GRACY SAINT-SRI AUROBINDO

GRACY SAINT-SRI AUROBINDO

Sri Aurobindo was one of the most talented as well as prolific spiritual saint of India. Along with that, he was a brilliant writer, who published 68 volumes of sophisticated literary knowledge. All the works and teachings of Shri Aurbindo that we see today were written by him within a span of four years. He never contributed even a single word to the field of literature. As per Sri Aurobindo biography, he adopted complete silence in later years of his life, speaking on the rarest of occasions.The life history of Sri Aurbindo says that he was born in Calcutta, on 15th August 1872. At the young age of seven, he was sent to England to complete his education. He studied at St. Paul's in London and at King's College, Cambridge, learning Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian and Spanish alongside. As teenage approached, he felt that his mission in life was to play a role in the revolutionary changes emerging in the world and in India.He met a yogi, Vishnu Bhaskar Lele, in Baroda, who led him towards the ancient Hindu practices of yoga. He claimed to have the divine vision of Swami Vivekananda in his meditations. After spending four years in intense meditation at Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo launched Arya, a 64 page monthly review. In 1920, he was joined by his spiritual collaborator, known as 'The Mother'. Shri Aurobindo believed that human beings are not the end of the process of evolution. They can evolve beyond the present state of ignorance to the future state of Supramental existence. There is only one truth or reality in life and that is 'The Truth of Existence'. This reality, also known as Brahman, is absolute and not bounded by any limitations. We can recover this reality by rising from ignorance and moving on the path of spirituality. Auroville or Aurobindo Ashram is a society, consisting of people dedicated to the same goal of "Supramental Consciousness". It situated near the city of Pondicherry and has been built to serve as the residence of upto 50,000 people from around the world. It is like a model city of the future, which is based on the spirit of universal brotherhood.

GRACY SAINT-RAHIM

GRACY SAINT-RAHIM

Mirza Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana was the son of Akbar’s trusted caretaker, Bairam Khan who had Turk ancestry. His mother was the daughter of Jamal Khan of Mewat. Abdul Rahim was born in Lahore.
After Bairam Khan was murdered, his wife became the second wife of Akbar, which made Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khan his stepson, and later he became one of his nine prominent ministers, the Navaratnas, or nine gems.
Although a Muslim by birth, Rahim was a devotee of Lord Krishna and wrote poetry dedicated to him. He was also an avid Astrolger, and the writer if two important works in Astrology Khet Kautukam and Dwawishd Yogavali are still popular.
He is well known for his strange manner of giving alms to the poor. He never looked at the person he was giving alms to, keeping his gaze downwards in all humility. When Tulsidas heard about Rahim's strange method of giving alms, he promptly wrote a couplet and sent it to Rahim:
Aisi deni den jyu, kit seekhe ho sainjyon jyon kar oonchyo karo, tyon tyon niche nain
"Sir, Why give gifts like this? Where'd you learn that?Your hands are as high as your eyes are low"
Realizing that Tulsidas was well 'Aware' of the 'Truth' behind creation, and was merely giving him an opportunity to say a few lines in reply, he wrote to Tulsidas in all humility:
Denhar koi aur hai, bhejat jo din rainLog bharam hum par kare, taaso niche nain
"The Giver is someone else, bestowing, day and night.The world gives me credit: so, down are my eyes."
His two sons were killed by Akbar's son Jehangir and their bodies left to rot at the Khooni Darwaza because Rahim was not in favour of Jehangir's accession to the throne at Akbar's death.
His tomb is situated ahead of Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi. Later, in 1753-4, marble and sandstone from this tomb was used for the making of Safdarjung's Tomb, also in New Delhi