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Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère, was a French-Indian spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name "The Mother".
Apr 25, 2020 · Pages from the life of Mirra Alfassa who arrived in Pondicherry in April 1920 and became famous as the Mother of the Aurobindo Ashram. Published - April 25, 2020 05:31 pm IST. Manoj Das.
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. An extraordinarily gifted child, who became an accomplished painter and musician, she had many inner experiences from early childhood on.
Aug 14, 2023 · Mirra Alfassa, or the Mother, was the most important person in Sri Aurobindo’s life, and carried forward his work following his death.
The Mother was born Mirra Alfassa in Paris on 21 February 1878. A pupil at the Academie Julian, she became an accomplished artist, and also excelled as a pianist and writer. Interested in occultism, she visited Tlemcen, Algeria, in 1905 and l906 to study with the adept Max Theon and his wife.
Sep 4, 2023 · Mirra Alfassa, or the Mother, was the most important person in Sri Aurobindo’s life, and carried forward his work following his death.
Feb 7, 2019 · Mirra Alfassa, or The Mother, was the guiding spirit behind the setting up of Auroville (City of Dawn), an idyllic township, where an ambience of universal brotherhood and peace prevails.
Feb 28, 2019 · Born Blanche Rachel Mirra Alfassa in 1878 in Paris, France, she was 95 when she died in Pondicherry, India. By then, she was known simply as The Mother, but few know about her role in the birth of Bangladesh. Mirra led an eventful life in France, having strange occult experiences even as a child.
Jan 10, 2023 · The fact that Mirra Alfassa, a French-born Jew who grew up in Paris in the late 1800s, not only took to Hinduism, but went on to become a prominent guru with an immense following that exists to this day, is therefore more than just intriguing, it’s extraordinary.
May 25, 2022 · Mirra Alfassa (1878–1973), better known as The Mother, was Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual partner and co-founder of Integral Yoga, a global movement based in South India and currently numbering multiple centres around the world.
