Sri Aurobindo Studies

In The Secret of the Veda, Sri Aurobindo showed that there is a deep, esoteric sense to the Vedic hymns that is the real sense of the hymns.  This Hymn to the Dawn relates to the power of awakening of consciousness as the sun of the Truth approaches the horizon to illuminate the consciousness of the seeker.  The English translation was provided by Nolini Kanta Gupta.  The recordings...

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In The Secret of the Veda, Sri Aurobindo showed that there is a deep, esoteric sense to the Vedic hymns that is the real sense of the hymns.  This Hymn the Devi Sukta, relates to the supreme Goddess, the executive power of the creation of all that exists.  The English translation was provided by Nolini Kanta Gupta.  The recordings were made at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1973.  San...

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In The Secret of the Veda , Sri Aurobindo showed that there is a deep, esoteric sense to the Vedic hymns that is the real sense of the hymns.  This Hymn the Purusha Sukta, relates to the Divine Being that encompasses the entire universe, creator, containing and embodying the entire creation at the same time.  The English translation was provided by Nolini Kanta Gupta.  The recording...

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Interview by David Riklan of Self-Growth.com of Santosh Krinsky in September 2020 regarding the crisis facing humanity and the entire planet and the direction needed to find a solution short of total annihilation.  Wide ranging interview covering an array of issues.

The first hymn in the Rig Veda is described and translated by Sri Aurobindo.  In The Secret of the Veda Sri Aurobindo utilizes this hymn to show the psychological significance of the Veda and to illustrate its method of dual meaning of the terms, having both an outer, exoteric, and an inner, esoteric significance.  He translates this hymn in full in Hymns to the Mystic Fire.   The r...

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Sri Aurobindo cites this Hymn in The Life Divine.  Here we present a brief background to the Rig Veda and its significance and then the Sanskrit recitation of the Hymn of Creation, followed by the English translation provided by Sri Aurobindo and Nolini Kanta Gupta.  The recordings were made at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1973.  Sanskrit recited by Sri Vinayak.  English commentary...

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