Three volumes of letters on the integral yoga, other spiritual paths, the problems of spiritual life, and related subjects.

In these letters, Sri Aurobindo explains the foundations of his integral yoga, its fundamentals, its characteristic experiences and realisations, and its method of practice.
He also discusses other spiritual paths and the difficulties of spiritual life. Related subjects include the place of human relationships in yoga; sadhana through meditation, work and devotion; reason, science, religion, morality, idealism and yoga; spiritual and occult knowledge; occult forces, beings and pow­ers; destiny, karma, rebirth and survival. Sri Aurobindo wrote most of these letters in the 1930s to disciples living in his ashram.

PART ONE
THE PATH OF THE INTEGRAL YOGA

Section One
The Path and the Goal

Seeking the Divine

• The True Object of Spiritual Seeking
• Motives for Seeking the Divine
• Dedication to the Spiritual Life

The Aim of the Integral Yoga

• A Yoga of Divine Life
• A Yoga Not for Ourselves
• Not Liberation But Transformation
• Divinisation and Transformation

Section Two
Basic Requisites of the Path

The Call and the Capacity

• The Call
• Turning towards the Divine
• Spiritual Destiny
• Capacity for Yoga
• Fitness for Yoga
• Capacity of Westerners for Yoga

Qualities Needed for Sadhana

• Purity
• Sincerity
• Aspiration
• Rejection
• Surrender
• Faith
• Consecration and Offering
• Opening
• Patience and Perseverance
• Vigilance

Section Three
The Foundation of the Sadhana

• Peace - The Basis of the Sadhana
• Equality - The Chief Support
• Quiet and Calm
• Peace
• Silence

Section Four
The Divine Response

• The Divine Grace and Guidance
• The Divine Force
• The Guru

PART TWO
THE SYNTHETIC METHOD OF THE INTEGRAL YOGA

Section One
A Yoga of Knowledge, Works, Bhakti and Self-Perfection

• The Central Processes of the Sadhana
• Combining Work, Meditation and Bhakti

Section Two
Sadhana through Work

• Work and Yoga
• Becoming Conscious in Work
• The Divine Force in Work
• Practical Concerns in Work
• Creative Activity

Section Three
Sadhana through Concentration, Meditation and Japa

• Concentration and Meditation
• Mantra and Japa

Section Four
Sadhana through Love and Devotion

• Divine Love, Psychic Love and Human Love
• Bhakti, Devotion, Worship

PART THREE
THE INTEGRAL YOGA AND OTHER SPIRITUAL PATHS

Section One
A Yoga of Transformation

• Distinctive Features of the Integral Yoga
• Asceticism and the Integral Yoga
• A Realistic Adwaita
• Transformation in the Integral Yoga

Section Two
Other Spiritual Paths and the Integral Yoga

• The Newness of the Integral Yoga
• The Veda and Upanishads
• Jainism and Buddhism
• Sankhya and Yoga
• The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita
• The Adwaita of Shankaracharya
• Tantra
• Bhakti Yoga and Baishnavism
• The Teachings of Some Modern Indian Yogis
• Christianity and Theosophy

Note on the texts

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Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry
ISBN 979-81-7058-060-6