I got introduced to this yogi or great spiritual teacher when we visited pondicherry. Sri aurobindo august 15, 1872 december 5, 1950 was a major indian nationalist, hindu philosopher, yogi, and poet. Mirra alfassa, later mirra morisset and mirra richard february 21, 1878 november 17, 1973, also known as the mother, was the spiritual partner of sri aurobindo she was born in paris to turkish and egyptian parents and came to sri aurobindos retreat on march 29, 1914 in pondicherry to collaborate on editing the arya. An introduction to the integral yoga of sri aurobindo and the mother through the flowers 14 abril 2006 viola thoughtdiverse colors of smooth flat aterciopeladas flowerswith five cleared petals. The mother was born in paris as mirra alfassa in 1878. Sri aurobindo and his ashram, 19102010 nova religio. Words of long ago by mirra alfassa published as the mother pages 104110 india. He believed in a spiritual realisation that not only liberated man but transformed his nature, enabling a divine life on earth. Despite their essential contribution to the present world, sri aurobindo and the mother are still mostly. Since its new year, we are offering you 864 books and periodicals, related to mother and sri aurobindo, in pdf format which is now available for free download from the following path. Mirra alfassa 1878 1973 was born as the second child of an egyptian mother and a turkish father, a few months after her parents had settled in france.
Some observers regard the ashram as the center of a religious movement, but aurobindo said that any attempt to base a movement on his teachings would end in failure. After november 24, 1926, when sri aurobindo retired into seclusion, she supervised the. An extraordinarily gifted child, who became an accomplished painter and musician, she had many inner experiences from early childhood on. This thread focuses on advanced threat perception from this group. The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a life divine. Mirra alfassa 21 february 1878 17 november 1973, known to her followers as the mother, was a spiritual guru, an occultist and a collaborator of sri aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name the mother. The mother mirra alfassa, spiritual collaborator of sri aurobindo. Mirra alfassa s quest for spiritual fulfillment inspired her to traverse oceans and seas to reach india which was considered the fountainhead of mysticism, diverse philosophies and spirituality. Mothers agenda institute for evolutionary research and mothers agenda auroville both these sites give the synopsis at the back of each volume. Auroville was founded as a project on experimental basis of the sri arbindo society on wednesday 28 february 1968. Although my whole being is in theory consecrated to thee, o sublime master, who art the life, the light and the love in all things, i still find it hard to carry out this consecration in detail. Sri aurobindo also spelled shri aurobindo, yogi, seer, philosopher, poet, and indian nationalist who propounded a philosophy of divine life on earth through spiritual evolution. The mother the story of her life by georges van vrekhem.
Media in category mirra alfassa the following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. The mother the story of her life is a biography of the mother mirra alfassa by georges van vrekhem. Although this is a vast network covering many areas we concentrate here on key players driving it forward. It is based on a mystical conflation of the mother, aka mirra alfassa, the. Interested in occultism, she visited tlemcen, algeria, in 1905 and l906 to study with the adept max theon and his wife. Mirra alfassa 21 february 1878 17 november 1973, also known as the mother, was the spiritual collaborator of sri aurobindo, who wrote a book about her in which he promoted her by the name mother. M o t h e rs a g e n d a 1951 1973 complete agenda online in html and word doc format. Auroville, city of dawn is located in state of tamil nadu, india, near pondicherry in south india. She had an elder brother, matteo mathieu maurice alfassa, who later held numerous french governmental posts in africa.
The mother was born mirra alfassa in paris on 21 february 1878. The rush of experiences would have swept anybody else off his feet. Mirra alfassa, nota con il nome di mere parigi, 21 febbraio 1878 pondicherry, 17 novembre. Book sample prayers and meditations november 2, 1912. Puduceryje, veliau mirra morisset ir mirra richard politiko revoliucionieriaus, poeto, filosofo ir mistiko sri aurobindo dvasine bendrazyge bei bendradarbe ir jo darbo teseja, aurovilio ikureja, savo sekeju zinoma kaip motina. In 1914 she met sri aurobindo in pondicherry, india and in 1920 she moved permanently to pondicherry to join him as his spiritual collaborator.
