... existence and creating for it its native atmosphere that has expressed itself in the past in the formation of the monastic life or in attempts of various kinds at a new separate collective living self-governed and other in its spiritual principle than the ordinary human life. The monastic life is in its nature an association of other-worldly seekers, men whose whole attempt is to find and realise in themselves ...
... have to eliminate all present contact with family, relatives and friends; we would have to exercise control over all the vital impulses of their being. This was the idea behind the enclosed monastic life of convents, or the ascetic life in caves and forests. This remedy proved to be quite ineffectual and failed to pull mankind out of the mire. According to Sri Aurobindo, the remedy is quite ...
... of her only child: Nimai was setting out for Katwa, a village twenty-four miles away from Navadvip, on the other side of the Ganges, where a monk, Keshav Bharati, had agreed to initiate him into monastic life. Many people gathered there, looking wonderingly at the handsome young man who was about to forsake all worldly pleasures. Once tonsured, Nimai sat near Keshav Bharati and whispered into his ear ...
... through this Assumption, not a little of the peculiarly Buddhist inspiration entered the original organism. The most drastic and of far-reaching consequence was the inauguration and idolisation of monastic life, which has become since then in Indian conception, the summum bonum, the supreme goal of human existence. It was not without reason that India's older and truer tradition cried out against Shankara ...
... have to eliminate all present contact with family, relatives and friends; we would have to exercise control over all the vital impulses of their being. This was the idea behind the enclosed monastic life of convents, or the ascetic life in caves and forests. This remedy proved to be quite ineffectual and failed to pull mankind out of the mire. According to Sri Aurobindo, the remedy is ...
... should eliminate the present contact with family, parents and friends; and we should constantly control the child's contact with all the vital impulses of his own being. "This idea is what led to monastic life shut in a convent, or to ascetic life in the cave or the forest. "This remedy has proved to be totally ineffective and has not pulled mankind out of its quagmire. "According to Sri Aurobindo, ...
... women of varying ages, belonging to different nationalities and coming from diverse social backgrounds, are consciously striving to build up a new type of collective life which, far from being a monastic life of a few isolated spiritual seekers, gives full scope to life-manifestation in all its vigour and variety. Sri Aurobindo Ashram aspires to create a "new common life superior to the present individual ...
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