Sri Aurobindo and Indian Civilization
by Michel Danino

(ISBN:81-87373-04-0 ~ Pub Year: 1999 ~ Pages:54 ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Mira Aditi)

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Two thought-provoking texts by a long-time student of Indian culture. The first presents Sri Aurobindo’s dynamic view of Indian culture, its vigor and practicality, and its present state of deep neglect. The second, making use of recent archaeological findings, gives an overview of the so-called Aryan problem which has distorted the roots of ancient India’s history, and therefore of Indian civilization.

Western civilization, not even three centuries after the Industrial Revolution, is now running out of breath. It has no direction, no healthy foundations, no value left except selfishness and greed, nothing to fill one’s heart with. India alone has preserved something of the deeper values that can make a man human, and the world will surely be turning to them in search of a remedy to its advanced malady.

Once India’s ancientness is recognized, we can understand the strength that enabled her civilization to survive through all those ages. Whether she will survive her present phase of degradation and lead the world to a new phase is the question.


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