All Life Is Yoga: Prayer and Mantra. Sri Aurobindo

      

      Omsriaurobindomira

      All

      Life

      Is

      Yoga

      “All life is Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo

      Prayer and Mantra

      Sri Aurobindo | The Mother

      SRI AUROBINDO

      DIGITAL EDITION

      Copyright 2019

      AURO MEDIA

      Verlag und Fachbuchhandel

      Wilfried Schuh

      www.auro.media

      eBook Design

      SRI AUROBINDO DIGITAL EDITION

      Germany, Berchtesgaden

      ALL LIFE IS YOGA

      Prayer and Mantra Selections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother First edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-96387-031-6

      © Photos and selections of the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother:

      Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust

      Puducherry, India

      Flower on the cover:

      Zephyranthes. White Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother: Integral prayer The whole being is concentrated in a single prayer to the Divine.

      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.

      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.

      “True spirituality is not to renounce life, but to make life perfect with a Divine Perfection.” – The Mother

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      ContentsTitle PageCopyrightPublisher’s NoteQuotations from Sri Aurobindo and The MotherI. PRAYER1. The Meaning of Prayer2. The Power of Prayer3. How to Pray4. Asking from the Divine5. Prayer and Aspiration6. The True Prayer7. Collective Prayer8. I am With YouII. MANTRA1. Theory of the Mantra2. Practice of the Mantra3. Japa4. Power of the Divine Name5. Mantra and the Integral YogaIII. PRAYERS AND MANTRAS1. The One Essential Thing2. Power of Mantras3. In the Night as in the Day4. Make Me Thine5. Always to Remember Thee6. The Supreme Protection7. Receive Our OfferingAPPENDIXReferencesGuideCoverTable of ContentsStart Reading

      The Mother – Sri Aurobindo

      Prayers should be full of confidence and without sorrow or lamenting. – Sri Aurobindo

      To tell the truth, if you live only a moment, just a tiny moment, of this absolutely sincere aspiration or this sufficiently intense prayer, you will know more things than by meditating for hours. – The Mother

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      Part 1

      PRAYER

      The whole of our life should be a prayer offered to the Divine. – The Mother

      Chapter I

      The Meaning of Prayer

      Words of Sri Aurobindo

      The life of man is a life of wants and needs and therefore of desires, not only in his physical and vital, but in his mental