Documents in the Life of Sri Aurobindo   THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHS OF SRI AUROBINDO Written documents nave been reproduced verbatim, unedited except within square brackets. Oral and transcribed documents have been edited for clarity but not altered in substance. The fact that a historical document comes from an authentic source does not guarantee the truth of every statement in it. Observant readers will find many statements in the present series of documents that are not consistent with one another or simply untrue. Many of these inconsistencies and inaccuracies are discussed in Archival Notes. I. The Photographs Taken by Henri Carti

      FROM MAN TO SUPERMAN Notes on Philosophy, Psychology and Yoga EDITORS' NOTE       In the last volume of Archives and Research, most of Sri Aurobindo's notes, drafts and fragments on Yoga and yogic philosophy and psychology from the years 1910 to 1950 were published under the title From Man to Superman. Ten pieces which posed special problems of transcription were held over to the present number. These pieces were written during the late 1940s, when Sri Aurobindo's eyesight was failing, and they are legible only with difficulty. Because the possibility of wrong transcription is much greater with such pieces, it was thought advisable to segregate the

Na Kinchidapi Chintayet         THE cessation of thought is the one thing which the believer in intellect as the highest term of our evolution cannot contemplate with equanimity. That seems to him the negation of human activity, a reversion to the condition of the stone.1 To master the fleeting randomness of thought by regulating the intellectual powers and thinking consecutively and clearly is an ideal he can understand. Yet it is certain that it is only by the stilling of the lower that the higher gets full play. So long as the body and the vital desires are active the mind is necessarily distracted and it is only when the body is forgotten and the vital part consents

Documents in the Life of Sri Aurobindo CASE AGAINST ARABINDO GHOSE       1       Chief Secretary,       I have just come [to] the end of an exhaustive study of the case against Arabindo Ghose.       The following facts are indisputable:—       (a) His declared aim was the absolute independence of India. He expressly discarded the ideal of colonial self-government:       (b) He avowed the principle that this aim could not be attained by gift from the English and that it must be attained otherwise:       (c) He worked with others towards the attainment of this aim:       (d) He himself was inspired by religious fanatici

Two Fragments       THE ORIGIN OF GENIUS       When the human being puts forth a force in himself which is considerable but acts normally, we call it talent; when it is abnormal in its working we call it genius. It would seem, therefore, that genius is in reality some imperfect step in evolution by which mankind in its most vigorous and forward individuals is attempting to develop a faculty which the race as a whole is not strong enough as yet to command or to acclimatise. As always happens in such a movement, there is a considerable irregularity in the working of the new phenomenon.       [MARBLES]       Institutions, empires, civilisations are the marb

GLOSSARY       This glossary includes most of the Sanskrit and other non-English terms and phrases occurring in the present number. Words printed in the devanagari and Bengali scripts and those that occur in translations have been omitted. A few proper names are included, especially those which might not be found in an ordinary reference work.       Definitions have been provided using Sri Aurobindo's own words as far as possible.       Sanskrit words are listed here according to the standard system of transliteration; this is followed in parentheses by the spelling that appears in the text where it differs significantly from this transliteration.       Italicised entries

   

An Interview with Sri Aurobindo   ARABINDO GHOSE.   A REMARKABLE INTERVIEW.   BIRTHDAYS AND COINCIDENCES.   DID HE EDIT "BANDE MATARAM"? ("Empire Special")   Great jubilation prevailed among the army of terrorists before and after the trial on Saturday. Notwithstanding the new turn the case has taken with regard to the threatened connection of Birendro Kumar Ghose and the Mozufferpore outrage this elation developed into a hilarious pandemonium after the Court had risen for the day. In consequence of this a regular frequenter at the Court had a unique experience. Shortly after His Honour had left the Bench the person in qu