... determines to use the intelligence for its service and to give it light in its own field instead of enslaving it to a higher but chimerical ideal. Page 237 Such a period was the recent materialistic age, when the intellect of man seemed decided to study thoroughly Life and Matter, to admit only that, to recognise mind only as an instrument of Life and Matter, and to devote all its knowledge to ...
... were able, in varying degrees, to stem the tide of denationalisation and assert the claims of the Indian genius to live its own life and win its own spiritual laurels even in our blatantly materialistic age. Here was the "irrational" phenomenon that saved India! The Paramahamsa himself but lived "what many would call the life of a madman, a man without intellectual training, a man without any outward ...
... we now call the Harappan Civilization. The Kali Age – especially its harbinger, the Mahabharata War – may be seen as marking the end of the spiritual age of the Vedas to be replaced by the materialistic age in which we live. Its origins go back some 5 000 years. The Mahabharata War stands at the threshold of this transition.” The historic significance of this war was therefore considerable. No ...
... come from far-off America for the Master's Darshan. His book Essays on the Gita had cast an unearthly spell upon her. That there could be someone who could write such a wonderful book in this materialistic age was beyond her imagination. She could hear the Voice of the Lord saying to man, "Abandon all dharmas. Take refuge in me alone. I shall deliver thee from all Sin." The book was her Bible. She decided ...
... tyaga as typified in the lives of Sita and other women of holy birth. My contention therefore is that Mrinalini's soul chose this destiny to hold up an example of an ideal Hindu wife in this materialistic age. That example which had remained buried for a hundred years in the earth-memory now revives and Mrinalini will be remembered as an unforgettable part of Sri Aurobindo's early life. As regards ...
... forms with beauty. Many of you have come here to follow art as a "profession"; in fact, there is a section devoted to "Commercial" art. It is something that has got a place in this materialistic, commercial age in which we live. But let me tell you true art is not a profession, it is a flame. It is the Soul's search for beauty, a passion that would not allow you to rest -ontent without seeing the ...
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