Luther-Translated Bible, Eisenach, Germany, 1983

A copy of the Bible translated from Greek to German by religious reformer Martin Luther in 1521 lies open to the New Testament in a dimly lit room in Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany. Luther lived incognito at the castle for nearly a year after he was declared an outlaw by the Roman emperor for refusing to recant his Reformation writings.



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The common feature binding all inmates of the Ashram is their quest for spiritual fulfilment through the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo. Its members, like those in any other community or institution, are in varied states of spiritual, mental, emotional and physical evolution. They are prone to all the differences of opinion, ego clashes, jealousies, hypocrisies, fanaticisms and conflicts that characterize human interaction elsewhere. Yet amongst them, externally indistinguishable from the common lot, there are a few who live an inner life exploring wide spiritual spaces untouched by the turmoil of these human interactions. Amongst these few there are some who have excelled in various professional fields whether they be the arts, literature and poetry or science, medicine and engineering, or public administration, or even soldiering. Yet they differ from other successful people elsewhere in the world by their total indifference to wealth, power and fame.

It is pleasing to see most old sadhaks in their eighties and nineties going about their routine in a manner more sprightly than people elsewhere ten to fifteen years younger. It is touching to see some sadhaks physically handicapped by accident or very old age receiving assured and continuous tender care from other inmates.

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