Sri Aurobindo appreciates Buddha working for liberation of humanity

Between two worlds: East and West : an autobiography - Page 58 - Jitendranath Mohanty - 2002 - His eyes glistened, I knew that because of his Baroda connections, Sri Aurobindo had great influence on Maharashtrian intellectuals. Vinoba replied, 'What can I tell you about Sri Aurobindo? Leaving Gandhiji aside, he has been the most ...

Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx: integral sociology and dialectical ... - Page 181 - Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya - 1988 - Preview In this connection Sri Aurobindo refers to the idea of a League of Nations as advanced by President Wilson and also to the changing patterns of the Commonwealth. But unfortunately when the League of Nations was actually formed, America ...

Perspectives on Sri Aurobindo's poetry, plays, and criticism - Page 92 - Amrita Paresh Patel, Jaydipsinh Dodiya - 2002 - Full view - More editions

In this connection, Sri Aurobindo himself accepts that the work of the poet depends not only on himself and his age, but on the mentality of the nation to which he belongs and the spiritual intellectual, aesthetic tradition and environment which it...

Education In Emerging Indian Society - Page 357 - Y.K. Singh - Preview - More editions The reasoning should proceed from concrete to abstract, since this is the law of training of mental faculties, the sound should be acknowledged before the sense.

Philosophy Of Education - Page 235 -  S.S. Chandra, S.S. Chandra & Rajendra Kumar Sharma - 2006 - Preview - More editions Explaining his principle in this connection Sri Aurobindo has remarked, "The true knowledge takes its base on things, arthas, and only when it has mastered the thing, proceeds to formalise its information". Training of Imagination Several ... Principles Of Education - Page 235 - S.S. Chandra, Rajendra Kumar Sharma - 2004 - Preview - More editions

Axiological approach to the Vedas - Page 100 - Sahebrao Genu Nigal - 1986 - Preview - More editions In this connection, Sri Aurobindo writes, "The conception of supramental consciousness is the condition of the state of immortality or beatitude." The metaphysics of the soul itself points to the higher ranges of mystical experiences. Writing on ...

The Indian Scriptures And The Life Divine - Page 145 - Binita Pani - 1993 - Preview ... notions to justify us in supposing at all a higher than the barbarous and primitive sense of the Veda". In this connection Sri Aurobindo points out that the language of the Veda has not undergone any change during these years. It has been...

Vedic philosophy of values - Page 106 - Sahebrao Genu Nigal - 2009 - Preview In this connection, Sri Aurobindo says, "Yajna is the giving of man of what he possesses in his being to the higher and divine nature and its fruit is the further enrichment of his manhood by the lavish bounty of the gods. . The wealth thus gained ...

Integral Education: thought & Practical - Page 148 - R.n. pani - Preview - More editions In this connection Sri Aurobindo brings in the concept of the Gnostic being who is man transformed into superman. Explaining the concept Dr. Iyengar, says: "The final or culminating assault or heave of the ascending ocean of consciousness ...

Evening talks with Sri Aurobindo - Volume 1 - Page 7 - Aurobindo Ghose, Ambalal Balkrishna Purani - 1970 - Its difficulty is partly due to the notion that the Divine is unlimited and illimitable while a "personality", however high and grand, seems to demand imposition, or assumption, of limitation. In this connection Sri Aurobindo said during an Evening...

Multicultural Liteature in India: Critical Perceptions - N. D. R. Chandra - 1910 - Preview ... his detention in the Alipur Jail had brought about a profound change in his entire outlook. In this connection, Sri Aurobindo himself accepts that the work of the poet depends not only on himself and his age, but on the mentality of the nation.

Sri Aurobindo circle - Issue 41 - Page 73 - Aurobindo Ghose - 1985 - (In this connection Sri Aurobindo distinguished between success in outer life and success in inner development of the soul. So far as development is concerned failure is often better than success.) Disciple: How? Sri CONVERSATIONS WITH...

Understanding thoughts of Sri Aurobindo - Page 168 - Indrani Sanyal, Krishna Roy, Jadavpur University. Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies - 2007 - In this connection, Sri Aurobindo refers to one important point often raised by foreigners: he says that William Archer doubts E.B. Havell's suggestion that these Indian artists knew the anatomy of the body well enough, but chose to depart...

Sri Aurobindo: a centenary tribute - Page 123 - Aurobindo Ghose, K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar - 1974 - In this connection, Sri Aurobindo elucidates that Art as one whole comprises three elements, the perfect expressive form, the discovery of beauty and revelation of the soul, the third referring to the creative consciousness and Ananda of which ...

