A letter from Sri Aurobindo to his younger brother Barin. April 7, 1920 Dear Barin, I have your letter, but have not succeeded in writing an answer till now. That I have even sat down to write now is a miracle; for me to write a letter is an event that takes place once in a blue moon - especially to write in Bengali, a thing I have not done for five or six years. If I can manage to finish this letter and put it in the post, the miracle will be complete! First, about your yoga. You wish to give me the charge of your yoga and I am willing to take it, but that means to give its charge to Him who is moving

-384_Sri Aurobindo's letter.html (Then Mother takes from the table by her side a few letters of SriAurobindo which she intends to publish, including these:) "The prestige of an institution claiming to bea centre of spirituality lies in its spirituality (Mother laughs), not in newspaper columns or famous people." This, I know, is about the Theosophical Society. I don't know whom he wrote it to. [[In fact, the text of this letter was given truncated to Mother. Sri Aurobindo was referring to the Ashram and not to the Theosophical Society. Here is the full text of the letter: "Queer idea all you fellows seem to have of the 'prestige' of the Asra

It was not by choice that I met all the four Asuras - it was a decision of the Supreme. The first one, whom religions call Satan, the Asura of Consciousness, was converted and is still at work. The second [the Asura of Suffering] annulled himself in the Supreme. The third was the Lord of Death (that was Theon). And the fourth, the Master of the world, was the Lord of Falsehood. page 367 - Mother's Agenda, volume 2, 5th Nov. - 1961

OM Sri Aurobindo Mira Open my mind, my heart, my life to your Light, your Love, your Power. In all things may I see the Divine. 16 July 1938 On Himself, 26.512 That's good. What do we do with all this? The first could make a message for the November darshan? For November, yes, that's very good. (Mother repeats) "The Light is closer to us ..." The other one could make a message for February? I don't much like my name in it. What about putting "Ma" [Mother] instead of "Mira"? But he put "Mira." I think you could put "Ma" instead of "M

If he comes, he must come with money, because the situation here is critical. We spend three times more than what we have, so ... It's a sort of constant miracle. And the expenses keep increasing. This morning, D. [[D. looks after the dining room and provisions. ]] told me he cannot go on. That's how it is. And then, the government is raising taxes in a proportion of one to ten - ten times more. So everything is like that. And we are faced with ... a hole. So I can't take new people anymore, except those who can not only meet their own needs but also help the Ashram a little. Things are very, very, very difficult. (long silenc

When X does his puja, I clearly see the particular form of the Mother he is invoking - I see her descending. page 213 , Mother's Agenda , volume 1 , 25th Oct. - 1958 Last night, I thought, 'My god! If I have to ...' Individually, with this one or that one, by selecting the best, I could get somewhere, but this ... this mass.' Swami had told me so - he told me immediately after his first meditation (collective meditation at the Ashram playground), he told me, 'The stuff is not good!' (Mother laughs) page 215 , Mother's Agenda , volume 1 , 2nd Nov. - 1958 Later on, when Sri Aurobindo left his body,

Outside there is a lot of trouble in town because of.. The university?[[A students' strike, public manifestations, parades (the government has had to close all the Pondicherry schools), protesting "Sri Aurobindo University," which was to be inaugurated for the Centenary.

(On January 18, Mother received the Dalai Lama. It should be noted that Mother had long ago admitted a number of Tibetan refugees to the Ashram and Auroville.) Anything to say? I'd be curious to know what you felt with the Dalai Lama? A truly benevolent man. Buddhist benevolence, you know, and he practices it marvelously. Very benevolent - he's very benevolent. I was told something (I don't know if it's true), he is reported to have said, "Sri Aurobindo and the Mother are the most important personalities in the world today" - I don't know if it's true. He seems

/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 necessar