Translations: Title Index Only the translations in Volume 8, Translations, are listed here; therefore only the page number has been given. Title or First Line Author or Text Language Page The Abomination of Wickedness Bhartrihari Sanskrit 190 Action be Man's God Bhartrihari Sanskrit 199 Adornment Bhartrihari Sanskrit 188 Advice to a King Bhartrihari Sanskrit 180 Age and Genius Bhartrihari Sanskrit 177 Ah how shall I her lovel

INDEX AND GLOSSARY Note on the Centenary Library The SRI AUROBINDO BIRTH CENTENARY LIBRARY comprises all writings of Sri Aurobindo which were available at the time of publication. All his major works without exception have been included; there may be some manuscript writings and letters which still await discovery. The scheme of arrangement of the Centenary Library is basically chronological, but other factors besides date of composition and publication have been given consideration. Volumes 1 and 2 contain Sri Aurobindo's early political writings and speeches, from the periods 1893-1908 and 1909-1910 respectively.¹ Volume 3 consists of Sri

Periodicals WITH WHICH SRI AUROBINDO WAS ASSOCIATED Arranged Chronologically Indu Prakash English-Marathi Weekly Bombay Yugantar Bengali Weekly Calcutta Bande Mataram English Daily/Weekly Calcutta Karmayogin English Weekly Calcutta Dharma Bengali Weekly Calcutta Sri Aurobindo contributed two series of articles to this newspaper, which was edited by his Cambridge friend K. G. Deshpande. New Lamps for Old appeared in nine instalments from August 7, 1893 to March 5,'1894. This series was preceded by another political article, "India and the British Parliament" (June 26, 1

ESSAYS, SPEECHES AND OTHER SHORTER WORKS The following is a list of shorter writings and speeches by Sri Aurobindo. Only selected writings have been included from Volume 1 (Bande Mataram) and Volume 2 (Karmayogiri). About Astrology [Review] Academic Thoughts Advice to National College Students [Speech] After the War The Age of Kalidasa All-Will and Free-Will Andal — The Vaishnava Poetess Animal Souls, Subtle Bodies Arguments to The Life Divine Art "Arya" — Its Significance The "Arya's" Fourth Year The "Arya's" Second Year The Ascending Unity Asiatic Democracy . The Asiatic Role At the

SRI AUROBINDO LIFE AND WORKS SriAurobindo SRI AUROBINDO was born in Calcutta on August 15, 1872. In 1879, at the age of seven, he was taken with his two elder brothers to England for education and lived there for fourteen years. Brought up at first in an English family at Manchester, he joined St. Paul's School in London in 1884 and in 1890 went from it with a senior classical scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, where he studied for two years. In 1890 he passed also the open competition for the Indian Civil Service, but at the end of two years of probation failed to present himself at the riding examination and was disqualified for the Se

-05_The Progress to Knowledge — God, Man and Nature .htm CHAPTER XVII The Progress to Knowledge — God, Man and Nature Thou art That, O Swetaketu. Chhandogya Upanishad.¹ The living being is none else than the Brahman, the whole world is the Brahman. Vivekachudamani.² My supreme Nature has become the living being and this world is upheld by it... all beings have this for their source of birth. Gita.³ . Thou art man and woman, boy and girl; old and worn thou walkest bent over a staff; thou art the blue bird and the green and the scarlet-eyed... Swetaswatara Upanishad.4 4IV. 3, 4 This whole world is filled with beings who are His member

CHAPTER XXIII Man and the Evolution The one Godhead secret in all beings, all-pervading, the inner Self of all, presiding over all action, witness, conscious knower and absolute... the One in control over the many who are passive to Nature, fashions one seed in many ways. Swetaswatara Upanishad.1 The Godhead moves in this Field modifying each web of things separately in many ways.... One, he presides over all wombs and natures; himself the womb of all, he is that which brings to ripe- ness the nature of the being and he gives to all who have to be matured their result of development and appoints all qualities to their

CHAPTER XXV The Triple Transformation A conscious being is the centre of the self, who rules past and future; he is like a fire without smoke.... That, one must disengage with patience from one's own body. Katha Upanishad.1 An intuition in the heart sees that truth. Rig Veda. 2 I abide in the spiritual being and from there destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the shining lamp of knowledge. Gita. 3 These rays are directed downwards, their foundation is above: may they be set deep within us.... O Varuna, here awake, make wide thy reign; may we abide in the law of thy workings and be blameless befor

    III A DEFENCE OF INDIAN CULTURE     Religion  and  Spirituality           I  HAVE described the framework of the Indian idea from the outlook of an intellectual criticism, because that is the standpoint of the critics who affect to disparage its value. I have shown that Indian culture must be adjudged even from this alien outlook to have been the creation of a wide and noble spirit. Inspired in the heart of its being by a lofty principle, illumined with a striking and uplifting idea of individual manhood and its powers and its possible perfection, aligned to a spacious plan of social architecture, it was enriched not only by a strong philosophic, intellectual a