Talks in English

This talk given as part of a webinar organised by Utkal University touches upon the future of humanity in the context of the widespread shuffle we see going on the world over it. The talk is followed by question and answers related to the subject and briefly touches upon the future of religions, ideologies, education etc.

This brief talk is about Sri Aurobindo’s work and vision for India.

This talk focuses on education of the vital and the ways and means to help change this recalcitrant part. It deals with the sources of energy that we use and character of the changes. After the talk there were few questions also taken up such as how to deal with obstinate problems with this part of nature, tapping into higher sources of energy, difference between rational and psychic control, psyc...

This talk by Dr Alok Pandey takes up different aspects of healing that exist within us and activating them in life. A part of a webinar organized by Sri Aurobindo Society in Pondicherry.

This short talk picks up a beautiful leaf from Savitri (p. 393) when Savitri following her quest for the perfect partner who would share her work and mission meets Satyavan. Here we have a wonderful description of Satyavan that we can read in the wake of the event of 29th March 1914 when the Mother met Sri Aurobindo for the first time.

A webinar on Perseverance, a much needed quality for the yoga. A question on obstinacy is also taken up in the end.

This talk by Dr Alok Pandey takes up the subject of life and death as seen from a spiritual perspective. Followed by questions ‘Practical means to find the soul,’ ‘Physics and metaphysics’, ‘Buddhist and other perspectives of the individual soul’.

Q&A session, following the talk “Dealing with Depression”. Topics include need in moments of silence, solar eclipse, and biological depression.

This talk, delivered as a video conference, touches upon some of the causes of depression and ways and means to prevent it.

This talk by Dr Alok Pandey takes up some of the attitudes such as equanimity in the practice of yoga.

This talk by Dr Alok Pandey touches upon some of the processes through which spiritual evolution takes place.

A Questions and Answers session with Dr Alok Pandey. Questions include (1) who created the Creator, (2) achieving unity from within outwards, (3) physics, science and spirituality, (4) imagination and reality, (5) our role in the various challenges and threats to the earth.

This talk by Dr Alok Pandey focuses on different changes we see in the world, which are signs of an emergent new creation and progressive spiritualisation of the human race.

This discussion centers around the key psychological elements and practices of the Integral Yoga. It mainly focuses on Aspiration, Sincerity, Humility, Rejection, Trust and Surrender as they come together to help us navigate through the journey of Yoga.

This talk is about origin and meaning of this creation, and the long preparation, signs of coming and eventual birth of the New Creation. 

This talk by Dr Alok Pandey is centered around the inner methods of understanding human nature. It was the process undertaken by ancient Indian mystics whose records give us such profound insights into human nature. Some processes discussed are self-study, self-reflection, observing the complexity of nature, the true psychic center within us, states of consciousness and an integrated spiritual liv...

An interactive online session on the Integral Yoga by Dr Alok Pandey with participants of Purnam Svadhyaya 2.0, an online Integral Studies Programme https://www.svadhyaya.auroville.org/. The subjects include Sanatana Dharma, concentration in the heart, transformation, rejection and other topics taken in the light of the Integral Yoga. 

This talk touches upon physical, biological, psychological, occult and spiritual dimensions of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

This talk was given at the inaugural session of a flower exhibition in Savitri Bhavan, Auroville. It touches upon the interesting subject of flowers and their symbol and significance as revealed by the Mother.

The 10th Dr M. V. Nadkarni Memorial Lecture, recorded on Feb 19, 2020 at Savitri Bhavan, Auroville. This talk is based on the story of the Divine Mother as it unfolds in Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri.

This talk is centered around the problem of harmony and the means to create it. Following the talk there are Q & A related to how far one should go in creating harmony in relationships, in following one’s own truth, in dealing with the terminally ill. 

This is an interactive session with a group of seekers from Brazil. Some of the questions taken up include India, Auroville, Ashram, Freedom, Present condition of the world, Suffering, Compassion.

This talk deals with some practical aspects of psychology as it relates to life problems, counselling etc., approached from a spiritual perspective, and is followed by Q&A.

Dr Alok Pandey in an interactive session with school students. Subjects include decisions, impulses and resolutions in everyday life.

This session is centered around the practice of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga, including the Savitri epic.