Monday, September 01, 2008

Prison as a year’s living in an ashram or a hermitage

An intense and uplifting collection of musings from a person who was a revolutionary fighting for the freedom of India, and then an Enlightened Being. He calls his days in prison as a year’s living in an ashram or a hermitage. He describes attaining an inner freedom that does not depend on others, of embracing solitude and of ‘tasting’ peace. The underlying wry humor through the book makes us closer to the spiritual message on every page... Uncategorizedtrackback
The following is a poem by Sri Aurobindo that he composed in Alipore Jail, 1908-09:
INVITATION
With the wind and the weather beating around me Up to the hill and moorland I go Who will come with me? Who will climb with me? Wade through the brook and tramp through the snow?

Sri Aurobindo Society: Inauguration meditation, Santinikatan, No: 8, Race Course, 6 a.m. Engagements - In Coimbatore Today Religion The Hindu Monday, Sep 01, 2008

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