An Introduction

To move towards tomorrow, to participate in the

birth of a new world, in the making of a new
humanity, in the creation of a better and happier
future – this is the unique privilege and challenge
of today.
Sri Aurobindo Society strives to bring together
all those who want to dedicate themselves to this
task, with no distinction of nationality, race,
caste, creed, religion or sex.

To know is good,
to live is better,
to be, that is perfect.
The Mother
Named after Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Society was founded by the Mother in 1960.

The Society is
  An international, spiritual, educational, cultural,
non-profit NGO
  Recognised by the Government of India as a
charitable organisation, a research institute and
an institution of national importance
Beach Office, Pondicherry

Objectives
  Integral Growth & Perfection of the Individual
  Social Transformation
  A new India offering its best to the World
  Realisation of Human Unity in a rich and organised diversity
 Sri Aurobindo (1872 – 1950)
Poet, revolutionary, Rishi and one of
the greatest thinkers of modern India,
Sri Aurobindo, came to Pondicherry in
1910 to pursue a Yoga that aims at a
total transformation of this earthly life
into Divine Life.
Sri Aurobindo has come to tell us:
“It is not necessary to leave the earth
to find the Truth,
it is not necessary to leave life
to find one’s soul,
it is not necessary to give up the world
or to have limited beliefs in order to enter
into relation with the Divine.
The Divine is everywhere, in everything,
and if He is hidden, it is because we do not
take the trouble to discover Him.”
The Mother
 The Mother (1878 – 1973)
Mirra Alfassa, known as the
Mother, came from France and
joined Sri Aurobindo in 1914. They
laid the foundation and took up the
task of building a new world, a new
society that strives to express and
embody the New Consciousness,
which Sri Aurobindo called the
Supramental.
I belong to no nation, no civilisation, no society,
no race, but to the Divine.
I obey no master, no ruler, no law,
no social convention, but the Divine.
To Him I have surrendered all, will, life, self…
The Mother
 As the Society’s aim is to live integrally the truth that will transform the whole
of life, all activities are included in its comprehensive programme.

Main fields of activity

  Education
  Health
  Rural & Village Development
  Management
  Youth and Women
  Indian Culture
  Sustainable Development and Science & Technology
  Business and Economic Development
  TV Programmes, Films & Media
  Research & Training in Diverse Fields
  Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Exhibitions

  Books, Audio-visuals, Magazines and E-journals

True spirituality is not to renounce life, but to make life perfect with the Divine Perfection.
The Mother
Education
 Education

Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Education

& Research (SAFIER)

An education which aims at a total and integral development:

  A strong, supple, healthy, beautiful body
  A sensitive, emotionally refined, energetic personality
  A wide-ranging, lively intelligence and will
  Thesubtler spiritual qualities that unify and harmonise the
personality for a life beneficial to the individual and the
society

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

Sri Aurobindo
 Education
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Education & Research (SAFIER)

Activities and Programmes

  Development of qualities and values, like courage,
truthfulness, generosity etc.
  Development of faculties like concentration,
imagination, memory, creativity etc.
  Preparationof inspirational and beautifully illustrated
books, audio-visuals
  Development, manufacture & distribution of high-
quality, cost-effective educational toys & games to help
in the growth of an integral personality
  Organising of non-formal centres of learning
 Education

Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Education & Research (SAFIER)

Activities and Programmes
  Setting up Kindergartens and Schools with a value based approach
  Training Programmes and Workshops for teachers, students, parents
  Research, Development & Dissemination of resource material
  Innovative uses of Technology in Education
  Working for an integral, creative and joyful education all over the world
Education Camps and Workshops for Teachers and Parents

The aim of education is not to prepare a man to succeed in life and society,
but to increase his perfectibility to its utmost.
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Health
 Health

Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Integral Health

and Research (SAIIIHR)

SAIIIHR aims to
  Studyand understand ‘Health’ in all its dimensions, with
a new and total awareness of the human being
  Help individuals to become aware and to develop the
healing powers within for prevention and cure of illness
  Synthesise various modern and traditional systems of
medicine
  Work all over the world for the total elimination of
disease and illness by going to the root causes

An illness of the body is always the outer expression and translation of a

disorder, a disharmony in the inner being.
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 Health

Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Integral Health and Research (SAIIIHR)

