Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India

(1) the recognition of the all-pervading immortal Self (2) the gathering of the higher and the lower knowledge metaphysical and physical science and (3) the conserving and maturing of the seed of life wherein dwells the sacred potency of infinite multiplication." The Rishis by no means neglected the culture of material sciences. [...] And it was shown that the spiritual arm of the Revolution lay in the press and her temporal arm in the Third Estate or as we might say in the Parliament that the spiritual power of the Empire had been prestige" and her temporal power the army and that finally the Financial Era to which we have all succumbed found its temporal strength in the Bank and its spiritual credit in the Bourse. [...] And we may watch the abbey of one age giving place to the university of the next the moral influence of the l'unchayat displaced by the power of the state with its police system and law courts and the like. [...] The work of the fisher in the deep seas demands such close organization that he is easily diverted into the looting of the coast towns and the whole life and ideal of the hunter is one of exploitation even as hunting is in all ages from those of ancient Egypt and Assyria onwards the sport and relaxation of those supreme despoilers kings and nobles. [...] Instead of the machine being made in the image" of the Spirit the Spirit is made in the image of the machine.