Vidyamandir and Samskritam Auroville are initiatives that are part of the Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research (SAIIER) to offer learning programs that supports all beings in harmonizing spiritual and material life. If you are new to Auroville, we encourage you to start with reading its Charter and follow your heart to explore it further from there on https://auroville.org
Here are some words that summarizes the spirit and guiding force behind our work:
From Sri Aurobindo’s message for India’s Independence Day which was broadcasted on All India Radio:
“…the spiritual gift of India to the world has already begun. India’s spirituality is entering Europe and America in an ever increasing measure. That movement will grow; amid the disasters of the time more and more eyes are turning towards her with hope and there is even an increasing resort not only to her teachings, but to her psychic and spiritual practice.”
From Sri Aurobindo on The Renaissance in India:
“The recovery of the old spiritual knowledge and experience in all its splendour, depth and fullness is its first, most essential work; the flowing of this spirituality into new forms of philosophy, literature, art, science and critical knowledge is the second; an original dealing with modern problems in the light of the Indian spirit and the endeavour to formulate a greater synthesis of a spiritualised society is the third and most difficult.“ Its success on these three lines will be the measure of its help to the future of humanity.
We are rebuilding this website with a ‘collective yajnya’ (यज्ञ) to study the Bhagavad Gita and apply the learnings in everyday life: https://vidya.auroville.org/courses/shrimad-bhagwat-geeta/
Through these reports, you can get a glimpse about our work that has organically emerged over the past few years seeded through small acts of love and devotion: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24. and 2024-25. More courses and educational programs are being developed. If you have any suggestions or inspiration to co-create and participate, feel free to contact Deven on: vidyamandir@auroville.org.in / devabhasha@auroville.org.in