Activities & Programmes

  AnIntegral Health Institute where one can learn
how to live life meaningfully in all its aspects
  A new approach based on Yogic Psychology and
the spiritual dimension of Health
  Interdisciplinary
research projects on diagnosis and
treatment using different systems of healing –
Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Siddha, Flower
Remedies, Acupressure etc.
  Seminars,
Conferences, Workshops and Training
Programmes on various aspects of Integral Health
  Publication
of Books, Journals, preparation of
Audio-Visuals
Village & Rural Development
 Village & Rural Development

Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM)

The Sarvam Integral Village Development Programme aims to
  Adopt an entire village and develop it to become a model
village
  Empower the village community to take charge of their own
destiny and future
  Make a genuine difference not only to their way of living,
but also to their way of thinking and being
  Research in new and creative ideas to develop a sustainable,
scalable and replicable model
  Create an International Centre for Rural Development based
on a deeper holistic approach

The village is the cell of the national body and the cell life must be healthy and developed
for the national body to be healthy and developed.
Sri Aurobindo
 Village & Rural Development

Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM)

The approach is multifaceted, integrating all aspects of life, including

  Education
  Health
  Economic Development
  Sanitation & Hygiene
  Organic Farming and Dairy
  Water and Waste Management
  Housing
  Technology
  Renewable Energy
Discussions with the Women self-help groups
  Art and Culture

The project is driven internally, at every step, by the community itself, right from
planning, to execution, to maintenance. They are not beneficiaries but partners in
development.
 Village & Rural Development
Education

Health Economic Development

 Village & Rural Development
Organic Farming and Dairy

Housing
Management
 Management

Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management (SAFIM)

SAFIM aims to provide the Modern Managers with

  Deepand holistic insights into all aspects of
Management and Organisational Development
  Ways to develop and express fully their inner
potential and creativity
  Knowledge to manage oneself as the key to
managing others and the environment
  The best of Management Skills and Technology
integrated with Spiritual Insights and Yogic
Psychology

One must be able to control oneself before one can hope to govern others.
The Mother
 Management
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management (SAFIM)
Activities & Programmes
  An International Integral Management institution based on a holistic approach
  Research on a dynamic spiritual approach to solving problems and challenges
faced by executives today
  A deeper understanding of the Money power and its role in the future
  Organisation of Seminars, Workshops and Training Programmes
  Publication of Books, Journals, preparation of Audio-Visuals
 Business
& Economic Development
Business & Economic Development

AuroService
Activities & Programmes
  AuroService encourages and supports all types of
economic and business activities based on
spiritual values, and aspires to generate funds for
social transformation.
  The guiding principles are
  Truth

  Perfection

  Harmony

  Service

  Work as Sadhana
  Right use of money
Youth & Women
 Youth & Women
To inspire the Youth and Women to
  Find and realise their aim in life
  Develop and express their full potential
  Prepare them, spiritually and materially, to play their true role in all aspects
of collective life
  Channelise their talents, enthusiasm and energies to build a new future

Progress is youth; at a hundred years of age one can be young.

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 Youth & Women
Activities and Programmes
  Self Development programmes
  Camps, Seminars and Workshops at regional, national and international levels
  Books, Journals, Audio-Visuals
  Taking up of projects in various fields according to their inclination and interests

The true domain of women is the spiritual. We forget it but too often.…
True maternity begins with the conscious creation of a being, with the willed
shaping of a soul coming to develop and utilise a new body.
The Mother
Youth Camps
Women’s Council
TV, Films & Media
 TV, Films & Media

AuroTV and AuroFilms

“At the service of Beauty and Truth”

AuroTV and AuroFilms are part of a production,

research and training institute which prepares
innovative films, TV programmes and multimedia
presentations, using the latest technologies and
platforms.
It aims at preparing Films and TV programmes
that will
  Uplift,
inspire, touch, transform, and
manifest Beauty and Truth
  Look for the soul and deeper essence in
life and nature
  Bringtogether people who are inspired
by these ideals
 TV, Films & Media

AuroTV and AuroFilms

“At the service of Beauty and Truth”

The films and programmes will be of all types:

 Full length feature
 Docu-dramas

 Educational

 Children’s

 On environment, social and cultural issues

 On India
It will be a centre for research and training
in all aspects of film making, TV and
multimedia, with special emphasis on
character building.
 TV, Films & Media
Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication (SACAC)

