Letters on Yoga – II

07/31/2019
Sri Aurobindo in his room

Opening to the new consciousness by Yoga

The consciousness of the mind, life, body in each person is ordinarily shut up in itself; it is narrow, not wide, sees itself as the centre […]
07/23/2019
Sri Aurobindo

Sanyasa and attachment

Sannyasa does not take away attachment—it amounts only to running away from the object of attachment which may help but cannot by itself alone be the […]
07/20/2019
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Silence and Speech

“In Silence is wisdom”— it is in the inner silence of the mind that true knowledge can come; for the ordinary activity of the mind only […]
07/18/2019
Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Attachment to parents

The attachment to parents belongs to the ordinary physical nature – it has nothing to do with Divine Love. Ref: Letters on Yoga Vol. II
07/01/2019

The sincere call for the Divine

For those who have within them a sincere call for the Divine, however the mind or vital may present difficulties or attacks come or the progress […]
06/01/2019

Purna Yoga

Purna Yoga means (1) that instead of approaching the Divine through the mind alone (Jnana) or the heart alone (Bhakti) or through will and works alone […]
05/13/2019

Receiving with equanimity

The Divine is not bound to do that [supply all one’s real needs], He can give or not give; whether He gives or does not give […]
04/21/2019

Silence

The silence is the silence of the inner consciousness and it is in that silence unmoved by outward things that the true activity of the consciousness can come […]
04/11/2019

Sentimentalism

To indulge in the emotions, love, grief, sorrow, despair, emotional joy etc. for their own sake with a sort of mental-vital over-emphasis on them is what is called […]