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Sri Aurobindo

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Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

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The Yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine into the mental, vital, and physical nature and life of humanity.
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The Yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine into the mental, vital, and physical nature and life of humanity.
Very usually, altruism is only the sublimest form of selfishness.
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Very usually, altruism is only the sublimest form of selfishness.
Escape brings not the victory and the crown.
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Escape brings not the victory and the crown.
There are two ways of avoiding the snare of woman; one is to shun all women and the other to love all beings.
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There are two ways of avoiding the snare of woman; one is to shun all women and the other to love all beings.
Life is life--whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
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Life is life--whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite’s thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God.
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Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite’s thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God.
Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
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Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul’s freedom.
The fly that touches honey cannot use it’s wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it’s freedom and hinders contemplation.
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The fly that touches honey cannot use it’s wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it’s freedom and hinders contemplation.
Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one’s ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.
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Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one’s ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.
Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal’s gate.
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