All of these provide an invaluable glimpse into Janina’s inner life in the Ashram, no less than her observation of the details of the seemingly trivial but no less significant aspects of the day to day life in the Ashram and Pondicherry during the late fifties and early sixties. She took charge of the Nursing Home for surgical cases. ... Of her bright daughters, and sweet-scented parks Were round and gardens cool. The letters in the next section were written between 1960 and 1963 to a young Bengali, a writer and social worker. We would like to carry forward the vision of the Mother to have a Central Sales Organisation for the commercial Trusts. Language: English. Poet, painter, educator and spiritualist, Janina Stroka was born in Lyov, Poland on 18 July 1909, the younger of two daughters. It is here that she became, in her immortal words “a captive of the Mother’s Love”. Employing a primarily epistolary mode, through the use of letters, it combines several interesting categories as well: spiritual travelogue, quest narrative, period history and East-West encounter. In the book The Mother by Adilashmi, Mother Meera describes her spiritual experiences while attending the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. It is impossible. The first Managing Trustee was Shri R. K. Talwar, who was formerly the Chairman of State Bank of India. Longer Poems. Auro e-Books: Books on Yoga and Spirituality. Some of the units of the Trusts are listed below. Yet, her personality was versatile: she took keen interest in nursing and painting, was involved in educational experiments and wrote poems in English and French. She talks memorably of a number of events and impressions of the supramental force spread over Pondicherry, vis a vis the ubiquitous presence of the town’s dirt, filth and squalour; about “bad people in the Ashram”; regarding the problem with maid-servants, their perpetual intrigues and the need to constantly humour them in order to extract work out of their reluctant selves and so on. I arrived in Pondicherry yesterday, 17.12, early in the morning. There are over 80 departments including farms, gardens, guesthouses and engineering units. AAATA0242N. Delhi . Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani, the place where Sri Aurobindo was born, was renovated and the sacred relics of Sri Aurobindo … This book is a collection of letters, poems and paintings by Janina Stroka, a Polish disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and a member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, from 1957 until her passing in 1964. Business Directory; Business Services (5607) Restaurants (2610) Movies & Entertainment (256) Shopping (16491) Place of Worship (160) Hotels & Accommodation (366) What the Mother and Sri Aurobindo had in mind was not an Ashram in the traditional Indian meaning, but a kind of spiritual laboratory in which a new integral, Divine Life was to be tried. Next, the book contains selected poems and paintings by Janina and concludes with a comment by the Mother on Janina’s passing. Your email address will not be published. Initially, Janina looked after a boarding school for Arab girls in Jerusalem. And when I see him, I always have the impression that he has come back after a long time, from very far away. “DARSHAN: Remembering Sweet Mother and Sri Aurobindo”, SAIIER 2006, p 187. In 1948, World War II over, and the rise of Zionism in Palestine for Israel, Janina, a non Jew, went back to Poland, this time to the equally oppressive and unwelcome arms of Soviet Communism. She took charge of the Nursing Home for surgical cases. There can be no doubt that the Divine has directly come into the human life in Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Leap up in our heart of humanhood, O miracle, O flame, Passion-flower of the Nameless, bud of the mystical Name. Sweet Home, started a few years ago at the request of working parents, for the care of their children after school hours. The Mother had opened a shop called SAACSO, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Central Sales Organisation, which was closed down because Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust was advised not to carry on any commercial activity. Adan Pradan TrustNo.56, Manakula Vinayar Street,Next to Sri Aurobindo Ashram Atelier WorkshopPondicherry – 605 001, Email addresses:apt@adanpradan.orgadanpradan@gmail.comapinfotech@adanpradan.orghttp://www.adanpradan.org. Now, it is interesting that Nahar told me first thing that there are also bad people in the Ashram and that I have to be careful. Please return the pass at the reception counter while checking out. Everything Happened around the Mother’s Movements and Her Timetable. III. Mira was an exceptional child. From her arrival on 17 December 1957 till her untimely passing on 17 July 1964, her 55th birth anniversary, Janina was to remain under the care of the Mother’s everlasting love. There are two sections: the restaurant and the annexe. And there is something so great in it, in this stream of Love spreading, that I cannot express it. About Author: Janina StrokaJanina Stroka, a Polish disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and a member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, from 1957 until her passing in 1964.Poet, painter, educator and spiritualist, Janina Stroka was born in Lyov, Poland on 18 July 1909, the younger of two daughters. Add the item that you would like to have to your cart. Address: 15A, Capitaine Marus de Zavier St, Pondicherry - 605001 Phone: 2239357 Restaurant Timings: 7.00 am - 9.00 am, 3.00 pm - 7.00 pm. Those who habitually crib against the Dining Room food would do well to see Janina’s sense of reverence towards this food (“We always get two bananas and a wonderful yoghurt, just a dream!”). Inmates of Sri Aurobindo Ashram work in these units for practising Nishkam Karma, the way of the Bhagavad Gita, along with the Works of Knowledge, the Works of Love and finally the Works of the Will in Life. Initially, Janina looked after a boarding school for Arab girls in Jerusalem. Her narrative offers us a lesson in humility. 