Rasa: Its Meaning and Scope – 3
The author presents an ideal for an artist. The artist is one in whom the sattwic buddhi or the capacity for ideal sensibility predominates.
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Art, a Passage for Higher Life
The author summarizes a few essential points regarding the Indian vision of Culture and Art. He reminds us that the Indian view of Art arose from her integral vision of Life and Existence, which recognizes Art as an important means to refine one’s nature and prepare for a higher life, which is also the true meaning of culture.
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The Different Paths of an Artist and a Sadhu
Through a masterful analysis the author concludes that if the aim of spirituality is to know the Self, then the aim of art too is the same.
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Rasa: Its Meaning and Scope – 2
In this part the author explores if there a primary rasa from which other rasa-s originate. He also helps us reflect on how rasa is an attribute of the soul.
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The Purpose of Art – From Beauty to Bliss
This new series explores the Spirit and Forms of Art in India. The first issue focuses on the theme: The Purpose of Art – From Beauty to Bliss.
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Art for Art’s Sake? Certainly, But Also Art for the Soul’s Sake
This remarkable letter of Sri Aurobindo, with relevant examples and detailed explanations, is a perfect response to the slogan – Art for Art’s Sake.
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“In India God is the All-beautiful” – Conversations with Sri Aurobindo
Read these selections from Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo on beauty, and the relation between aesthetic refinement and spiritual development.
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The Uses of Art – A 1905 Lecture
The timely relevance of the key points made by E. B. Havell in this lecture delivered in 1905 is remarkable, despite the references to the context of his time.
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