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Darshan days
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| 01 January |
New Year's day |
| 21 February |
The Mother's birthday |
| 29 February |
The Supramental Manifestation day |
| 24 April |
The Mother's final arrival in Pondicherry |
| 15 August |
Sri Aurobindo's birthday |
| 17 November |
The Mother's Mahasamadhi day |
| 24 November |
Siddhi day |
| 05 December |
Sri Aurobindo's Mahasamadhi day |
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On Darshan days, collective meditation is held around the Sacred Relics and the Message
cards from Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry are distributed to visitors at Lakshmi's House.
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Background
"Darshan" in Sanskrit means "seeing".
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Physical means [like Darshan and touch in the Pranam] can be and are used in the
approach to divine love and worship; they have not been allowed merely as a concession
to human weakness, nor is it the fact that in the psychic way there is no place for such
things. On the contrary, they are one means of approaching the Divine and receiving the
Light and materialising the psychic contact, and so long as it is done in the right spirit
and they are used for the true purpose they have their place. - Sri Aurobindo
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In the present context, "Darshan" refers to "seeing" Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Shortly after the Siddhi day in November 1926, Sri Aurobindo retired from daily
contact with his
disciples. Thereafter he saw them only a few times a year, on, what came
to be known as, Darshan days.
On Darshan days, sadhaks, devotees and visitors were given a few minutes to
spend in the presence of the two Avatars.
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In the days when Sri Aurobindo used to give Darshan,
before he gave it there was always a
concentration of certain forces or of a certain realisation
which he wanted to give people.
And so each Darshan marked a stage forward; each time
something was added. But that was at a time
when the number of visitors was very limited. - The Mother
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As the number of sadhaks and visitors increased, this kind of individual darshan was discontinued and everyone passed before
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother in a long line.
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