In His (Morya's) Own Country (The Roerichs' Memorial House) ... IV
In His (Morya's) Own Country (The Roerichs' Memorial House) ... IV Chintamani (Sanskrit: chintan + mani; English: chintan—abstract thinking, and mani—jewel) The Chintamani and Urusvati of Nicholas and Helena Roerich are, in a sense, parallel to Savitri and Auroville of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Just as the ray mantrams of Master Djwal Khul through Bailey—mantram (Sanskrit: manan + trana; English: contemplation of the soul leading to liberation)—are deeply stirring and liberating for a disciple with an awakened intuition and higher mind, so too are these Sanskrit terms, that are symbolic in legends central to the works of Roerich and Sri Aurobindo, profoundly meaningful. A mystic painting titled Chintamani (Sanskrit: chintan + mani; English: chintan—abstract thinking, and mani—jewel) is found on the inner side of the entrance door of the Urusvati Himalayan Research Center. Urusvati may be interpreted as (Sanskrit: uru—wide, su—beautiful, ati—very great; further elaboration ...