Gandhism as the state religion

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https://t.co/tHs29hZxYn Sri Aurobindo's idea of "Bharata Shakti" still resonates in rising India; was it prescient as the title of the inaugural @PondyLitFest 2018 months before @narendramodi 2.0? @IndicAcademy @lalitaurodhan @ParthaHariharan @ajitdatta @AloPal @psitsgayatri

https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/1147436058453278720?s=19

Every year we organise one or two exhibitions on diverse topics related to Indian Culture and Sanskrit. Here is a list of some of our recent exhibitions. https://t.co/k27KQw8WCl

https://twitter.com/AUROSAFIC/status/1147391198857969664?s=19

Gandhism as the state religion continues to be sponsored by the government at public expenditure.

INC is the Nehruvian Congress

BJP is the Gandhian Congress

That’s almost all the difference that really seems to have remained at the motivation/ideology level. https://t.co/AM1IVCD8XA

https://twitter.com/bhAratenduH/status/1147278209580503040?s=19

Totally misplaced priority! If at all India needs a "pedia" then it should be of Sri Aurobindo or Vivekanand. Gandhi Ji was a political person, so his ideology. Spiritual & philosophical guidance much better provided by above two. @narendramodi

@sankrant https://t.co/3J8LbzZ26y

https://twitter.com/AjaiTewari/status/1147434274028572673?s=19

modi finished the VHP, Bajrang Dal, & kattar Hindu organisations in Guj. He cut the stature & power of Pravin Togadia ji.

Thus he created a society of helpless dhimmi Hindus who would be easy prey to wily antiHindus.

Mahatma No 2!

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https://twitter.com/vijayadhwaja/status/1147166015404425216?s=19

The four desires driving all human behavior – Bertrand Russell's magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech https://t.co/nvKPO540Md

https://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/1147234698415857664?s=19

Many Hindutva supporters are against Modi now but unfortunately they never realise their own lapses. No one took up corruption and cronyism by the govt. They never display sympathy for human rights issues. No concern for resolving the Scheduled castes problem. Focus should change.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147314848876773376?s=19

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have time and again reminded that all past religions are suffering from serious impairment and will dissolve. Yet some of their followers avail every opportunity to express allegiance to gods and goddesses. Private beliefs shouldn't be imposed on others

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147185681795436546?s=19

While examining civilisations Sri Aurobindo, like Foucault, didn't rely upon the linear method. Instead he employs a searching eye to grasp the spirit of the age and explains its Evolutionary advantage. It seems that his third dream of #WorldUnion is going to have a breakthrough.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147363039009656832?s=19

Living in an age of management and technology we take implementation for granted but the Lila bug has other plans. Sri Aurobindo has emphasised upon personal effort but possible failure is also part of the game. Evolutionary intention behind expectations going awry, most crucial.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147347882455908352?s=19

Consistent demands for liberating the temples from govt clutches is staple in Twitter but no one seems to have given any thought to the nature of an alternative form of administration. The miserable state of affairs of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust and Auroville should be a lesson.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147518724401848322?s=19

Umpteen streams of spiritual practices and rituals are part of Indian tradition which form a living museum. Romanticising them or their thumbnail sketches may have some aesthetic aspect but following the guidance of Sri Aurobindo in all matters esoteric should be a safer course.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147527749952606209?s=19

Sri Aurobindo used to read a lot at one point but when he started writing he wasn't in the midst of books. Moreover he was writing on several matters at a time. Therefore, there are scant references in his works and scholars are tearing their hair out over genealogy of his ideas.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147535897908269059?s=19

Aurora Mirabilis: Understanding, collaborating, and improving https://t.co/D6SKnlhPWP

@NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), SRA-102-C, Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad. #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1147174507062284288?s=19

Japanese methods of persuasion are far more effective, according to Sri Aurobindo! They come with smile and hidden knife!

https://twitter.com/murlignosis/status/1147175740955172864?s=19

I think your opposition may be assuming an intelligence that isn't there. Also the crowd or mass has no real doing or 'will ' but obeys purely mechanical laws. Aurobindo advised Gandhi his effort could produce nothing in the longer term.

https://twitter.com/onlyredherrings/status/1147208989463236608?s=19

I think to see that my efforts are 'futile' can be progress that leads me to Wisdom 'far away from the beaten tracks of humans'.  (see Parmenides). I must first know that I cannot 'do' anything.

The fact that I don't see dramatic progress as a direct result of my personal efforts doesn't mean my efforts are futile. I am part of a process of change; I don't see it as trying to accomplish the impossible but trying to accelerate the inevitable.

https://twitter.com/SteveTiger999/status/1147213401732653056?s=19

I don't worry too much about what I can do... unless trying my best IS doing. As in many other aspects of life, I am concerned with following a path, not computing the distance between my current location to the end of the path.

This is a really thoughtful piece on why the world needs more critics and reviewers of color: https://t.co/O46j7pRjXo

https://twitter.com/oinkness/status/1147272589749997568?s=19

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147318309202776064?s=19

36) Hymns 228 - 234 (Verses 2,378 - 2,435): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 02, Sukta 037 to 043 (including rare hymns to Kapinjala); with #SriAurobindo's evaluation of Sayana's commentary on the Vedas

(End of Mandala 02) https://t.co/Rr2Xxu5x7l

https://twitter.com/Auro_Mere/status/1147216833935622144?s=19

Absolutely. RY DESHPANDE is the greatest living Savitri scholar in the planet. Beyond compare.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147318309202776064?s=19

Professor Mini Chandran of IIT KANPUR has done plenty of work on Sri Aurobindo's translation theory. Quality research. Hats off to her.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147495407292833792?s=19

A candidate from Pondicherry came to do PhD in NIT Goa on Tagore n Sri Aurobindo as ecocritics. Totally uninitiated in ecocriticism, she was using mahashakti, adyashakti, parabrahma etc, which have nothing to do with Ecology! Embarrassing n insulting a benign guide she left NIT.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1147537312764461058?s=19

I don't consider myself to be worthy enough of even being called an aurobindo disciple, or IY follower, but whatever little exposure of Rishi I have got, I felt that His mind is an artwork of absolute fluidity, the flow of ideas are like a never ending stream of bliss https://t.co/yHACavTb8E

https://twitter.com/iridines/status/1147487171600760833?s=19

Now how on earth do u intolerant IY folks merge ur path of rigidity with this kind of fluidity in rishi aurobindo ad infinitum, it just fails me :) anyway, All the more glories to ur endeavours and ur sadhna

For those discussing the quality of Indian news channels on my TL, @SandeepBhusha10's The Indian Newsroom is a good read. He talks about the total sidelining of reporters and what that has done to news broadcasting. My review..https://t.co/VJ7dnCyAcf https://t.co/4jfy3IeuRp

https://twitter.com/vanitakohlik/status/1147051303769497600?s=19

Do we have #freewill? New Article this week: The Illusion of Free Will https://t.co/JI2tOxJI04 #philosophie #philosophy #psychology #determinism #neuroscience

https://twitter.com/LarryGMaguire/status/1147527642536714242?s=19

Time, Place, and Change

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