...of India, but whom amongst all these classes did she look up to and choose to be the representatives of men ?* They were the rishis. What were the rishis...Thus the state of realising our relationship with all, of entering into everything through union with God, was considered in India to be the ultimate...

...reality cost her dear in the sphere of worldly success. Yet, this also was a sublime achievement, — it was a supreme manifestation of that human aspiration...united with all, had entered into the life of the Universe.1 Thus the state of realising our relationship with 1 Samprapyainam rishayo jnanatriptah Kritatmano...

...desires, and having experienced Him in all the activities of the world, had attained calmness. The Rshis were they who having reached the Supreme God from...with all, had entered into the life of the universe. " But can it then be said," the devotee asks, " that there is no difference between Brahman and our...

...of ancient India? We get our answer from the Sanscrit ("Sadhana," p. 14). "They were the rishis. . . The rishis were they who having reached the supreme...with all, had entered into the life of the universe." Compare with this Mr. More's definition of the rishis as "those seers who . . . called to mystic contemplation,...

...the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms." The Indian rishis or sages of old "were they who having reached the supreme God from...with all, had entered into the life of the Universe." But the kind of thought inspired by such a life could not result in science. As I have pointed out...