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Why Would I Keep the Temple Clean?
YogaVolume 31, Issue 1

Why Would I Keep the Temple Clean?

By Monica GulatiApr 24, 2023

“Kabir ka ghar shikhar pe, aur silhali si gail,Wahan paanv tike naa papeel ka, tahan manva laade bail.”

The Need of Quietude
YogaVolume 31, Issue 1

The Need of Quietude

By Sri AurobindoApr 24, 2023

There is no possibility of doing this Yoga, if one cannot give himself to the Divine Power and trust to its workings. If one lives only in the mind and its questioning and ideas, it is not possible. The test of capacity is to be able to quiet the mind, to feel a greater Divine Power at work in one, the Power of the Mother, and to be able to trust to it and aid its workings by the rejection of all that contradicts them in the nature.

Knowledge and Wisdom
YogaVolume 31, Issue 1

Knowledge and Wisdom

By The MotherApr 24, 2023

1--There are two allied powers in man: knowledge and Wisdom. Knowledge is so much of the truth, seen in a distorted medium, as the mind arrives at by groping; Wisdom what the eye of divine vision sees in the spirit.

The Object of Our Yoga
YogaVolume 30, Issue 3

The Object of Our Yoga

By Sri AurobindoOct 15, 2022

The object of our Yoga is self-perfection, not self-annulment.

Tapasya of Love — from human love to divine Love
YogaVolume 30, Issue 1

Tapasya of Love — from human love to divine Love

By Monica GulatiApr 24, 2022

For those of us who have loved, or even tried to, know the obstacles that come on the way from within the being or expecting, demanding, controlling, in the name of love. And yet, we all start from there, but have also the potential to refine and purify our love to a more self-forgetful, self-offering kind of love, full of warmth, humility, wisdom and compassion. This article explores our starting-point of human love, a mixture of expectations and demands as a step towards getting closer to our true nature of love, the divine Love.