All Life Is Yoga: Sadhana of the Body. Sri Aurobindo

      

      Omsriaurobindomira

      All

      Life

      Is

      Yoga

      “All life is Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo

      Sadhana of the Body

      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

      Sadhana of the Body Selections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother First edition 2019 ISBN 978-3-96387-029-3

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

      Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust

      Puducherry, India

      Flower on the cover:

      Ixora coccinea. Deep red. Spiritual significance and explanation given by the Mother: Aspiration in the physical Manifold, simple and joyful.

      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 NoteQuotation from Sri AurobindoI. PHYSICAL EDUCATION1. Perfection of the Body2. Control of the Body3. The Primary Importance of Physical Culture4. Principal Aspects of Physical Education5. The Discipline of the Body6. Sports and Physical Exercises7. Concentration and Dispersion8. Conscious Will9. How to Awaken in the Body an Aspiration for the Divine10. Go Beyond the Limit You Have Reached11. The Basis of Equanimity in the External Being12. The ABC of the Transformation of the BodyII. YOGA OF THE BODY1. A New Possibility for the Body2. The Body: Human and Divine3. Beginnings of the Physical Transformation4. Building the Bridge in the Body5. The Great Transition6. The Transfer of Power7. Descent of the Superman8. The Consciousness of Immortality9. The New Body of the Mother10. The Victory Over Death – Reminiscences of Nolini Kanta GuptaAPPENDIXReferencesGuideCoverTable of ContentsStart Reading

      Sri Aurobindo

      A divine life in a divine body is the formula of the ideal that we envisage. — Sri Aurobindo

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      Part 1

      PHYSICAL EDUCATION

      I must tell you once more that for us spiritual life does not mean contempt for Matter but its divinisation. We do not want to reject the body but to transform it. For this physical education is one of the means most directly effective. — The Mother

      Chapter I

      Perfection