SABCL Set of 30 volumes
On Himself Vol. 26 of SABCL 514 pages 1972 Edition
English

Editions

ABOUT

Sri Aurobindo's notes and letters on his life and yoga and letters on Himself and on The Mother.

THEME

On Himself

Compiled from Notes and Letters

  Sri Aurobindo : corresp.

Sri Aurobindo symbol
Sri Aurobindo

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




Reminiscences and Observations




Rationality of Politicians

Poor X! But he is a politician and the rationality of politicians has perforce to move within limits: if they were to allow themselves to be as clear-minded as that, their occupation would be gone! It is not everybody who can be as cynical as a Birkenhead or as philosophical as a C. R. Das and go on with political

Page 389

reason or political humbug in spite of knowing what it all came to from arrivisme in the one and patriotism in the other case.









Let us co-create the website.

Share your feedback. Help us improve. Or ask a question.

Image Description
Connect for updates