Satyakama and Upakoshala (I) Satyakama was now a Rishi, a brahmarṣi, a sage and seer who had realised the Truth. He was himself a teacher now, had his own Ashrama where the seekers and aspirants came to receive his instruction and guidance. Today I shall tell you something of the aim and method of Satyakama's work as teacher. Upakoshala Kamalayana, the son of Kamala, resided with Satyakama as a student of sacred lore for twelve years, tending his fires. What this tending of the fires really meant we shall learn as we proceed. There were other resident pupils along with Upakoshala; and after they had finished their twelve-year course, they wer

Parables from the Upanishads Nolini Kanta Gupta SRINVANTU 63, College Street, CALCUTTA - 700 073 Translated from the original Bengali by Sanat Kumar Banerjee 15 August 1979 Rs. 3.00 © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1979 Published by Srinvantu, 63 College Street, Calcutta-700 073 Printed at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry-605 002, India

Listen With Your Heart Welcome the Mother by Niranjan Guha Ray Copyright © 2006 by Amita Guha Roy First Edition Published in the U.S.A. by Bhaktiland i iii Om Sri Aurobindo saranam mama Om Douce Mère saranam mama Pranam, pranam, pranam Niranjan Guha Ray was born in East Bengal, now Bangladesh, in 30 May 1920. His family moved to New Delhi where he studied before joining the Indian Air Force as a pilot and career Officer. After the war as he said often himself that - "having realized that the war was not the solution," he r

Souvenirs When the inner gates are open The world becomes a figure and mould of the living Spirit, A home of delight, symbol-image of an impenetrable Mystery. All the bodies and forms reveal the divine Resident, The inconceivable Splendor, the Eternal multiple Being. Wherever we turn our gaze we meet only an ineffable Wonder. This world of double opposite terms, good and bad, sorrow and happiness, Life and death, day and night, God and demon, friend and foe Disappears in a glorious epiphany of supernal harmony. 48 Each face recalls a picture-gallery of a thousand souvenirs, Some snapshot images

O Vibration Supreme Far beyond all conceived universes Far beyond the Supreme Person Unsiezable, unknowable O Supreme Vibration Intimate, immovable, peace and silence absolute Consciousness, Substance, inalterable Presence in all manifestation O Thou, Supreme Vibration Beyond evil and goodness Thou, indivisible, Who supports and fulfills all forces, all forms. O Thou, untouchable O Supreme Vibration Thou who alone exists, beyond all existence, Soul of all existence, Thou, unconditionally, inexhaustible source, unknown origin Undiscoverable, Thou, forever unk

Elan I ride the wild winds and enjoy Flying over the green hills and dales, I rise like a rocket in the sky, Then dive into perilous seas for fun. All earth is my home, all people my own. In a flash I am where my hands are needed. I obey the command of my Sovereign, Mother Divine. I am Her faithful, fearless soldier on duty. Her Light gives a shine to my thoughts and emotions. Her Force makes me do what my soul most desires. Her Love gives me all I need in life and more. By Her Grace, a tiny spark becomes a giant Star. 86 - 87 The Divine Lov

Monday, July 26, 1926 I feel distinctly the overshadowing presence of a force above me. A small part of that force comes down and works in me. WHAT kind of work does it effect ? I cannot see very distinctly. It is a pressure that tries to expand. More than this I cannot say. Only, I feel that a small part only comes down. It also presses upon the physical mind and tries to calm and quiet it. There are two movements I make: one is to be passive and to open to that working. The other is to go above trying to unite with that force. I have then a sensation of broadening, of a vast and compact consciousness. It happened two or three times that I saw befo

Saturday, November 6, 1926 During the first part of the week I was disturbed by some movements of the vital which were possibly due to a hostile influence. And even when the possibility of the influence was removed some anxiety was still felt, due perhaps only to the novelty of the movement. But later this anxiety was thrown away and calm came again. The chief difficulty is always the activity of the mind. It is neither possible to quiet it completely nor to stand aside from it. Even when for some very short time it does not interfere with the concentration, it is not truly quiet and resumes its activity at the very first opportu­nity. It seems to me that if it were possible

PAVITRA Editor's Note These conversations were held from December 18, 1925 to November 20, 1926. Pavitra, a French engineer of the Polytechnic School, arrived at Pondicherry on the 17th of December, 1925, having come from a Mongolian lamasery where his spiritual search had driven him, after his having spent four years in japan. He never left Pondicherry again, where he lived for forty-four years in the service of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He left his body on May 16, 1969. These brief conversations were noted from memory, most of the time in French, except towards the end. Hence, they do not represent the exact words of the Master, but are as faithful a record as po

Monday, March 1, 1926 During the last week there has not been much progress. I can't manage to get out of my prison and my mind doesn't want to yield. There are two inner movements which I practise successively : first, whilst keeping the mind as calm as possible, I try hard to open my-self to a higher perception, to become aware of the supra-mental reality ; the other is to detach my inner being from action and from the mental level, to establish myself, as we say, in the supra-mental region. Are these two movements both right ? THEY seem to me to be two aspects, active and passive, of the same effort. But it is always with the mind that you make this effort. It is un