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On the philosophy of Aurobindo Ghose, 1872-1950; comprises speeches and papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Sri Aurobindo Samiti, Calcutta.

On the philosophy of Aurobindo Ghose, 1872-1950; comprises speeches and papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Sri Aurobindo Samiti, Calcutta.

Sri M. P. Pandit has done a great service in aiding the reader in obtaining a deeper and more complete understanding of the concepts of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga. Sri Aurobindo writes about universal concepts based on the ancient wisdom of the Indian civilization and the path of yoga to establish a Life Divine here on our planet. This dictionary explains the terms used by the master and is an invaluable guide for a clearer understanding of his works.

Sri Aurobindo represents a synthesis of the teachings of both the West and the East. Not content simply with dissolution into a transcendental, other-worldly God-consciousness, nor with concentration on the outer life and its powers to the exclusion of anything other or higher, Sri Aurobindo has created the teachings of a Divine Life on Earth. The Foundations of Indian Culture comprises, under a single connecting title, the series of articles which originally appeared in the monthly review Arya from December 1918 to January 1921.

Sri Aurobindo wrote these eight essays, his last prose writings, in 1949 and 1950 for publication in the quarterly Bulletin of Physical Education (at present called the Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education). They reveal a vision which includes the perfection of the body as an instrument of the action of the spirit, the nature and structure of a divine body and the conditions and operations of its life on earth, the manifestation of a supramental truth-consciousness as the basis for a divine life upon earth, and the creation of a new humanity possessed of a mind of light.