Sri Aurobindo - Page ix - Navajata - 1972 - The future will hail Sri Aurobindo as an avatar who ushered in the Supramental Age. The Mother has said in this connection: 'Sri Aurobindo incarnated in the human body the supramental consciousness and has not only revealed PREFACE ...

Sri Aurobindo and Iqbal: a comparative study of their philosophy - Page 75 - M. Rafique - 1974 - In this connection, Sri Aurobindo greatly appreciates Buddha who having attained Nirvana continued to work here in the world for the liberation of the humanity. In Vedic and Upanishadic literature, the Ultimate Reality is described as ...

Sri Aurobindo and his contemporary thinkers - Page 26 - Indrani Sanyal, Krishna Roy, Jadavpur University - 2007 - In this connection, Sri Aurobindo makes a distinction between national ego and national soul, corresponding to the distinction in regard to the individual life where the superficial ego is seen to be distinct from the true individual soul. The mark ...

The integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo - Part 2 - Page 85 - Rishabhchand - 1955 - It would be very helpful to remember in this connection Sri Aurobindo's instructions in regard to the means of dealing effectively with these obscure movements of the subconscient. As a general rule, Sri Aurobindo lays down that in all matters, ...

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: an approach and a study - Page 69 - Ambalal Balkrishna Purani - 1970 - In this connection, Sri Aurobindo's appraisal of the modern times gives us a profound view and psychological justification for these modernist attempts in poetry. In his book, "The Future Poetry", he says, "Everywhere there is a seeking after ...

Modern trends in Indian education - Page 228 - Jagannath Mohanty - 2004 - Preview - More editions In this connection Sri Aurobindo has enunciated three principles of teaching in his book "A System of National Education". His first principle says that nothing can be taught. It is not paradoxical? But this striking statement emphasizes that the ...

The ascent of sight in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri - Page 17 - Jugal Kishore Mukherjee - 2001 - spaces than this gross physical space, sthulakasa. Indian mystical tradition has named them as cittakasa, cidakasa, vyoma, etc. We cannot but recall in this connection Sri Aurobindo's magnificent description of the 'soul space' in Book II Canto ...

Saints of India: Sri Aurobindo Ghose - Page 35 Shri Ram Bakshi, Sangh Mittra - 2002 - In this connection Sri Aurobindo wrote reassuringly to her: "The Ananda of creation is not the pleasure of the ego in having personally done well The Ananda comes from the inrush of a greater power, the thrill of being possessed and used by it ...

Indian Political Thought - Page 53 - Urmila Sharma, S.K. Sharma - 2001 - Preview In this connection, Sri Aurobindo has written "Republican states were already long established and in vigorous functioning in sixth century before Christ, contemporary therefore with the brilliant but ephemeral and troubled Greek city ...

The literary criticism of Sri Aurobindo, with special reference to ... - Page 411 - Shree Krishna Prasad, Aurobindo Ghose - 1974 - And evolution means a bringing out of new powers which lay concealed in the seed or the first form; the simple gives place to the more complex .... the superficial gives place to the more and more profound...." In this connection Sri Aurobindo ...

Mother India: monthly review of culture - Volume 47 - Page 712 - Sri Aurobindo Ashram - 1994 - In this connection Sri Aurobindo reminiscences: "A month and a half before my arrest an unknown gentleman had come to see me. He said: 'Sir, we have not met, but since I have great respect for you I am here to warn you of an impending ...

The Advent - Volume 60 - Page 10 - Sri Aurobindo Ashram - 2003 - In this connection, Sri Aurobindo makes a distinction between national ego and national soul, corresponding to the distinction in regard to the individual life where the superficial ego is seen to be distinct from the true individual soul. The mark ...

World union - Volume 17 - Page 32 - World Union (Organization) - 1977 - Snippet view - More editions ... myopic and so can no longer even grope our way to the soul's last heaven of bliss and harmony, love and light. ln this connection, Sri Aurobindo reiterates: Reason was the helper; Reason is the bar. . . . Effort was the helper; Effort is the bar.

Sri Aurobindo Ghose - Page 425 - Verinder Grover - 1993 - Preview ... that the conception of oneness and integrity of India had already emerged. Another point is to be noted in this connection. Aurobindo was well acquainted with the methods and techniques adopted by the secret organizations of Europe.

The Lives of Sri Aurobindo - Page 25 - Peter Heehs - 2008 - Preview - More editions Phillips was a cousin of Manmohan's friend Laurence Binyon. Through this connection Aurobindo got to read Phillips's blank-verse narratives Marpessa and Christ in Hades in manuscript. They made a “considerable impression” on him while...

