01273nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001704000070005804100080006508200220007310000140009524500460010926000700015530000300022552007100025565000360096565000350100165000290103670000140106520211215102127.0211215b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  cAL  aeng  223a294.535bAURI  aAurobindo  aImmortal India: Towards the Ideal Society  aAurovile:bSri Aurobindo 124th British Anniversary Group.,c1997.  axxxvii,218bPBc21x14 cm.  aIn referring to ancient India Sri Aurobindo refers to a state of society that was a beginning of the ideal society. This book contains a selection of Sri Aurobindo’'s texts on the ethical and spiritual perfection inherent to the fulfillment of the four varnas (orders of society) and ashramas (stages of life) as they were lived in ancient India, land of the sanatana dharma. Individual perfection manifested also as svadharma, svabhava and adhikara: fulfilling, respectively, one'’s dharma, predisposition and spiritual urge. The reasons for the decline and the modes of resurgence of the soul and genius of India are also examined. The book includes an introduction, a summary and a Sanskrit glossary.  aThe Spiritual Heritage of India  aBhrat Mata The Guru of Nations  aVedanta and Bhagavadgita  aAUROBINDO