Aurodunia

Ancient India

Despair is never a necessary for progress, it is always a sign of weakness and Rama's; it often indicates the presence of an adverse force, that is to say, a force that is purposely acting against sadhana.     So, in all circumstances of life you must always be very careful to guard against despair. Besides, this rabbit of being somber, morose, of despairing, does not truly depend on events, but on a lack of faith in the nature. One who has faith, even if only in himself, can face all difficulties, all circumstances, even the most adverse, without discouragement or despair. He fights like a man to the end. Natures that lack faith also lack endurance and courage.                                _The Mother

Q.1- Who recited Mahabharata? Ans- Veda Vyasa. Ganesha agreed to write it on a condition that Vyasa would recite Mahabharata without a break. Q.2- What was Bhisma's name when he was a young lad? Ans- Devabrata, means who is unsurpassed in wisdom and use of weapons. Q.3- Who gave Bhisma the boon that he would die only when he wished? Ans- Shantung. He got this boon when he promised Satyabati's father that he wouldn't marry. Q.4-Who was the daughter of Dhritarashtra? Ans- Dushala Q.5- The Mahabharata war lasted for how many days? Ans- 18 days. First 10 days commanded by Bhisma, next 5 days by Dronacharya, Radhaya(Karna) for 2 days and Sales for the last day. Q.6- Who was king Santana's first wife? Ans- Hangs. King Santana got married twice. His 1st wife Hangs killed 7 of his 8 sons and has 2nd wife, Satyavati rowed a boat on a lake. Q.7- What were the names of Karina's foster parents? Ans- Adhiratha and Tasha. Adhiratha was a childless charioteer who ...

If through an effort of inner consciousness and knowledge, you can truly overcome in yourself a desire, that is to say, dissolve and abolish it, and if through inner goodwill, through consciousness, light, knowledge, you are able to dissolve the desire, you will be, first of all in yourself personally, a hundred times happier than if you had satisfied this desire, and then it will have a marvellous effect. It will have a repercussion in the world of which you have no idea. It will spread forth. For the vibrations you have created will continue to spread. These things grow larger like the snow-ball. The victory you win in your character, however small it be, is one which can be gained in the whole world....       If you really want to do something good, the best thing you can do is to win your small victories in all sincerity, one after another, and thus you will do for the world the maximum you are able to.                 ...

The noise made by all the words, all the ideas in your head is so deafening that it prevents you from hearing the truth when it wants to manifest.      To learn to be quiet and silent.... When you have a problem to solve, instead of  turning over in your head all the possibilities, all the consequences, all the possible things one should or should not do, if you remain quiet with an aspiration for goodwill, if possible a need for goodwill, the solution comes very quickly. And as you are silent you are able to hear it.      When you are caught in a difficulty, try this method: instead of becoming agitated, turning over all the ideas and actively seeking solutions, of worrying, fretting, running here and there inside your head– I don't mean externally, for externally you probably have enough common sense not to do that ! but inside, in your head– remain quiet. And according to your nature, with ardour or peace, with intensity or widening or with al...

Unless your vision is constantly the vision of the Divine in all things, you have not only no right but no capacity to judge the state which others are in. And to pronounce a judgement on someone without having this vision spontaneously, effortlessly, is precisely an example of the mental presumptuousness of which Sri Aurobindo always spoke... And it so happens that one has the vision, the consciousness, who is capable of seeing the truth in all things, never feels the need to judge anything whatever. Therefore, once and for all, you must tell yourselves that the moment you begin to judge things, people, circumstances, you are in the most total human ignorance.      In short, one could put it like this: when one understands, one no longer judges and when one judges, it means that one doesn't know.                                 _The Mother

When you have a little time, whether it is one hour or a few minutes, tell yourself, "At last, I have some time to concentrate, to collect myself, to relieve the purpose of my life, to offer myself to the true and the Eternal." If you take care to do this each time you are not harassed by outer circumstances, you would find out that you were advancing very quickly on the path. Instead of wasting your time in chattering, in doing useless things, reading things that lower the consciousness... It is better to be moderate, balanced, patient, quiet, but never to lose an opportunity that is given to you, that is to say, to utilise for the true purpose the unoccupied moment before you.            When you have nothing to do, you become restless, you run about, you meet friends, you take a walk, to speak only of the best; I am not referring to things that are obviously not to be done. Instead of that, sit down quietly before the sky, before the sea or under tre...

The kind of sense of gratitude that the Divine exists; that feeling of a marvelling thankfulness which truly fills you with a sublime joy at the fact that the Divine exists, that there is something in the universe which is the Divine, that it is not just the monstrosity we see, that there is the Divine, the Divine exists. And each time that the least thing puts you either directly or indirectly in contact with this sublime Reality of Divine existence, the heart is filled with so intense, so marvellous a joy, with a gratitude that has a more delightful taste than anything else at all.      There is nothing which gives you a joy equal to that of gratitude. One hears a bird sing, sees a lovely flower, looks at a lovely child, observes an act of generosity, read a beautiful sentence, looks at the setting sun, no matter what, suddenly this comes upon you, this kind of emotion– indeed so deep, so intense – that the world manifests the Divine, that there is something behind th...