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Sri Aurobindo Studies
systematic study of Sri Aurobindo's major works and their relevance to our lives and our modern society.
Episodes
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Inconscient and the Need for Its Transformation
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Process of Bringing About Change at the Subconscious Level of Our Being
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Risks and Difficulties of Eliminating Lower Drives Through Purposeful Indulgence, Part 2
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Risks and Difficulties of Eliminating Lower Drives Through Purposeful Indulgence, Part 1
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita, Mandala VII, Sukta 47 Hymn to the Divine Waters
The recordings were made at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1973. Sanskrit recited by Sri Vinayak. English translation by Sri Aurobindo (Riks 1-4) recited by Santosh…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding the Larger Being of Man and the Process of Transformation of the Subconscious
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesSolving the Existential Crisis of Humanity Through the Evolution of Consciousness
an interview by David Riklan of Self-Growth.com of Santosh Krinsky about the current existential crisis facing humanity and the planet and the solution to this…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesPsychoanalysis and Yoga Do Not Mix
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesSpiritual Experience and Psychoanalysis
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Need and Process of Transforming the Subconscient
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita, Mandala V, Sukta 79, Hymn to the Dawn
The Dawn of the Rig Veda is clearly a symbolic representation of the opening of the consciousness to the higher Light of the Divine. Sri Aurobindo writes in…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Nature of the Subconscient
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Necessity and Methods of Overcoming Inertia in the Physical Nature
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesAddressing the Methods of Change of the Physical Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Price of the Transformation of the Earth-Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Secret of the Veda, Chapter VI, Agni and the Truth
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe One Thing That Should Never Be Done
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Characteristics of the Physical Nature and the Way Toward Transformation
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesPurification of the Energies of the Second Chakra
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesHow to Overcome the Obstructions of the Vital Being
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala VIII, Sukta 39
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Choice Before the Practitioner of the Integral Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesConditions for the Practice and Progress on the Path of the Integral Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Consent of the Entire Being Is Necessary for the Divine Change
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesFour Common Forms of Resistance by the Lower Vital to the Transformation Required
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala V, Sukta 6
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Necessity of Transformation of the Lower Vital Nature
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-necessity-of-transformation-of-the-lower-vital-nature/
Sri Aurobindo StudiesA Settled Peace in the Being and a Fixed Resolution in the Mind Aid in the Transformation of the Vital
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesVital Disturbances Arise from Universal Nature and Bring Forth Habitual Responses
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesVital Movements Rising Up During the Practice of the Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala VI, Sukta 7
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesMaking the Vital Being an Instrument of the Divine Shakti
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Vital Nature and Its Role in Ordinary Life and Spiritual Life
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding Vital Dissatisfaction and Withdrawal of Energy
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Vital Is Attached to Suffering
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala II, Sukta 1
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding the Moods of the Vital Consciousness
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesAddressing the Difficulties of the Transformation of the Vital Nature
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesTransformation of the Vital Nature of Man: Background and Introduction
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesDealing with the Physical Mind in the Integral Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala I, Sukta 94
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Role, Nature and Action of the Physical Mind
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesUnderstanding the Role, Nature and Action of the Vital Mind
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Need for Silence of the Thinking Mind for the Spiritual Transformation
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Transformation of the Mind
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala I, Sukta 13
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Intellect Does Not Have Direct Knowledge
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Limitations of the Thinking Mind
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesSpiritual Experiences and Transformation of the Nature
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesImmortality in this Body is Not the Transformation Sought by the Integral Yoga
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita, Mandala I, Sukta 12, Hymn to Agni
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesDeath, the Conquest of Death, and the Supramental Transformation
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Supramental Force and the Quest for the Conquest of Disease, Decay and Death
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Supermind and the Transformation of the Physical Body
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesConditions for Preparation for the Supramental Change, Part 2
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Ashwins, Indra, Vishwadevas and Saraswati, Mandala I, Sukta 3
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. As part of his…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesConditions for Preparation for the Supramental Change, Part 1
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesRig Veda Samhita Hymn to Indra Mandala X, Sukta 54
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. As part of his…
Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Supramental Evolutionary Development Engages With, Rather Than Renounces, Life in the World
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Sri Aurobindo StudiesThe Four Steps of the Supramental Transformation
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