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Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Champaklal/English/Champaklal - The Artist and a Yogi/We_Arrive.htm
Champaklal
- The Yogi
Before that, as we were sitting in the verandah, we heard someone coming down
the stairs. As soon as his foot touched the floor I spontaneously ran
forward. I felt it must be Sri Aurobindo. I touched his lotus feet
and prostrated myself in sashtanga dandavat pranam [with feet, trunk,
shoulders, palms and head touching the floor like a rod - signifying surrender
of the whole being]. Then he proceeded to the courtyard. Later I was
to learn from the Mother that it was at a corresponding spot on the first floor
that she had first seen Sri Aurobindo; that was at 3.30 p.m. on 29th March
1914. And I had, rather I was grante
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Champaklal
- The Yogi
MOTHER'S
LION
Champaklalji was extremely fond
of this photograph of his with the Mother which she captioned it "My Lion". While choosing it as the cover for the Gujarati
edition of Champaklal Speaks, he noted this incident: Once, on seeing this photo, Pranab's uncle Charubabu exclaimed, "Mother, here Champaklal looks like Durga's lion!" And Mother forcefully replied, "He is
my lion!"
"My Lion" - The Mother (1960)
(Ref: Champaklal Speaks. 3rd Edition. Preface x)
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Champaklal
- The Artist
GRAPHIC
DESIGNS
At one stage Champaklal also did a number of graphic designs with colour pencils or felt-pens. These interesting designs have a spontaneity about them and are far from being conventional patterns or mere decorative motifs.
Below are some of his works.
(Ref: Champaklal as an artist. 1st
Edition. P: 22)
Free
Hand
Design
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Champaklal/English/Champaklal - The Artist and a Yogi/Introduction.htm
Champaklal
- The Artist
This portrait of Champaklal was
done in the 1930s by Chinmayee (Mehdi Begum), as a member of the Sri
Aurobindo Ashram. It was further worked upon and finished by the Mother,
who taught painting to Chinmayee.
INTRODUCTION
Champaklal was not only a respected member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, but almost an institution in himself. His devoted and meticulous personal service to Sri Aurobindo and
the Mother for o
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Champaklal - The Artist
Marbling
Champaklal did over seven hundred paintings by the marbling technique.
The Mother gave titles to many of these paintings after looking into the movement of forces they suggested; these revelatory captions focus on the hidden meaning they represent. To those who are sensitive in their imagination and can feel the inner impact of these pictures, they bring a strong sense of the wondrous - an outburst of light and delight taking mystic and dynamic
colour shapes through the inspiration of an artist who has striven to lose himself in the Unknown.
We may say that
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Champaklal
- The Yogi
ABOUT
MY SILENCE
Man's normal daily interactions proceed through the medium of words and
gestures. This medium is so handy and easy that we do not realise its importance
and it is to a great extent even misused. When I decided to set aside the
medium of speech, it was natural that people were perplexed and sometimes I was
asked about it. A friend wrote to me asking for an explanation: "Some
people are saying that Champaklal has been keeping mauna because of some
throat disease and Sri Aurobindo asked him to observe silence so that it might
not spread." But when there never was any such disease, where was the
question of its spreadi
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Champaklal
- The Artist
PAINTINGS
Two
Lotuses
I wanted to offer something to the Mother. And I got the idea of painting two lotuses, one white and the other red.
Curiously, I received two beautiful lotuses and took up the painting. But due to other work I could not finish them in a day. These too, like my other paintings, I did during my lunch time as it gave me great joy.
It took some days before I could finish them little by little. Naturally it would have been better if the colouring could have been done in one sitting.
However the result was not bad and it was with great joy that I took the painti
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Champaklal
- The Artist
Visions
There are also a few paintings in which Champaklal has attempted to
translate his visions into form and colour. These have a boldness of colour and originality of conception so natural to him!
Below are some paintings with their symbolic interpretations by
Sri Aurobindo.
(Ref: Champaklal as an artist. 1st
Edition. P: 22)
Fire of
Aspiration
Champaklal's vision painted
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Champaklal
- The Yogi
THE GRACE ARRANGES MY
WORK
One day I said to Mother: "Mother, I would like to wash my father's dhoti."
She smiled and said that she would ask Sri Aurobindo. The next day when I went to Sri Aurobindo he looked at me and said: "You want to wash my
dhoti?"
"Magnificent Champaklal, you look like a great yogi."
14.3.1968
The Mother
C: "Yes."
Sri Aurobindo: "Are you ready?" looked at him in surprise and wondered why he asked that.
Sri Aurobindo: "You know, people will moc
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