SACAC, New Delhi,

  Findsnew and effective ways of making
the media an instrument for social change,
based on a spiritual foundation
  Offers
various intensive courses with
hands-on technical training. The courses
cover
 Journalism – English and Hindi
 Advertising and Public Relations
 TV and Film production
 Creative Photography
  Givesto the Youth quality training along
with higher aspirations and deeper values
Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication (SACAC)
Sustainable Development and Science & Technology
Sustainable Development and Science & Technology

Sri Aurobindo Institute for Science and Technology (SAIST)

For an all round progress, science and technology have

to be synthesised with spiritual values and service of
humanity.
The R & D work at SAIST involves developing
technologies
  which will be based on sound Ecological,
Environmental and Energy efficient principles
  which will be appropriate to the regions and
cultures, specially in rural and semi-urban areas
of Developing Countries
  which will impact a large number of people
directly and bring a change in their lives
 Sustainable Development and Science & Technology

Sri Aurobindo Institute for Science and Technology (SAIST)

Training Local Unskilled Workers Block-Making Wind Turbine

Areas of work at present:

 Green buildings and Sustainable Designing
 Wind Energy – development of a new type of Wind Turbine
 Appropriate technology for Rural Development
Indian Culture
 Indian Culture
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC)

SAFIC aims to
  Carryout authentic research to rediscover the truth and
genius of Indian Culture in its depth and fullness
  Re-awaken the capacity that enabled India to excel in
every aspect of life, and apply it dynamically to
contemporary life and all its activities
  Create new forms of philosophy, literature, art, science
and critical knowledge, based on a synthesis of the East
and the West
  Look at existing problems of the World in the light of
Indian Spirituality and Psychology

O India, land of light and spiritual knowledge! Wake up to your

true mission in the world, show the way to union and harmony.
The Mother
 Indian Culture

Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC)

Sanskrit Presentation at Oregon University, USA

Activities and Projects

  The best India can offer to the World in all fields
of life – spirituality and religion, mathematics,
medicine, surgery, dance, music, architecture,
sculpture, painting, literature, state-craft etc.
  Sanskrit and its importance for India
  Books, Films, CDs, CD-ROMs
  Research, Training, Workshops, Seminars
Research, Training, Publications, Audio-visuals

Research, training, publication of books, journals, and

preparation of audio-visuals in various fields are an
important part of the Society’s activities.
There is a conscious effort to open new vistas through the
development of capacities and faculties still dormant in
Humanity.
A radical transformation of our present limited
consciousness into a higher consciousness which will be
the source of unbound creativity, joy and harmony, is the
ultimate goal.

New words are needed to express new ideas,

new forms are necessary to manifest new forces.
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Centres and Branches
 Centres and Branches
The Society has members, centres and branches all over India and in many parts of the world.
They are centres of sadhana, of spiritual pursuit and material perfection,
engaged in a wide range of activities.

Auro Mirra Centre of Education

- Patiala Branch

Navakriti, Nursery School

- Delhi Branch

To open a centre is not sufficient in itself. It must be the pure hearth of a

perfect sincerity in a total consecration to the Divine.
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 Centres and Branches
Sri Aurobindo Centre of New Education - Jodhpur Branch

Mirambika School For New Age - Bangalore Branch

 Centres and Branches
I Have a Dream - Workshops

Music Appreciation Workshops Self Exploration Workshops

Trek to Gangotri Flower Exhibition Sense Training

 Centres and Branches

Garba Recording Studio - Noida

Presentation on the Gita - Surat Centre Launch of ‘Maa’ CD

Some Centres and Branches

Baroda Bangalore

Siliguri, West Bengal Nowgong, Madhya Pradesh Bhopal

International Centres and Branches

London, United Kingdom Nairobi, Kenya

Heidelberg, Germany Trek organised by Singapore Centre

The world is preparing for a big change. Will you help?
The Mother

We invite you to join us in the challenging task of

creating a new and more beautiful tomorrow.
Let us all come together and work for the advent of
a new World, of which
  Peace and Unity will be the foundation
  Diversity and Dynamism its way of action
  Harmony and Happiness the constant results
For further information
Visit our Website: www.sriaurobindosociety.org.in
Phone: 91 - 413 - 233 0331 / 233 6396
Email: [email protected]