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Encyclopedia > Amal Kiran
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Books: Śrī Aurobindo Śrī Aurobindo (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, Hindu mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. ... Mirra Alfassa (later Morisset and Richard), known as The Mother (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973), was the spiritual partner of the sage and seer Sri Aurobindo. ...

Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri,
The Mother, Letters, Agenda

Teachings: The Life Divine is Sri Aurobindos major philosophical opus. ... The Synthesis of Yoga is the book written by Sri Aurobindo, compiling the various methods of yoga and to give the comprehensive way for following the true path to Divine consciousness. ... In Hinduism, Savitri (also Savitr, Savitar) is a solar deity and one of the Adityas. ... Mothers Agenda - lAgenda - is a massive 13 volume, 6,000 page, journal of the the Mothers (born Mirra Alfassa) spiritual and physical experiences, recorded by Satprem over a period of 19 years, beginning with some fragments dating to 1951, and continuing in greater detail (especially with Satprem...

Sacred Structures: According to Aurobindo and other integral (philosophy) theorists, the process by which the Divine manifests the cosmos is called involution. ... In philosophy and metaphysics, the development of the universe, and of consciousness through time, is referred to as evolution. ... Integral Yoga or Purna Yoga (Full or Complete Yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindos teachings to the union of all the parts of ones being with the Divine, and the transmutation of all of their jarring elements into a harmonious state of higher divine consciousness and existence. ... The Physical faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindos philosophy, refers not just to the physical body, but the bodys consciousness as well. ... The Vital or Life faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindos philosophy, refers not simply to the life force as to the various passions, desires, feelings, emotions, affects, compulsions, and likes and dislikes that strongly determine human motivation and action through desire and enthusiasm. ... The Mental faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindos philosophy, is the conceptual and cognative mind. ...

Communities: Matrimandir is a meditation chamber that is situated in Auroville — a model Universal township promoted by the Aurobindo Ashram and the Mother. ...

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, Mirapuri

Important Disciples: Auroville is an international township, near Pondicherry in southern India, whose sole purpose is to realize human unity in diversity. ... The City of Peace and Future Man Mirapuri Mirapuri was founded by Michel Montecrossa - Cyberartist, Musician and Futurist on August 15, 1978 on commission of Mira Alfassa - The Mother who is the spiritual companion of Sri Aurobindo. ...

Champaklal, N.K.Gupta, Amal Kiran,
M.Montecrossa, Nirodbaran, Pavitra,
M.P.Pandit, Pranab, A.B.Purani, D.K.Roy,
Satprem

Journals and Forums: Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Michel Montecrossa Michel Montecrossa - Cyberartist, Musician and Futurist came to Mira Alfassa - The Mother who is the spiritual companion of Sri Aurobindo, in 1969. ... Satprem is a French author and devotee of Hinduism. ...

Arya, Mother India, Collaboration, Auroconf

Amal Kiran (b. 26 November 1904) was born K.D. Sethna. He was one of Sri Aurobindo's earliest disciples, arriving at the Ashram in 1927, age twenty-three, to take up the path of Integral Yoga under Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. He was named Amal Kiran, or "Clear Ray", by Sri Aurobindo in 1930. His book of poems Inmost Beauty was published at 1933. An accomplished poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic, with more than forty published books, he is well known in India under his birth name K.D. Sethna. In 1949 he was a founding editor of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram journal Mother India, which he edited for almost fifty years. He has and recently celebrated his centenary at the Beach Office of the Sri Aurobindo Society. November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Śrī Aurobindo Śrī Aurobindo (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, Hindu mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Integral Yoga or Purna Yoga (Full or Complete Yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindos teachings to the union of all the parts of ones being with the Divine, and the transmutation of all of their jarring elements into a harmonious state of higher divine consciousness and existence. ... Mirra Alfassa (later Morisset and Richard), known as The Mother (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973), was the spiritual partner of the sage and seer Sri Aurobindo. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...


Partial Bibliography

  • Amal Kiran, Light and Laughter
  • ---- Talks on Poetry
  • ---- India and the World Scene ISBN 81-7060-118-5
  • ---- The Indian Spirit and the World's Future ISBN 81-7060-227-0
  • Sethna, K.D. Altar and Flame
  • ---- The Mother, Past-Present-Future, 1977
  • ---- Obscure and the Mysterious
  • ---- Overhead Poetry
  • ---- The Passing of Sri Aurobindo, 1951.
  • ---- Sri Aurobindo on Shakespeare
  • ---- Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo - a focus on fundamentals, Bharatiya Vidya Prakasan, Varanasi (1973)
  • ---- The spirituality of the future : a search apropos of R. C. Zaehner's study in Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin. Rutherford, [N.J.] London, Fairleigh Dickerson University Press; Associated University Presses. (1981)
  • ---- The Vision and Work of Sri Aurobindo

External Links

  • Sri Aurobindo Society Newsletter February 2005 (http://www.sriaurobindosociety.org.in/feb05.htm)
  • The Miraculous Power of the Soul - A meeting with Amal Kiran (http://www.auroville.com/vijnana/spiritual/soulpower.htm), Pondicherry, by Craig Hamilton


 
 

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