-20_chapter - 18 the supramental manifesto.htm?IsHostedInContentPage=1 CHAPTER 18 THE SUPRAMENTAL MANIFESTO I   Month after month, Sri Aurobindo gave the place of honour in the Arya to The Life Divine sequence, a mighty unfoldment of his vision of the future evolution of Man. Long after the Arya had suspended publication, Sri Aurobindo took up the revision of the series of articles, made substantial additions, and published The Life Divine in book form, the first volume in 1939 and the more sumptuous second in 1940. The one-volume American edition (with the Index) came out in 1949, and the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education edition (also in one volume of 1272 pages)

-07_chapter - 5 epic and romance.htm?IsHostedInContentPage=1 CHAPTER 5   EPIC AND ROMANCE   I   Even before Sri Aurobindo started on his translation. The Hero and the Nymph, he had been sufficiently captivated by the theme to produce a long romantic narrative on the subject. Urvasie* was published in Baroda in 1896; it thus belongs to the period of Sri Aurobindo's first years in India, on his return after a long sojourn in England. When the poem was offered to an English publisher, it was referred to Lionel Johnson who "acknowledged some poetic merit but said that it was a repetition of Matthew Arnold"; and Sri Aurobindo adds: "But Lionel Johnson, I was told l

-22_chapter - 20 man and collective man.htm?IsHostedInContentPage=1 CHAPTER 20 MAN AND COLLECTIVE MAN   I   We have seen that Sri Aurobindo made a move in February 1910 from Calcutta to Chandernagore and in April from Chandernagore to Pondicherry in answer to an ādeś, an unmistakable inner command; and during the few weeks at Chandernagore and the first years at Pondicherry, he devoted himself entirely to "silent Yoga", with a view to consolidating the gains of his sādhanā and working out their practical implications for the larger life of humanity. He had, indeed, retired from active political participation, and cut off his connection with political leaders and movements in

-30_chapter - 28 sri aurobindo's action.htm?IsHostedInContentPage=1 EPILOGUE CHAPTER 28   SRI AUROBINDO'S ACTION   I   Admirers of Sri Aurobindo the world over, when they had got over the first shock of the news broadcast on 5 December 1950, could hardly avoid asking the two inter-related questions: "Now what will happen to us? And what will happen to the Ashram?" Voicing the feelings of tens of thousands, A.R. Ponnuswami Iyer wrote of Sri Aurobindo: His departure has left a void in the hearts of thousands, a wide gaping void in their life. He was the light on their path, their infallible guide and unfailing protector. His mission on earth, unlike Sankara's

-12_chapter - 10 bande mataram.htm?IsHostedInContentPage=1 CHAPTER 10 BANDE MATARAM   I   Mid-1906, and Sri Aurobindo was in Calcutta. At first he stayed with his friend and political Associate, Raja Subodh Mullick, at his palatial residence, 12 Wellington Street. Perhaps Sri Aurobindo had temporary shelter for a few days at the Yugantar Office at Kanaidhar Lane before he shifted to Subodh Mullick's place. But here too he couldn't make a permanent stay, for that would have proved too embarrassing to the members of Mullick's family. Accordingly, Sri Aurobindo's resourceful factotum, Abinash Bhattacharya, found a separate place, first at Chhaku Khansa