Talks in Hindi

Unlike classical yogas, integral yoga accepts nature but purifies it and makes it ready for the divine. Our human nature is a distortion of the divine nature.

Life is the journey from a limited consciousness to the vast and infinite, from darkness to light and more light. But when we reject life since it is limited we also throw away the possibility of its progressive enlargement and transmutation into divinity.

The union of spirit and nature is the basis of yoga. Nature must be ready to express the spirit. Will is the central tool of ordinary man to make it happen.

Maya in Indian context is understood in a confusing and vague way. Sri Aurobindo explains that Maya is a limited and partial truth, often distorted in appearance. Instead of abandoning creation as an illusion we have to find the key to transmute it to its original divine possibility.

The discovery of psychic being is an important milestone in the path of integral yoga. Our ordinary life is governed by mind, body and vital beings trying to satisfy their urges through our senses. These agents do not allow our true being (psychic) to come to the front and control the life.

An intellectual curiosity is not enough to open the doors of true knowledge for us. We need a living quest, a thirst and seeking for Truth and Light.

Life is a mystery and a challenge at the same time. There is life in everything in this creation.

We need to redefine ourselves because what we are now is the result of many conditionings done by others. One has to understand that the real individuality has to be explored by oneself only.

Surrender to the Divine Mother is central in the Integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo. The easiest way is to form the relation of mother and child.

Yoga brings out new and unknown experiences in life. It is a vast field. But sadhana does not need any special time. We can offer each activity and accept the given situation as the part of sadhana.

To discover truth we must either go deep within ourselves or high beyond the last summits of mind and thought. To ascend to That, each one faces the challenges according to one’s nature and strength.

The relation between a man and a woman can be ordinary if it is lived for the satisfaction of ego and desire. However to find out divine principle in all relations is the purpose of yoga here. Though it is not easy, it is possible with the help of Grace.

When we see the creation and man outwardly, there is no hope. But when we see the creation and the power that has created it, the truth that dwell in the creation, we have all the reason to Hope.

Yoga means union with the Divine. Of all the various paths Bhakti is the shortest, the swiftest, the crown of all paths and anyone with devotion reading a Scripture comes in the direct contact of the consciousness and vibration of the book or the author.

Unlike the animal world, man’s evolution takes place primarily inwardly, in his inner consciousness. Following the logic of nature it is inevitable that after this inner evolution reaches a certain ceiling, there is bound to be an outer evolution as well.

This talks based on the Canto titled ‘The Issue’ from Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri. Here Sri Aurobindo has raised the question through Savitri whether destiny can be altered.

When the whole world was in the midst of thick ignorance, the Divine Mother descended on earth, took a human birth and also physically took the burden of humanity. The birth of Savitri symbolizes this unique phenomenon.