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The last CWSA volume contains autobiographical notes, letters and other writings, and includes early personal letters, public statements and letters on national and world events, as well as on his ashram and system of yoga.

A concluding talk on CWSA 35

CWSA vol. 35 contains letters in which Sri Aurobindo referred to his life and works, his sadhana or practice of yoga, and the sadhana of members of his ashram.

Writings of Sri Aurobindo. This is a summary of CWSA 34.

Writings of Sri Aurobindo. This is a summary of CWSA 33.

This is the second of two talks on CWSA Vol. 32.

This is the first of two talks on CWSA Vol. 32.

This talk is based on CWSA Vol 31 Transformation of Human Nature in the Integral Yoga

Today we read about the experiences and realisations from CWSA 30. 

This talk is a summary of CWSA 29. It includes letters on the Aim of Yoga, certain fundamentals of the practice of Integral Yoga such as surrender, equanimity, on the Guru in the Integral Yoga.

In this talk we take up the concluding part of CWSA 28 touching upon the Psychic being, faith and doubt, the chakras among other things.

This talk is based on CWSA 28 which is the first of the four volumes of Letters on Yoga.

Today’s talk is on the second and concluding part of CWSA 27 where which brings together Sri Aurobindo’s Letters on Poetry and Art.

A talk by Dr Alok Pandey.

In this work, Sri Aurobindo outlines the history of English poetry and explores the possibility of a spiritual poetry in the future. It was first published in a series of essays between 1917 and 1920; parts were later revised for publication as a book.

In War and Self-Determination, Sri Aurobindo writes on the sovereignty of nations in the aftermath of the First World War.

Five of the essays making up War and Self-Determination were published in the Arya between 1916 and 1920. In 1920 three of them—“The Passing of War?”, “The Unseen Power” and “Self-Determination”—along with a Foreword and a newly written essay, “The League of Nations”, were published as a book. In later editions the other two Arya essays, “1919” and “After the War”, were added by the editors.

In The Human Cycle, Sri Aurobindo traces the evolution of human society and suggests where it is headed.

Overview and Conclusions

Keys to the Practice

We touch upon Chapters 8 to 18 of the last part of the Synthesis of Yoga, ‘The Yoga of Self-Perfection’.

In this talk we take up Part Three of the book, The Yoga of Divine Love.

In this talk we take up the last portion of the Yoga of Integral Knowledge.

This talk continues with the ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ (CWSA Vol 23-24) as part of the series on Writings of Sri Aurobindo.

Integral Knowledge.

This talk continues with the ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ (CWSA Vol 23-24) as part of the series on Writings of Sri Aurobindo.

The Liberation through Works. This talk continues with the ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ as part of the series on Writings of Sri Aurobindo.

Sacrifice and Equality.

This talk continues with the ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ (CWSA Vol 23-24) as part of the series on Writings of Sri Aurobindo.

This talk continues with the ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ (CWSA Vol 23-24) as part of the series on Writings of Sri Aurobindo.

Systems of Yoga and the Synthesis.

This talk continues with the ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ (CWSA Vol 23-24) as part of the series on Writings of Sri Aurobindo.

In this talk we take up The Synthesis of Yoga (CWSA Vol 23) as part of the series on Writings of Sri Aurobindo. It will be a series of talks.

This talk is an overview of the Chapters 15-28 of Book 2, which are concluding this treatise.

This talk is an overview of The Life Divine, Chapters 01-14 of Book 2.

This talk is an overview of the Chapters 13-28 of Book 1.

A summary of Chapters 1-12 of The Life Divine.

This is a brief overview of The Life Divine, one of major books written by Sri Aurobindo.

On rationalistic critics of Indian culture (conclusion)

On rationalistic critics of Indian culture.

Vol. 20 of the ‘Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo’ (CWSA) series consists of thirty-two essays, which were first published in the monthly journal Arya, with each essay written immediately before its publication.

They appeared as three series of essays and one single essay as follows:
– ‘The Renaissance in India’, Aug. – Nov. 1918;
– ‘Indian Culture and External Influence’, March 1919 ( a single essay);
– ‘Is India Civilised?’, Dec. 1918 – Feb. 1919;
– ‘A Defence of Indian Culture’, Feb. 1919 – Jan. 1921.

This talk is the summary of the series of talks on The Essays on The Gita: CWSA 19.

The concluding talk on The Essays on the Gita (CWSA 19).

The Supreme Secret.

The Cosmic Form and the Path of Love

The synthesis of knowledge, works and devotion

The doctrine of avatarhood

Works and Sacrifice

The topic of this talk is the Yoga of Intelligent Will.

This is a second talk of the series on CWSA 19. We are looking at the aspects of the battle of life and the call to the Aryan fighter.

Essays on the Gita was first published in the monthly review Arya in two series. The first series, covering the first six chapters of the Gita, ran from August 1916 to July 1918. The second series, covering the last twelve chapters, ran from August 1918 to July 1920.