The Mother’s commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s 'Thoughts and Aphorisms' spoken or written in French.
Ce volume comporte les commentaires de la Mère sur les Pensées et Aphorismes de Sri Aurobindo, et le texte de ces Aphorismes.
The Mother’s commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s 'Thoughts and Aphorisms' were given over the twelve-year period from 1958 to 1970. All the Mother's commentaries were spoken or written in French. She also translated Sri Aurobindo's text into French.
189—Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings. 190—Fling not thy alms abroad everywhere in an ostentation of charity ;understand and love where thou helped. Let thy soul grow within thee. 191—Help the poor while the poor are with thee; but study also and strive that there may be no poor for thy assistance.
189—Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.
190—Fling not thy alms abroad everywhere in an ostentation of charity ;understand and love where thou helped. Let thy soul grow within thee.
191—Help the poor while the poor are with thee; but study also and strive that there may be no poor for thy assistance.
To live within in a constant aspiration for the Divine enables us to look at life with a smile and to remain peaceful whatever the outer circumstances may be.
As for the poor, Sri Aurobindo says that to come to their help is good, provided that it is not a vain ostentation of charity, but that it is far nobler to seek a remedy for poverty so that there may be no poor left on earth.
31 October 1969
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