Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
The 66th webinar of the Thinkers’ Club was held recently on the zoom platform. The topic of the discussion was on the “Yogic Philosophy” of Sri Aurobinda. Madhusudan Mahapatra from the Pondicherry Ashram joined the meet as the chief speaker. He spoke elaborately about the different stages of yoga practice described by Yogi Sri Aurobinda.
Prasad Tripathy from the Matru Bhawan, Cuttack, who presided over the meet, said Sri Aurobindo had said India would lead the world in future. Club president Barada Prasanna Das coordinated.
[PDF] Great Thinkers of India: A Study of Biographical Sketch and Educational Implications on Education System in Modern India
SC Gorain
… Apart from all these great thinkers, there are also some great thinkers like Sri
Aurobindo, APJ Abdul Kalam, Vidyasagar etc. They have also made a great impact
on the life of every Indian. As Kalam has brought innumerable changes by …
Aurobindo, APJ Abdul Kalam, Vidyasagar etc. They have also made a great impact
on the life of every Indian. As Kalam has brought innumerable changes by …
[HTML] Achara Rasayana: A substantial reference that can determine character formation in children
N Ganga, A Baburaj, SL Abhishek - Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical …, 2023
Character, being an aggregate of physical & mental traits that can distinguish and
individualize a person, marks its emergence right from early childhood. Since
formation of character is a gradual process, influence of parents, teachers, friends …
individualize a person, marks its emergence right from early childhood. Since
formation of character is a gradual process, influence of parents, teachers, friends …
Approval and Dissent, on Secularism: The Basics
S Bangstad - Secular Studies, 2023
… has in the course of the destruction of the Babri Masjid by Hindutva mobs and the
Hindutva-orchestrated pogroms against Muslims in Gujerat in 2002 … rule and
dominance by the upper-caste brahmin class which has been brought to full and …
Hindutva-orchestrated pogroms against Muslims in Gujerat in 2002 … rule and
dominance by the upper-caste brahmin class which has been brought to full and …
Possibility of Politics in India: Democracy Against a Democratic State
A Jain - 2023
This book is an attempt to find new ways of inter-disciplinary theorisation about this
moment when both the unitary idea of the Indian nation and the bureaucratic dream
of a centralised Indian state are falling apart. At this juncture, the Indian state has two …
moment when both the unitary idea of the Indian nation and the bureaucratic dream
of a centralised Indian state are falling apart. At this juncture, the Indian state has two …
Review Essay on Jacques Berlinerblau, Secularism: The Basics
V Verma - Secular Studies, 2023
… These questions have become pressing as nominally secular and liberal
politicians have recently started to reach out to Hindu culture, narratives, and
symbols, even reframing all kinds of secular values or secular leaders as part of …
politicians have recently started to reach out to Hindu culture, narratives, and
symbols, even reframing all kinds of secular values or secular leaders as part of …
[HTML] Cheat Sheet for Political Secularism and Secular Studies
J Berlinerblau - Secular Studies, 2023
… Similarly, Professor Bangstad observes: “conservative Christian lobby groups in
the USA, state Islamists in Turkey, or the Hindutva movement in power in India, are
with great deliberation using mischaracterizations of secularism as a form of atheism …
the USA, state Islamists in Turkey, or the Hindutva movement in power in India, are
with great deliberation using mischaracterizations of secularism as a form of atheism …
[PDF] Realism about Indian Higher Education
P Altbach - International Higher Education, 2023
… The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government’s Hindutva ideology, especially its
anti-Muslim rhetoric and activism, is without question a hindrance to global higher
education collaboration. There are numerous examples of visa denials, such as the …
anti-Muslim rhetoric and activism, is without question a hindrance to global higher
education collaboration. There are numerous examples of visa denials, such as the …
“Unfortunately, we have little evidence to show that our present education system has actually fuelled rational thinking. We don’t actually have a system that encourages us to think, debate and question,” Avinash Patil told
The learning actually produced by contemporary education involves no more than an ability and the will to read the newspapers and advertisements. This is a language of exclusively external relationships, a tradesman’s tongue.
#WrestlersProtest against sexual harrasment tarnishes India's image, says IOA president PT Usha. This "India's image" school of thought assumes beautiful image is more important than ugly reality and also lives in the 19th Century idea of suppressing truth to uphold power
There's a harem of media anchors each competing with other to attract the affections of the reigning monarch. Each one showing loyalty and showering praise, promising the moon. They accept indifferent glances as infinite blessing, a silver tongue swapped in exchange for a spine
Remembering Arun Shourie's book-'Commissioner for Lost Causes'-Ramnath Goenka entered I&B Minister VC Shukla's office during Emergency when Govt decided to took over Indian Express-"Your father was a nice man .You seems to be not his son.I misunderstood your mother #journalism
Not dropping names, but many "Dharmic" accounts you see online are neo-liberals in real life that engage in things like premarital intercourse, drinking alcohol, etc among many other things that would be frowned upon under traditional norms.
Land of Khajuraho/Kamasutra & Gods drinking som rasa considers premarital sex & alcohol as “not dharmik” ?- those are Victorian 19th century morals not Hindu ones
A requiem for Galileo.
By negating the fundamentals of biology so brazenly, the Chief Justice of India is not only siding with anti-science cultists, he is one step away from celebrating disease as diversity. My views, on how the bench is the new church:
SG Mehta: Kindly visualise this- from the very beginning I am attracted to those persons who are mentioned in the degree of prohibited relationships. Incest is not uncommon but it is prohibited worldwide.
#MarriageEquality #SupremeCourtofIndia #SameSexMarriage
SG Mehta: But I'm attracted to my sister. We are consenting adults entering into activities within privacy. And we claim our right of autonomy, right of choice...based on that, can someone not challenge that why this restriction?
#MarriageEquality #SupremeCourtofIndia
This argument has driven the people who believe in 'love without any boundaries' into frenzy. But there is probably no better way to underline the point that marriage is rooted in certain social and religious axioms and unhindered choice can't undermine those.
nirupama rao echoes the #harvard #deepstate #regimechange #toolkit for #india. this is in #foreignaffairs magazine. not even a wee bit different from the NYpravda/financialpravda/the warmongerist/vdem/freedomhouse spiel. and she is a former indian diplomat. #nehruvianstalinist
More “AI” becomes powerful, more one wonders about consciousness including human sentience. Billions of years of evolution and we are not even sure about the inflexion. Yet science cannot explain it except as one more onion layer. Of course nor can any other field. Except wonder.
Even if we try to approach the free will vs determinism equation from the physics side instead of the philosophy one, and one can use many quantum/randomiser aspects, one still can’t understand consciousness of course without which free will however limited makes no sense anyway.
Replying to
Whitehead's 'Modes of Thought' makes some important contributions to this topic (seasoned by the failure of the logicist project of 'Principia Mathematica' a few decades earlier).
Watching videos is gaining popularity rather than reading books or articles. Top scholars on The Mother & Sri Aurobindo flourishing an interdisciplinary approach are Ananda Reddy, Debashish Banerji, Dr. Ramesh Bijlani, Dr. Soumitra Basu and Dr. Alok Pandey.
Feel Philosophy: A giant leap for Indology and Vedic sciences
feelphilosophy.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-gian
Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005) and Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006).
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
