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The Institute 'SAKSI'
was started in 1997 with the aim of disseminating the wisdom in
the ancient Veda
Samhita and related books such as Upanishads, so
that the knowledge becomes easily accessible to all interested
persons who are not necessarily knowledgeable in Sanskrit or even
the Devanagari
script. Most of the existing English translations of the Veda
Samhita view the books as anthropological and
ritualistic curiosities rather than as books of wisdom. Even
though Hinduism contains many important religious books of later
times, the wisdom of the Vedic age is relevant even today. The
first and foremost aspect of this work is the preparation of
relevant material. For this purpose SAKSI has undertaken the task
of publishing books in various formats i.e. small, medium and
voluminous. As the contents of these publications are unique, the
readers need some background to understand them, to cater to which
SAKSI is conducting workshops, conferences and lectures in various
places.
Our institute draws its inspiration
from the great spiritual savants and scholars,
Sri Aurobindo
(1872-1950), The Mother (1878-1973), Sri
Kapali Sastry (1886-1953)
and Sri Madhav
Paņdit
(1918-1993). Their well-Known books emphasize
the need for harmonizing both the 'spiritual' and 'worldly' aspects
of our life. We have to take seriously the notion 'All is Brahmaņ'. We should become conscious of every act or thought in us
so that we can indeed lead a beautiful and harmonious life.
Sri Aurobindo
| A poet, philosopher and
mystic, Sri Aurobindo has
through his theory and practice, pioneered the understanding
the message of the Vedic heritage and the meaning of the modem
renaissance. He is one of the outstanding 'builders' of Indian
philosophy in recent times. He formulated his philosophy of integralism on the basis of his
own authentic experience. Experience is manifold; it may
relate to any field of life - art, poetry, religion,
philosophy, occultism, and so on. When it is organized as a
verifiable field of knowledge, it is philosophy. Sri
Aurobindo's philosophy is described as integral for two
reasons. It takes into account the whole |
Sri Aurobindo |
of reality as it reveals itself to the
uplooking /
inlooking human mind.
It is also integrative as it leaves no grade of experience
behind once another experience comes by. The lower is taken up
and integrated into the higher, the smaller into the larger.Sri Aurobindo did not arrive at his
philosophy by a sudden revelation. His was a steady growth of
consciousness with dimension adding itself to dimension. Though
he started as an agnostic, he turned out to be a passionate
minstrel of God, a prophet of the message of life divine
for humans, a revolutionary who initiated radical departures
from the established traditions not only in the sphere of
politics and social structure, but also in the practice of
spiritual life and philosophical thought.
Sri
Aurobindo's philosophy continues to
shape the lives and minds of human beings in various ways, at
different levels.
Sri T. V. Kapali
Sastry
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Sri T. V. Kapāli Sāstry was a Vedic scholar who had his early
training under the renowned Kavyakanța Vasista Gaņapati Muni. His
scholarship and spiritual sadhana endeared him to Ramana Maharshi.
From 1916 onwards he was drawn to Sri Aurobindo's yoga and settled
down in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Interpreting the philosophy of Ramana Maharshi and
Sri
Aurobindo both in English and Sanskrit became a lifelong vocation
for him. Teacher, translator,
commentator, essayist and poet. |
Sri T. V. Kapāli Sāstry |
Kapāli Sāstry was attuned
to Tantra. In his Sanskrit commentary on the first Ashtaka of the
Rigveda inspired by the intuitive interpretation of the Vedic
hymns by Sri Aurobindo and in his luminous analysis of the
Upanishads, we watch how his great body of work is a natural
continuation of the Vedic corpus; in the same manner, his
study of Tantra shows how the Tantrik deities are descendants
of Vedic divinities; his Sanskrit commentaries on Gaņapati
Muni's 'Umasahasram' and other contemporary Tantrik-philosophical
classics are of vital importance to an understanding of the
foundations of Indian culture and its unimpeded flow down the
centuries.
The Institute is part of the Sri
Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture Trust, a
non-profit organization.
Contribution can be sent to:
Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture Trust,
by DD/ Cheque. A part of the contribution to the trust is free of
income tax under the Income Tax Act. Section 80G.
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