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. The restaurant offers snacks, sweets, savouries, and cooled fruit juices. Directory. After her re… Now I know that there is no other way for the human being but only to be, really — in just this sense of the word — a child. She was as if blessing all the world — so I felt — and She was doing it for quite a long time, maybe ten minutes, but I could not tell. 47, Mission StreetPuducherry – 605 001, A/c No. Nahar has told me that Mother wants to put me in charge of this home. Rose of God, vermilion stain on the sapphires of heaven, Rose of Bliss, fire-sweet, seven-tinged with the ecstasies seven! The evening meditation is about at 8 or later and the duration differs between a few minutes and twenty minutes. Some of the units of the Trusts are listed below. T.V. An extraordinarily gifted child, who became an accomplished painter and musician, she had many inner experiences from early childhood on. She smiled for some time looking us over and then looked at the houses around, the town and the sky. I had known of the circumstances in which Sri Kapali Sastriar had first met Sri Aurobindo. Our special formulations follow the 'Siddha' way, a system of medicine that was developed in the ancient culture of Tamil Nadu, in south India, along with the equally ancient system of 'Ayurveda' meaning 'Science of Life'. Sweet Mother, In my recent dreams of X, I always see him in a very familiar setting, such as in our house, or at the Playground, or in the Ashram. It is a truly fascinating book that should interest readers of many backgrounds and persuasions. Auroshikha is a part of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and offers 100% of its profits to Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Janina Stroka, a Polish disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and a member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, from 1957 until her passing in 1964. Pavitra (Monsieur Saint-Hilaire) brought me to Her and I only know that I was Her child and that two streams of vibrating Force of Her Grace penetrated into my eyes, to my soul, from Her eyes. Sri Aurobindo^s Philosophy And Yoga Some Aspects [Jibendra] (31) Sri Aurobindo^s Philosophy of Evolution [Madhusudan Reddy, Dr. V.] (40) Sri Aurobindo^s The Life Divine - A Brief Study And Other Essays [Vellury Chandrasekharam] (7) Sri Aurobindo^s Writings on Taraben [Taraben (Little Star)] (1) In the Ashram he entered upon a new life and had many experiences and realizations. Above all, it bridges the gap between the falsity of public image vis a vis the reality of our private self. It was started for exporting products manufactured by the units of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Harpagon Workshop Trust. To see the products and place an order, move the mouse on “Online Shop” tab on the navigation bar and then move the mouse over to the name of the manufacture whose products you would like to see and have, then click the mouse. There is a great peace in me and I have inwardly asked the Mother to write this letter too, to help me. It is a charitable institution and not a profit making body. sri aurobindo ashram main doors; main sign ROSE OF GOD. The organisation is registered with the Government of Pondicherry as a Small Scale Industry for the development and export of software. He brought me with all my luggage (which has during all the journey never been opened by the customs!) In 1938 when Sri Aurobindo broke his leg, he was drawn into the inner circle of Sri Aurobindo’s personal attendants. ii. I could not look at Her all the time, I shut my eyes and prayed that I learn to open to the Descent and to adore Her. So Her Grace is acting in Her children. Her life — full of ordeals, hardships and agony — is testimony to the indomitable human spirit forever in search of the deepest meaning of life. He worked first as an assistant to an Ashram secretary and then supervised the management of several guest-houses. This morning I went (as the members and many people from the town do every day) to the street on which Her balcony is built and where She gives Her darshan every day. And many of these most wonderful people here, who help Her in Her work, have really this attitude to Her, to the Divine. Janina’s account of her life in Pondicherry in this book is divided into three parts. Login / Register Business Login / Register. With the Nazi annexation of Poland and the beginning of persecution, Janina joined an exodus of refugees and fled to Slovakia and then to other countries such as Hungary, Yugoslavia and Turkey, finally reaching Palestine. Rose of God, great wisdom-bloom on the summits of being, The brother of the sadhak who met me in the port of Bombay came to the train — another brother for me. Sri Aurobindo's teaching states that there is a one Being and Consciousness involved here in Matter which is impelled to enlarge and develop towards a greater and greater perfection. On 28th February, which was Auroville’s birthday in Sri Aurobindo’s centenary year, I went to the Ashram at 4 o’ clock and told Champaklal “It is just finished; please tell Mother that everything is ready.” She replied: “Tomorrow morning, Sunrise.” In Jerusalem, she happened to attend a lecture on Sri Aurobindo and discovered miraculously The Life Divine in a second-hand bookshop. The Radiation works through them. a dedicated westerner, drawn powerfully to spirituality, is likely to blossom more fully vis a vis his/her eastern counterparts. Inmates of Sri Aurobindo Ashram work in these units for practising Nishkam Karma, the way of  the Bhagavad Gita, along with the Works of Knowledge, the Works of Love and finally the Works of the Will in Life. Until now I approached Her only as the Divine in my prayer. The Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a spiritual community located in