All Life Is Yoga: The Basis of Approach to the Works of Sri Aurobindo E-Book

Sri Aurobindo

• Herausgeber: Sri Aurobindo Digital Edition
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 54

Beschreibung

“Sri Aurobindo came upon earth to announce the manifestation of the supramental world. And not only did he announce this manifestation but he also embodied in part the supramental force and gave us the example of what we must do to prepare ourselves for this manifestation. The best thing we can do is to study all he has told us, strive to follow his example and prepare ourselves for the new manifestation. This gives life its true meaning and will help us to overcome all obstacles. Let us live for the new creation and we shall grow stronger and stronger while remaining young and progressive.” (The Mother)

Leseprobe

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All

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“All life is Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo

The Basis of Approach to the Works of Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo | The Mother

SRI AUROBINDODIGITAL EDITION

SRI AUROBINDO BHAVANBERCHTESGADENER LAND

www.sriaurobindo.center

VertriebVerlag und FachbuchhandelAURO MEDIAWilfried SchuhDeutschland

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eBook Design

SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITIONDeutschland, Berchtesgaden

ALL LIFE IS YOGAThe Basis of Approachto the Works of Sri AurobindoSelections from the Works ofSri Aurobindo and the MotherFirst edition 2021ISBN 978-3-96387-080-4

© Photos and selections of the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother:Sri Aurobindo Ashram TrustPuducherry, India

Flower on the cover:Lobelia erinus ‘Cambridge Blue’. Blue.Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother:Remembrance of Sri AurobindoLet us strive to realise the ideal of life he has set before us.

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. 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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Contents

Title PageCopyrightPublisher’s NoteTHE BASIS OF APPROACH TO THE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDOQuotations1. Sri Aurobindo: The Precursor of the Future2. “Read Sri Aurobindo”3. How to Read Sri Aurobindo’s Books4. Presenting Sri Aurobindo’s Works to the Students5. How to Get Answers From Sri Aurobindo’s Books6. Intellectual Preparation in Yoga7. Reading of Books as Help in Sadhana8. Shastra and Beyond the Shastra9. Practise What You Read10. How to Read Sri Aurobindo and the Mother11. To Read Sri AurobindoAPPENDIXReferences

Guide

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THE BASIS OF APPROACH TO THE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO

Seer deep-hearted, divine king of the secrecies,

Occult fountain of love sprung from the heart of God,

Ways thou knewest no feet ever in Time had trod.

Words leaped flashing, the flame-billows of wisdom’s seas.

Vast thy soul was a tide washing the coasts of heaven.

Thoughts broke burning and bare crossing the human night,

White star-scripts of the gods born from the book of Light

Page by page to the dim children of earth were given.

— Sri Aurobindo

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Now, what the intellect has understood let the whole being realise. Mental knowledge must be replaced by the flaming power of progress.

— The Mother

Chapter 1

Sri Aurobindo: The Precursor of the Future

Words of the Mother

Sri Aurobindo has come on earth not to bring a teaching or a creed in competition with previous creeds or teachings, but to show the way to overpass the past and to open concretely the route towards an imminent and inevitable future.

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Sri Aurobindo does not belong to the past nor to history.

Sri Aurobindo is the Future advancing towards its realisation.

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The essential mistake was to have considered Sri Aurobindo’s teaching as one among the spiritual teachings – and the work done here now as one among the many aspects of the Divine works....

You must understand that what Sri Aurobindo represents in the world’s history, is not a teaching, not even a revelation; it is a decisive action direct from the Supreme.

And I am just trying to fulfil that action.

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Aurobindo gives [in those pages] a very brief glimpse of his own Work at present on earth, his Work of divinising matter...

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Since the beginning of earth history, Sri Aurobindo has always presided over the great earthly transformations, under one form or another, one name or another.

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Sri Aurobindo is an emanation of the Supreme who came on earth to announce the manifestation of a new race and a new world: the Supramental.

Let us prepare for it in all sincerity and eagerness.

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Man is the creation of yesterday.

Sri Aurobindo came to announce the creation of tomorrow: the coming of the supramental being.

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Sri Aurobindo came to tell the world of the beauty of the future that must be realised.