BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:743@matagiri.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240127T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240127T123000 DTSTAMP:20240110T164138Z URL:https://matagiri.org/events/interview-with-sri-aurobindo-biographer-lu c-venet/ SUMMARY:EVENTNAME - January 27\, 2024 - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm - DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\n\nDevdip Ganguli from the Sri Aurobindo International Cent er of Education joins Julian Lines to interview author\, Luc Venet\, about his new biography of Sri Aurobindo. Luc is in France\, Devdip in Pondiche rry but a few seats at Matagiri are available. Please RSVP.\n\nSYNOPSIS:\n While giving primarily account of the intricate revolutionary events\, Luc Venet clarifies the nature of the spiritual turning points in Sri Aurobin do’s yoga during this period and explaining how they influenced his poli tical activities. \nThe Never-dying Fire covers the key events in Sri Aur obindo’s sadhana\, beginning with his experience of ‘infinite oneness ’ on landing at Apollo Bundar\, continuing with his meeting with Lele an d the achievement of silent mind and climaxes in his Alipore jail experien ces\, before he receives the “adeshas” that summon him to Pondicherry.  \n\n \;\nLuc Venet\, a young PhD in mathematics\, discovers India a nd then Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry. It is a complete revolution in his l ife. He spends a few years in Auroville\, then in America as a publisher. He now lives in southern France.\n \;\n\n\nDevdip Ganguli teaches unde rgraduate students at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education\ , Pondicherry\, where he offers courses based on the writings of Sri Aurob indo. He is also invited to teach in universities in India and abroad on r elated topics. He is the co-editor of "Reading Sri Aurobindo" (Penguin Ran dom House\, 2022).\n\n\n \;\nJulian Lines is President of Matagiri. He also serves on the board of Auroville International USA and as an advisor to the Nakashima Foundation for Peace. He was a former Chairperson of Aur oville International and served on Auroville’s International Advisory Co uncil.\nZOOM REGISTRATION LINK :\n https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe r/tZEudOirqzMsGdw9rGmZjK9udO4vEYprjrhx#/registration\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/matagiri.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/12/The-Never-Dying-Fire-e1703723268605.jpg?fit=100%2C154&ssl=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR