2008
| Since his death in 1950, Sri Aurobindo Ghose has been known primarily as a yogi and a philosopher of spiritual evolution who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in peace and literature. But the years Aurobindo spent in yogic retirement were preceded by nearly four decades of rich public and intellectual work. Biographers usually focus solely on Aurobindo's life as a politician or sage, but he was also a scholar, a revolutionary, a poet, a philosopher, a social and cultural theorist, and the inspir....[more] |
2002
| View the Table of Contents . Read the Introduction . "Heehs includes selections and transcriptions of about 200 texts, both written and oral...The selections represent a great diversity of spirtual perspectives." --Library JournalIndian Religionsis an expansive collection of the key written and oral texts by spiritual teachers from South Asia, covering 3,500 years and all the major traditions-Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, and "new" Indian religions.The volume provides clear trans....[more] |
1998
| This collection of essays on the Indian freedom movement focuses on Bengal during the Swadeshi period. The essays deal with revolutionary terrorism and its relation to the movement as a whole and with communalism, which began to be a problem during this period. |
1998
| Scholar, poet, political and revolutionary leader, philosopher and social theorist, yogi and spiritual leader, Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) is one of the most important figures of twentieth-century India. This is a selection from his writings, arranged in six sections according to Sri Aurobindo's main areas of interest: politics, the Indian tradition, social and political theory, philosophy, yoga, and poetry and poetics. |
1989
| Thinker, spiritual leader, mystic, poet, and nationalist, Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) was one of modern India's most intriguing and enigmatic leaders. Educated in Cambridge, he returned home to a fiery career as an extremist nationalist. When he was imprisoned for sedition, Aurobindo turned to meditation and, finding refuge in the French enclave of Pondicherry, perfected there the practice of yoga. His ashram in Pondicherry continues today with a huge international following. This short biography ....[more] |
1988
| This introductory text explains how the Indian freedom struggle began and took shape between the Great Revolt of 1857 and the attainment of Independence in 1947. Beginning with the decline of the Mughal empire in the eighteenth century, it briefly surveys the British economic and socialcolonialism against which the struggle first began. Its development into a national movement, and the characters and significant events that went into the creation of modern India, are then discussed in greater de....[more] |
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