Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Sri Aurobindo--Powers Within

Powers Within, by A.S. DALAL
Sri Aurobindo has great ideas, but is quite difficult to comprehend, which is probably why he is not commonly quoted. His ideas certainly deserve to be better known.
A series of books by A.S. Dalal have helped in making him more accessible. In all the books A.S. takes up a topic, searches through Sri Aurobindo and The Mother's voluminous writings, and puts together passages on that topic. Quotes from Sri Aurobindo are complemented by the Mother's simpler explanations.
This book has a lot to offer, and deserves to be studied. It looks at latent powers, and how they can be developed and used.
'Mind can suspend or change earth's concrete law', says Sri Aurobindo.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

New dates for the Ramayana?

Pondering over a news item:
Rama was born on 10 January 5114 BCE.
Hanuman met Sita in the Ashok Vatika on 12 September 5076 BCE.
The Mahabharata war started on 13 September 3139 BCE.
This is what 'The Institute of Scientific Research' says. Similar dates have been provided earlier, but how does it co-relate with archaeology?
After intensive research on the Vedas, using all available sources I found the earliest possible date for the Rig Veda would be 4000 BCE, and of course it could be later.
No single source is sufficient for trying to establish an approximate date.