A Podcast Featuring Sri Aurobindo Studies

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The Risks and Difficulties of Eliminating Lower Drives Through Purposeful Indulgence, Part 1
Nov. 25, 2021

The Risks and Difficulties of Eliminating Lower Drives Through Purpos…

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/the-risks-and-difficulties-of-eliminating-lower-drives-through-purposeful-indulgence-part-1/

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Rig Veda Samhita, Mandala VII, Sukta 47 Hymn to the Divine Waters
Nov. 24, 2021

Rig 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 Krinsky. (Secret of the Veda, pp. 104-117)

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Understanding the Larger Being of Man and the Process of Transformation of the Subconscious
Nov. 24, 2021

Understanding the Larger Being of Man and the Process of Transformati…

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/understanding-the-larger-being-of-man-and-the-process-of-transformation-of-the-subconscious/

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Solving the Existential Crisis of Humanity Through the Evolution of Consciousness
Nov. 24, 2021

Solving the Existential Crisis of Humanity Through the Evolution of C…

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 crisis of the evolution of the next stage of consciousness, as de...

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Psychoanalysis and Yoga Do Not Mix
Nov. 23, 2021

Psychoanalysis and Yoga Do Not Mix

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/psychoanalysis-and-yoga-do-not-mix/

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Spiritual Experience and Psychoanalysis
Nov. 22, 2021

Spiritual Experience and Psychoanalysis

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/14/spiritual-experience-and-psychoanalysis/

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The Need and Process of Transforming the Subconscient
Nov. 21, 2021

The Need and Process of Transforming the Subconscient

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/13/the-need-and-process-of-transforming-the-subconscient/

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Rig Veda Samhita, Mandala V, Sukta 79, Hymn to the Dawn
Nov. 20, 2021

Rig 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 The Secret of the Veda: "The Rishi prays for the full epiphany of t...

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The Nature of the Subconscient
Nov. 20, 2021

The Nature of the Subconscient

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/the-nature-of-the-subconscient-2/

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The Necessity and Methods of Overcoming Inertia in the Physical Nature
Nov. 19, 2021

The Necessity and Methods of Overcoming Inertia in the Physical Nature

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/the-necessity-and-methods-of-overcoming-inertia-in-the-physical-nature/

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Addressing the Methods of Change of the Physical Consciousness
Nov. 18, 2021

Addressing the Methods of Change of the Physical Consciousness

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/10/addressing-the-methods-of-change-of-the-physical-consciousness/

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The Price of the Transformation of the Earth-Consciousness
Nov. 17, 2021

The Price of the Transformation of the Earth-Consciousness

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/the-price-of-the-transformation-of-the-earth-consciousness/

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The Secret of the Veda, Chapter VI, Agni and the Truth
Nov. 16, 2021

The 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 mystic fire, the flame of aspiration, and the "knower of all things...

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The One Thing That Should Never Be Done
Nov. 16, 2021

The One Thing That Should Never Be Done

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/08/the-one-thing-that-should-never-be-done/

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The Characteristics of the Physical Nature and the Way Toward Transformation
Nov. 15, 2021

The Characteristics of the Physical Nature and the Way Toward Transfo…

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/07/the-characteristics-of-the-physical-nature-and-the-way-toward-transformation/

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Purification of the Energies of the Second Chakra
Nov. 14, 2021

Purification of the Energies of the Second Chakra

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/06/purification-of-the-energies-of-the-second-chakra/

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How to Overcome the Obstructions of the Vital Being
Nov. 13, 2021

How to Overcome the Obstructions of the Vital Being

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/how-to-overcome-the-obstructions-of-the-vital-being/

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Rig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala VIII, Sukta 39
Nov. 12, 2021

Rig 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 mystic fire, the flame of aspiration, and the "knower of all things...

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The Choice Before the Practitioner of the Integral Yoga
Nov. 12, 2021

The Choice Before the Practitioner of the Integral Yoga

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Conditions for the Practice and Progress on the Path of the Integral Yoga
Nov. 11, 2021

Conditions for the Practice and Progress on the Path of the Integral …

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/03/conditions-for-the-practice-and-progress-on-the-path-of-the-integral-yoga/

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The Consent of the Entire Being Is Necessary for the Divine Change
Nov. 10, 2021

The Consent of the Entire Being Is Necessary for the Divine Change

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/the-consent-of-the-entire-being-is-necessary-for-the-divine-change/

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Four Common Forms of Resistance by the Lower Vital to the Transformation Required
Nov. 9, 2021

Four Common Forms of Resistance by the Lower Vital to the Transformat…

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2021/11/01/four-common-forms-of-resistance-by-the-lower-vital-to-the-transformation-required/

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Rig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala V, Sukta 6
Nov. 8, 2021

Rig 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 mystic fire, the flame of aspiration, and the "knower of all things...

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The Necessity of Transformation of the Lower Vital Nature
Nov. 8, 2021

The 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/

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