1 | What is India? | 1 |
2 | Indian Civilisation and Culture | 6 |
I | The Fundamental Idea and the Essential Spirit | 6 |
II | Indian Culture in the Eyes of a Retionalistic Critic | 13 |
III | The life-Value of Indian Culture- the Supreme Achievements of Indian Culture in Its Dealing with Life | 33 |
IV | The Greatest Accomplishment of Indian Culture- the Web of the Sanatana Dharma | 60 |
V | The Linking of the Graded system of Religious Development and Spiritual Evolution to the General Culture of the life of the Human Being and His Powers | 108 |
VI | The Record of the Great Achievments of Indian in Every Field | 116 |
3 | The Ancient Indian Spirit, Its Four Powers and the Secret of Its Greatness - The Aryan System of Education | 124 |
I | The Spirit of Ancient India | 124 |
II | The four Powers | 126 |
III | The Aryan System of Education | 136 |
4 | The Greatness of Indian Art | 145 |
I | What is Art | 145 |
II | The Object of Art-Indian and European | 145 |
III | The Three Elements of Arts | 149 |
IV | Art and Yoga | 153 |
V | The National Value of Art | 155 |
VI | Indian Art | 160 |
5 | The Greatness of Indian Literature | 199 |
I | The Hindu Temperament in Literature | 201 |
II | The Vedas | 209 |
III | The Upanishads | 213 |
IV | The Age of Darshanas, Smritis and Sutras | 222 |
V | The Mahabharata and the Ramayana: the Itihasas | 225 |
VI | Kalidas | 240 |
VII | The Philosophic Writing and the Tantras and Puranas | 251 |
VIII | The Regional Literatures | 261 |
6 | Indian Polity | 270 |
I | The Legend of India's Political Incompetence | 270 |
II | The Early Political System and the Figure of the Rishi | 272 |
III | The Republican and the Monarchical State | 275 |
IV | The Nature of the Indian Monarchical State- Its Subjection to the Yoke of the Dharma | 277 |
V | The Ture Nature of the Indian Polity and the Basic Points of Difference Between the Ancient indian and the European Polity | 282 |
VI | The Secret of the Difficulty in the Political Unification in Ancient India | 298 |
7 | Indian Religion- the Sanatana Dharma | 314 |
I | Hinduism- the sanarana Dharma | 314 |
II | The Three Fundamentals of Hinduism | 317 |
III | Hinduism- the Future World Religion | 320 |
IV | Hinduism- the Religion of Vedanta | 321 |
V | Evolution and Religion | 324 |
VI | Certain Apparent Features and Practices of Hinduism and the Deeper Rationale Behind These | 333 |
VII | Sanatana Dharma- the Only Ture Nationalism | 340 |
8 | Some Selected Words of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on India and Its Culture | 345 |
I | India's Soul, Spiritual Culture and uniqueness | 345 |
II | Love of India and the Spirit of Nationalism | 347 |
III | Politics, Society and Other National Issues | 355 |
IV | The problem of Hindu- Muslim Unity | 359 |
V | What Needs to be Done? | 362 |
9 | India and the West | 372 |
I | East and West | 372 |
II | Life and Society in Europe | 377 |
III | Achievements of Europe | 380 |
IV | East and West: Mind and metaphysical Thinking | 382 |
V | The Future: The Healing of the Division Between Life and Spirit- India and the West | 386 |
10 | The Future of India and Its Mission in the World | 393 |
I | The Future of India | 393 |
II | India's Mission in the World | 395 |
1 | What is India? | 1 |
2 | Indian Civilisation and Culture | 6 |
I | The Fundamental Idea and the Essential Spirit | 6 |
II | Indian Culture in the Eyes of a Retionalistic Critic | 13 |
III | The life-Value of Indian Culture- the Supreme Achievements of Indian Culture in Its Dealing with Life | 33 |
IV | The Greatest Accomplishment of Indian Culture- the Web of the Sanatana Dharma | 60 |
V | The Linking of the Graded system of Religious Development and Spiritual Evolution to the General Culture of the life of the Human Being and His Powers | 108 |
VI | The Record of the Great Achievments of Indian in Every Field | 116 |
3 | The Ancient Indian Spirit, Its Four Powers and the Secret of Its Greatness - The Aryan System of Education | 124 |
I | The Spirit of Ancient India | 124 |
II | The four Powers | 126 |
III | The Aryan System of Education | 136 |
4 | The Greatness of Indian Art | 145 |
I | What is Art | 145 |
II | The Object of Art-Indian and European | 145 |
III | The Three Elements of Arts | 149 |
IV | Art and Yoga | 153 |
V | The National Value of Art | 155 |
VI | Indian Art | 160 |
5 | The Greatness of Indian Literature | 199 |
I | The Hindu Temperament in Literature | 201 |
II | The Vedas | 209 |
III | The Upanishads | 213 |
IV | The Age of Darshanas, Smritis and Sutras | 222 |
V | The Mahabharata and the Ramayana: the Itihasas | 225 |
VI | Kalidas | 240 |
VII | The Philosophic Writing and the Tantras and Puranas | 251 |
VIII | The Regional Literatures | 261 |
6 | Indian Polity | 270 |
I | The Legend of India's Political Incompetence | 270 |
II | The Early Political System and the Figure of the Rishi | 272 |
III | The Republican and the Monarchical State | 275 |
IV | The Nature of the Indian Monarchical State- Its Subjection to the Yoke of the Dharma | 277 |
V | The Ture Nature of the Indian Polity and the Basic Points of Difference Between the Ancient indian and the European Polity | 282 |
VI | The Secret of the Difficulty in the Political Unification in Ancient India | 298 |
7 | Indian Religion- the Sanatana Dharma | 314 |
I | Hinduism- the sanarana Dharma | 314 |
II | The Three Fundamentals of Hinduism | 317 |
III | Hinduism- the Future World Religion | 320 |
IV | Hinduism- the Religion of Vedanta | 321 |
V | Evolution and Religion | 324 |
VI | Certain Apparent Features and Practices of Hinduism and the Deeper Rationale Behind These | 333 |
VII | Sanatana Dharma- the Only Ture Nationalism | 340 |
8 | Some Selected Words of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on India and Its Culture | 345 |
I | India's Soul, Spiritual Culture and uniqueness | 345 |
II | Love of India and the Spirit of Nationalism | 347 |
III | Politics, Society and Other National Issues | 355 |
IV | The problem of Hindu- Muslim Unity | 359 |
V | What Needs to be Done? | 362 |
9 | India and the West | 372 |
I | East and West | 372 |
II | Life and Society in Europe | 377 |
III | Achievements of Europe | 380 |
IV | East and West: Mind and metaphysical Thinking | 382 |
V | The Future: The Healing of the Division Between Life and Spirit- India and the West | 386 |
10 | The Future of India and Its Mission in the World | 393 |
I | The Future of India | 393 |
II | India's Mission in the World | 395 |