Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume II - Part 3

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Sri Aurobindo — Unknown addressee

June 23, 1937

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The idea of a temporary Kingdom of heaven on earth is contained in the Puranas and conceived by some Vaishnava saints or poets; but it is a devotional idea, no philosophical basis is given for the expectation. I think the Tantric overcoming of imperfection is more individual, not collective.

¹ SABCL, volume 22; Letters of Sri Aurobindo. 4 Ser.: base

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² SABCL, volume 22; Letters of Sri Aurobindo. 4 Ser.: imperfections

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³ SABCL, volume 22; Letters of Sri Aurobindo. 4 Ser.: an

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⁴ SABCL, volume 22; Letters of Sri Aurobindo. 4 Ser.: individual achievement, not

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Current publication:

Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Yoga. II // CWSA.- Volume 29. (≈ 22-24 vol. of SABCL).- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2013.- 522 p.

Other publications:

Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Yoga // SABCL.- Volume 22. (≈ 28 vol. of CWSA).- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1971.- 502 p.

[Largest or earliest found passage: ] Sri Aurobindo. Letters of Sri Aurobindo: In 4 Series.- Forth Series [On Yoga].- Bombay: Sri Aurobindo Sircle, 1951.- 652 p.