The Secret of the Veda

DETAILS : 

• Author : Sri Aurobindo
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department
  
• Publication date : 1 January 1999
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 604 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8170585813
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8170585817
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 850 g

ABOUT THE BOOK 

The Secret of the Veda is a foundational work of modern spiritual scholarship that revolutionized the interpretation of India’s oldest scriptures. Originally published as a series of essays in the journal Arya between 1914 and 1920, Sri Aurobindo challenges the prevailing 19th-century European view that the Vedas were merely the primitive ritual chants of nature-worshipping pastoralists.

Instead, Aurobindo argues that the Rig Veda is a profoundly symbolic and psychological document. He posits that the Vedic Rishis (seers) used a "double language"—using outward ritualistic terms (like cows, horses, and ghee) to veil a secret inner meaning regarding the evolution of human consciousness and the soul’s journey toward the Divine Truth.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) was a multi-faceted genius: a revolutionary nationalist, a poet, a linguist, and one of India’s most influential yogis and philosophers. Educated at Cambridge, he brought a Western analytical rigor to his deep Eastern spiritual realizations. He is the founder of Integral Yoga, which seeks the transformation of human life into a divine life through the descent of a "Supramental" consciousness.