Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Clairvoyance

In the sixth century BCE, Gosala founded the Ajivika sect which claimed that every event in the future is predestined and one must be resigned and accept its inevitability.  Before founding the sect, Gosala had been a disciple of Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism) for six years.  Gosala had observed that the predictions made by Mahavira came true, and this was believed to be the reason he began to believe that the future is predestined.

K.M.Munshi’s two visits to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram

K.M.Munshi (1887 – 1971) was a freedom-fighter, politician, writer and educationist.  He was instrumental in rebuilding the Somnath temple which had been repeatedly destroyed by Mughal invaders.  He founded an education trust, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and was a founding member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. In this article, he speaks of his meeting with Sri Aurobindo as well as the Mother.