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 Collated X posts, in original, by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Savitri Era: Savitri Era Religion is a viable alternative

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Collated X posts, in original, by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006) and President, Savitri Era Party

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

Nehruvian ethos was ruling in the last century and everyone tried to be tolerant and accommodative but with the rise of Hindutva in this century, fanaticism and insolence has become common. But when it comes to scholarship due humility and respect for alternative voices essential. 

Bande Mataram was written for undivided Bengal and its full implications have not been realised till date. Why should religion or any other geopolitical factor be responsible for dividing a well constituted linguistic and cultural nation is difficult to understand. Rethink needed! 

Why and how Sri Aurobindo left politics is well documented, but one handle is constantly accusing him for that. He is not willing to appreciate his achievements either. Real reason seems to be Sri Aurobindo disapproves Subhas Bose aligning with Hitler. So, he has to be denounced.

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo were absolutely confident about humanity moving in its evolutionary journey towards a sublime future. Although education is harnessed for inculcating morality in the society a change of consciousness lifting mankind to a higher state is the ultimate way

Savitri Era Religion requires unalloyed allegiance towards The Mother & Sri Aurobindo which is essential for collaboration with the evolutionary forces. It also necessitates getting rid of narrow identities which bind and limit consciousness. Integral education is geared for this. 

Savitri Era Party is of the opinion that the Constitution of India in its true spirit can be implemented only if the country follows The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. High ideals enshrined in it can not materialise without a genuine upward evolutionary push in collective consciousness.

I avoid canvassing for spirituality or yoga in relation to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. Even, personal growth seems to me to be bordering on some sort of false promise. Reading their books leads to acquiring philosophical knowledge from which varieties of benefits can be derived.

The Human Cycle is the most important book of political theory, of the last century, in India but scholarly works are meagre in which it has been referred to. It's pitiable that many are following Ambedkar, Periyar, or Savarkar instead of the evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo.

Each person is a tip of the iceberg as poets and writers portray the psychological depths. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo reveal much more dimensions to it leading to their divine origin. Savitri is replete with descriptions of such nature where the esoteric and the factual converge.

Writings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo cover diverse subjects like philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, history, religion, education, management, English literature, Sanskrit literature, Bengali literature, cultural studies, journalism, and futurology. 

Odia is certified as the only classical language in the whole of north India apart from Sanskrit which is pan-Indian. ସଂସ୍କୃତ (ଯାହା ସର୍ବ ଭାରତୀୟ ଅଟେ) ବ୍ୟତୀତ ସମଗ୍ର ଉତ୍ତର ଭାରତରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଏକମାତ୍ର ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ଭାଷା ଭାବରେ ପ୍ରାମାଣିକତା ହାସଲ କରିଛି। Beauty of its script and pronunciation, great.

India and the world are facing myriad problems and these can't be solved unless there's conscious consent to follow The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. Their writings are available in seventy volumes which have transformative power. It's a task for all those who are involved in education. 

Savitri Era Religion is more concerned about cosmic powers and evolutionary forces than personal welfare in consonance with the Vedic aspiration for harmony and Immortality. Surrender to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is an essential condition for accelerating descent of Supramental.

Many think of Sri Aurobindo for quotable quotes, but reading his books and appreciating his prose should be a common practice for any educated person. Besides, the kind of emancipatory thoughts he teaches can be a life's turning point for many individuals.

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Culture and education impart many misconceptions and prejudices. Even, philosophy is full of false theories. Writings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are the only secure route to discover genuine knowledge about the world and one's own life. It has also transforming effect of yoga.

Physical, vital, mental, and psychic; these are the broad four levels of consciousness of which we are composed of, according to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. These are reflections of the Sat, Chit, Ananda, and Vigyana layers of consciousness which are part of the Divine existence.

Just noticed that Savitri Bhavan, Auroville is not mentioning the name of Sri Aurobindo in the description of its YouTube videos as a result of which search results are not showing them. I regularly collate new info in my many blogs like Aurora Mirabilis.

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo conceive yoga as practical psychology without relying on any religion. Emotional refinement and modulation is suggested as a means for climbing up the ladder of consciousness. But grace is indispensable for progress and hence surrender to them is a must. 

People of India are suffering due to a huge joint family. Any small incident anywhere keeps 1.4b people stressed. Granting Sovereignty to States can solve many problems including reservations. #FiveDreams of Sri Aurobindo foresees a #WorldUnion and India should turn a federation.

What happens, including politics, is dictated by evolution. It's not its whims or caprices. It, as Sri Aurobindo shows, has a definite plan and a peculiar system of execution. Therefore, the happenings seem to lack symmetry or rationality. But, it's the return journey to harmony.

