Talks in Hindi

When we see the creation and man outwardly, there is no hope. But when we see the creation and the power that has created it, the truth that dwell in the creation, we have all the reason to Hope. The Mother had physically experienced the truth in the depth of inconscient. Savitri is the living word and real experiences of The Mother and the Master. The divine truth and knowledge is hidden in every...

Yoga means union with the Divine. This union may be in the essence or in the manifestation as well. People ask about the process to do yoga. Of all the various paths Bhakti is the shortest, the swiftest, the crown of all paths and anyone with devotion reading a Scripture comes in the direct contact of the consciousness and vibration of the book or the author. That is the logic behind the well-know...

Unlike the animal world, man’s evolution takes place primarily inwardly, in his inner consciousness. Following the logic of nature it is inevitable that after this inner evolution reaches a certain ceiling, there is bound to be an outer evolution as well. A new form, superhuman so to say, is bound to appear as a last result of human evolution. However, it takes time for a seed to germinate in dark...

This talks based on the Canto titled ‘The Issue’ from Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri. Here Sri Aurobindo has raised the question through Savitri whether destiny can be altered. The death of Satyavan is destined to Savitri. But she refuses to accept it blindly. She fights the inevitable with the strength of her soul. This is our India where we are taught that there is a power in us which is much...

When the whole world was in the midst of thick ignorance, the Divine Mother descended on earth, took a human birth and also physically took the burden of humanity. The birth of Savitri symbolizes this unique phenomenon. Though she took a human birth, she was not limited to human pettiness. She never forgot why she came. With all the high and wide consciousness, she accepted the human life and its...

After writing most of the major works like Synthesis of yoga, Ideal of human unity, The Life Divine etc, Sri Aurobindo was preparing the humanity for something special, for a unique Light of Consciousness that had never manifested so far. It was this supreme gift that He gave to man in the form of Savitri. Savitri is the story of God written by God himself, His and Her human birth, their growth an...

Classical yogas say that behind this transient creation, there is eternal Brahma. The outer nature is the temporary covering. Sri Aurobindo brought a new revelation that this transient creation too holds within itself a divine possibility. By purifying and offering it to the Divine Mother with a persistent and sincere aspiration it can be transformed to become a flawless, faithful and perfect inst...

Taking birth in this earth is not a sin as believed in many religions, rather it is a golden opportunity to grow with the unique divine portion in man called ‘the Psychic’. Because of psychic being, man can aspire, surrender oneself to the divine and achieve the higher state which is difficult even for the gods. India has taught the world that man can and must love God. Fear of God is very primiti...

In the domain of mind truth can be explained and understood to an extent, but the complete truth cannot be achieved as truth remains beyond mind. This is so because  the mind is a finite instrument created by nature for her inferior play whereas Truth is infinite. There is a range of consciousness and in each level truth manifests according to the possibility of manifestation. In mental level, the...

Gita is not a book of philosophy, it is a book of yoga. Gita synthesizes many individual paths that merge into the Gita as rivers pour into the sea. It accepts human life and work but shows a new way to deal with it. Our life and work are path towards freedom and ananda, but now they are governed by ignorance. Gita expounds us to establish wisdom in the place of ignorance. Gita explains what Dharm...

Gita prepares us for a yajna, where the whole life is offered to the divine so that the divine ananda can fulfill our life. For that Sri krishna holds our hand and shows us the way through Karmayoga, bhaktiyoga, Jnana yoga. Life is a journey from lower nature to super-nature. Ordinary life works in the grip of lower nature. Life gets purified slowly when it is lived the way Gita says. Constant rem...

There are three things in works – (1) the Instrument (2) the Worker (the force or power using the instrument) (3) the Master (for whom the work is done). Human being has many elements like physical body, mind, life energy and soul. The mind, life and body are the instruments of the soul even though they have been used by the ego until the soul awakens and takes charge of its house. Therefore purif...

What is the relation between knowledge and work? Generally we do works under the influence of nature and with ignorance. We do almost everything for our ego which binds us. Work done in this way does not liberate us. We have to understand this and try to do works in a way that would lead us towards knowledge and liberation. When work is done with knowledge, one does not do the work for one’s ego b...

