day Avatar conceptualised in the Puranas & Gita). #SriAurobindo
Bhakti is almost absent in major Upanishads and therefore Gita was an innovation. But its thrust on surrender is different from what #SriAurobindo recommends. The Mother aspect becomes most potent upon Vedantic substratum. I sympathise with your love for Krishna but it's obsolete
You know it but just for the sake of thread: All life is Yoga signifies harnessing one's current capabilities, weaknesses notwithstanding. Traditional yoga defers everything till one's Realisation but Integral Yoga relies upon ongoing evolution. There is nothing like undeserving.
Those who pretend that there is no difference between Sri Aurobindo and Vivekananda or they can be harmonised are deluding themselves and others. Looking at Sri Aurobindo through the Hindu lens similarly is height of distortion. Accepting uniqueness of #SriAurobindo needs courage
Thanks for agreeing and that's really bold and daring for a Bengali. The day people in Bengal come out of hero worshipping Tagore, Subhas, and Vivekananda and recognise the significance of Sri Aurobindo's "escape" to Puducherry, it will be a new revolution and Evolutionary leap.
Tagore modelling Sandip in Ghore Baire broadly on Sri Aurobindo is the reason why the prejudice continues with some help from Leftist writers. Further, Sri Aurobindo is hardly considered as a Bengali since he wrote in English. So it's a Himalayan range of resistance against him!
The academic approach is to collect all past resources and it's a colossal labour. Sri Aurobindo's works on the other hand forms an efficient filter as well as a fine source of distilled wisdom. Whether one believes in what he says is secondary; being aware of his views is a must
Every word of Gita is of Vedic origin, yet even learned persons continue to ignore the Veda which is relegated to chanting or rituals. Sri Aurobindo inaugurated a new lease of life for the Veda which is being stoutly opposed by agents of tradition. It's a political battle for us.
At every step, Sri Aurobindo comes up with a critique of tradition or popular opinion. Be it history, politics, religion, or the Veda. Leftists avoided him and Hindutva votaries do the same now. Thus, a genuine critical tradition of scholarship has failed to develop in India.
Sentiments vary. One's opinion as Hindu or Muslim may clash with the Nationalist point of view. And, both positions can be at odds with Democratic principles. So, deciding what one espouses is important. Yes, there is that fourth level, the Market; all the three can put a spanner
Sri Aurobindo on The Ascent of Life in the evolutionary schemata https://t.co/hWoV2bp0kV
The Development of a Uniting Sentiment and Psychological Unity Helps Form Larger Societal Aggregates https://t.co/ddteYPawbA
Marketime: What is true indology? https://t.co/j81QmAddvE @NathTusar @GhorAngirasa @ArpanAgarwal3 @TIKU321 @Auro_Mere
This mire must harbour the orchid and the rose,
From her blind unwilling substance must emerge
A beauty that belongs to happier spheres.
#SriAurobindo ("SAVITRI")
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