A Podcast Featuring Sri Aurobindo Studies

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Sept. 18, 2025

A Quiet Mind

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 1, Calm — Peace — Equality, pg. 2This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/a-quiet-mind/ Video presentations, inter...

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Sept. 17, 2025

The Need for a Settled Peace and Silence in the Mind as the First Sta…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 1, Calm -- Peace -- Equality, pp. 1-2This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-need-for-a-settled-peace-and-sil...

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Sept. 16, 2025

The First Aim of the Yoga: Receptivity to a Higher Spiritual Consciou…

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , Chapter 1, Calm — Peace — Equality, pg. 1This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/14/the-first-aim-of-the-yoga-receptivity-to...

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Sept. 15, 2025

Bases of Yoga -- Introduction

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Bases of Yoga , IntroductionThis episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/bases-of-yoga-introduction/ Video presentations, interviews and podca...

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Sept. 14, 2025

Looking from Within -- Summary and Conclusions

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Summary and Conclusions [with citations from the Preface and back cover]This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com...

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Sept. 13, 2025

Consecrating Oneself Entirely to the Divine Life Represents the Way F…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 170-172 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/consecrating-o...

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Sept. 12, 2025

The Joy of Action -- Independent of Concern for the Fruits of the Act…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 169-170This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/the-joy-of-acti...

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Sept. 11, 2025

Acting Without Expectation for the Fruits of Action

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 168-169 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/acting-without...

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Sept. 10, 2025

Liberation and Self-Perfection: Adherence to the Divine Intention in …

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 168This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/liberation-and-self...

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Sept. 9, 2025

The One Essential Thing in Spiritual Development Is an Inward Focus o…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 167-168This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/the-one-essenti...

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Sept. 8, 2025

Minimizing the Rajasic or Tamasic Effect of Food on the Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 167This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/minimizing-the-raja...

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Sept. 7, 2025

Balance and Harmony in Relation to Food and the Nourishment of the Bo…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 167This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/balance-and-harmony...

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Sept. 6, 2025

Understanding and Addressing the Desire and Craving for Food

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 166This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/understanding-and-a...

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Sept. 5, 2025

A Balanced Perspective About Food and the Physical Body

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 166This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/a-balanced-perspect...

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Sept. 4, 2025

Understanding and Addressing Desire, Hunger and Food

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 165-166This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/understanding-a...

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Sept. 3, 2025

The Purusha, the Master of the Nature, Sanctions, Upholds, Directs an…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 164-165 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/the-purusha-th...

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Sept. 2, 2025

The Initial Liberation of the Mental Being from Servitude to the Phys…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 163-164This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/the-initial-lib...

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Sept. 1, 2025

The Mental Purusha: the Witness Awareness of the Mind

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 163This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/the-mental-purusha-...

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Aug. 31, 2025

Balancing Detachment, Indifference and Caretaking of the Body

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 161-163 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/balancing-deta...

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Aug. 30, 2025

The Separation of Purusha and Prakriti: The Soul and the External Bei…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 161This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/the-separation-of-p...

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Aug. 29, 2025

Finding the Inner Balance of Non-Attachment While Living in the World

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pg. 160This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/finding-the-inner-b...

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Aug. 28, 2025

The Bliss of Non-Possession

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 158-160This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/the-bliss-of-no...

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Aug. 27, 2025

The Power of Rejection in Gaining Mastery Over the Nature

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 157-158 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/the-power-of-r...

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Aug. 26, 2025

The Cycles and Causes of Recurring Difficulties in Relation to Spirit…

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within , Chapter 5, Attitudes on the Path, pp. 156-157This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/the-cycles-and-...

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