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    All Life Is Yoga: The Four Aids in Integral Yoga
    All Life Is Yoga: The Four Aids in Integral Yoga
    All Life Is Yoga: The Four Aids in Integral Yoga
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    All Life Is Yoga: The Four Aids in Integral Yoga

    By Sri Aurobindo and The (d.i. Mira Alfassa) Mother

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    Selections from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

    "The Yoga-siddhi, the perfection that comes from the practice of Yoga, can be best attained by the combined working of four great instruments. There is, first, the knowledge of the truths, principles, powers and processes that govern the realisation – śāstra. Next comes a patient and persistent action on the lines laid down by this knowledge, the force of our personal effort – utsāha. There intervenes, third, uplifting our knowledge and effort into the domain of spiritual experience, the direct suggestion, example and influence of the Teacher – guru. Last comes the instrumentality of Time – kāla; for in all things there is a cycle of their action and a period of the divine movement." – Sri Aurobindo
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSri Aurobindo Digital Edition
    Release dateFeb 27, 2018
    ISBN9783937701974
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      All Life Is Yoga - Sri Aurobindo

      The Four Aids

      in Integral Yoga

      Selections from the Works of

      Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

      All

      Life

      Is

      Yoga

      „All life is Yoga." - Sri Aurobindo

      Content

      Imprint

      Publisher‘s Note

      The Four Aids

      Śāstra – The Knowledge of the Truths

      Utsāha – The Force of Personal Effort

      Guru – The Influence of the Teacher

      Kāla – The Instrumentality of Time

      Sri Aurobindo‘s Teaching and Method of Practice

      Inner Self-development

      References

      Sri Aurobindo Digital Edition

      Imprint

      ALL LIFE IS YOGA

      The Four Aids in Integral Yoga

      Selections from the Works of

      Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

      First edition 2018

      ISBN 978-3-937701-97-4

      © 2018 AURO MEDIA

      Verlag und Fachbuchhandel Wilfried Schuh

      Berchtesgaden, Germany

      www.auro.media

      verlag@auro.media

      © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Puducherry, India

      ***

      Flower on the cover:

      Acer, Maple

      Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother:

      Flame of aspiration

      A flame that illumines but does not burn.

      Publisher‘s Note

      This is one in a series of some e-books published by Sri Aurobindo Digital Edition 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.

      ***

      Sri Aurobindo

      The Yoga-siddhi, the perfection that comes from the practice of Yoga, can be best attained by the combined working of four great instruments. There

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