La Pratique du yoga intégral (Spiritualités vivantes Poche)

by Sri Aurobindo

Pour tous ceux qui pratiquent le yoga ou qui s'y intéressent voici l'ouvrage fondamental de Shrî Aurobindo.
La première partie expose le but de ce yoga, qui vise à la " supramentalisation " de celui qui le pratique, et relève la nécessité d'une grande individualisation de l'enseignement.
Les parties suivantes traitent du rôle que jouent dans ce yoga le mental, le vital, le physique et le psychique, de la place qu'y occupent les divers yogas classiques, des disciplines à y observer, des obstacles auxquels on se heurte, des aides divines et autres sur lesquelles on peut compter, ainsi que des problèmes de la mort, de la maladie, et tous ceux liés à notre quotidien.
Dans une longue préface, Jean Herbert nous brosse du yoga de Shrî Aurobindo un tableau d'ensemble qui facilite la lecture de ces textes essentiels.

471 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, major Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi. He joined the movement for India's freedom from British rule and for a duration (1905–10), became one of its most important leaders, before turning to developing his own vision and philosophy of human progress and spiritual evolution.

The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of life into a "life divine". In his own words: "Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of Nature's process."

The principal writings of Sri Aurobindo include, in prose, The Life Divine, considered his single great work of metaphysics,The Synthesis of Yoga, Secrets of the Vedas, Essays on the Gita, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, Renaissance in India and other essays, Supramental Manifestation upon Earth, The Future Poetry, Thoughts and Aphorisms and several volumes of letters. In poetry, his principal work is Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol in blank verse.

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is worth to read. Unfortunately, Russian translation is far from acceptable :(