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(Continued from page 982) Essays on the Gila, by Shri Aurobindo Ghose (Arya Pub- lishing House, Calcutta, 2 vols., Its.5 each) contains, perhaps, the best interpretation in any Western language of the doc- trines of Shri Krishna, the great Teacher of the Hindus. It is the work of one who is (of the Hindus known publicly as spiritual teachers) at present perhaps the best known exponent of the inner life. Shii Aurobindo Ghose was brought over to this country when very young and was educated at a public school and University, becoming so thoroughly Anglicized that he could hardly speak a word of any Indian language. Soon after his return to India he became a formidable force in the political life of the country and was arrested and tried on a political charge, of which he was, however, finally acquitted, though it might have led him • to -the. gallows. While undergoing his trial he had a vision of Shri Krishna, the Divine Teacher. This changed him completely. He has since lived in retirement, devoting himself exclusively to the study and practice of the Yoga taught in the Gila: These essays represent his understanding of the Gila as revealed to him through study and meditation : they are valuable to every student who would learn of the spiritual life of, India.
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