The lives of Sri Aurobindo
| Title | The lives of Sri Aurobindo |
|---|---|
| Author | Peter Heehs |
| Publication | Columbia Univ. Pr. |
| Size | XIV, 496p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9780231140980 |
| Topics |
Sri Aurobindo--Biography |
| Notes | "All students and scholars of Sri Aurobindo will find this extraordinary book most rewarding . . . Essential." — CHOICE . = "A great biography . . . a doorway into [Sri Aurobindo’s] extraordinary spiritual philosophy and vision." — EnlightenNext. = "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo easily constitutes the most comprehensive, thorough, and balanced study of Sri Aurobindo Ghose's life and thought to date. Peter Heehs's remarkable access to archival sources both at the ashram and in numerous other archives around the world establishes this text as the definitive study of Aurobindo's immense output in all of its genres and modes. His text humanizes and problematizes a historical figure whose complexity has been more or less lost to us via hagiography, piety, and now Hindutva apologetics. In some very real sense, Heehs gives us back Aurobindo as a political figure, a prolific writer, and as a religious teacher-all in all, a remarkable accomplishment. His writing is clear, uncluttered, precise, and in places quite beautiful. There are few scholarly texts I genuinely enjoyed reading, but this is one of them." — Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Professor and chair of religious studies, Rice University. = "Sri Aurobindo, the first Indian leader to call for independence from Great Britain and India's greatest philosopher of the twentieth century, deserves far greater recognition in the West for his pioneering vision and spiritual practice. This, his first major biography, is written with meticulous care, without the fawning worship of previous hagiographies that have obscured his extraordinary life and work." — Michael Murphy, founder, Esalen Institute. = "Sri Aurobindo has at last received the scholarly biography he deserves—and we need." — Robert McDermott, author of The Essential Aurobindo; = "Here are details that are not only reliable but transparent in letting their sources speak. Throughout we hear the voices of Sri Aurobindo and his contemporaries. Peter Heehs has written the definitive biography and a superb introduction to the life and thought of Sri Aurobindo." — Stephen Phillips, professor of philosophy and Asian studies, University of Texas at Austin.========================================================================================================================================================================Table of contents for The lives of Sri Aurobindo / Peter Heehs.Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.CounterContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on Proper NamesPart One: Son1. Bengal, 1872-1879Aurobindo AcroydIn the Shadow of the HimalayasPart Two: Scholar2. England, 1879-1893A Very Promising BoyA Man and a GentlemanTransitions3. Baroda, 1893-1906Mr. GhoseProfessor GhoseDomestic VirtuesRevolution and RecreationSecretary to the CrownPrincipal GhoseTaking LeavePart Three: Revolutionary4. Bengal, 1906-1908A Negligible FactorBande MataramPassive and Active ResistanceCenter StageSilence and ActionIn the Thick of Things5. Bengal, 1908-1910A Rude AwakeningIn Courtroom and JailThe High Court of HistoryKarmayoginDepartureChandernagorePart Four: Yogi and Philosopher6. Pondicherry, 1910-1915In French IndiaA Seed PlotLife and YogaAnnus MirabilisWar and Sadhana7. Pondicherry, 1914-1920: The Major WorksLinking the Future to the PastA Divine LifeA New System of YogaSpirituality and SocietyPoetry of the Present and FuturePart Five: Guide8. Pondicherry, 1915-1926Pictures of a Yogic LifeBeginnings and EndingsSilence and ShaktiRue de la Marine9. Pondicherry, 1927-1950Sri Aurobindo and the MotherThe AshramA Period of ExpansionThe Tail of the SupermindThe Impact of EventsFinal FloweringEpilogueAbbreviations Used in Notes and BibliographyNotesBibliographyIndex |
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