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The Tale of My Exile: Twelve Years in the Andamans – Part 1

Featured here is the last chapter of the book ‘The Tale of My Exile’ by Barin Ghose, a great revolutionary who was captured by the British along with Sri Aurobindo and several others for Alipore Bomb case. This book is his record of his imprisonment at the Cellular Jail at Andamans.

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Sacrifice and Egoism – PART I

The author reminds us that it is the errors of an egoistic and self-divided creation that are the central practical concern of every human being striving to fulfil the pur­pose of his life on earth. The errors are inevitable; indeed, they are the means of fulfilment, the fertiliser by which the seed of the spirit is made to grow and fructify on the plane of human life.

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Sacrifice and Egoism – PART II

The author writes that sacrifice is commonly thought of as leaving the participant worse off than he was – except for the anticipation of any calculated reward or quid pro quo. Or it may be asso­ciated with atonement or punishment for wrongs done. Nothing, of course, could be farther from the intention or effect of the sacrifice which is to be performed by the Spirit of Man if he is to achieve his true destiny.

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A Little Girl and Her Big Brother – Stories of a Personal Relation with the Divine

Two short stories written by a young author and artist whose work is primarily inspired by her devotion and adoration for Gampu bhai, the name she uses to lovingly call her ishta devata, Lord Ganesha.

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The Sword-Lily: Of Gladiators and Receptivity

The same word Gladius is the root for gladiator, a fighter who fights against wild beasts with the help of his sword. A sword by itself wields no strength, unless the hand that holds it has immense courage. While the gladiator has the courage to receive the wild beasts knowing he can fight against them with total strength and surrender, a man who is on a spiritual quest does the same and is no less than a gladiator.

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