Category: The Yoga of Sri Aurobindo Part – 3

-001_Publisher’s Note

-001_Publisher^s Note.htm PUBLISHERS’ NOTE The essay entitiled "The Body Human" was first published in the Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual, Calcutta (1945). The other essays appeared…

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-002_The New Year Initiation

-002_The New Year Initiation.htm THE NEW YEAR INITIATION "O Lord, the world implores Thee to prevent it from falling back always into the same stupidities….

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-003_Yogic Initiation Amd Aptitude

-003_Yogic Initiation Amd Aptitude.htm YOGIC INITIATION AND APTITUDE In the practice of Yoga a condition precedent is usually laid down: it is called adhikara, aptitude,…

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-004_Arjuna or The Ideal Disciple

-004_Arjuna orThe Ideal Disciple.htm ARJUNA OR THE IDEAL DISCIPLE What makes a true disciple? For it is not everyone that can claim or be worthy…

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-005_The Body Human

-005_The Body Human.htm THE BODY HUMAN The human frame is a miracle of creation. It would not be far wrong to say that the whole…

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-006_Some Conceptions and Misconceptions

-006_Some Conceptions and Misconceptions.htm SOME CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS (1) A question is asked, where, in what stage or level of Involution does the principle of…

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-007_Here or Otherwhere

-007_Here or Otherwhere.htm NOTES AND COMMENTS I HERE OR OTHERWHERE A question is often asked of us whether it is possible to do Yoga while…

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-008_The Sunlit Path

-008_The Sunlit Path.htm II THE SUNLIT PATH Sri Aurobindo speaks of the sunlit path in Yoga. It is the path of happy progress where dangers…

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-009_The Spiritual Outlook

-009_The Spiritual Outlook.htm III THE SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK The spiritual outlook is a global view, unlike the mental which is very often the view from a…

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-010_Sectarianism or Loyalty

-010_Sectarianism or Loyalty.htm IV SECTARIANISM OR LOYALTY Modern culture demands that one should not be bound to one creed or dogma, swear by one principle…

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