This morning, in the hours bridging dawn, Auroville gathered in the garden amphitheater of the Martimandir to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
Posts Tagged 'Matrimandir'
Bon Fête Auroville
Published 28 February 2008 Friends , India , Religion, Spiritualism & Other Make-Believe 2 CommentsTags: 40th anniversary, amphitheater, Auroville, Manoj Pavithran, Matrimandir, Uma Prajapati
Divining the Divine Plan
Published 26 February 2008 Bio , India , Religion, Spiritualism & Other Make-Believe , Service 7 CommentsTags: Auroville, divine plan, garden, Matrimandir, nut grass, nutgrass, Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, The Mother, weeding
On Sunday, I rose at 6:00 am – not something to which I am accustomed – to board a bus for Auroville. Usually, I cycle to Auroville; but this morning I was in the company of members of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram who were making their bi-weekly visit to help in the landscaping of the gardens of the Matrimandir, the spectacular meditation hall which sits at the epicenter of the Auroville community.
I’m not big on gardening; nor am I a devotee of Sri Aurobindo – though I think the man was one astoundingly brilliant poet and a bad-ass philosopher, at least until things get so deep and twisted I can’t even pretend to follow. But the ashram and Auroville are nonetheless special to me as, between them, they house the large majority of the people I have come to love in my adopted home.
What better did I have to do on a beautiful Sunday morning than to assist in the building of a community I admire in the company friends I adore?
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