Integral yoga or purna yoga (Sanskrit for full or complete yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindo's teachings to the union of all the parts of one's being with the Divine, and the transmutation of all of their jarring elements into a harmonious state of higher divine consciousness and existence. This article is about the Hindu religion. ... The Sri Aurobindo Ashram was founded by Sri Aurobindo on the 24 November 1926 (Siddhi Day). ... Matrimandir The Soul of Auroville under construction, the Urn containing the earth of all the nations in front of it Auroville is an international township, near Pondicherry in South India, whose sole purpose is to realize human unity in diversity. ... References ^ Tirha, B. B. A Taste of Trascendence, (2002) p. ... Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ, Sri Ôrobindo Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द SrÄ« Aravinda) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, Hindu mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. ... This article is about the spiritual partner of Sri Aurobindo. ... This article is about integral thought in philosophy and psychology. ... The Synthesis of Yoga is Sri Aurobindos principle work on yoga, comparing the methods of the various schools of traditional yoga, and providing the comprehensive way for following the true path to Divine consciousness. ... The Triple Transformation in Sri Aurobindos integral yoga refers to the two-fold movement of spiritual transformation - the inward pychicisation by which the sadhak gets in contact with the inner divine principle or Psychic Being, and the wider spiritual transformation or spiritualisation. ... Pychicisation is one of the most essential stages of the integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo. ... Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम् ; pronunciation : ) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means to enlightenment. ... Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ, Sri Ôrobindo Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द SrÄ« Aravinda) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, Hindu mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. ... Divinity and divine (sometimes the Divinity or the Divine), are broadly applied but loosely defined terms, used variously within different faiths and belief systems — and even by different individuals within a given faith — to refer to some transcendent or transcendental power, or its attributes or manifestations in the world. ... The concept of the divine or of The Divine, meaning matters relating to a god, forms an important ingredient in many religious faiths (but compare Buddhism, for example, or Scientology). ... Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise such key features as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and ones environment. ... There is no universally accepted theory of what the word existence means. ...

The yoga of synthesis

Sri Aurobindo describes the nature and practice of integral yoga in his opus The Synthesis of Yoga. As the title of that work indicates, his integral yoga is a yoga of synthesis, intended to harmonize the paths of karma-, jnana-, and bhakti-yoga as described in the Bhagavad Gita. It can also be considered a synthesis between Vedanta and Tantra, and even between Eastern and Western approaches to spirituality. The Synthesis of Yoga is Sri Aurobindos principle work on yoga, comparing the methods of the various schools of traditional yoga, and providing the comprehensive way for following the true path to Divine consciousness. ... Karma yoga, or the discipline of action is based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. ... Jnana in Sanskrit means knowledge, and is often interpreted to mean knowledge of the true self. In the Vedanta school of the Hindu religion, to know Brahman as ones own Self is jnana. ... Bhakti yoga is the Hindu term for the spiritual practice of fostering of loving devotion to God, called bhakti. ... Bhagavad Gīta भगवद्गीता, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. ... Vedanta (Vedānta, वेदान्त, pronounced as ) means the anta or culmination or essence of the Vedas. ... Tantra (Sanskrit: loom), tantric yoga or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. ... In Hinduism, spiritual goals and personal experience (self-realization) through yoga and meditation are seen as the ultimate way to attain God (Moksha) and are inseparable from the religion. ...

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The aim of integral yoga

Most yogas only develop a single aspect of the being, and have as their aim a state of liberation or transcendence. But the aim of integral yoga is the transformation of the entire being. Because of this, the various elements of one's make-up - Physical, Vital, Mental, Psychic, and Spiritual, and the means of their transformation, are described in great detail by Sri Aurobindo, who in this way formulates an entire integral psychology. The goal is then the transformation of the entire nature of one's being. Nothing is left behind. Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means to enlightenment. ... Moksha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Physical faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindos philosophy, refers not just to the physical body, but the bodys consciousness as well. ... The Vital or Life faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindos philosophy, refers not simply to the life force as to the various passions, desires, feelings, emotions, affects, compulsions, and likes and dislikes that strongly determine human motivation and action through desire and enthusiasm. ... The Mental faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindos philosophy, is the conceptual and cognitive mind. ... The Psychic Being is Sri Aurobindos term for the Personal Evolving Soul, the principle of Divine spirit in every individual. ... Central Being is a technical term used by Sri Aurobindo to designate the transcendent and eternal spirit, as opposed to the incarnate and evolving Soul, which he calls the Psychic Being, although sometimes it refers to both of them together as the essential spiritual core of the being. ... Integral Psychology is a book by philosopher Ken Wilber in which he applies his integral model of consciousness to the psychological realm. ...

the process...accepts our nature...and compels all to undergo a divine change...In that ever progressive experience, we begin to perceive how this lower manifestation is constituted and that everything in it, however seemingly deformed or petty or vile, is the imperfect figure of some element in the divine nature. (Synthesis of Yoga p.47)

Also distinguishing Sri Aurobindo's teaching from most other mystical paths is the need for transformation of the personal and relative nature. So the integral yoga is two-fold; both a spiritual realisation of God or Transcendence or Enlightenment, and, through this, a complete change and transformation of both the inner and the outer nature. Through this double action, one is thus made able and fit to manifest a divine consciousness, and in this way becomes part of a divine work. The Synthesis of Yoga is Sri Aurobindos principle work on yoga, comparing the methods of the various schools of traditional yoga, and providing the comprehensive way for following the true path to Divine consciousness. ... Michelangelos depiction of God in the painting Creation of the Sun and Moon in the Sistine Chapel Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, one of the manifestations of the ultimate reality or God in Hinduism This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Enlightenment by means of yoga is said by some of its adherents to include the following elements: 1. ... The Inner Being in Sri Aurobindos yoga and integral psychology is the wider and more plastic subliminal faculty of ones being, that lies behind the narrow surface consciousness. ... The Outer Being in Sri Aurobindos yoga and integral psychology refers to the superficial and limited surface existence which characterises our everyday consciousness and experience. ...

Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet

Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, founder of the Aeon Center for Cosmology and author of the Integral Cosmology text The Gnostic Circle, is considered by her followers to be a direct continuation of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet (born January 5, 1938), also known as Thea, is a cosmologist, author and founder of the Aeon Centre of Cosmology who presents her work as a continuation of the Supramental and Integral Yogas of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. ... The Gnostic Circle is an artifact created by New Age author Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, who is described by followers as a Vedic Cosmologist. Its function, according to her, is to help bring forth a Gnostic, Supramental, or higher consciousness in man. ...

Other Integral Yogas

Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga is not to be confused with the Integral yoga of Swami Satchidananda, although the Satchidananda is thought to have briefly met Sri Aurobindo, and there are some similarities in their respective teachings. Swami Satchidananda on the cover of his biography Swami Satchidananda (1914–2002) was an Indian religious figure who gained fame and followers in the West, especially in the United States. ...

Satchidananda's group successfully trademarked the term "Integral Yoga" in the United States. [1] [2]

Quotes

"The movement of nature is twofold: divine and undivine. The distinction is only for practical purposes since there is nothing that is not divine. The undivine nature, that which we are and must remain so long as the faith in us is not changed, acts through limitation and ignorance and culminates in the life of the ego; but the divine nature acts by unification and knowledge, and culminates in life divine. The passage from the lower to the higher may effect itself by the transformation of the lower and its elevation to the higher nature. It is this that must be the aim of an integral yoga."

-- The Synthesis of Yoga

What is the integral yoga?

It is a way of complete God-realisation, a complete Self-realisation, a complete fulfillment of our being and consciousness, a complete transformation of our nature - and this implies a complete perfection of life here and not only a return to an eternal perfection elsewhere

-- Sri Aurobindo Archives and Research, Dec 1982, p.197

"The method we have to pursue, then, is to put our whole conscious being into contact with the divine and to call him in to transform our entire being into his, so that in a sense god himself, the real person in us, becomes the sadhaka of the sadhana as well as the master of the yoga by whom the lower personality is used. "

-- The Synthesis of Yoga

All life is a Yoga of Nature seeking to manifest God within itself. Yoga marks the stage at which this effort becomes capable of self-awareness and therefore of right completion in the individual. It is a gathering up and concentration of the movements dispersed and loosely combined in the lower evolution."

-- The Synthesis of Yoga p.47

... to do the integral yoga one must first resolve to surrender entirely to the Divine, there is no other way, this is the way. But after that one must gave the five psychological virtues, five psychological perfections and we say that the perfections are

1.Sincerity or Transparency

2.Faith or Trust (Trust in the Divine)

3.Devotion or Gratitude

4.Courage or Inspiration

5.Endurance or Perseverance

The Mother, Collected Works of the Mother Vol.8 p.42

"The Goal - Our goal during this Age ... is to enlighten the masses and render them capable of seeing the Reality. We are faced with the task of eliminating the Ignorance, and this can be done only by seeing properly.

Thus, the purpose of our times, and therefor the purpose of the study of astrology, is to give man a means by which he can learn to perceive integrally -- that is, to gain a view of the total movement, but at the same time of the fragments which make up the whole. All of this can be accomplished in a very simple manner. The entire study of astrology and cosmic harmonies is founded on the understanding of the Circle, and this symbol represents the unified multiplicity ...

In the discipline of yoga, in one way or another, one school or another, this is the experience one attains, progressing gradually until one achieves the position of the Sun, so to speak."

--Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, The Gnostic Circle

Mother India is the Sri Aurobindo Ashrams originally fortnightly, now monthly, cultural review. ... Collaboration is a journal dedicated to the spiritual and evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. ... Auroconf is the primary mailing list serving the online community of followers of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. ... Sadhana means spiritual exercise in Hinduism. ... This article is about the spiritual partner of Sri Aurobindo. ... Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet (born January 5, 1938), also known as Thea, is a cosmologist, author and founder of the Aeon Centre of Cosmology who presents her work as a continuation of the Supramental and Integral Yogas of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. ... The Gnostic Circle is an artifact created by New Age author Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, who is described by followers as a Vedic Cosmologist. Its function, according to her, is to help bring forth a Gnostic, Supramental, or higher consciousness in man. ...

References

• Sri Aurobindo, (1999) The Synthesis of Yoga, fifth edition, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust
• Sri Aurobindo, (1972), Letters on Yoga, Volumes 22, 23, and 24, 1972, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust
• The integral yoga; Sri Aurobindo's Teaching and Method of Practice, 1993 Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust.

External links

• Selections from The Synthesis of Yoga
• Sri Aurobindo's Teaching and Method of Sadhana
• quotes
• integral yoga from Sri Aurobindo's Synthesis of Yoga - link - link
• Integral yoga - Integral Wiki
• Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's Integral Yoga
• Integral Yoga Studies - California
• Integral Yoga Forum: 'Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet Controversies'