Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Aurobindo's Influence
Sri Aurobindo comes at a very crucial moment in the history of thought when Marxist materialism, Nietzschean nihilism and Freudian vitali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Aurobindo's Evolutionary Philosophy
These philosophical and cosmological themes are applied to Sri Aurobindo's vision of cosmic and human evolution. He argues that mankind a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Aurobindo's Integral Yoga
The metaphysical teaching is balanced by a practical method, called Integral Yoga. Integral Yoga is so-called because it involves the syn...   » Read the article

Article - Sri Aurobindo: Evolutionary Ideas Of Sri Aurobindo  
Sri Aurobindo's insight and analysis of evolution are now part of the scientific and cultural landscape. But few scientists and artist...   » Read the article

Article - Mirra - The Mother: Paris To Pondicherry: Journey Of Discovery  
''All life is yoga,'' said Sri Aurobindo, referring to the work done not for the satisfaction of one's desires or ego but as an offeri...   » Read the article

Article - Sri Aurobindo And The Supramental Descent
Sri Aurobindos teachings and what he terms supramental descent explained by Kiara Windrider.   » Read the article

Article - Sri Aurobindo: Integral Yoga From Sri Arubindo's Synthesis Of Yoga
Sri Aurobindo, a scholar of India's spiritual-philosophical tradition, developed an original philosophy, which contained an evolutionary ...   » Read the article

Article - Enlightenment 2012: Kalki And The Golden Age � Chapter 1: The Search
In this first chapter of Kiara Windriders new book; �Enlightenment 2012: Kalki and the Golden Age�, Kiara is giving the background and ch...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: Enter The Goddess - Venus Transit 2004-2012
The Venus Transit will be a wonderful opportunity to plug into a major planetary shift that will have positive collective consequences fo...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: Venus Transit And The Global Oneness Celebration
The Global Oneness Celebration will be a wonderful opportunity to plug into a major planetary shift that will have positive collective co...   » Read the article

Article - Enlightenment: Journey Into Awakening (part 1)
Ever since I can remember stories of holy men and women in the mountaintops and forests of India living in enlightened states of divine u...   » Read the article

Article - Earth Changes And Planetary Transformation - The Supramental Awakening And Planetary Hope
Will we destroy ourselves in ecological catastrophe, human misery, and war? Seismologists and "sensitives" are increasingly talking about...   » Read the article

Article - Indigo Children: Children Of The New Dawn
Indigo Children, Super-Psychic Children, Violet Children, Children of OZ and Chrystal Children are all refering to children born with a n...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Of Freedom, Fate And Free Will
We seem to be free, to do that which we choose and not that which is chosen for us; but possibly, the freedom may be illusory; in fact...   » Read the article

Article - Enlightnement: Journey Into Awakening (part 2)
This is the second part of three articles covering Kiara Windriders many experiences of many teachers and spiritual traditions. Eve...   » Read the article

Article - Enlightenment: Journey Into Awakening (part 3)
This is the last part of the very personal journey of Awakening shared by the Author and teacher Kiara Windrider. Ever since I c...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Psychology: Spiritual Psychology And Samskara Shuddi
Spiritual Psychology is based on an understanding of humans being multi-layered entities with a mind, body and Soul. How do we awaken the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet,...   » Read the article

