Kālidāsa, the master poet has been widely acclaimed to have suggestively and poetically reflected the quintessence of ancient Indian tradition.

Aurobindo says “Vālmīki, Vyāsa and Kālidāsa are the essence of the history of ancient India, if all else were lost, they would still be its sole and sufficient cultural history.” It is but natural that poet of genius reflect or reproduce a vast spectrum of ideas – of variegated levels like philosophical, speculative, cultural and so on. In that sense, Kālidāsa was a poet, par-excellence. To quote Aurobindo’s own words.

ശ്രീലളിതാത്രിപുരസുന്ദരിയുടെ സൂക്ഷ്മരൂപമായ ശ്രീചക്രം എന്നത് വെറും ജ്യാമിതീയരൂപങ്ങളായ ത്രികോണങ്ങൾ, വൃത്തങ്ങൾ, ചതുരങ്ങൾ ഇവ മാത്രമല്ല.   ഈ ഒരു രൂപത്തിന്റെ പുറകിൽ അതിഗഹനമായ ഒരു തത്ത്വം ഒളിഞ്ഞുകിടപ്പുണ്ട്. അതായത് യന്ത്രത്തിന്റെ കേന്ദ്രം എന്നത് അതിന്റെ ബിന്ദുവാണല്ലോ....

A Solution for Crisis 
 
ജീവിതത്തിൽ നമുക്കുണ്ടായിക്കോണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന പ്രതിസന്ധികളികൾക്കു പരിഹാരമായിട്ടോ അല്ലാതെയോ, അതായത് പരമമായ ഈശ്വരാരാധന എന്നതാണ് നമ്മുടെ ലക്ഷ്യം എങ്കിൽ അതിനായിട്ടും, ഉപയോഗിക്കുവാൻ പര്യാപ്തമായ ഒരു ധ്യാന രീതിയാണ്  Awareness Meditation എന്നത്.

               ആർഷഭാരതം സംഭാവന ചെയ്ത വളരെ ഉദാത്തമായ ഒരു സങ്കൽപ്പമാണ് പരമശിവന്റേത്. ഒരു വെറും ദേവതാരൂപമല്ല, മറിച്ച് ഒരു ദർശനത്തിന്റെ സമൂർത്താവിഷ്ക്കാരമാണ് ഈ രൂപകൽപന. തന്ത്രശാസ്ത്രം വിഭാവനം ചെയ്യുന്ന വിശ്വാതീതവും വിശ്വാത്മകവുമായ പരമസാക്ഷാത്കാരമാണ് ഇതിൽ അന്തർഭവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്.

The archeological evidences and the literary sources are the two basic tools for historians to trace the history of any culture. As far as the origin of the Indian culture is concerned,

SAPTA-MATRIKAS. By Diti were born to Kasyapa two sons known as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu. They were respectively killed by Vishnu in his Varaha-avatara and Nrisimha-Avatara. Prahlada,the son of Hiranyakasipu,became a devotee of Vishnu and renounced all concerns of worldly life.

After him Andhakasura began to rule over the Asuras. By piously practicing a long series of austerities,he obtained several boons from Brahma and became very powerful. He then began to cause annoyance to the Devas; and they ran to Kailasas to complain Siva about the troubles caused by the Asura chief. When Siva was listening to their complaint, Andhakasura appeared at Kailasa with a view to carry away Parvathi.  Siva thereupon got ready to fight the Asura; he made three well-known snakes Vasuki,Takshaka and Dhananjaya serve as his belt and bracelets. An Asura named Nila, who had secretly planned to kill Siva came out in the meanwhile in the form of an elephant. Nandi came to know of this and informed Virabhadra;and he took the shape of the lion(the natural enemy of the elephant) and attacked and killed Nila. The skin of this elephant was presented by Virabhadra to Siva. It was worn by Siva as his upper garment. Clad with this curious garment and ornamented with the serpents and wielding his powerful Trisula, Siva started out on his expedition against Andhakasura taking with him his army consisting of the Ganas. Vishnu and the other Gods also went with him to offer help. But in the struggle that ensured Vishnu and other Devas had to run away.