A series of talks by Prof. Mangesh V. Nadkarni on Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri in Pondicherry in 1995.

A series of talks by Prof. Mangesh V. Nadkarni on Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri in Pondicherry in 1995.

This talk is about the soul and its journey.

India, in her days of spiritual greatness tried to not only explore the various lanes and by lanes and highways of the Spirit but also laboured in many ways to integrate the spiritual life with the material. Before the doctrine of Mayavada with its attendant disastrous consequences took hold of the Indian mind, there was a great stress of life turning into a play-field of the higher consciousness. How far did they go and how much they succeeded; how and why did the decline come is another matter to ponder? But the footprints of a great effort at Synthesis are there prominently for all to see. Our present talk deals with one such area of synthesis, in the field of Indian dance, so to say.

This talk gives a brief account of some of the fundamental principles of the Integral Yoga.

Q&A on the Soul’s Journey, Human Evolution and Conceptions of God

This talk is about the various approaches man has taken towards the intended spiritual evolution.

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

On the present condition of man, his inner contradictions and the source of his hope.

We read the following passage from Savitri :

“Assailed on earth and unassured of heaven,
Descended here unhappy and sublime,
…
The high gods look on man and watch and choose
Today’s impossibles for the future’s base.” [Savitri: 336-339]