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On Himself Vol. 26 of SABCL 514 pages 1972 Edition
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Sri Aurobindo's notes and letters on his life and yoga and letters on Himself and on The Mother.

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On Himself

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  Sri Aurobindo : corresp.

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Sri Aurobindo's notes and letters on his life and yoga and letters on Himself and on The Mother. In these letters, Sri Aurobindo writes about his life as a student in England, a teacher in Baroda, a political leader in Bengal, and a writer and yogi in Pondicherry. He also comments on his formative spiritual experiences and the development of his yoga.

Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library (SABCL) On Himself Vol. 26 514 pages 1972 Edition
English
 PDF    autobiographical  Sri Aurobindo : corresp.

Part I

Sri Aurobindo on Himself




The Poet and the Critic




Bhava behind "The Bird of Fire"

Collected Poems (Centenary Edition, 1972), p. 571.

Q: Your "The Bird of Fire" is full of colour and images, but if one can follow the bhāva behind or through them, I believe the appreciation becomes complete.

A: What do you mean by following the bhāva behind? Putting a label on the bird and keeping it dried up in your intellectual museum, for Professors to describe—to their pupils—"this is the species and that's how it is constituted, these are the bones, feathers etc., etc., and now you know all about the bird. Or would you like me to dissect it farther?"









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