Lights on Yoga

This collection consists of illuminating extracts from Sri Aurobindo’s letters to disciples.

This Yoga implies not only the realization of God, but an entire consecration and change of the inner and outer life till it is fit to manifest a divine consciousness and become part of a divine work. This means an inner discipline far more exacting and difficult than mere ethical and physical austerities. One must not enter on this path far vaster and more arduous than most ways of Yoga, unless one is sure of the psychic call and of one’s readiness to go through to the end.

This booklet was first published in 1935 with the following note:

These are extracts from letters written by Sri Aurobindo to his disciples in answer to their queries. They have been put together and arranged so as to be of help to some aspirants for the understanding and practice of the Yoga.

The extracts were compiled by Sri Aurobindo’s secretary. Sri Aurobindo approved the arrangement and lightly revised the texts.

It has recently been found that the notes on purity, faithfulness and sincerity on pages 23 and 24 were written by the Mother. They remain here in their original places in the compilation.