Spectrum History Of Indian Literature In English - Page 235 - Ram Sewak Singh, Charu Sheel Singh - 1997 - Preview - More editions

In this connection, Aurobindo said: "The Indian mind in its natural poise finds it almost or quite as difficult really, that is to say, spiritually to understand the arts of Europe, as the ordinary European mind to enter into the spirit of Indian painting ...

Imperial Encounters: Religion and Modernity in India and Britain - Page 103 - Peter van der Veer - 2001 - Preview - More editions In that connection, Aurobindo was arrested by the British and fled from his prison to the French colony Pondicherry. He withdrew from politics and started a religious center (ashram), which, after his death, was led by a French disciple called ...

Aurobindo Ghosh, revolutionary and reformer - Page 154 - Shiri Ram Bakshi - 1994 - This doctrine of the tacit consent of the people and another doctrine which is misapplied, namely "vox populi vox dei," are applicable in this connection. Aurobindo holds the same principles whether with regard to the nation or the individual.

The Quarterly review of historical studies - Volume 25 - Page 12 - Institute of Historical Studies (Calcutta, India) - 1986 - ... workers of Bombay Mills was of necessity associated with the trial of Tilak: these incidents prove that the conception of oneness and integrity of India had already emerged. Another point is to be noted in this connection. Aurobindo was ...

Beyond man: life and work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother - Page 6 - Georges van Vrekhem - 1997 - But the nearest connection Aurobindo ever had with sports was his (non- playing) membership of the cricket club at Baroda — and at the first When practising his yoga, he would subject his body to an incredibly harsh discipline. riding test for ...

Netaji, a realist and a visionary - Page 15 - Amita Ghosh - 1986 - In this connection Aurobindo states: "It may be noted that the secret society did not include terrorism in the programme but this element grew up in Bengal as a result of the strong repression." In truth, if we go back further we shall see that ...

Traditions in mysticism - Page 230 - Madhav Pundalik Pandit - 1987 - The writer refers to popular beliefs of Nivedita being the source of inspiration to Sri Aurobindo in his revolutionary activity and points out how baseless they are. She states in this connection: "Aurobindo was impatient with the Congress, which ...

Nineteenth century history of Maharashtra - Volume 2 - Page 347 - B. R. Sunthankar - 1993 - As Stanley Reed observes: "Tilak was the bitter and unrelenting enemy of British connection." Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950) was one of the most fascinating figures that the anti-partition movement produced in Bengal.

The Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh (Andhra): 1906-1920 - Page 5 - Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya, Andhra Pradesh (India). State Committee for the Compilation of the History of the Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh - 1969 - To this withholding of co-operation the names given were passive resistance and boycott. In explaining these terms and their inter-connection Aurobindo wrote: "The first principle of passive resistance which the new school have placed in the ...

The Theosophist - Volume 89, Issues 7-12 - Page 88 - Theosophical Society (Madras, India) - 1968 - In this connection Aurobindo writes in The Synthesis of Yoga, p. 1027: "The Intuitive mind constructs nothing in . . . artificial fashion, but makes itself a receiver . . . and allows the truth to manifest in it and to organize its own constructions." These ...

Dharma and Vedic foundations - Page 146 - Shripad Dattatraya Kulkarni, Shri Bhagavan Vedavyasa Itihasa Samshodhana Mandira (Bombay, India) - 1995 -  ... every god as such for the nonce perhaps, that he might feel all the more flattered and lend a more gracious ear for so hyperbolic a compliment." In this connection Aurobindo further states, "Vedic Rishis ought surely to have known something ...

Sunset in the East?: Asian challenges and Christian involvement - Page 165 - Felix Wilfred - 1991 - In this connection, Aurobindo Ghose wrote: Such controversies as the one that has raged in Europe over the historicity of Christ would seem to the spiritually-minded Indian largely a waste of time; he would concede it a considerable historical,...

Indian classical music and Sikh kirtan - Page 105 - Gobind Singh Mansukhani - 1982 - Ardaman Singh Bagrian, Guru Nanak' s Solution of National Unity and Integration, p. 30.. In this connection, Aurobindo Ghose wrote: "Where else could the songs of Tukaram, a Kabir and Sikh Gurus and their profound spiritual thinking have ...

A comparative survey of Hindu, Christian, and Jewish mysticism - Page 85 - E. M. Abrahams - 1995 - It is never the other way round. In this connection Aurobindo's comment is illuminating. Referring to krato in verse 17 above he writes : "The Vedic term "kratu" means sometimes the action itself, sometimes the effective power behind action ...