LP 6: Reconnecting with India

Episode 45 September 30, 2021 00:55:01
LP 6: Reconnecting with India
Reflections on Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry
LP 6: Reconnecting with India

Sep 30 2021 | 00:55:01

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Show Notes

We read today some poems that reveal Sri Aurobindo’s love and growing identification with the soul of India. The poems include Envoi (p. 37), The Just Man (pp. 43-44), To the Ganges (pp. 256-259) and The Meditations of Mandavya (pp. 509-515), all pages given for Collected Poems, CWSA Vol 2).

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