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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The Way of the Indian Artist
In the Indian vision, all Art is a medium to express the Ananda, this Eternal Delight through form. An Indian painter or sculptor seeks the pure intensities of delight as he searches for the universal beauty revealed or hidden in all creation. As he seeks perfection in the form that comes through his hand or brush, his inner being experiences a sort of enlightenment through the power of a certain “spiritually aesthetic Ananda”, reminds Sri Aurobindo.
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The Persistent Within the Transient
Read what is unique about the origin of the greatest art in India, and how it is essentially different from the Western view of artistic creation.
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The Great Impersonal Creators and Their Living Creations
Find out what makes one a “true creator” whose living creations withstand the test of time, and explore the relation of Art and Yoga.
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Soul-realisation – The Method of Artistic Creation
Sri Aurobindo reminds us of the highest business of ancient Indian art at its greatest. The Mother explains how an artist may express the “One Divine.”
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“Creation is a misnomer; nothing in the world is created”
The author gives a broad overview of what constitutes an ideal artist as per the Indian cultural tradition. The focus is primarily on visual arts.
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Art as Part of the Yogic Life
Sri Aurobindo explains the right Yogic attitude one must have towards artistic pursuit in the path of integral sādhana.
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YogArt – Bringing Art and Yoga Together in Practice
YogArt is dedicated to giving practical form to the Mother’s teaching – “the discipline of Art has at its center the same principle as the discipline of Yoga”.
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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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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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Beauty and Harmony in the Warp and Woof of Nature
These passages from Sri Aurobindo’s play ‘The Harmony of Virtue’ written in 1892, highlight the Beauty in Nature which is based on the principle of Harmony.
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The Figures of Eternity
If all Art is an artist’s interpretation of what he sees in Nature (or in Life), is it right to assume that it would express only beauty? Read to explore.
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“To find highest beauty is to find God”
What do we are truly seek when we seek beauty? How can one consciously appreciate that which is beautiful and true? Read and discover.
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Rasa: Its Meaning and Scope – 1
A few selections from a comprehensive essay, first published in two parts in the annual journal, Sri Aurobindo Circle (1949 and 1950).
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“Each action left the footprints of a god”
The Mother speaks of Sri Aurobindo as the “Future advancing towards its realisation”. He is the Avatar of the Future, the one who not only declares that in the spiritual development of the consciousness upon earth “the great past ought to be followed by a greater future,” but has also given world the assurance of a divine future.
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The Mother on Sri Aurobindo’s Avataric Work
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother are ONE consciousness. This was affirmed repeatedly by both Sri Aurobindo and the Mother through various correspondences and talks. They worked together as One consciousness to bring down the Supramental Consciousness on the Earth. So, when it comes to speaking about the true significance of this Avataric Work, only the Mother can speak about it with perfect certitude and clarity. We highlight two passages from the Mother in our Guiding Light feature for the current issue.
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Avatarhood in ‘Essays on the Gita’ – 1
Sri Aurobindo’s in-depth and profound explanation of the concept of Avatarhood as given in the Bhagavad Gita is the best one would find anywhere.
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