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The Aryan Path April 1949

1949

Nationals of India and lovers of the Beautiful everywhere can by reflection on the death of Sarojini learn the mystic fact that real Deb is not of the body but of the hea and that real Life is no4 the senses but of the Soul. [...] What is the basic character of Indifin Art ? In what particular way did the artists of India express themselves throughout the ages ? In the remote age of the Upanishads the ancient sage Mahidas author of the Ailareya Brahmana declared :- The artists worship the gods by means of their art. [...] This now rapidly aproaching " death " however refers to the clothing of organised religion only and not to the spirit within ; and the revival—for which all humanity is anxiously waiting—will come when the old lesson has been learnt by the man of. the West that " the letter killeth...."166 tHEIVAN PAtii April The Biblical story of the creation of man provided one of the first of the heavy d [...] And the birth of the individuated spirit into the world is symbolised by the story of Adam partaking of the fruit of the tree giving the knowledge of good and evil when the desire for " clothing " is at once felt and the spirit begins to assume that mental disguise which becomes known as the personality. [...] And the habit of trying to find " the anointed One " in a personal histoical figure of the distant past is the most fruitful way to miss the grand reality of the living Christ who is awaiting discovery in the mind and heart of every man and woman born into this world because the living Christ is that portion of the Divine Spirit which is the core of all humanity but is usually buried so deep
philosophy religion
Pages
58
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120051
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii Sophia Wadia view
“Thus Have I Heard”
145-146 Shravaka view
The Way of Peace for Mankind
147-151 Horace Alexander view
Cultural Heresy
151-151 Sophia Wadia view
What We May Learn from the West
152-159 J.F. Bulsara view
Christian Origins
159-159 Sophia Wadia view
Quo Vadis ?
160-164 B. Sen view
The Symbolism of Truth
165-169 R.P. Morrison view
An Appreciation of Vaishnava Lyricism
170-174 Lalmohan Mookerjea view
New Books and Old
175-187 Sophia Wadia view
The West and India
188-190 C.M. Turnbull view
Ends and Sayings
191-192 Sophia Wadia view
Backmatter
i-vi Sophia Wadia view

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