Philosophy has been consigned to a remote corner by the Universities but banishing philosophy from life would be catastrophic. Historians conspired to banish Sri Aurobindo from text books but his philosophy marches with flying colours even after 110 years.

Ontology of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo lays down that the psychic being of a person determines his or her destiny irrespective of any reward or punishment owing to karma. This is to acquire varieties of experience over different lives. So to be sad or happy for fate is immaterial. 

This century has seen Indians reaching new heights in every field but somehow something is preventing them from accessing superior knowledge of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. Books are available free online and videos are being uploaded everyday but a formidable resistance operates.

Congress and the Left conspired to keep Sri Aurobindo out in the last century and in the current century, Hindutva on the one hand and Ambedkar/Periyar on the other can be blamed for scant reception of him. Savitri Era Party is trying to convince people of his political relevance. 

Writing in the Indian Express on March 21, 2002, Mangesh V. Nadkarni had identified several reasons for Sri Aurobindo’s Opposition. Although they seem to be true even today, lack of adequate publicity by institutions dedicated to him, also, is responsible.

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A was supporter of BJP but now he is against and being trolled. B and C were doing podcasts together but now they don't see eye to eye. D was publisher and E was writing coloumns. Today they fight like cats and dogs. The RW is in a terrible state but it's wholesome entertainment!

The Meeting of the East and the West in Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy by Sisir Kumar Maitra is available online.

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The first chapter deals with Value-centric Outlook of Indian Philosophy as against Western Philosophy is Existential and Theoretical, Intellectual

Savitri Era Party demands that two terms should be maximum for anyone occupying Constitutional office. Beyond that survival instinct develops and sycophancy creeps in. To assume that no one is capable of replacing a person who already has ruled for ten long years flouts democracy. 

Their books are physical symbols of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo and reading them amounts to collaboration with evolution. Visiting Centres and participating in collective meditation can enhance aspiration, but one should be cautious against too much of socialisation or attachment.

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are the one Supreme Divine who are always present and are in charge of the evolution. Current affairs are working out of ignorance from out of millions of probabilities floating in Hiranyagarbha and hence, some parochial pet wishes may not be fulfilled.

Worshipping The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is a protest against all old religions and allied rituals and mythologies. Rejecting past conventions is indispensable for ushering in a new future. Conscious collaboration with evolution can accelerate descent of Supramental consciousness.

Savitri Era Religion doesn't recommended any kind of alternative knowledge system or healing procedure so that devotees don't fall prey to the growing empire of quackery. Reading The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's writings and drawing the right lessons on scientific basis is necessary.

Hindutva adherents seem to be on overdrive for spreading misinformation about The Mother & Sri Aurobindo vis-à-vis recent happenings. Savitri Era Party doesn't believe in any India or Hindu-centric scenario since The Life Divine doesn't foresee such a prospect. So, caveat emptor!

Auroville was mentioned in Lok Sabha for wrong reasons. It's strange that complaints against it are being treated so casually when its administration is directly under the govt. Savitri Era Party however demands that Auroville be returned to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's devotees.

Very few like Tara Jauhar are present today who received direct guidance and love from The Mother. Her father, Surendra Nath Jauhar, is the founder of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch. His book, My Mother contains many interesting anecdotes apropos various facets of The Mother.

Apart from English, there are many books relating to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo in other Indian languages. When Ke Ei Ma by Pashupati Bhattacharya was published in Bengali, it became very popular and was translated into different languages. Nama-Japa by Ramkrishna Das is another.

K.D. Sethna (Amal Kiran), Arabinda Basu, and Jugal Kishore Mukherjee received Auro-Ratna Award in 2010. Robi Gupta, Kireet Joshi, and Prithwindra Mukherjee for 2011. Prema Nandakumar and Shraddhavan for 2012. Ananda Reddy 2013, Shobha Mitra 2014, Manoj Das 2015, Chitra Bose 2016.

Tara Jauhar 2017, Aster Patel 2018, Ardeshir S. Dalal 2019, R.Y. Deshpande and Shyam Kumari 2022 received the Auro Ratna Award instituted by Overman Foundation (founded by Anurag Banerjee) in 2010.

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It also awards Bulbul Mukherjee Smriti Puraskar for women.

Modernity and democracy won't sustain with hypocrisy. Morality is essential, and therefore The Mother & Sri Aurobindo exhorted for following the path of yoga. Understanding their philosophy of evolution provides the necessary conviction for adhering to right norms and principles.

Instead of Gita which is, mostly, derivative, it's much more beneficial to read The Secret of the Veda where Sri Aurobindo offers symbolic and psychological interpretation of various deities and other terminologies. Knowing that helps understanding new meanings of Sanskrit words.

