e g r e g o r e s: "The Basis of Universal Spirituality ... by Apuleius Platonicus
Sages such as Sri Aurobindo who have meditated on Hindu iconography, and savants such as Ananda Coomara-swamy, Stella Kramrisch
, and Alice Boner
who have studied the subject, assure us that the forms and features of Hindu icons have a source higher than the normal reaches of the human mind. The icons are no photocopies of any human or animal forms as we find them in their physical frames. They are in fact crystallizations of the abstract into the concrete, of the infinite into the finite. They always point beyond themselves, and a contemplation of them always draws us from the outer to the inner.
Sages such as Sri Aurobindo who have meditated on Hindu iconography, and savants such as Ananda Coomara-swamy, Stella Kramrisch
, and Alice Boner who have studied the subject, assure us that the forms and features of Hindu icons have a source higher than the normal reaches of the human mind. The icons are no photocopies of any human or animal forms as we find them in their physical frames. They are in fact crystallizations of the abstract into the concrete, of the infinite into the finite. They always point beyond themselves, and a contemplation of them always draws us from the outer to the inner.Some of the important stations in this journey are Dayananda Saraswati followed by Sri Aurobindo, Swami Vivekananda and finally V.D. Savarkar. ... The narrative is so absorbing that one does not until the end realize that the lineage it traces – of the idea of Hindu nationalism from Dayananda Saraswati to V.D. Savarkar via Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda – leaves one almost ...
Symposium on Integral Consciousness Dedicated to the pioneering work of CIIS Founders Friday April, 9 2010 10:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. 10:25 AM
National Seminar on Sri Aurobindo's Contributions toward a Global Culture March 27-29, 2010 (SACAR), Puducherry 12:40 PM
Mutation ... a process. Conference in Auroville. February 12-14, 2010 (UHU) Feb 12, 2010 , 9:00 am - Feb 14, 2010 , 6:00 pm
"Spirituality Beyond Religions" International Congress Program (UHU) Jan 5, 2010 , 9:00 am - Jan 8, 2010 , 6:00 pm
Sri Aurobindo’s Political Life, the Alipore Bomb Trial and his Uttarpara Speech – A Centennial Perspective (The Institute of Integral Yoga Psychology, Mirravision Trust) National Library Auditorium, Alipore, Kolkata, August 1 & 2, 2009; 10 AM – 5 PM
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