Sri Aurobindo - All Life Is Yoga - Prayer and Mantra

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“All life is Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo

Prayer and Mantra

Sri Aurobindo | The Mother

SRI AUROBINDO

DIGITAL EDITION

Copyright 2019

AURO MEDIA

Verlag und Fachbuchhandel

Wilfried Schuh

www.auro.media

eBook Design

SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION

Germany, Berchtesgaden

ALL LIFE IS YOGA

Prayer and MantraSelections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother First edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-96387-031-6

© Photos and selections of the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother:

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust

Puducherry, India

Flower on the cover:

Zephyranthes. White Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother: Integral prayerThe whole being is concentrated in a single prayer to the Divine.

This is one in a series of some e-books created by SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION and published by AURO MEDIA under the title All Life Is Yoga . Our effort is to bring together, from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, simple passages with a practical orientation on specific subjects, so that everyone may feel free to choose a book according to his inner need. The topics cover the whole field of human activity, because true spirituality is not the rejection of life but the art of perfecting life.

While the passages from Sri Aurobindo are in the original English, most of the passages from the Mother (selections from her talks and writings) are translations from the original French. We must also bear in mind that the excerpts have been taken out of their original context and that a compilation, in its very nature, is likely to have a personal and subjective approach. A sincere attempt, however, has been made to be faithful to the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

The excerpts from the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother carry titles and captions chosen by the editor, highlighting the theme of the excerpts and, whenever possible, borrowing a phrase from the text itself. The sources of the excerpts are given at the end of each issue.

We hope these e-books will inspire the readers to go to the complete works and will help them to mould their lives and their environments towards an ever greater perfection.

“True spirituality is not to renounce life, but to make life perfect with a Divine Perfection.” – The Mother

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Contents Title Page Prayer and Mantra Sri Aurobindo | The Mother SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION Copyright Copyright 2019 AURO MEDIA Verlag und Fachbuchhandel Wilfried Schuh www.auro.media eBook Design SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION Germany, Berchtesgaden ALL LIFE IS YOGA Prayer and Mantra Selections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother First edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-96387-031-6 © Photos and selections of the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Puducherry, India Flower on the cover: Zephyranthes. White Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother: Integral prayer The whole being is concentrated in a single prayer to the Divine. Publisher’s Note Publisher’s Note This is one in a series of some e-books created by SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION and published by AURO MEDIA under the title All Life Is Yoga . Our effort is to bring together, from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, simple passages with a practical orientation on specific subjects, so that everyone may feel free to choose a book according to his inner need. The topics cover the whole field of human activity, because true spirituality is not the rejection of life but the art of perfecting life. While the passages from Sri Aurobindo are in the original English, most of the passages from the Mother (selections from her talks and writings) are translations from the original French. We must also bear in mind that the excerpts have been taken out of their original context and that a compilation, in its very nature, is likely to have a personal and subjective approach. A sincere attempt, however, has been made to be faithful to the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. The excerpts from the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother carry titles and captions chosen by the editor, highlighting the theme of the excerpts and, whenever possible, borrowing a phrase from the text itself. The sources of the excerpts are given at the end of each issue. We hope these e-books will inspire the readers to go to the complete works and will help them to mould their lives and their environments towards an ever greater perfection. “True spirituality is not to renounce life, but to make life perfect with a Divine Perfection.” – The Mother * * * Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and The Mother The Mother – Sri Aurobindo Prayers should be full of confidence and without sorrow or lamenting. – Sri Aurobindo To tell the truth, if you live only a moment, just a tiny moment, of this absolutely sincere aspiration or this sufficiently intense prayer, you will know more things than by meditating for hours. – The Mother * * * I. PRAYER Part 1 PRAYER The whole of our life should be a prayer offered to the Divine. – The Mother 1. The Meaning of Prayer 2. The Power of Prayer 3. How to Pray 4. Asking from the Divine 5. Prayer and Aspiration 6. The True Prayer 7. Collective Prayer 8. I am With You II. MANTRA 1. Theory of the Mantra 2. Practice of the Mantra 3. Japa 4. Power of the Divine Name 5. Mantra and the Integral Yoga III. PRAYERS AND MANTRAS 1. The One Essential Thing 2. Power of Mantras 3. In the Night as in the Day 4. Make Me Thine 5. Always to Remember Thee 6. The Supreme Protection 7. Receive Our Offering APPENDIX ReferencesGuide Cover Table of Contents Start Reading

The Mother – Sri Aurobindo

Prayers should be full of confidence and without sorrow or lamenting. – Sri Aurobindo

To tell the truth, if you live only a moment, just a tiny moment, of this absolutely sincere aspiration or this sufficiently intense prayer, you will know more things than by meditating for hours. – The Mother

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The whole of our life should be a prayer offered to the Divine. – The Mother

Words of Sri Aurobindo

The life of man is a life of wants and needs and therefore of desires, not only in his physical and vital, but in his mental and spiritual being. When he becomes conscious of a greater Power governing the world, he approaches it through prayer for the fulfilment of his needs, for help in his rough journey, for protection and aid in his struggle. Whatever crudities there may be in the ordinary religious approach to God by prayer, and there are many, especially that attitude which imagines the Divine as if capable of being propitiated, bribed, flattered into acquiescence or indulgence by praise, entreaty and gifts and has often little regard to the spirit in which he is approached, still this way of turning to the Divine is an essential movement of our religious being and reposes on a universal truth.