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The Mother And the Integral Yoga: letters of Sri Aurobindo
This compilation of Sri Aurobindo's letters deals primarily with the role of the Divine Mother in the practice of the Integral Yoga.
In these letters Sri Aurobindo explains who the Mother is and how one can open oneself to her help. Surrender to the Mother; true relation with her through faith, devotion and love; work for her as part of one's sadhana; receiving her help in difficulties; her Presence, Light and Force; her human embodiment -- these are some of the subjects Sri Aurobindo discusses in these letters. He wrote most of them in the 1930s to disciples living in his Ashram in Pondicherry.
In these letters Sri Aurobindo explains who the Mother is and how one can open oneself to her help. Surrender to the Mother; true relation with her through faith, devotion and love; work for her as part of one's sadhana; receiving her help in difficulties; her Presence, Light and Force; her human embodiment -- these are some of the subjects Sri Aurobindo discusses in these letters. He wrote most of them in the 1930s to disciples living in his Ashram in Pondicherry.
132 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Sri Aurobindo
1,174 books424 followersSri Aurobindo (Bengali: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, major Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi. He joined the movement for India's freedom from British rule and for a duration (1905–10), became one of its most important leaders, before turning to developing his own vision and philosophy of human progress and spiritual evolution.
The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of life into a "life divine". In his own words: "Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of Nature's process."
The principal writings of Sri Aurobindo include, in prose, The Life Divine, considered his single great work of metaphysics,The Synthesis of Yoga, Secrets of the Vedas, Essays on the Gita, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, Renaissance in India and other essays, Supramental Manifestation upon Earth, The Future Poetry, Thoughts and Aphorisms and several volumes of letters. In poetry, his principal work is Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol in blank verse.
The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of life into a "life divine". In his own words: "Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of Nature's process."
The principal writings of Sri Aurobindo include, in prose, The Life Divine, considered his single great work of metaphysics,The Synthesis of Yoga, Secrets of the Vedas, Essays on the Gita, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, Renaissance in India and other essays, Supramental Manifestation upon Earth, The Future Poetry, Thoughts and Aphorisms and several volumes of letters. In poetry, his principal work is Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol in blank verse.
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November 10, 2022
A good book on the feminine divine force or Shakti and the influence of the divinely mother on Yogic Sadhana. Pushes one to journey inward, ceasing to live in external things only, and quiet the mind.
"To be a yogi, sanyasi or tapaswi is not the object. The object is transformation"
"Always behave as if the mother is looking at you; because she is, indeed always present!"
"To be a yogi, sanyasi or tapaswi is not the object. The object is transformation"
"Always behave as if the mother is looking at you; because she is, indeed always present!"
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