Aurobindo ashram

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Visitor Information Ashram Visitor Information • Where is the Ashram located? • What does the Ashram look like? • What are the important days in the Ashram? • When is a good time to visit the Ashram? • How do I travel to the Ashram? What do I need to be aware of of the journey? • Where can I stay in the Ashram? • Information about Bus and Train Services in Pondicherry • When do I start planning my trip? • What are the health related issues that I need to be aware of? • What are the cultural issues I need to be aware of? • How do I move about in the Ashram? • What passes do I need in the Ashram? • What activities of the Ashram can I participate in? • How can I telephone a department? • Regional map of Pondicherry • Town map of Pondicherry If you have a notion of an isolated compound far from people and society, set in the midst of trees or a forest and such natural beauty, you are mistaken. It is located in a bustling city of a quarter million people and is very much connected with the busy part of the city. Although there is a concentrated cluster of buildings of the Ashram in a small area surrounding the Ashram main building, many of the Ashram's buildings, departments and guest houses are spread over in the eastern part of the city and some of its properties, farms and gardens are located in the outskirts. The Ashram main building mostly referred to as simply "the Ashram" is the focus of the community life. The Day Significance 1 January New Year's d...

Today, Sri Aurobindo Ashram is known as a great centre of spiritual endeavour. People from all over the world come to Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry), in South India, to bathe in an atmosphere full of peace, light and joy, to live a life of sadhana and yoga, to imbibe a new spiritual force that can embrace and perfect life. And the word they hear the most in the Ashram is ‘Mother’. From the beginning, Sri Aurobindo entrusted the Mother with full material and spiritual charge of the Ashram. Everything in the Ashram is her creation; every initiative draws inspiration from her and moves towards her vision. The Mother beautifully summarizes her mission thus: “ …my only aim in life is to give a concrete form to Sri Aurobindo’s great teaching and in his teaching he reveals that all the nations are essentially one and meant to express the Divine Unity upon earth through an organised and harmonious diversity”. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother strove together to embody and manifest upon earth this Divine Consciousness, with the Ashram as the starting point. It was the Mother who, along with Sri Aurobindo, planted the seeds of a new way of life founded on this higher consciousness. It was her drive, her force, her guidance that made things happen. From the smallest insignificant detail to the overseeing of every aspect of maintaining the Ashram, from interacting with the children of the Centre of Education to the supervising of the athletic competitions in the sports ground—she was th...

India has always been a popular destination with spiritual seekers who flock to the country's many ashrams. These ashrams are home to a spiritual or religious guru who lives there with his or her disciples. The term may be used to describe the community of people who reside in such a place. Ashrams are usually secluded places that are devoted to spiritual activities like yoga, meditation or religious instruction. For those seeking peace and solitude in India, they are truly majestic places to visit. Every ashram is different though, so which one to choose? This guide to popular ashrams in India will give you some ideas as to what's on offer. Web Founded in 1982 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living is renowned world-wide for its stress-elimination and self-development programs based mainly on breathing techniques, meditation and yoga. The Art of Living as a voluntary organization also undertakes various initiatives aimed at uplifting humanity and enhancing the quality of life. The foundation course at the ashram is the three day Art of Living Part I residential workshop. You'll learn revitalizing breathing techniques to restore the natural rhythms of body and mind. • Where: In the Panchagiri hills, 36 kilometers southwest of Bangalore, near Udipalya village. • Courses: Art of Living I & II, yoga, meditation, Vaastu Shastra, Vedic math, and youth training courses. Courtesy of Osho Ashram Osho was perhaps India's most controversial spiritual leaders due to his views abo...

Sri Aurobindo Ashram — Delhi Branch This Ashram has been created with another object than that ordinarily common to such institutions, not for the renunciation of the world but as a centre and field of practice for the evolution of another kind and form of life which would in the final end be moved by a higher spiritual consciousness and embody a greater life of the spirit. — Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga, p. 847