Article - Love And Happiness: Limitless Love Is Free Of Bondage
Detachment is not renunciation. It is a re-orientation of attitudes and lifestyles. It is a creative endeavour that involves a shift i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vital Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia - Vital Sri Aurobindo
Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia - The Mother
Mirra Alfassa (later Morisset and Richard), known as The Mother (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973), was the spiritual partner of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auroville: Encyclopedia - Auroville
Auroville is an international township, near Pondicherry in South India, whose sole purpose is to realize human unity in diversity. As of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga
Integral yoga or purna yoga (Full or complete yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindo's teachings to the union of all the parts of one's being with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia - Mind
The mind is the term most commonly used to describe the higher functions of the human brain, particularly those of which humans are subje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda: Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (Bangla: স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ, Hindi: स्वामी विवेकानन्द) (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Philosophy: Encyclopedia - Hindu Philosophy
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Hindu philosophy (one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Aurobindo's Influence
Sri Aurobindo comes at a very crucial moment in the history of thought when Marxist materialism, Nietzschean nihilism and Freudian vitali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Chinmoy: Encyclopedia - Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy (born 1931), originally Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, is an Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher (guru). He was the youngest of se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chittaranjan Das: Encyclopedia - Chittaranjan Das
Chittaranjan Das (C.R.Das) (Bangla: চিত্তরঞ্জন দাস), popularly called Deshbandhu) (November 25, 1870 - June 16,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Aurobindo's Evolutionary Philosophy
These philosophical and cosmological themes are applied to Sri Aurobindo's vision of cosmic and human evolution. He argues that mankind a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Aurobindo's Integral Yoga
The metaphysical teaching is balanced by a practical method, called Integral Yoga. Integral Yoga is so-called because it involves the syn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - The Mother
His closest collaborator in his yoga, Mirra Richard, was known as The Mother. She was born in Paris to Turkish and Egyptian parents and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - The Mother
His closest collaborator in his yoga, Mirra Richard, was known as The Mother. She was born in Paris to Turkish and Egyptian parents and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Final Conversion
His final conversion from an active nationalist into a profound Hindu sage and seer occurred while incarcerated for a year in the Alipur ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Early Experiences
Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Contribution To Hindu Philosophy
One of Aurobindo's main philosophical achievements was to introduce the concept of evolution into Vedantic thought. Samkhya philosophy ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Philosophical And Spiritual Writings
Integral organizations: Integral Institute Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies Integral University In 1914 after four years of concentrated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Divine Life On Earth
Sri Aurobindo's view of society and the emergence of a spirit-oriented future existence can be explained as follows: Beyond the physical-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Early Experiences
Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Final Conversion
His final conversion from an active nationalist into a profound Hindu sage and seer occurred while incarcerated for a year in the Alipur ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Contribution To Hindu Philosophy
One of Aurobindo's main philosophical achievements was to introduce the concept of evolution into Vedantic thought. Samkhya philosophy ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Philosophical And Spiritual Writings
Integral organizations: Integral Institute Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies Integral University In 1914 after four years of concentrated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo - Divine Life On Earth
Sri Aurobindo's view of society and the emergence of a spirit-oriented future existence can be explained as follows: Beyond the physical-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Aurobindo Ashram - The Early Ashram
In the early history of the ashram there was a regular routine. At 6:15 every morning The Mother appeared on the ashram balcony to initia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Meeting Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo remained in "material and spiritual correspondence" with the Richards for the next four years (Das 1978, p.121) . On 7 Marc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evolution Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Evolution Philosophy - Sri Aurobindo
Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Involution Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Involution Philosophy - Involution According To Sri Aurobindo
Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - The Mother Of The Ashram
On the 24 November 1926 (Siddhi Day) Sri Aurobindo reported himself to have had an important experience in which he realised the Overment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evolution Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Evolution Philosophy - Vernadsky's And Teilhard's Theories
