Page 12 - The New Nationalism

THE NEW NATIONALISM…
THE NEW NATIONALISM…

is an attempt to relegate the dominant
is an attempt to relegate the dominant

bourgeois in us to his old obscurity, to
bourgeois in us to his old obscurity, to

transform the bourgeois into the Samurai
transform the bourgeois into the Samurai

and through him to extend the workings of
and through him to extend the workings of

the Samurai spirit to the whole nation.
the Samurai spirit to the whole nation.

. . it is an attempt to create a new nation in
. . . . it is an attempt to create a new nation in

India by reviving in spirit & action ancient
India by reviving in spirit & action ancient

Indian character, the strong, great and lofty
Indian character, the strong, great and lofty

spirit of old Aryavarta, and setting it to use and
spirit of old Aryavarta, and setting it to use and

mould the methods and materials of modernity
mould the methods and materials of modernity
for the freedom, greatness and well-being of a
for the freedom, greatness and well-being of a

historic and immortal people.
historic and immortal people.

~ Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 7: 1110
~ Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 7: 1110