We are relaunching the Renaissance with this issue centered on the theme of Yoga. Sri Aurobindo once said that it is to make the yoga the ideal of human life that India is rising today. Guided by these words, this present issue is our humble offering toward the celebration of June 21 as the International Yoga Day.
“To make the yoga the ideal of human life that India rises today” Read More »
A small selection of excerpts from letters of Sri Aurobindo guiding us on the three central processes of Integral Yoga – Aspiration, Rejection and Surrender.
The Triple Labour – Aspiration Rejection Surrender Read More »
These passages give a glimpse of the fundamental difference between Integral Yoga and other paths of yoga, with a focus on evolutionary aim of Integral Yoga.
Integral Yoga – Finding the Divine in the Life Read More »
In these short excerpts, we hear of some of the fundamentals of the path of Integral Yoga – steadfastness, cheerfulness, complete reliance on the Mother, and the force that is Divine Grace.
Who Knows Yoga? Rely on the Mother. Read More »
Every month we feature a small prayer or meditation, with an aspiration that this will be the Light illuminating and purifying all our movements every day of the month. May our conscious effort to refer all the movements in all parts of our being to this dhyāna-mantra be our offering into the yajñá for a true rebirth of the Indian soul, a rebirth in which not only the Mind but the entire Life begins to experience the touch of the Spirit.
Sādhanā: To combine passive receptivity and realising activity Read More »
The author speaks of the inner light that illumines the aspirant’s path, and emphasises the value of sincerity, openness and an inner discernment.
Some insights from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on deeper meaning and aim of Yoga, a methodised effort towards self-perfection by the expression of the secret potentialities latent in the being.
“All Life is Yoga” Read More »
In the matter of yoga a little experience is worth much more than long dissertations. But it is also good to have a clear understanding of what has to be done and realised, of what is required and of the main lines of the process.
To a Seeker in the West – More Advice from Sri Aurobindo Read More »
It is true that Yoga demands an equipoise and that every weak point, physical or mental, is a source of much trouble and much difficulty. But what is, should always be taken as it is; it is inevitably the point from which one has to start. And the start must be made forthwith.
To a Beginner in Yoga: Some Advice from Sri Aurobindo Read More »