Savitri Era Party has boldly provided an intellectual alternative for the last fifteen years and many have benefited even by opposing. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have prepared a complete formulation and there's no need to add or subtract anything. But Trojan horses, not uncommon. https://t.co/beYEY3644r
For many people The Secret of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo is of minor importance in comparison to Savarkar, Ambedkar, or Sita Ram Goel. There's no remedy to such stupidity. Thus it's the responsibility of each educated individual to look beyond popular opinion for reading the book.
The first necessity is to accept that Sri Aurobindo has given the most coherent and scientific worldview. From that hypothesis, one can journey through diverse comparative studies. This top-down avenue is easy otherwise, analysing #SriAurobindo with a bottom-up approach is tough.
Each person is a prisoner of his or her worldview. There's no easy escape unless one fights against received wisdom and examines everything anew. For this new tools are needed and The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have supplied them in plenty. Any other route is not going to bear fruit. https://t.co/IoO1o0Dibd
Not to be intimidated by the dominant narrative is important. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) is bound to come to the forefront by sheer merit. Present juvenility is a phase and a critical mass is sure to overgrow it. Alternatively, a devotional spirit can emerge and inundate the nation. https://t.co/hI5Gr1QtxT
Those approvingly mentioning the name of Sri Aurobindo alongwith other modern day gurus should understand that he is a tough critic and his books are subversive of tradition. This project launched by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo #ARYA100Years (1914-21) aims at demolishing religions https://t.co/nK47WUndqW
Many aspects and many approaches but better to forget about the Kolkata phase of Sri Aurobindo. Similarly, visiting Ashram has nothing much to do with his relevance. #ARYA100Years (1914 - 21) is the real kernel of his contribution which redefined the course of human civilisation.
#NobelPrize2020 in physics has triggered interest in Cosmological speculations but it needs be clearly understood that what science has shown so far is child's play. Sri Aurobindo in his The Life Divine has delineated the most authentic account of it in #ARYA100Years (1914 - 21).
Gandhi returned to India in 1915. Gita Rahasya by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was published in 1915. But #ARYA100Years (1914-21) by Sri Aurobindo laid the foundation for the new India and the new World. All are requested to celebrate its Centenary for fruition of his #FiveDreams
Social and Political Evolution of Man: As Visioned by Sri Aurobindo (A Brief Study) by Samar Basu (1981) #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #ARYA100Years #SriAurobindo
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Conventional wisdom and Perennial philosophy are formidable obstacles. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo encourage to question them mercilessly and prune them ruthlessly. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) established new canons of metaphysical understanding in consonance with Judeo-Vedic prophecy.
Democracy envisages a vibrant society between govt and a citizen. Thus, the individual is at the mercy of multifarious groups and institutions the dynamics of which might be incongruent with law. This constitutes a major flaw. Ethical paradigm by scattered individuals is pivotal. https://t.co/t2tBm0Md04
Sri Aurobindo has written a lot on meditation but frankly I have not much experience. I stress on reading therefore which combines karma, bhakti, and gyana. It also invokes the emergence aspect of language as sound is the locus of creation. Reciting SAVITRI is an Evolutionary act
It's a common complain that Western academicians continue to be not very impressed by Sri Aurobindo. But when Indians themselves are not very particular to read his works, then why blame the foreigners? #ARYA100Years (1914-21) therefore needs to be included in University syllabus
Time moves in its own leisurely pace and so suffering long spells of undesirable situations is natural. Sri Aurobindo however points out that sudden changes are possible but not frequent. Key is to imagine events as part of a spiritual continuum and not as secular, cut and dried.
I have devoted 2-3 decades to secondary literature on Sri Aurobindo including Western perspectives on him. It has been amply rewarding but at the end of the day, his own writings seem to be so self-sufficient. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) is enough for the rest of the present century.
Political parties are essential in a Democracy but on what basis people will gather under a party is not clear. Natural cementing factors like skin colour, caste, religion, language, ethnicity, or personality cult are said to be bad. So no rational solution for this contradiction.
Congress hates Hindutva and Hindutva hates Congress; thus their principles are same. Each faction has its justifications but judging their validity is difficult. Sri Aurobindo spoke of the Evolutionary push towards Harmony. This is a superior principle with self-propelling power.
Many refuse to admit that following Sri Aurobindo and Hindutva simultaneously is an impossibility but they continue because Hindutva accommodates such hypocrisy. I have been pointing this out from the very inception. It's much more honest to be in one camp instead of oscillating.
Ambedkar, Savarkar, Golwalkar, Deen Dayal, Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel; the competition is getting tougher. Hindutva hands are unable to decide who is the greatest thinker. For us, there's no confusion; #ARYA100Years (1914-21) by #SriAurobindo is the single-source of supreme wisdom
Present day Indians are so perplexed about what's happening since 2014 that it's impossible for them to imagine something so profound as #ARYA100Years (1914-21) by Sri Aurobindo. Yet, the solutions to all societal crises are to be found in these pages written during World War I.
In #ARYA100Years (1914-21), Sri Aurobindo translated and wrote commentaries on all the Sanskrit texts one needs to know. Thus, wasting energy in learning the language is best avoided. Studying his other books and imbibing some comparative analyses is more important than Sanskrit.
Vivekananda tried to raise a new religion around Ramakrishna and Nehru attempted the same around Gandhi. Both failed but count as important milestone in reforming Indian society. Savitri Era Religion with The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as inspiration is the real option for the future
They are all past paradigms; Sri Aurobindo represents the future. Following him can enable Indians to rise above all forms factionalism, sectarianism, and parochialism. He has analysed all these 100 years back in the ARYA magazine. His #FiveDreams and #WorldUnion are real agenda.
ARYA writings of Sri Aurobindo (1914-21) were meant for removing many confusions accumulated over the previous century both in India and the West. This herculean task has not been adequately appreciated during the last 100 years. Votaries of Indian wisdom and values must wake up.
In #ARYA100Years (1914-21), #SriAurobindo delegitimised the narrow notion of Hindu by foregrounding the universal "Veda." This is a volcanic event the implications of which are yet to be understood by Indians as all factionalism, parochialism, or sectarianism fell by the wayside.
Many are not comfortable with Ashram as a cult and thus tend to avoid #SriAurobindo. That's certainly not the right approach. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) provides a pure intellectual playground and a Manifesto for the future. Be it Cosmology or Evolution, even science is challenged.
Expressions like All religions are same or The world's a family are ridiculed regularly but no one can rob their metaphysical import. Fundamental unity of human race can't be denied just because someone belongs to another religion. One can't absolve himself from basic duty to him.
It’s really disconcerting to find so much of disagreement after so much of explanations and clarifications. That of course is in the nature of philosophy.
My request is to incorporate the arguments on Karma presented by Sri Aurobindo (in both prose and poetry); Lele seems be very near to it without realising. It’s good that he is pragmatically arriving there without reading Sri Aurobindo.
And, if I’m correct, then it will be a big breakthrough for Indian philosophy; Lele will find a very good authority for his “cherry picking.”