Gita gives us a vast and great understanding of work and the motive behind it. There is deva sampada or divine riches and another kind of riches that belong to the Asura or the titan in man.  One has to be very careful in the attitude towards life and its happenings. Nonviolence, absence of anger, peace, kindness, to excuse, fearlessness, purity of temperament, steadfastness for knowledge, offerin...

The traditional idea about karma is that karma creates bonds. Whatever work we do, it brings result and by result, it binds. But who is the original creator of karma? It is the divine. He is both unmanifest and manifest. Manifestation is the way of expression and karma to His unmanifested being. Creation gets a chance of ananda by birth, growth and realization of this divine truth. Nature does the...

There are questions where it is asked that if supramental power is working, why it is not visible widely. The answer could be long, but certain aspects are already visible as early signs. The power does not work the way we expect rather  it works in accordance with the truth. Media mostly focus on political developments and negative news. It has yet to grow to see the Truth. Advertisement is detri...

One aspect which is given importance in Sri Aurobindo Ashram is service or seva. Any work, done in concentration and remembrance with offering it to the divine becomes sadhana and the way of liberation. All the work can be divine work and seva if it is done in the spirit of offering and joy of doing. The works that lead us to the harmony, truth, ananda, beauty, peace, unity, progress in a general...

We live a life with some idea of God and sadhana. These ideas are basically plays of our mind. The reality remains unknown till the sadhak experiences Grace. Yoga shatters the falsehood in the adhara and opens a channel of true knowledge. Here seva of Divine takes the lead role to purify the adhara and bring about the realization. Unselfish and dedicated service brings all necessary devotion and k...

After many revelations and great experiences, Aswapati, the seer-yogi, the divine representative in man, reaches the summit doors of the Supreme Here all the possibilities, the knowledge that none has known and the power and bliss that none can taste begin to pour in him.  He receives all the divine riches. Any ordinary yogi would be more than satisfied with these spiritual gains. But Aswapati has...

Savitri shows the highest consciousness man can reach. She also shows the way to achieve it. Man is the son of immortality and if he wants, that possibility can open its doors for him. In Savitri Sri Aurobindo not only reveals that secret but shows us how to establish that consciousness and takes us far ahead to the golden future destiny of man. To manifest the New Consciousness, man needs to prep...

We accept life at it presents itself to us and hardly ponder over anything deeper by way of purpose and meaning other than what we are commonly accustomed to think. This sealed and secret purpose is engraved within our soul which is the divine portion in us. Our ancestors, the great rishis and mighty souls like Anusuya, Markandeya, Nachiketa, Satyakama, and Savitri achieved this great truth and de...

All the knowledge, experiences and achievements of humanity so far are just the preparation for the New Manifestation which the Mother and Sri Aurobindo brought into the earth consciousness. The advent of this New Consciousness is impelling many receptive and ready souls and they feel the pressure of it. Whatever path we follow, the goal of humanity is sealed and sooner or later it is going to hap...

Yoga is not any process, technique or formula for health and fitness. That may come and does come as one of the fall outs of the yoga, but that is not the central thing. Methods and techniques are at best just preparations for the yoga.  Yoga unfolds the true possibilities of our life. Nature, though derived from divine reality, covers the possibility as man is not ready yet; nature takes him thro...

When the individual is ready enough and receptive, any word or incident could be a catalyst for the self-awakening. There are many examples of this in India’s spiritual history. Tulsidas is a very fine example of this who was awakened by the sharp words of his wife. But by then his inner self was ready and waiting for a divine touch. But what is the way of a seeker? The Mother says that the seeker...

The Scriptures mention about the cycles of Time or yugas as they are called in India through which humanity evolves in a spiral manner. But there are also spaces of Time when there is the Divine Intervention, either directly as the Avatara or indirectly through the Vibhutis to hasten the process. The advent of truth has found its way often by mighty divine personalities and reduced the span of tim...