Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Yoga

6. The Divine and the Hostile Powers

Fragment ID: 596

See largest or earliest found fragment here

Sri Aurobindo — Unknown addressee

July 12, 1929

The lion is the attribute of the Goddess Durga, the conquering and protecting aspect of the Universal Mother.

The Death’s Head is the symbol of the Asura (the adversary of the gods) vanquished and killed by the Divine Power.

Current publication:

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

Other publications:

1. 12501.
Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Yoga. III // CWSA.- Volume 30. (≈ 22-24 vol. of SABCL).- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2014.- 508 p.

2. 19002.
Sri Aurobindo. The Mother with the Letters on the Mother // CWSA.- Volume 32. (≈ 25 vol. of SABCL).- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2012.- 662 p.

3. 21593.
[Largest or earliest found passage: ]Sri Aurobindo. Letters of Sri Aurobindo: In 4 Series.- Forth Series [On Yoga].- Bombay: Sri Aurobindo Circle, 1951.- 652 p.

4. 23982.
Sri Aurobindo. The Mother // SABCL.- Volume 25. (≈ 32 vol. of CWSA) The Mother with Letters on the Mother and Translations of Prayers and Meditations.– Popular Edition.– Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1972.– 496 p.