Patwardhan, Anna Saheb : (1847-1917), “Maharshi of Poona”, guru of Lokamāṇya Tilak; he presided over the meeting held on Tilak’s premises, the Gayakawādā (q.v.), on 13 January 1908 which was addressed by Sri Aurobindo.
... early this century The next day another meeting was held at Tilak's residence, Gaekwarwada. It was at six in the evening, a good number of Poona's citizens attended it. Tilak's Guru, Anna-saheb Patwardhan presided. Sri Aurobindo was the principal speaker, and he gave a brief sketch of the Nationalist Movement. At the end Tilak summed up the speech in Marathi and thanked the speaker. It was i ...
... imperturbable philosophic calm or the radiant placidity of a sthitaprajna. 63. Tilak's Guru, Anna Saheb Patwardhan, who was a Yogi, presided over the meeting held at Gaekwarwada (Tilak's residence) at Poona in which Sri Aurobindo was the principal speaker. It is said that Patwardhan predicted the yogic greatness of Sri Aurobindo and considered him to be the greatest of all contemporary... experience in the form of a contact with the Infinite, similar to what he had before in Cashmir when he visited the Sankaracharya hills there. He had also a private interview with Tilak's Guru, Anna Saheb Patwardhan and with some of the young revolutionaries at Poona. 126. Obeisance or salutation. 127. Sri Aurobindo on Himself and on The Mother. 128. Taken from authentic Marathi sources... following notice: "The difficulty felt by many students and educated men of small means in buying the Karmayogin at its ordinary price of two annas, has been so much pressed on our attention that we have found it necessary to bring out a cheaper edition at one anna a copy.... The Karmayogin... is now sufficiently successful to allow of a concession of this kind being made without financial injury..." ...
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