She had an elder brother, matteo mathieu maurice alfassa, who later held numerous french governmental posts in africa. The mother the story of her life is a biography of the mother mirra alfassa by georges van vrekhem. His main literary works are the life divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of integral yoga. Having to leave pondicherry during world war i, she spent most of her. Griffiths writes that in the integral yoga of sri aurobindo and the mother, the values of matter and. The emergence of divine love through human suffering. Mirra alfassa, nota con il nome di mere parigi, 21 febbraio 1878 pondicherry, 17 novembre. His integral yoga was characterized by its holistic approach and its aim of a fulfilled and spiritually transformed life on earth. Pdf auroville, in tamil, nadu, india, is one of the oldest.
Synthesis of yoga, which deals with practical guidance to integral. She founded the sri aurobindo ashram and established auroville as a universal town. Mirra alfassa 1878 1973 was born as the second child of an egyptian mother and a turkish father, a few months after her parents had settled in france. Alfassa s inspiration behind building auroville was the idea of a place that no nation could claim and which would be open to all humanity.
Her yoga was to tear down the barrier that separates heaven and earth by defeating the lord of death, through breaking the habituated. After november 24, 1926, when sri aurobindo retired into seclusion, she supervised the. When by the flood of your tears, the inner and the outer have fused into one, you will find her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart. The mother a brief sketch of her life and work auroville. Despite their essential contribution to the present world, sri aurobindo and the mother are still mostly. The sri aurobindo ashram was founded by sri aurobindo ghose and mirra alfassa as a place for individuals to practice yoga in a community setting. Mirra alfassa was born on 21 february, 1878 in paris, france, as blanche rachel mirra alfassa. Nevertheless, some of his followers who view themselves as part of a. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, mirra alfassa referred to as the mother, he founded the sri aurobindo ashram. I got introduced to this yogi or great spiritual teacher when we visited pondicherry. Pdf art and beauty, opposition and growth in the sri aurobindo. Mirra alfassa, the mother, the woman in charge of sri aurobindos legacy.
Whatever happens we must remain quiet and trust the divines grace. Mirra alfassa 21 february 1878 17 november 1973, also known as the mother, was the spiritual collaborator of sri aurobindo, who wrote a book about her in which he promoted her by the name mother. Some observers regard the ashram as the center of a religious movement, but aurobindo said that any attempt to base a movement on his teachings would end in failure. In the 1960s, she established auroville or city of. Mirra alfassa was born in 1878 in paris to moise maurice alfassa a turkish jewish father, and mathilde ismalun an egyptian jewish mother. Mirra richard, known as the mother february 21, 1878 november 17, 1973, was the spiritual partner of the sage and seer sri aurobindo. Sri aurobindo also spelled shri aurobindo, yogi, seer, philosopher, poet, and indian nationalist who propounded a philosophy of divine life on earth through spiritual evolution. The mother the story of her life by georges van vrekhem. Mirra alfassa s quest for spiritual fulfillment inspired her to traverse oceans and seas to reach india which was considered the fountainhead of mysticism, diverse philosophies and spirituality.
Mirra alfassa, known to her followers as the mother, was the spiritual collaborator of sri aurobindo. In 1914 she met sri aurobindo in pondicherry, india and in 1920 she moved permanently to pondicherry to join him as his spiritual collaborator. Mirra alfassa, founder of auroville auroville is a planned universal township for up to 50,000 people under development in south east india, located by the coromandel coast. Auroville, city of dawn is located in state of tamil nadu, india, near pondicherry in south india. Mothers agenda institute for evolutionary research and mothers agenda auroville both these sites give the synopsis at the back of each volume. Words of long ago by mirra alfassa published as the mother pages 104110 india. She was born in paris to turkish and egyptian parents and came to his ashram on march 29, 1914 visiting pondicherry several times and finally settling there in 1920. The rush of experiences would have swept anybody else off his feet. She studied art, music and occult sciences in her early life, guided by spiritual experience at a very early age. Mirra alfassa was one of those rare individuals who was in life a living symbol, at once human, and identical to the indescribable higher reality. M o t h e rs a g e n d a 1951 1973 complete agenda online in html and word doc format. The mother was born mirra alfassa in paris on 21 february 1878. Their ideal was to join the heights and depths together to bring about a spiritual transformationhere, on earth, in the conditions of the material universe. An extraordinarily gifted child, who became an accomplished painter and musician, she had many inner experiences from early childhood on.
Download the bible, the holy quran, the mahabharata, and thousands of free pdf ebooks on buddhism, meditation, etc. Mirra alfassa 21 february 1878 17 november 1973, known to her followers as the mother, was a spiritual guru, an occultist and a collaborator of sri aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name the mother. Sourced quotations by the french orator mirra alfassa 1878 1973 about life, divine and work page 2. My dad told me that aurobindo is the great master for your beloved mother mirra alfassa. It was the revolutionaryturnedascetic, sri aurobindo of pondicherry, who assisted mirra alfassa in attaining her goal. A pupil at the academie julian, she became an accomplished artist, and also excelled as a pianist and writer. Although this is a vast network covering many areas we concentrate here on key players driving it forward. Mirra alfassa, later mirra morisset and mirra richard february 21, 1878 november 17, 1973, also known as the mother, was the spiritual partner of sri aurobindo she was born in paris to turkish and egyptian parents and came to sri aurobindos retreat on march 29, 1914 in pondicherry to collaborate on editing the arya. Puduceryje, veliau mirra morisset ir mirra richard politiko revoliucionieriaus, poeto, filosofo ir mistiko sri aurobindo dvasine bendrazyge bei bendradarbe ir jo darbo teseja, aurovilio ikureja, savo sekeju zinoma kaip motina. Mothers agenda complete agenda online in pdf format. He believed in a spiritual realisation that not only liberated man but transformed his nature, enabling a divine life on earth. He joined the indian movement for independence from british rule, for a while was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution. Mirra alfassa also known as the mother laid the base for the universal city auroville in south india. Sri aurobindo august 15, 1872 december 5, 1950 was a major indian nationalist, hindu philosopher, yogi, and poet.
The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a life divine. Auroville was founded as a project on experimental basis of the sri arbindo society on wednesday 28 february 1968. Book sample prayers and meditations november 2, 1912. The mother was born in paris as mirra alfassa in 1878. They were a bourgeois family, and mirra s full name at birth was blanche rachel mirra alfassa. The mother mirra alfassa, spiritual collaborator of sri aurobindo. He joined the indian movement for independence from british rule, and was one of its influential leaders before turning to develop his own vision and philosophy of human progress and spiritual evolution. Sri aurobindo and his ashram, 19102010 nova religio. Although my whole being is in theory consecrated to thee, o sublime master, who art the life, the light and the love in all things, i still find it hard to carry out this consecration in detail. It is based on a mystical conflation of the mother, aka mirra alfassa, the. Interested in occultism, she visited tlemcen, algeria, in 1905 and l906 to study with the adept max theon and his wife. As the mother, she administered all of the daily functions of. Mirra alfassa 18781973 shared sri aurobindos goals and joined him in 1920. Since its new year, we are offering you 864 books and periodicals, related to mother and sri aurobindo, in pdf format which is now available for free download from the following path.
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