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The Mental faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy, is the conceptual and cognitive mind. Unlike Western psychology, in which mind and consciousness are considered the same, Sri Aurobindo strongly distinguishes between the "Mental" and the " Vital" (emotional) faculties, as well as between Mind and pure Consciousness. Sri Aurobindo in part bases his concept of the Mental on his reading of the Taittiriya Upanishad, the mental being (or perhaps just the Mental Purusha) is the mano-maya-atma - the self made of mind ( manas). ( Full article...)
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- ... that in 2012, a three-day World Congress of Religions conference was organized by the Institute of World Religions to commemorate the 150th birthday of Swami Vivekananda?
- ... that Tao Porchon-Lynch, who studied under Sri Aurobindo and Indra Devi, has been recognized as the world's oldest yoga teacher at age 95?
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In this month...
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- February 11 Sunday Vijaya Ekadashi
- February 12 Monday Kumbha Sankranti
- February 12, 1824, Birth of Dayananda Saraswati
- February 13 Tuesday Maha Shivaratri
- February 13, 2010 Pune bombing
- February 13: 1913 – Thubten Gyatso, the 13th Dalai Lama, declared the independence of Tibet from the Republic of China.
- February 14, 1998: 1998 Coimbatore bombings targeting L.K. Advani and the BJP
- Feb 14, 2019 Pulwama attack
- February 15 Thursday Surya Grahan *Anshika
- February 18: 2007 – Terrorist bombs exploded on the Samjhauta Express train in Panipat, Haryana, India, killing 68 people.
- February 19, 1630, Birth of Shivaji
- February 21, 1878, Birth of Mirra Alfassa
- February 21, 2013 Hyderabad blasts
- February 26 Monday Amalaki Ekadashi
- February 27: 2002 - Godhra train burning. A Muslim mob set fire to a standing train, killing about 60 Hindus, an act which triggered the Godhra riots
- February. Chinese New Year
- February. Losar in Bhutan and Tibet
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