Sri Aurobindo Society - 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

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 Importance Throughout
India
Named after Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Society was founded by the Mother in 1960.
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
Society House, Puducherry, India

Main fields of activity
 Education
 Rural Development
 Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy
 Health
 Leadership & Management
 Indian Culture
 Youth and Women
 Children with Special Needs
 Palliative Care
 Media, Arts & Communication
 Social & Economic Development
 Research & Training
 Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Exhibitions
 Books, Audio-visuals, Magazines and E-journals
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.
True spirituality is not to renounce life, but to make life perfect with a Divine Perfection.
The Mother

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
Sri Aurobindo
Education
India Council for Integral Education (ICIE)
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
 The subtler spiritual qualities that unify and harmonise the
personality for a life beneficial to the individual and the
society

 Development of Qualities and Values, like courage,
truthfulness, generosity etc.
 Development of Faculties like concentration,
imagination, memory, creativity etc.
 Preparation of 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
Activities and Programmes
Education

Education
 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

True education must reveal what is already present in the developing beings and make it blossom.
Just as flowers blossom in the sun, children blossom in joy.
- The Mother
Education Camps and Workshops

Rupantar
RUPANTAR
Is a Multidimensional programme to Transform Education and Inspire Action
An education which aims at a total and integral development
 encompassing all stakeholders of education.
 help strengthen the current Centre and State-run programmes for education

The programme now
coversall the 75 districts
of Uttar Pradesh
Trained 4LAKH teachers
in Uttar Pradesh
Muzzaffarnagar
Ghaziabad
Muradabad
Bareilly
Aligarh
Etawah
Agra
Lucknow
Gonda
Faizabad Gorakhpur
Azamgarh
Jhansi
Allahabad
Nodal Training Centers, supported by
Branch Training Centres across UP
Varanasi
A beginning made from Uttar Pradesh
With engagement of more than 400,000
(4 lakh) teachers and 165,000 (1.65 lakh)
schools, RUPANTAR will benefit more than
20 million (2 crore) children—of which over
70% are in rural areas. For India, this can
mean significant support in bridging the skills
divide.
Rupantar
4 lakh teachers trained

 A collaborative initiative
with Satya Special
School, Puducherry; and
College of Education at
the University of Oregon,
USA
Arohan
every child is beautiful
Children with Special Needs
 Aims to create a model of
excellence and a training
centre of inclusive
education for Children with
Special Needs (CWSN) in a
rural outreach programme
 It will bring together the
best practices from the
East and the West in a
creative and innovative
synthesis, and also be
sustainable, scalable and
replicable

 Works towards a holistic
development of children
with special needs (CWSN)
including mentally
challenged children,
between 0 and 15 years old
 Care, cure, rehabilitation, and effective access to specialized
services, reinforcing the capacities of an Integrated Specialty
Center in Puducherry
Children with Special Needs

The Sarvam Integral Rural 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
Sri Aurobindo Rural & Village Action & Movement (SARVAM)
Rural Development
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

Rural Development
Education
Health Economic Development

Rural Development
Organic Farming and Dairy
Housing

SHARANAM - Skill Development & Training Centre

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

Sustainable Development and Science & Technology
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
Training Local Unskilled WorkersWind Turbine
Sri Aurobindo Institute for Science and Technology (SAIST)

SAIIIHR aims to
 Study and 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.
The Mother
Sri Aurobindo International Institute for Integral Health and Research (SAIIIHR)
Health

Sri Aurobindo International Institute for Integral Health and Research (SAIIIHR)
Health
 An Integral 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
Activities & Programmes

Sanjeevan
an Integral approach to end-of-life care
Palliative Care
 A collaborative initiative with the Institute
of Palliative Medicine (IPM), Kozhikode,
Kerala
 Aims to develop a comprehensive system
of community-based care for the
incurably ill, chronically bedridden,
elderly and dying people in Puducherry,
by taking care of their physical,
psychological, social, emotional and
spiritual needs
 It is patient centred, and not disease-
focused; the goal is to provide the best
possible quality of life for patients and
their families

 Developing a community based model for
Palliative Care in Puducherry through
• establishment of a Sanjeevan Centre
• capacity building in the community
• establishment of outpatient outlet / day
care centre supported by practitioners
of mainstream and alternative
medicines
• establishment of home care units led by
nurses and doctors specially trained in
Palliative Care
 Sensitization and capacity building in other
parts of India to facilitate the development
of Community based Palliative Care
programmes
Project highlights
Palliative Care

SAFIM aims to provide the Modern Managers with
 Deep and 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
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management (SAFIM)
Leadership & Management
One must be able to control oneself before one can hope to govern others.
The Mother

Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Integral Management (SAFIM)
 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
Leadership & Management

SAFIC aims to
 Carry out 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
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC)
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

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
Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture (SAFIC)
Indian Culture

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
Youth & Women
Progress is youth; at a hundred years of age one can be young.
The Mother
AuroYouth and Women’s Council

 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 & Women
AuroYouth and Women’s Council

Media, Arts & Communication
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
 Bring together people who are inspired
by these ideals
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.
AuroTV and AuroFilms
“At the service of Beauty and Truth”

Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication (SACAC)
SACAC, New Delhi,
 Finds new 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 main courses
include
 Audio Engineering & Music Production
 Creative Documentary
 Photography
 Advertising & Public Relations
 Digital Marketing
 Gives to the Youth quality training along
with higher aspirations and deeper values

Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication (SACAC)

AuroService
 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
Social & Economic Development

Prisoners Reformation & Rehabilitation
Puthiya Nambikkai
a step towards new future
 Puthiya Nambikkai, meaning ‘New Hope’ in Tamil,
is a collaborative effort with the Pondicherry Police
Department and Satya Special School, Puducherry
 Aims at Prisoners Reformation and Rehabilitation by
including the prison staff and the spouses and also
the children of the prisoners
The project involves
Extensive study of the existing prison conditions at
Puducherry Central Prison, the background of its prisoners
and their families, and also involving the police personnel
in the process of reformation and rehabilitation
It works towards
Helping in the reformation of prisoners and return them as
productive members of society in respect to Education,
work skills, treating others with respect, and self-discipline.

Research, Training, Publications, Audio-visuals
New words are needed to express new ideas,
new forms are necessary to manifest new forces.
The Mother
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.

One of our greatest assets are our volunteers and
interns. Students, professionals, groups and
organizations from all over the world contribute
their skills and expertise towards our vision.
Volunteers and Interns
Shweta - Nasik Vivek - Indore
Riddhi - Mumbai Kinzie & Rachel - Oregon
Ann - Geneva

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.
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.
The Mother
Branches and Centres
Auro Mirra Centre of Education
- Patiala
Navakriti, Nursery School
- Delhi

Sri Aurobindo Centre of New Education – Jodhpur
Mirambika School For New Age – Bangalore

Trek to Gangotri
Good Parenting Art and Craft
Workshops
Study camp on Upanishads Drawing competition

Garba
Recording Studio - Noida Presentation on the Gita - Surat
Launch of ‘Maa’ CD - Mumbai

Baroda
Bhopal
Bangalore
Siliguri, West Bengal
Some Branches and Centres
Nowgong, Madhya Pradesh

SAS Global
Heidelberg, Germany
Nairobi, KenyaLondon, United Kingdom
Singapore Centre

Visionaries of the Next Future

Sri Aurobindo (1872 – 1950)
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
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.

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.
The Mother (1878 – 1973)
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 and
self…
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

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