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin independently formulated very similar theories describing the gradual develop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - The Physical Transformation
Sri Aurobindo said that in the Mother he found surrender to the Divine down to physical body itself, the cells of the body (not merely th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Auroville
In the 1960s, it was The Mother’s dream to create a place where humanity could seek the Divine without having to dredge for food and sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Involution Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Involution Philosophy - Basic Themes
The process by which the Many is created from out the Absolute is called the Involution. Once that process ends, the process of Evolution...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Involution Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Involution Philosophy - Involution According To Esoteric Cosmology
In Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Rosicrucianism, involution and evolution are part of a complex sequence of cosmic cycles, called Round. W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Early Life
Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Difficulties Facing The Biographer
There are a number of different narratives interwoven in Mirra's life, most dramatically the transformation of a girl from a non-religiou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Important Disciples
The Mother could not be said to have successors (although sometimes there have been such claims). But following the Mother's passing, a n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Evolution Towards Godhead
Spiritual evolution - A Common Vision. Although contemporaries, Sri Aurobindo and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin did not meet, or even seem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - German Idealism
The nineteenth century German philosophers inherited Kant’s overwhelmingly influential ontological framework, which had distinguished b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Occult Concepts Of Spiritual Evolution
Theories of Spiritual Evolution are important in many Occult and Esoteric teachings, which emphasise the progression and development of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Precursors To The Idea
Spiritual evolution - The Cyclic Cosmos. Mircea Eliade has suggested that in many pre-modern cultures one finds the concept of the Fall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Surat Shabda Yoga
Surat Shabda Yoga cosmology depicts the whole of creation (the macrocosm) as being emanated and arranged in a spiritually differentiated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - New Age Ideas
New Age thought is strongly syncretic and based on a superficial but creative interpretation of previous spiritual and esoteric tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Integral Philosophy And Spiral Dynamics
An interpretation of social and psychological development that could also be considered a theory of spiritual evolution is Spiral Dynamic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - The Yoga Of Synthesis
Sri Aurobindo describes the nature and practice of integral yoga in his opus The Synthesis of Yoga. As the title of that work indicates, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Other Integral Yogas
Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga is not to be confused with the Integral yoga of Swami Satchidananda, although the Satchidananda is thought ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Institute Of Integral Studies: Encyclopedia Ii - California Institute Of Integral Studies - The Name
The "Integral" of the school's name has nothing to do with mathematical integrals, but translates a technical term from the writings of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Integral Yoga - The Yoga Of Synthesis
Sri Aurobindo describes the nature and practice of integral yoga in his opus The Synthesis of Yoga. As the title of that work indicates, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Integral Yoga - Other Integral Yogas
Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga is not to be confused with the Integral yoga of Swami Satchidananda, although the Satchidananda is thought ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Theory Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Integral Theory Philosophy - Integral Theorists
Integral theory is a new and developing movement. Consequently, no member of a list of integral thinkers or artworks will be uncontrovers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intermediate Zone: Encyclopedia Ii - Intermediate Zone - Influence
Intermediate zone - Paul Brunton. Paul Brunton adopted Sri Aurobindo's concept of the "Intermediate Zone" as a source of delusion and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Philosophy - Hindu Philosophy: The Six Main Schools Of Thought
The philosophic and theological diversity of Hinduism is limitless, being nurtured by the fundamentally eclectic and liberal universalism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - Theories Of The Mind
There are many theories of what the mind is and how it works, dating back to Plato, Aristotle and other Ancient Greek philosophers. Pre-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - Nature Of The Mind
Both philosophers and psychologists remain divided about the nature of the mind. Some take what is known as the substantial view, and arg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - History Of The Philosophy Of The Mind
A leading exponent of the substantial view was George Berkeley, an 18th century Anglican bishop and philosopher. Berkeley argued that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - Current Research
The debate about the nature of the mind is relevant to the development of artificial intelligence. If the mind is indeed a thing separate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda: Encyclopedia Ii - Swami Vivekananda - Biography
