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Quotes of Sri Aurobindo
30 quotes
“The psychic being is the divine spark in the heart that guides and illumines the soul's path.”
The Synthesis of Yoga
— Chapter 2, The Psychic Being
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“The mind must be transformed into a luminous instrument of the spirit to perceive the truth.”
The Synthesis of Yoga
— Chapter 5, The Mind and the Spirit
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“The Divine is the source of all existence, the truth behind all appearances, the bliss beyond all pain.”
The Life Divine
— Chapter 1, The Idea of the Infinite
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truth
“The spiritual life is a constant aspiration, a persistent effort, and a complete surrender to the Divine.”
Letters on Yoga
— Letter dated 10 July 1930
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“The supreme knowledge is the knowledge of the self as the Divine and the Divine as the self.”
The Life Divine
— Chapter 2, The Knowledge by Identity
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“The world is a field of divine manifestation and the human being is the instrument of its expression.”
The Life Divine
— Chapter 4, The Divine in the World
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“The soul's journey is from ignorance to knowledge, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.”
The Life Divine
— Chapter 5, The Soul and the Spirit
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“The highest yoga is to become one with the Divine Consciousness and to live in that unity.”
The Synthesis of Yoga
— Chapter 7, The Integral Yoga
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“The Divine is not a distant God but the very soul and substance of our being.”
Essays on the Gita
— Essay 1, The Gita and the Future
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“The transformation of the nature is the essential work of the spiritual life.”
The Synthesis of Yoga
— Chapter 6, The Transformation
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“The psychic being is the divine presence in the soul, the link between the individual and the Supreme.”
The Synthesis of Yoga
— Chapter 2, The Psychic Being
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“The first step in the spiritual life is to turn the mind and heart inward and upward towards the Divine.”
The Synthesis of Yoga
— Chapter 2, The Psychic Being
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