What is the relation between knowledge and work? Generally we do works under the influence of nature and with ignorance. We do almost everything for our ego which binds us. Work done in this way does not liberate us. We have to understand this and try to do works in a way that would lead us towards knowledge and liberation. When work is done with knowledge, one does not do the work for one’s ego but for the joy of work impelled from within by the Divine Will. And slowly one is liberated from the bond of work. Then the work is done with no other motive than service of the Divine, for facilitating the evolutionary march of mankind (lokasangraharth). Still further the works may be done for the new possibility of transformation of the physical being.
Love is the crown and fulfilment of yoga, says Sri Aurobindo. His writings are full of their emphasis on surrender and faith. Also we...
श्री अरबिंदो आश्रम (वन निवास), नैनीताल [Some lessons from the Ramayana] A talk by Dr Alok Pandey at the 2024 Nainital Study Camp.
On the path of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga, man, holding the divine’s hand, has to experience creation in its entirety. There are no half-way measures...