Lo Yoga della Bhagavad Gītā

by Sri Aurobindo, E. Nata (Translator)

Book by Aurobindo (sri)

432 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, major Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi. He joined the movement for India's freedom from British rule and for a duration (1905–10), became one of its most important leaders, before turning to developing his own vision and philosophy of human progress and spiritual evolution.

The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of life into a "life divine". In his own words: "Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of Nature's process."

The principal writings of Sri Aurobindo include, in prose, The Life Divine, considered his single great work of metaphysics,The Synthesis of Yoga, Secrets of the Vedas, Essays on the Gita, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, Renaissance in India and other essays, Supramental Manifestation upon Earth, The Future Poetry, Thoughts and Aphorisms and several volumes of letters. In poetry, his principal work is Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol in blank verse.

Reviews

[Donatella]

Che dire? L'ho letto con molta, molta, MOOOLTA calma, una frase alla volta, perlopiù la mattina poco dopo il risveglio o prima di andare al lavoro. E' uno di quei libri da meditazione e da rileggere e riprendere tante volte.
Un'osservazione sola: essere amici di un avatar divino è decisamente molto impegnativo

[Omar Caccia]

Bella edizione, ben curata, ben supportata da commenti, note a pié di pagina e traduzioni, fondamentali per comprendere i termini in sanscrito. Il pensiero di Aurobindo, fondamentalmente non ateo ma impersonalista, può fornire qualche grattacapo nei capitoli finali ai personalisti, mentre la parte iniziale è illuminante per tutti: personalisti, impersonalisti, e persino per atei e materialisti.