Sri Aurobindo - All Life Is Yoga - Bhagavadgita

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“All life is Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo

Bhagavadgita

Sri Aurobindo | The Mother

SRI AUROBINDO

DIGITAL EDITION

Copyright 2021

AURO MEDIA

Verlag und Fachbuchhandel

Wilfried Schuh

Germany

www.sriaurobindo.center

www.auro.media

eBook Design

SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION

Germany, Berchtesgaden

ALL LIFE IS YOGA

BhagavadgitaSelections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother Second edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-96387-040-8

© Photos and selections of the works of

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother:

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust

Puducherry, India

Blume auf dem Cover:

Hydrangea. Several colours. Die von der Mutter gegebene spirituelle Bedeutung: Collective HarmonyCollective harmony is the work undertaken by the Divine Consciousness; it alone has the power to realise it.

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. These excerpts are by no means exhaustive.

Bringing out a compilation from the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, which have a profound depth and wideness unique, is a difficult task. The compiler’s subjective tilt and preferences generally result in highlighting some aspects of the issues concerned while the rest is by no means less significant. Also without contexts of the excerpts the passages reproduced may not fully convey the idea – or may be misunderstood or may reduce a comprehensive truth into what could appear like a fixed principle.

The reader may keep in mind this inherent limitation of compilations; compilations are however helpful in providing an introduction to the subject in a handy format. They also give the readers a direct and practical feel of some of the profound issues and sometimes a mantric appeal, musing on which can change one’s entire attitude to them.

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 compilations will inspire the readers to go to the complete works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother 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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The translation of the Gita printed here was put together from different sources by Anilbaran Roy, one of Sri Aurobindo’s direct disciples, who lived in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry from 1926 to 1964. He relied as much as he could on Sri Aurobindo’s translations and paraphrases, which were written as part of the running prose of the Essays of the Gita . Sri Aurobindo sometimes translated whole slokas, sometimes only isolated words or phrases; some slokas he left untranslated. These translations cover about one-third of the text of the Gita. It should be mentioned that Sri Aurobindo did not consider the passages he translated to be parts of a finished translation of the Gita. In 1934 he wrote to a disciple, “The translations in the Essays are more explanatory than textually precise or cast in a literary style.”

Contents Title Page Bhagavadgita Sri Aurobindo | The Mother SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION Copyright Copyright 2021 AURO MEDIA Verlag und Fachbuchhandel Wilfried Schuh Germany www.sriaurobindo.center www.auro.media eBook Design SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION Germany, Berchtesgaden ALL LIFE IS YOGA Bhagavadgita Selections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother Second edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-96387-040-8 © Photos and selections of the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Puducherry, India Blume auf dem Cover: Hydrangea. Several colours. Die von der Mutter gegebene spirituelle Bedeutung: Collective Harmony Collective harmony is the work undertaken by the Divine Consciousness; it alone has the power to realise it. Publisher’s Note I. THE MESSAGE OF THE GITA Quotation 1. The Message of the Gita II. THE SECRET OF THE GITA Quotation 1. In Order to Realise the Teaching of the Gita, it is Necessary to Loosen the Knot of Action 2. The Great Secret of the Gita: The Sacrifice to the Divine 3. This is the Demand Made on Us 4. Read the Gita and Take Krishna as the Symbol of the Immanent God III. BHAGAVADGITA Note 1. The Yoga of the Dejection of Arjuna 2. Sankhya Yoga 3. The Yoga of Action 4. The Yoga of Knowledge 5. The Yoga of Renouncing Work 6. The Yoga of Contemplation 7. The Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom 8. The Yoga of Imperishable Brahman 9. The Yoga of the King of Knowledge and of the King of Secret 10. The Yoga of Vibhuti 11. The Yoga of Beholding the Form of All 12. The Yoga of Devotion 13. The Yoga of the Field and of the Knower of the Field 14. The Yoga of Division into Three Gunas 15. The Yoga of the Supreme Person 16. The Yoga of Division into the Perfections of Divinities and Demons 17. The Yoga of Threefold Faith 18. The Yoga of Liberation APPENDIX ReferencesGuide Cover Table of Contents Start Reading

Sri Aurobindo

There are four very great events in history, the siege of Troy, the life and crucifixion of Christ, the exile of Krishna in Brindavan and the colloquy with Arjuna on the field of Kurukshetra. The siege of Troy created Hellas, the exile in Brindavan created devotional religion (for before there was only meditation and worship), Christ from his cross humanised Europe, the colloquy at Kurukshetra will yet liberate humanity. Yet it is said that none of these four events ever happened. — Sri Aurobindo