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On suicide, euthanasia, and capital punishment

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Benjamin Franklin famously said that there are two things we cannot escape – death and taxes. In this article, we cover observations made by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Mirra Alfassa on some taxing questions related to death – suicide, euthanasia and capital punishment. Continue reading →

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Distinguishing between stilling the mind and dynamizing meditation

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

Generally, people don’t have a dynamic meditation. When they enter into meditation or at least what they call meditation ― they enter into a kind of immobility where nothing stirs, and they come out of it exactly as they went in, without any change either in their being or in their consciousness. And the more motionless it is, the happier they are. They could meditate in this way for eternities, it would never change anything either in the universe or in themselves. That is why Sri Aurobindo speaks of a dynamic meditation which is exactly the very opposite. It is a transforming meditation. Continue reading →

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Man shall not live by bread alone

Posted on May 27, 2009 by

The words of Christ: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4) have deep meaning to those who practice Yoga. The “word of God” here indicates that … Continue reading →

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