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-68_Epistles – Letters from Abroad – Letters.htm

Letters from Abroad   IV   Dear Biren, The idea that the Europeans have organised enjoyment just as the Hindus have organised asceticism, is a…

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-17_On Poetry – Originality in National Literatures.htm

Originality in National Literatures   It is a singular and as yet unexplained phenomenon in the psychology of mankind that out of so many magnificent…

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-26_Kalidasa – The Spirit of the Times.htm

The Spirit of the Times   The life & personality of Kalidasa, the epoch in which he lived and wrote, the development of his poetical…

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-40_On Education -The Training of the Logical Faculties.htm

VIII   The Training of the Logical Faculty   THE TRAINING of the logical reason must necessarily follow the training of the faculties which collect…

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-71_Reviews – South Indian Bronzes.htm

“South Indian Bronzes” 1   THE DISCOVERY of Oriental Art by the aesthetic mind of Europe is one of the most significant intellectual phenomena of…

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-31_On Education – Address at the Baroda College Social Gethering.htm

Part Three   On Education   Sri Aurobindo wrote the pieces in this part at different times between 1899 and 1920. All of them except…

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-63_The Chandranagar Manuscript – Things Seen in Symbols (1).htm

Things Seen in Symbols [1]   There are Four who are Beyond and they rule the mighty game of evolution. It is they who build…

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-86_Appendix-I – Report on Trade in the Baroda State.htm

Report on Trade in the Baroda State   1902   GENERAL SUGGESTIONS. ______   1. Trade throughout the Raj is in a state of depression…

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-56_The Chandranagar Manuscript – Passing Thoughts (3).htm

Passing Thoughts [3]   Achar   Achar is a mould in which the thing itself rests and feels stable; it is not the thing itself….

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-64_The Chandranagar Manuscript – Things Seen in Symbols (2).htm

Things Seen in Symbols [2]   What is dhyana? Ordinarily, when a man is absorbed in thought and dead to all that is going on…

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