The Sun-eyed Children of a Marvellous Dawn (Poem)
This poem is an ode to one of the most beautiful and profound vision revealed by Sri Aurobindo for the future march of humanity.
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Sri Aurobindo and Indian Aesthetics – Part 3 (with 3 videos)
With selected poems as examples, the author describes Sri Aurobindo’s aesthetics, its principle, process, purpose, and philosophy.
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Selections from Tagore, in Translation
These selections from Rabindranath Tagore’s writings were published in the May 1961 issue of Mother India — 1961 being the centenary year of the Kobiguru. These were translated by Sanat K. Banerji and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
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When A Walk in the Park Helps a Poem Blossom
Eleven-year-old Nispriha Sharma is the youngest author to join Renaissance team and contributes a delightful poem titled Cherry Blossom Delight.
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Sri Aurobindo and Indian Aesthetics – Part 2 (Video)
The author writes: “According to the Indian philosophy of worship, with which are closely allied the origins of art, the ishta devatā or chosen form of deity is but one’s own ideal self, svarupa.”
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Sri Aurobindo and Indian Aesthetics – Part 1
Sri Aurobindo has not merely theorised about the deeply subjective and spiritual tradition of Indian aesthetics, but through his spiritual poetry he has actually renewed this sanatana tradition and made it a living truth for the modern sensibility.
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Book Review – Ratul Chakraborty’s ‘Vritrahan’
Enjoy this delightful book review, which is just as poetic in its feel as the book it speaks of.
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“Temple-Tower to Heaven”, in Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri
The author explains Aswapathy’s visions of the “mountain chariot of the Gods” and “the single stair to being’s goal” connecting them to a temple tower.
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Divine Sight – A Sonnet by Sri Aurobindo (Video)
A visualization of Sri Aurobindo’s sonnet titled Divine Sight. The seer-poet expresses here all that is seen by the seeing of the Soul.
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