Swami Vivekananda - Birth and Early life. Narendranath Dutta was born in Shimla Pally, Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 12 January 1863 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda: Encyclopedia Ii - Swami Vivekananda - Principles And Philosophy
Vivekananda was a renowned thinker in his own right. One of his most important contributions was to demonstrate how Advaitin thinking is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda: Encyclopedia Ii - Swami Vivekananda - Interaction With Contemporary Giants
Many years after his death, Rabindranath Tagore (a prominent member of the Brahmo Samaj) had said: If you want to know India, study Vivek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda: Encyclopedia Ii - Swami Vivekananda - Biography
Swami Vivekananda - Birth and Early life. Narendranath Dutta was born in Shimla Pally, Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 12 January 1863 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda: Encyclopedia Ii - Swami Vivekananda - Principles And Philosophy
Vivekananda was a renowned thinker in his own right. One of his most important contributions was to demonstrate how Advaitin thinking is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swami Vivekananda: Encyclopedia Ii - Swami Vivekananda - Interaction With Contemporary Giants
Many years after his death, Rabindranath Tagore (a prominent member of the Brahmo Samaj) had said: If you want to know India, study Vivek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind - Theories Of The Mind
There are many theories of what the mind is and how it works, dating back to Plato, Aristotle and other Ancient Greek philosophers. Pre-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Dasa - Symbolical And Spiritual Interpretations
Religious Hindu authors like Sri Aurobindo believe that words like Dasa are used in the Rig Veda symbolically and should be interpreted s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - The Aim Of Integral Yoga
Most yogas only develop a single aspect of the being, and have as their aim a state of liberation or transcendence. But the aim of integr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allegations Against Sathya Sai Baba: Encyclopedia Ii - Allegations Against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth Making
Other critics say that one of the many examples of lies and propaganda is his claim that he was born on 23 November, 1926, for the most p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Major Vedantic Gurus
Pre-modern Vedantins: Adi Shankara Bhaskara Vallabha Caitanya Nimbarka Baladeva Vidyabhushana Vacaspati Misra Suresvara Vijnanabhiksu Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrizia Norelli-bachelet: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrizia Norelli-bachelet - Books By Patrizia Norelli-bachelet
(PNB writes of the true dimensions of the Matrimandir and the significance of the dimensions in terms of the establishment of a New Age o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Integral Yoga - The Aim Of Integral Yoga
Most yogas only develop a single aspect of the being, and have as their aim a state of liberation or transcendence. But the aim of integr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Major Vedantic Gurus
Pre-modern Vedantins: Adi Shankara Bhaskara Vallabha Caitanya Nimbarka Baladeva Vidyabhushana Vacaspati Misra Suresvara Vijnanabhiksu Ba...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sri Aurobindo: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sri Aurobindo
Aurobindo Ghosh: (Sanskrit) A prolific Bengali writer and poet, pantheistic philosopher and yoga mystic, widely known as Sri Aurobindo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sri Aurobindo: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sri Aurobindo
Aurobindo Ghosh: (Sanskrit) A prolific Bengali writer and poet, pantheistic philosopher and yoga mystic, widely known as Sri Aurobindo (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sri Aurobindo Ghosh: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh: One of India's greatest yogis and spiritual writers, he was at first involved in the Indian freedom movement, but...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purna Yoga: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Purna Yoga
Purna Yoga Integral yoga initiated by Sri Aurobindo   (See also: Purna Yoga , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Integration: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Integration
integration (Aurobindo) Yogic transmutation of the many personalities that constitute a person   (See also: Integration , Bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Intergration: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Intergration
INTERGRATION - yogic transmutation of the many personalities that constitute and individual (Aurobindo) (NAD)   (See also: INT...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychic Being: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Psychic Being
PSYCHIC BEING - soul or spark of the Divine Fire supporting the individual evolution. (Aurobindo) (NAD)   (See also: PSYCHIC B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integral Yoga: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Integral Yoga
Integral Yoga System of yoga developed by Sri Aurobindo that stresses consciousness down into the ignorance of mind, life, and body t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integral Yoga: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Integral Yoga
INTEGRAL YOGA - system of yoga developed by Sri Aurobindo that stresses bringing supreamental power of divine consciousness down into ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integral Yoga: Alternative Health Dictionary On Integral Yoga
Integral Yoga (Purna-Yoga): System founded by Sri Ghose Aurobindo (1872-1950) and promoted by Rev. Sri Swami Satchidananda (Sri Gurude...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dr S Radhakrishnan: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Dr S Radhakrishnan
Radhakrishnan, Dr. S.: (Sanskrit) (1888-1975) A President of India (1962 to 1967), an outstanding philosopher, prolific writer, compel...   » Read the article