Hindi

This talks based on the Canto titled ‘The Issue’ from Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri. Here Sri Aurobindo has raised the question through Savitri whether destiny can be altered.

When the whole world was in the midst of thick ignorance, the Divine Mother descended on earth, took a human birth and also physically took the burden of humanity. The birth of Savitri symbolizes this unique phenomenon.

After writing most of the major works like Synthesis of yoga, Ideal of human unity, The Life Divine etc, Sri Aurobindo was preparing the humanity for something special, for a unique Light of Consciousness that had never manifested so far. It was this supreme gift that He gave to man in the form of Savitri.

Classical yogas say that behind this transient creation, there is eternal Brahma. The outer nature is the temporary covering. Sri Aurobindo brought a new revelation that this transient creation too holds within itself a divine possibility.

Taking birth in this earth is not a sin as believed in many religions, rather it is a golden opportunity to grow with the unique divine portion in man called ‘the Psychic’.

In the domain of mind truth can be explained and understood to an extent, but the complete truth cannot be achieved as truth remains beyond mind.

Gita is not a book of philosophy, it is a book of yoga. Gita synthesizes many individual paths that merge into the Gita as rivers pour into the sea.

Gita prepares us for a yajna, where the whole life is offered to the divine so that the divine ananda can fulfill our life.