Imbibing the insights of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo by studying their books regularly is absolutely necessary. Believing in them as the one Supreme Divine and surrendering to them is essential for receiving their grace. Being proactive for spreading their future vision is crucial. 

Prevailing geopolitics is tied to religions and in the event of old religions being dissolved as predicted by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, a new world order is likely to emerge. #FiveDreams broadcast by Sri Aurobindo on August 14, 1947 foresees a #WorldUnion and India should lead.

Rescuing Sri Aurobindo from this irritating Kshatriya business is critical for appreciating how Sri Aurobindo has accomplished the “transfer of the leadership in philosophy from the West to India” as was observed by Sisir Kumar Maitra in 1942. Savitri and The Life Divine are gems. 

Mukul Kesavan once called Sri Aurobindo the worst poet of Bengal. Those who find his philosophy formidable would attack his poetry to belittle him. The records of P. Lal and Nissim Ezekiel, on this score, is legendary. Every effort has been done to ignore his eminence and genius.

The appeal to authority fallacy and the circular reasoning fallacy need to be avoided but when The Mother announced descent of the Supramental consciousness, in principle, on February 29, 1956, it has to be accepted and believed in in toto as Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy came true.

Most people seem reluctant to accept The Mother being of some consequence. General ignorance about her status and contributions lead to this. It's necessary to know how integral she is to the life and achievements of Sri Aurobindo as both are worshipped as the one Supreme Divine.

Savitri Era Religion is the future of the world. As more and more people read Savitri and The Life Divine, the Vedic aspiration for harmony and Immortality will accelerate the evolutionary forces for descent of Supramental consciousness. Let's pray to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo!

Neither history nor current affairs can indicate the shape of the future with accuracy. Those conversant with The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's writings understand how incredibly unpredictable is the situation. "...it is the hour of the unexpected, the incalculable, the immeasurable."

The Veda contains the highest aspirations for emancipation from the human condition. Each word of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is a restatement of those Vedic yearning for perfection, harmony, and immortality. Believing in them amounts to collaboration with the evolutionary forces.

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo warn against ignorance and falsehood which are always trying to capture us in their captivating snares. Aspiring for truth and light is the constant Vedic imperative. All life is yoga basically means that which needs to be secured by surrender to TM&SA.

Political means may not be successful for creating an ideal society. Those who feel by uniting on the basis of castes or religions all problems can be solved are mistaken. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have analysed all these aspects threadbare. Savitri Era Religion is the only way.

Watching videos is certainly convenient but reading the books of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo in original is much more beneficial with long term rewards. Allusions to other authors and philosophies are like tendrils which help expand intellectual horizon and comparative perspective. 

Let's hope that the new book co-authored by Rajiv Malhotra apropos Ken Wilber generates fresh interest in Sri Aurobindo. It needs to be clearly understood that no one has been able to surpass his philosophy even after 110 years. His insights in political theory too stand supreme.

Democracy in India will complete 77 years in another 7 days. Constitution of India is a document of lofty ideals but unfortunately it has been facilitating corrupt people to rule over the public. It's a travesty of justice that Arvind Kejriwal is in jail without any proven crime.

Sri Aurobindo was born on August 15, 1872 and as devotees of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo we believe that India got Independence on his 75th birth anniversary due to their grace and spiritual power. Even he was present after adoption of Constitution. His #FiveDreams speech is vital. 

Nice analysis vis-à-vis democracy and the outlook is despondency. But thankfully we have the future vision of Sri Aurobindo which can be taken as a morale booster. In his The Human Cycle, he talks about evolutionary forces guiding society towards a sublime future. Pascal's wager!

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Mr. Tilak's Book on the Gita appeared under The News of the Month in the very first issue of Arya: A Philosophical Review dated 15th August 1914 in which Sri Aurobindo briefly reviewed the commentary. It is also believed that he had an unseen hand in writing of the book, swiftly.

Savitri Era Religion is universal and devotees are spread across continents. It has no fictional mythology or fixed rituals. Aspiring for descent of the Supramental consciousness by surrendering to The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is the task. Also, reading Savitri and The Life Divine.

All such victims should be released before Independence day.

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Some scholars and devotees of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo exhibiting subservience to Hindutva is turning their teachings topsy-turvy. Savitri Era Party has been urgining for maintaining integrity of their vision intact. Savitri Era Religion worships them as the one Supreme Divine.

Along with how Ken Wilber misrepresented the ontology of Sri Aurobindo, it's also necessary to expose how Hindutva champions belittle him and ignore The Mother too. As a devotee since 1964 I have been writing on this 2005 onwards. Let there be theoretical astuteness and sagacity.