Letters On Yoga by Sri Aurobindo Index
Letters On Yoga by Sri Aurobindo Index
Letters On Yoga by Sri Aurobindo Index
Section VI / The Divine and the Hostile Powers (Covers Falsehood and Ignorance, Powers and
Appearances ,Powers and Personalities, Emanations, Gods Presence, The Transcendent Mother)
Part - II
Part – III
Letters on Yoga—I, the first of four volumes, contains letters in which Sri Aurobindo speaks
about the foundations of his spiritual teaching and method of Yogic practice. The letters in these
volumes have been selected from the large body of letters that Sri Aurobindo wrote to disciples and
others between 1927 and 1950, but primarily in the 1930s. About one-third of the letters in the present
volume were not published in the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library.
This first volume is arranged by subject in five parts: the Divine, the Cosmos, and the individual; the
parts of the being and the planes of consciousness; the evolutionary process and the supermind; the
problems of philosophy, science, religion, and society; and questions of spiritual and occult knowledge.
Individual letters deal with many subjects relating to these themes, including definitions of the outer
being, the inner being, and the psychic being as well as of the planes of consciousness from the
supermind to the subconscient, the supramental descent and transformation, doubt and faith in yoga,
and answers to questions about destiny, karma, death, and rebirth.
Letters on Yoga–II comprises letters written by Sri Aurobindo on the practice of the Integral
Yoga. It is the second of four volumes of Letters on Yoga. The letters in these volumes have been
selected from the large body of letters that Sri Aurobindo wrote to disciples and others between
1927 and 1950, but primarily in the 1930s. About one-third of the letters in the present volume
were not published in the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library.
This second volume is arranged by subject in three parts: the path of the Integral Yoga, the
synthetic method of the Integral Yoga, and the Integral Yoga and other spiritual paths. Individual
letters deal with many subjects relating to its practice, including the true object of spiritual
seeking, the basic requisites of the path, the foundation of the sadhana, the yoga of knowledge,
works, devotion, and self-perfection, and the distinction of the Integral Yoga as a yoga of
transformation.
Letters on Yoga—III comprises letters written by Sri Aurobindo on the experiences and realisations
that may occur in the practice of the Integral Yoga. It is the third of four volumes of Letters on
Yoga. The letters in these volumes have been selected from the large body of letters that Sri
Aurobindo wrote to disciples and others between 1927 and 1950, but primarily in the 1930s. About
one-third of the letters in the present volume were not published in the Sri Aurobindo Birth
Centenary Library.
This third volume is arranged by subject in four parts: the place of experiences in the practice of
yoga, the opening of the inner senses, experiences of the inner consciousness and the cosmic
consciousness, and the fundamental realisations of the Integral Yoga. Individual letters deal with
many subjects relating to these themes, including the development of the inner vision, the nature of
symbolic visions, becoming aware of the inner being and the witness attitude, the psychic and
spiritual realisations, and the meaning of spiritual transformation.
Letters on Yoga—IV contains letters of Sri Aurobindo on the transformation of human nature –
mental, vital, and physical – through the practice of the Integral Yoga, and on the difficulties
encountered along the way. It is the last volume of Letters on Yoga. Most of these letters were
written by Sri Aurobindo in the 1930s to disciples living in his Ashram in Pondicherry. About
one-third of the letters in the present volume were not published in the Sri Aurobindo Birth
Centenary Library.
This fourth volume is arranged by subject in four parts. The first covers sadhana on the level of
the mind (mental difficulties, cultivation of the mind, power of expression, and speech), and is
followed by sadhana on the level of the vital (the vital nature, vital temperament, and vital
defects; human relations and interactions). The third part deals with sadhana on the physical,
subconscient, and inconscient levels and the fourth addresses the kinds of difficulties encountered
in the practice of Yoga, how to face and overcome such difficulties, and the nature and function
of the adverse forces in the sadhana.