Sri Aurobindo’s writings on the Vedas span through a number of books. Three volumes – Vol 14 ‘Vedic and Philological Studies’, Vol 15 ‘The Secret of the Veda’, and Vol 16 ‘Hymns to the Mystic Fire’ – are completely dedicated to revealing to man the truths contained in the Vedas. We also find significant writings on the Vedas in the Vol 9 “Writings in Bengali and Sanskrit” as well as in Essays and Letters. The importance Sri Aurobindo gave to the Vedas can be understood by the fact that most of the quotations given at the beginning of His Magnum Opus The Life Divine are from the Vedas.
In this talk, we cover some of the remaining writings from Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo, Vol. 8 ‘Karmayogin’.
Keys to the Practice We touch upon Chapters 8 to 18 of the last part of the Synthesis of Yoga, ‘The Yoga of Self-Perfection’.
Sacrifice and Equality. This talk continues with the ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ (CWSA Vol 23-24) as part of the series on Writings of Sri...