Reconstitution of the Congress THE new demand for a constitution for the Indian National Congress is, - as we pointed out yesterday, - only a necessary corollary to that other and more radical demand for a thorough reconsideration and reconstruction of the entire plan and programme of that great national movement which has, since some time past, been so persistently urged upon the attention of the leaders by a large and increasing body of Congress- men almost in every part of the country. The Congress originally came into being with the express object of helping the Government by furnishing it with an unauthorised, but therefore none the less useful, ins

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME - 3 THÉHARMONY OF VIRTUE 1.The problem of the Mahabharata, The Political Story: The new passage found in Sri Aurobindo's manuscripts seems to be the last passage in The Political Story and should be read in continuation of page 196 of Volume 3. Two more passages from Udyogaparva have also been appended here. 2. Sri Aurobindo's essay 'On Translating Kalidasa' is reprinted here, rearranged, with a few more passages found in his manuscripts. 3. Medical Department: This seems to be a speech prepared for the Maharaja Gaekwar. During the Baroda State Service Sri Aurobindo often wrote such speeches. The p

A Point of Honour IT IS a point of honour in more senses than one, to stoutly refuse to approach the Secretary of State with a fresh petition for the reopening of the Partition Question. Mr. Morley has publicly said his last word. He has repeatedly refused to listen to our prayers; and it cannot be consistent with our dignity as a civilised and ancient people to go a-begging to him once more on this very subject. But Mr. Morley, it is suggested, is himself willing to reopen the question. The confidential letter from London upon which this proposal for a fresh memorial is professedly based, bears internal evidence of this fact. "I am not at liberty," the writer says, "

Partition of Bengal IT SEEMS strange that few of our old leaders are able to realise the very simple fact that the bearings of this question have undergone a most radical change in the course of the last few months. We objected so strongly to this measure because it was calculated to strike a serious blow at the political power of the Bengalee-speaking race. Our second objection was that it was professedly wanted by the Government to create a Mahomedan province with Dacca as its capital, and the evident object of it was to sow discord between the Hindus and the Mahomedans in a Province that had never known it in the whole history of the present British connection. The f

No Common Ideal THE surcharged state of the political atmosphere is not favourable to the growth of Moderate politics; and the present policy of the Government has made many mild Moderates realise the utter impossibility of securing our political rights by following the old course of the so-called constitutional agitation. And we are glad to note that some of our Moderate contemporaries have begun to show a distinct liking for what they used to abhor as "Dangerous Extremist politics." The Indian Patriot of Madras, so well known for its opposition to the New Thought, has the following: - "The fight between Moderates and Extremists, which has been going on now for over

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUMES 22-24 LETTERS ON YOGA LETTER ON YOGA was written to the Maharani of Baroda. Letter on Yoga TO THE MAHARANI OF BARODA IT IS true that I have by the practice of Yoga attained to the higher spiritual consciousness which comes by Yoga, and this carries with it a certain power. Especially there is the power to communicate to those who are ready or to help them towards that spiritual state which, in its perfection, is a condition of unalterable inner calm, strength and felicity. But this spiritual peace and joy is something quite different from mental peace and happiness. And it cannot be reached without a spiritual discipline. I do not

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUMES 18-19 THE LIFE DIVINE ARGUMENTS TO "THE LIFE DIVINE" In response to the desire of some of our subscribers we shall prefix henceforth a brief summary or argument to each chapter of The Life Divine. Arya, February, 1916 These Arguments were written by Sri Aurobindo for Chapters XIX to XXXIII of The Life Divine as it appeared originally in tl1e Arya (1914-1919). The Life Divine was revised in 1939-40 and divided into two parts, the order of the chapters was rearranged in some places and several new chapters were written for it. The "Argument in Brief" and a "Synopsis" of the first chap

The Conspirators at Work THERE is a conspiracy to thwart the desire country to have Mr. Tilak as President of the coming Congress in Calcutta. This is due to the natural nervousness of the coterie that have been ruling the Congress all these years, that recognise in the sudden awakening of active interest in asses of the country in the work of the Congress a serious menace to their old and autocratic authority; and the object of conspiracy is not merely to keep Mr. Tilak out of the Congress Presidency, but also to kill at its very birth this new, and in view, dangerous democratic movement in the Congress. This is almost the first time that the message of the Co

A System of Vedic Psychology PREFATORY THE successes of European science have cast the shadow of their authority and prestige over the speculations of European scholarship; for European thought is, in appearance, a serried army marching to world-conquest and we who undergo the yoke of its tyranny, we, who paralysed by that fascination and overborne by that domination, have almost lost the faculty of thinking for ourselves, receive without distinction all its camp followers or irregular volunteers as authorities to whom we must needs submit. We reflect in our second hand opinions the weak parts of European thought equally with the strong

-26_Swadeshi in Calcutta (Speech).htm Swadeshi in Calcutta * A SWADESHI meeting was held on Wednesday evening at which Mr. Aurobindo Ghose delivered a lengthy speech, in the course of which he said:- The 16th of October has become the chief landmark of the year, not only the chief landmark of the year, but the landmark of the progress of our movement, the movement of Swadeshi and boycott, which we undertook in the year when the Partition was effected. We see on that day how far it has progressed; or if it has receded, how far it has receded. Every kind of obstruction is being thrown in our way. You know efforts have been made to mar the attendance at meetings. It is supposed that the meetings ar