This issue is dedicated to the idea of rasa, ananda and saundarya. The featured article here (in four parts) deals with the concept and meaning of rasa in which the author not only deals with the semantic approach but also its connection with the transcendental and immanent reality, and the seership of the artist. The word of the month is suṣamā. The Guiding Light section has some beautiful passages from Sri Aurobindo’s writings related to beauty and rasa.
RASA is one of those quintessential words in Sanskrit which sum up a whole philosophy or even a civilization. An …
CONTINUED FROM PART 1 Subjective Taste; the artist’s seership or vision. The various attitudes projected by theseer towards the object: …
CONTINUED FROM PART 2 It has been shown that Rasa connotes the Supreme Reality. In what manner or measure does …
Kishor Gandhi: Furthering the Evolutionary Transition: Continued from part 3: The manifestation of the supramental Truth will or will not be preceded by destruction will depend upon the choice that humanity makes. It may, however, be argued that ultimately it is not the human choice but the Divine Grace that decides everything… but it is also necessary to remember that in the actual workings of the world the human will and choice are not irrelevant factors.
This issue is dedicated to the Time Imperishable. The featured article here deals with one important question whether destruction is necessary for a new creation or not. If not how the Supramental Truth which will create a New Age force is going to deal with the elements in the world which still resist its advent or working.
Kishor Gandhi: True Meaning of the Destroyer Aspect of the Divine: Continued from part 1: This Gita’s conception of God as the Time-Spirit in the aspect of the Destroyer should not be identified with the crude Semitic religious idea of God as a stern and wrathful almighty Creator and Judge who punishes the sinners and casts them into an eternal hell.
Renaissance, the monthly e-journal of Sri Aurobindo Foundation of Indian Culture (SAFIC), features inspiring articles, essays, book reviews, interviews, and reflections that speak of how the eternal spirit and creative genius of India are being reborn and renewed in various domains – spiritual, artistic, literary, philosophic, scientific, aesthetic.
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