Sri Aurobindo - All Life Is Yoga - What is Yoga

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All

Life

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“All life is Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo

What is Yoga

Sri Aurobindo | The Mother

SRI AUROBINDO

DIGITAL EDITION

Copyright 2019

AURO MEDIA

Verlag und Fachbuchhandel

Wilfried Schuh

eBook Design

SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION

Germany, Berchtesgaden

ALL LIFE IS YOGA

What is YogaSelections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother Second edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-937701-56-1

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

Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust

Puducherry, India

Flower on the cover:

Helianthus. Sunflower. Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother: Consciousness turned towards the LightIt thirsts for the light and cannot live without 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.

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 What is Yoga Sri Aurobindo | The Mother SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION Copyright Copyright 2019 AURO MEDIA Verlag und Fachbuchhandel Wilfried Schuh eBook Design SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION Germany, Berchtesgaden ALL LIFE IS YOGA What is Yoga Selections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother Second edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-937701-56-1 © Photos and selections of the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Puducherry, India Flower on the cover: Helianthus. Sunflower. Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother: Consciousness turned towards the Light It thirsts for the light and cannot live without it. 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 To fulfil God in life is man’s manhood. – Sri Aurobindo The life of a man is unfulfilled unless he has found the Divine. – The Mother I. WHAT IS YOGA WHAT IS YOGA 1. This We Call as Ourselves 2. What is Yoga 3. The Systems of Yoga 4. The Integral Yoga 5. This is the Aim of Thy Being 6. The Way 7. Difficulties and Yoga 8. Yoga in Everyday Life APPENDIX ReferencesGuide Cover Table of Contents Start Reading

The Mother – Sri Aurobindo

To fulfil God in life is man’s manhood. – Sri Aurobindo

The life of a man is unfulfilled unless he has found the Divine. – The Mother

Words of Sri Aurobindo

Lift your eyes towards the Sun; He is there in that wonderful heart of life and light and splendour. Watch at night the innumerable constellations glittering like so many solemn watchfires of the Eternal in the limitless silence which is no void but throbs with the presence of a single calm and tremendous existence; see there Orion with his sword and belt shining as he shone to the Aryan fathers ten thousand years ago at the beginning of the Aryan era, Sirius in his splendour, Lyra sailing billions of miles away in the ocean of space. Remember that these innumerable worlds, most of them mightier than our own, are whirling with indescribable speed at the beck of that Ancient of Days whither none but He knoweth, and yet that they are a million times more ancient than your Himalaya, more steady than the roots of your hills and shall so remain until He at his will shakes them off like withered leaves from the eternal tree of the Universe.