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Sri Aurobindo, a revolutionary and political leader, was also known to many as a yogi and spiritual guru, an outstanding poet, literary critic, political and social theorist, philosopher, and spiritual thinker. Divided into four thematic sections--Poetry and Criticism, Political and Social Thought, Philosophical Thought, and Spiritual Thought--this volume corresponds roughly to the four main phases of his adult life. The essays written by prominent scholars ...
Nationalists of the Swadeshi period (1905-12) enunciated the aim of complete independence and developed methods of resistance--non-violent and violent--that would be taken up by Gandhi, Bose and others after 1920, This volume of essays examines some of the more important and problematic aspects of the Swadeshi movement, such as the relationship between terrorism and non-violent resistance. It contains an analysis of the first group of Indian terrorists, and the ...
Indian Religions is an anthology of written and oral texts by spiritual teachers from South Asia. The period covered is some 3500 years—from the period of the Rig Veda to the 1980s. More than a hundred mystics are included. All the major traditions (Vedic, Hindu, Jain Buddhist, Sufi and Sikh) as well as heterodox and transgressive traditions, are represented. No important mystic is omitted, and a number of less-known ones are included, among them women and ...
Scholar, poet, political and revolutionary leader, philosopher and social theorist, yogi and spiritual leader, Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) is one of the most important figures of twentieth-century India. This is a selection from his major works as well as letters and some lesser known pieces. This volume includes writings covering more than fifty years (1893-1950) of Aurobindo's life, arranged in six sections according to his main areas of interest: politics, the ...
Sri Aurobindo is best known as a philosopher and yogi, as one of the early leaders of the Indian nationalist movement who also wrote extensively on politics, society, and culture. His contributions to these fields, although original and often ahead of their time, have not received the attention they deserve. One reason for this is that they are scattered through six or seven volume of his complete works. Another is their apparent datedness. But the most important ...
This book is an anthology of written and oral texts by spiritual teachers from south asia, covering the period of the rig veda to the 1980s. All the major traditions (vedic-hindu, jain, buddhist, sufi and sikh) as well as heterodox and transgressive traditions, are represented.