Author: Robert McDermott
Publisher: Jaico
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8179924203
Description
Sri Aurobindo Stands out as one of the most profound and profoundly relevant of contemporary Asian spiritual masters speaking to the West. His vision transcends the distinctive strengths and weaknesses of India and the West, and his discipline brings the yogas of the Gita to the task of world transformation.
REVIEWS
Sri Aurobindo’s integral philosophy is today recognized and appreciated as a monumental synthesis of the highest cultural values of East and West. There is an immense wealth of outstanding psychological and spiritual discoveries embedded in his voluminous writings, which stand at the watershed of a new era of yogic culture.
-from The Essence of Yoga by George Feuerstein
Sri Aurobindo’s yoga points the way toward the kind of transformative practice we need to realize our greatest potentials. No philosopher or contemplative of modern times has done more to reveal our possibilities for extraordinary life.
-Michael Murphy, founder of Esalen Institute, and author of The Future of the body
A new type of thinker, one who combines in his vision the alacrity of the West with the illuminations of the East. To study his writings is to enlarge the boundaries of one’s knowledge.
-Times Literary Supplement, London
Sri Aurobindo is one of the most important and influential spiritual figures of our time, whose work deserves to be better known.
-Robert Johnson, author of He and She
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
Introduction by Robert A McDermott
Aurobindo on Sri Aurobindo
Chronology of Sri Aurobindo
PART ONE-MAN IN EVOLUTION
Introduction
The Destiny of Man
Stages of Evolution
Evolution and Rebirth
PART TWO-INTEGRAL YOGA
Introduction
On the Gita
Integral Yoga
PART THREE-TOWARD A SPIRITUAL AGE
Introduction
Ideals and Progress
The Spiritual Age and Supermind
Savitri
PART FOUR-EPILOGUE
Epilogue
The Mother on Education
Auroville
Afterword by Robert a McDermott
BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GLOSSARY
Contents of the Centenary Library
Guide to further Reading and Information
Glossary of Important Names and Terms