October 20, 2012

Savitri by Sri Aurobindo is a reservoir of Vedic insights

Comment on Introduction by Sandeep from Comments for IYSATM by Sandeep October 14, 2012 at 8:41 pm Firstly, many of the letters are generic in their advice (be calm, focus, etc) because they pertain to psychological situations we all face from time to time.
by Sandeep October 15, 2012 at 10:49 am In case of many concepts, it is not a problem because they have purposely elucidated on the same idea across various books. Later in life, Sri Aurobindo preferred to express himself in poetry like Savitri rather than write prose. The Mother’s recorded talks were intended to clarify Sri Aurobindo’s writings so they are complementary to his writings. The Mother also said, “It is not by books that Sri Aurobindo ought to be studied but by subjects – what he has said on the Divine, on Unity, on religion, on evolution, on education, on self-perfection, on supermind, etc, etc." (CWMCE, Vol 12, p 208)
The genesis of Sri Aurobindo’s superman Posted on May 4, 2012 Sandeep comment: Knowledge in the spiritual path is given on a need-to-know basis. 

Sanatana Dharma XXXI—Varuna-Mitra and the Truth by Sri Aurobindo
by RY Deshpande on Sun 27 Dec 2009 03:30 AM IST Mirror of Tomorrow (Archives)
This is a paraphrase of the text of Chapter Seven of Sri Aurobindo’s The Secret of the Veda. It presents the role of Vayu and Indra and then of Varuna and Mitra in the Vedic conception of the supramental consciousness which is the condition of the state of immortality. If there is the preparation first of the vital forces represented by Vayu, and of the mentality by Indra, then Varuna and Mitra are two of the four gods who represent this working of the Truth in the human mind and temperament. It is by the thought that Indra and Vayu have been called upon to perfect the nervous mentality. But this instrument, thought, has itself to be perfected, enriched, clarified before the mind can become capable of free communication with the Truth-Consciousness. To realize this Varuna and Mitra, Powers of the Truth, are invoked for "accomplishing a richly luminous thought", dhiyam ghṛtācīm sādhantā. All this is based on the central Vedic conception of the Supramental or Truth-Consciousness towards which the progressively perfected mentality of the human being labours as towards a consummation and a goal. The two opening hymns of the Rig Veda already state this great conception of the supramental consciousness as the condition of the state of immortality. In the first hymn this is simply stated as the aim of the sacrifice and the characteristic work of Agni. The second hymn indicates the preliminary work of preparation, by Indra and Vayu, by Mitra and Varuna, of the ordinary mentality of man through the force of the Ananda and the increasing growth of the Truth. more »

Foundations of Indian Psychology Volume 1: Theories and Concepts - Page 197 - Cornelissen R. M. Matthijs et al - 2011 - Preview But most important in the present context are the insights provided by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, for attaining individual and collective transformation, leading to a lasting human unity and global peace. Guided by their vision, I continue to ...
Page 178 Sri Aurobindo's perspective The following account of Sri Aurobindo's perspective is based on a preliminary ... As was the concern in the Upanisads, Sri Aurobindo, too, has dealt with the nature of Self and nature of reality in general.
Page 229 Sri Aurobindo was a spiritual master and Gandhi was a spiritual leader. ... Also the sadhana of Sri Aurobindo had taken him far beyond the psychic realization, and his life reflects the attainment of the highest reaches of consciousness.
Page 351 second approach to the higher ranges of consciousness for which Sri Aurobindo found many references in the Vedas. In this approach one climbs slowly and meticulously, step by step, a kind of inner stairs that rises from below right up to the...
Page 358 23 Sri Aurobindo describes these higher planes of consciousness with an exemplary and, one must add, rather rare intellectual discipline and 'rectitude'. From his diaries and the autobiographical poetry he wrote during the same periods as ...
Page 75 Figure 4.2: A comparison of Sri Aurobindo's and Vedic terminologies. We have already mentioned tisro dydvah, the three realms of the Universal Mind — Mental, Vital and Physical, which in Sri Aurobindo's terminology are identified as ...
Page 191 165) In summary, Sri Aurobindo's depiction of personality and human existence, refers to a lesser self caught up in the demands of the outer being, which can get transformed into the greater Self via a process of development. This entails first ...
Page 355 Only then may it finally be said of humanity that its tread shall 'justify the light on Nature's face' (Aurobindo, 1994, p. 344). Acknowledgement In this chapter I have tried to give a faithful impression of Sri Aurobindo's ideas on knowledge in a ...

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