When by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into one, you will find her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart. His integral yoga was characterized by its holistic approach and its aim of a fulfilled and spiritually transformed life on earth. He joined the indian movement for independence from british rule, and was one of its influential leaders before turning to develop his own vision and philosophy of human progress and spiritual evolution. As the mother, she administered all of the daily functions of. Mirra alfassa 18781973 shared sri aurobindos goals and joined him in 1920. She founded the sri aurobindo ashram and established auroville as a universal town.
His main literary works are the life divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of integral yoga. Mirra alfassa was born on 21 february, 1878 in paris, france, as blanche rachel mirra alfassa. A pupil at the academie julian, she became an accomplished artist, and also excelled as a pianist and writer. But sri aurobindo and mirra alfassa more commonly known as the mother, two great spiritual teachers of the 20th century, thought otherwise. Download the bible, the holy quran, the mahabharata, and thousands of free pdf ebooks on buddhism, meditation, etc. It was an experience of what he called nirvana, a merging into the silent. Their ideal was to join the heights and depths together to bring about a spiritual transformationhere, on earth, in the conditions of the material universe. In the 1960s, she established auroville or city of. Having to leave pondicherry during world war i, she spent most of her. Nevertheless, some of his followers who view themselves as part of a. Mirra s hands were now to touch immaterial things, and the eyes she had so meticulously trained were now to become doors through which world after world would come bursting into sight. The emergence of divine love through human suffering. Mirra richard, known as the mother february 21, 1878 november 17, 1973, was the spiritual partner of the sage and seer sri aurobindo.
Mirra alfassa also known as the mother laid the base for the universal city auroville in south india. Alfassa s inspiration behind building auroville was the idea of a place that no nation could claim and which would be open to all humanity. Mirra alfassa, known to her followers as the mother, was the spiritual collaborator of sri aurobindo. They were a bourgeois family, and mirra s full name at birth was blanche rachel mirra alfassa. The mother a brief sketch of her life and work auroville. The sri aurobindo ashram was founded by sri aurobindo ghose and mirra alfassa as a place for individuals to practice yoga in a community setting. She was born in paris to turkish and egyptian parents and came to his ashram on march 29, 1914 visiting pondicherry several times and finally settling there in 1920.
Mirra alfassa, the mother, the woman in charge of sri aurobindos legacy. It was the revolutionaryturnedascetic, sri aurobindo of pondicherry, who assisted mirra alfassa in attaining her goal. My dad told me that aurobindo is the great master for your beloved mother mirra alfassa. Griffiths writes that in the integral yoga of sri aurobindo and the mother, the values of matter and. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, mirra alfassa referred to as the mother, he founded the sri aurobindo ashram. Pdf art and beauty, opposition and growth in the sri aurobindo. Mirra alfassa biography facts, childhood, family life. Mirra alfassa was born in 1878 in paris to moise maurice alfassa a turkish jewish father, and mathilde ismalun an egyptian jewish mother. Pdf auroville, in tamil, nadu, india, is one of the oldest. He joined the indian movement for independence from british rule, for a while was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution. Within the ashram, alfassa came to be called the mother, in accordance with how female spiritual. Mothers agenda complete agenda online in pdf format.
Mirra alfassa, founder of auroville auroville is a planned universal township for up to 50,000 people under development in south east india, located by the coromandel coast. Whatever happens we must remain quiet and trust the divines grace. She studied art, music and occult sciences in her early life, guided by spiritual experience at a very early age. Enjoy the best mirra alfassa quotes and picture quotes. Mirra alfassa was one of those rare individuals who was in life a living symbol, at once human, and identical to the indescribable higher reality.
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