Sadhana: The Realisation of Life, version 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sadhana: The Realisation of Life, version 2, credited to Rabindranath Tagore, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Sadhana: The Realisation of Life, by Rabindranath Tagore. Read by Peter Yearsley. A collection of essays on the Hindu/Buddhist view of humankind's place in the universe. As the author says in his introduction: "in these papers, it may be hoped, western readers will have an opportunity of coming into touch with the ancient spirit of India as revealed in our sacred texts and manifested in the life of to-day." Most of the essays were given as lectures before Harvard University in 1916 or before. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sadhana: The Realisation of Life, version 2
• Author credits: Rabindranath Tagore
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 3:52:46

Catalogue topics

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• philosophy

Track guide

1. 1 - Preface; The relation of the individual to the universe — 32:57
2. 2 - Soul consciousness — 31:14
3. 3 - The problem of evil — 29:28
4. 4 - The problem of self — 37:05
5. 5 - Realisation in love — 37:17
6. 6 - Realisation in action — 25:48
7. 7 - The realisation of beauty — 12:19
8. 8 - The realisation of the infinite — 26:41

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