Studies from an Eastern Home by Sister Nivedita: Insights from a Spiritual Journey
Studies from an Eastern Home by Sister Nivedita
now nearly ten years since there was published, under the title of The Web of Indian Life, a book which immediately found its appropriate public.
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In England and America it was recognised as belonging to that newer and finer type of interpretation as applied to the East of which our time has produced some noteworthy examples; in India it was welcomed as almost the first attempt on the part of an English writer to present the ethical and social ideals embodied in the Indian woman and family.
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Many among the readers of the book were aware that its author stood in a unique relation to the Indian people: that she had identified herself without reserve with their life and been dedicated wholly to their service; while not a few were assured that she was destined to carry forward the task thus brilliantly begun of revealing the inner side of Eastern society to the West. But this was not to be.
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Two years ago she died, with her work in India, as it seemed to those who knew her best and had most reason to hope greatly, hardly more than envisaged and planned.
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The Web of Indian Life Men can live through and die happy in spite of disparagement, if it comes from critics with whom they have no dealings. But unfortunately our critics not only have the power to give us a bad name, but also to hang us. They play the part of Providence over three hundred millions of aliens whose language they hardly know, and with whom their acquaintance is of the surface. Therefore the vast accumulation of calumny against India, continually growing and spreading over the earth, secretly and surely obstructs the element of heart from finding an entrance into our government.
Kali the MotherIt is so with that symbolism which we know as language. The simple daily needs of mankind, seem, the world over, to be one. We look, therefore, for words that correspond in every land. Yet we know how the tongue of each people expresses some one group of ideas with especial clearness, and ignores others altogether. Never do we find an identical strength and weakness repeated: and always if we go deep enough, we can discover in the circumstances and habits of a country, a cause for its specific difference of thought or of expression.
Studies from an Eastern HomeIn England and America it was recognised as belonging to that newer and finer type of interpretation as applied to the East of which our time has produced some noteworthy examples; in India it was welcomed as almost the first attempt on the part of an English writer to present the ethical and social ideals embodied in the Indian woman and family.
Hindu Dharma Ke Mool Tattvaहिंदू धर्म और संस्कृति का महत्त्वपूर्ण लक्षण सर्वाधिक परिपूर्ण विचार; जो संसार ने कभी उत्पन्न किया। सन् 1893 में शिकागो धर्म-संसद् में अग्रणी संत विवेकानंद के विचारों से प्रेरित सिस्टर निवेदिता ने हिंदू धर्म और संस्कृति का जिस तरह से विश्लेषण किया; उसे समझा और निरूपित किया; उसे यहाँ इस पुस्तक में रोचक शैली में इतने प्रभावी ढंग से प्रस्तुत किया गया है; कि सदी गुजर जाने के बाद भी इससे प्रेरणा मिलती है; यह जनमानस को झकझोर देती है। आज भी कोई दूसरा इन ऊँचाइयों को नहीं छू पाया है।
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Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan (7 July 2020)
Language : English
File size : 1173 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 151 pages
