Vol. 20 of the ‘Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo’ (CWSA) series consists of thirty-two essays, which were first published in the monthly journal Arya, with each essay written immediately before its publication.
They appeared as three series of essays and one single essay as follows:
– ‘The Renaissance in India’, Aug. – Nov. 1918;
– ‘Indian Culture and External Influence’, March 1919 ( a single essay);
– ‘Is India Civilised?’, Dec. 1918 – Feb. 1919;
– ‘A Defence of Indian Culture’, Feb. 1919 – Jan. 1921.
In this talk, we cover some of the remaining writings from Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo, Vol. 8 ‘Karmayogin’.
This talk is centered around CWSA 17 especially the portion titled Isavasyopanishad.
‘Essays Divine and Human’ (CWSA volume 12) is a marvellous collection of essays, short writings and mind-widening aphorisms. These are essays that Sri Aurobindo...