Sri Aurobindo as a Literary Artist – 1
Serialising a long essay focusing on Sri Aurobindo’s work as a literary artist. In this part, read about the true purpose that inspires an artist.
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Sri Aurobindo as a Literary Artist – 2
Using words with great precision and liberality, Sri Aurobindo is “both voluble in appearance and compact in effect,” says the author.
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‘Invitation’ — To the Pioneers of New Race
The author reminds us all of true meaning of Sri Aurobindo’s call, an invitation to join him in the grand adventure of consciousness.
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Of Shakespeare, Atomic Bomb and Prophecy
In Sri Aurobindo’s integral vision we find perfect answers to all questions that Science leaves unanswered. We also find a perfect harmony between the inner and outer progress, “the equilibrium between the inside and the outside” that the Mother speaks of, the material and the spiritual.
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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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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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“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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