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

SCENE IV A room in Ajebe's house. AJEBE Balkis, do come, my heart. Enter Balkis. BALKIS Your will? AJEBE My will! When had I any will since you came here, You rigorous tyrant? BALKIS Was it for abuse You called me ? AJEBE Bring your lute and sing to me. BALKIS I am not in the mood. AJEBE Sing, I entreat you. I am hungry for your voice of pure delight. BALKIS I am no kabob, nor my voice a curry. Hungry, forsooth! Exit. AJEBE Oh, Balkis, Balkis! hear me. Page – 623 Enter Mymoona.

THE VIZIERS OF BASSORA A Dramatic Romance PERSONS OF THE DRAMA HAROUN AL RASHEED, Caliph. JAAFAR, his Vizier. SHAIKH IBRAHIM, Superintendent of the Caliph's gardens. MESROUR, Haroun's friend and companion'. MAHOMED BIN SULEYMAN OF ZAYNI, Haroun's cousin, King of Bassora. ALFAZZAL IBN SAWY, his chief Vizier. NUREDDENE, son of Alfazzal. ALMUENE BIN KHAKAN, second Vizier of Bassora. FAREED, his son. SALAR, confident of Alzayni. MURAD, a Turk Captain of Police in Bassora. AJEBE, nephew of Almuene. SUNJAR, a Chamberlain of the Palace of Bassora. MUAZZIM, a broker. AZEEM, steward of Alfazzal.

Act Two SCENE I A room in Conrad's house. Conrad, a servant. CONRAD Where is Flaminia ? SERVANT He's in waiting. Sir. CONRAD Call him. Exit servant. I never loved before. Fortune, I ask one day of thee and one great night, Then do thy will. I shall have reached my summit. Enter Flaminia. FLMAINIA My lord! (Incomplete) Page – 880

Act Two Bassora. SCENE I Ibn Sawy's house. An upper chamber in the women's apartments. Doonya, Anice-Aljalice. DOONYA You living sweet romance, you come from Persia. 'Tis there, I think, they fall in love at sight? ANICE-ALJALICE But will you help me, Doonya, will you help me? To him, to him, not to that grizzled King! I am near Heaven with Hell that's waiting for me. DOONYA I know, I know! you feel as I would, child, If told that in ten days I had to marry My cruel boisterous cousin. I will help you. But strange! to see him merely pass and love him! Did he lo