Pondicherry, in the Indian territory of Puducherry.The ashram grew out of a small community of disciples who had gathered around Sri Aurobindo after he retired from politics and settled in Pondicherry in 1910. The list of the products of that manufacturer will be displayed. Yesterday was a day when Mother was giving sweets to Her children, to all the members of the Ashram. The renowned charity institution that I mentioned in the earlier post “Can Shortsightedness Be Cured By William Bates Method?” is “The School for Perfect Eyesight, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India.” If you are interested in trying yourself, here are the details like contact address, location, map, website, instructions etc. https://cdn1.auro-ebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18142212/Janina-Stroka-Captive-of-Her-Love-cover250sq.png, https://www.auro-ebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/auro-e-books-logo.png. Her … He was a writer, a lecturer and the editor of three journals until his passing in 1993. The Ashram forms a third of Pondicherry, it means that Ashram dots cover, in some places more condensed, in others less, or even sparsely — but cover all of Pondicherry like a fantastic creature spreading Her limbs to swallow the human by the supramental. Her parents were both professionals: father Jan Stroka was an engineer and mother Jadwiga Krasuka, a teacher. Print Length: 106 About Pavitra and Sri Aurobindo’s Force working in the Ashram I shall write next time. The units which have a website are given in CAPS and a link is provided to browse the site. This book includes the Conversations with the Mother recollected by Mona Sarkar published earlier in Sweet Mother — Harmonies of Light and Sweet Mother — Harmonies of Light — Part 2, as well as some new material.The text has been revised in places. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The units which have a website are given in CAPS and a link is provided to browse the site. It is then that she began her career as a painter and her real mission in life: spirituality. Adan Pradan means Mutual Exchange. Book format: Pdf, ePub, Mobi To a disciple who joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1939 at the age of twenty-one. Founded in 1926, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram has grown from a small group of two dozen disciples into a large and diverse community of almost 1600 members. She also records her encounters with Pavitrada, Nolinida and Medhananda and the quota of luscious mangoes from Bombay that she receives from X, a friend: “What a pity that I do not have a husband” she observes with self-deprecating humour. An interview by Dr H. Maheshwari (1921-2002), known at the Sri Aurobindo ashram as Maheshwar, the name given to him by the Mother. The Rishi (King Manu in the former ages of the world, when the Arctic continent still subsisted, seeks knowledge from the Rishi of the Pole, who after long baffling him with conflicting side-lights of the knowledge, reveals to him what it chiefly concerns man to know.) Visitors pass for visiting the Ashram and attending other activities of the Ashram can be had from the reception. Adan Pradan Trust was established in the year 1992 in a Declaration of Trust between Shri Manoj Das Gupta, present Managing Trustee, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry and three members of the Ashram as trustees. In Jerusalem, she happened to attend a lecture on Sri Aurobindo and discovered miraculously The Life Divine in a second-hand bookshop. This eCommerce website is being developed for the manufacturing units of the commercial trusts and some of the products can be ordered from our “Online Shop” tab on the navigation bar. The pressure of Her Force is so immense that it is clear that only She will be doing Her work in the house and I am only praying that I may never forget it and learn more and more to be a channel only. So I was very happy that She was exceptionally doing it on that day. ICICI Savings BankNo. Our bank particulars for transfers within India Usually it is at 6.15, today it was some minutes later. 005601024962IFCS Code ICIC0000056, UPI address: sacso@iciciemail: sacso.online@gmail.com, GSTIN No. The name given by the Mother, therefore, has been  modified to SACSO which stands for Sri Aurobindo Central Sales Organisation and the purpose of the website is to keep in touch with well wishers and to display and sell online products of the manufacturing units of the commercial Trusts, whose one of the beneficiary is Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust. This is very far from sentimentality. This book is a collection of letters, poems and paintings by Janina Stroka, a Polish disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and a member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, from 1957 until her passing in 1964. It is a house newly purchased by the Ashram for a kind of nursing home for patients after operations. One would be doing harm to oneself if one did not become a child again. Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Sethi Sweets Deals,Sethi Sweets.Sweets & Snacks in Dev Nagar, Delhi. In 1948, World War II over, and the rise of Zionism in Palestine for Israel, Janina, a non Jew, went back to Poland, this time to the equally oppressive and unwelcome arms of Soviet Communism. With Sri Aurobindo’s help and inspiration he flowered into a wonderful poet. The balcony is not high, we stood very near to Her. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. SABCL - Volume 5. to a house which is supposed to be my home now and soon the place too of my work. He was a versatile scholar of Indian Philosophy and of the teaching of Sri Aurobindo, but most importantly – a seeker, devotee and disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi Branch Presents Sada Namaami Maataram by Mitra Durba and Shantanu Bhattacharyya, sponsored by Mother's Blossoms. 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