Prudence “Good shot!” The cry rang out as the young Indian let fly his arrow and hit his mark. “Yes,” someone said, “but it is broad daylight. The archer can see his target. He is not so skilled as Dasaratha.” “And what does Dasaratha do?” “He is Sabdabhedi.” “What is that?” “He shoots by sound.” “What do you mean?” “Well, he can shoot in the dark. At night he goes out into the jungle and listens, and when he has judged, from the sound of wings or footsteps, what kind of game he has encountered he lets fly his arrow and hits it as surely as if he had shot by day.” T

The Olympic Rings It has been officially stated that the five rings of the symbol of the Olympic Games represent the five continents, but no special significance has been attached to the colour of the rings, nor has there been any intention of allotting a specific colour to each continent. Nevertheless, it is interesting to study these colours and to find out what meaning they may have and what message they may convey. It is quite well known that each colour has its significance, but the meanings attached to the various colours by different interpreters vary and are often conflicting. There does not seem to exist any universally accepted classification of these significances

A DECLARATION Sri Aurobindo withdrew from politics; and, in his Ashram, a most important rule is that one must abstain from all politics ― not because Sri Aurobindo did not concern himself with the happenings of the world, but because politics, as it is practised, is a low and ugly thing, wholly dominated by falsehood, deceit, injustice, misuse of power and violence; because to succeed in politics one has to cultivate in oneself hypocrisy, duplicity and unscrupulous ambition. page 127-128 , Words Of The Mother Volume-13 , CWMCE

I did not feel the necessity of informing Sri Aurobindo’s disciples that the Ashram is not a place to follow the silly habit of fooling people on the first of April. But now I see that some of the inmates have taken advantage of my silence to indulge in such stupidities, and I am sorry for it. Page 273, Words of The Mother, vol -15 4 June 1960

French will continue to be taught in the Ashram, at least so long as I am here, because Sri Aurobindo, who loved French very much and knew it very well, considered it to be an essential part of the knowledge of languages. Sri Aurobindo loved French very much. He used to say that it was a clear and precise language, whose use encouraged clarity of mind. From the point of view of the development of the consciousness, that is precious. In French, one can say exactly what one wants to say. Blessings. 19 October 1971 Page – 322, vol -12, On Education To unite East and West, to give the best of one to the other and make a true synthesis, a university will be estab

Have you ever seen a tree growing, a palm tree? There is one in the Ashram courtyard, in the Samadhi courtyard, quite close to the door by which you come up every day, have you never seen how it grows? *This tree, you know, is some forty, forty-five or fifty years old perhaps. You see how small it is. These trees can become even much taller than the building. They can live several hundred years, easily, in their natural state, if there is no accident.* Have you never seen what it does? I see it from above. It is quite pretty. It happens once a year. At first, you see a kind of small brown ball. Then this small brown ball begins to grow and becomes slightly lighter in colour, l

Mother, for instance, on certain days of the year we have Lakshmi-puja, Mahakali-puja, and all that... That's because it amuses you, my children! But on these days you give us blessings also! Yes, because that amuses you! (Laughter) Eh? You give us blessings only to amuse us? Come now! It pleases you; I said “amuses”; it's... I was disrespectful; but it's because it pleases you. Mahakali day, for instance... Yes, yes, sometimes Kali comes three days earlier or four days later or at some other time in the year. She is not necessarily there on that very day; a

-070_Sri Aurobindo's symbol.html SRI AUROBINDO'S SYMBOL The descending triangle represents Sat-Chit-Ananda. The ascending triangle represents the aspiring answer from matter under the form of life, light and love. The junction of both – the central square – is the perfect manifestation having at its centre the Avatar of the Supreme – the lotus. The water – inside the square – represents the multiplicity, the creation. 4 April 1958 page 29, vol -13, Words of The Mother , CWMCE

Greetings from Auroville to all men of good will. Are invited to Auroville all those who thirst for progress and aspire to a higher and truer life. 28 February 1968 page 199 , Word of The Mother , vol - 13 The aims of Auroville An effective human unity Peace upon earth Auroville the City at the service of Truth 28 February 1968 page 198 , Word of The Mother , vol - 13