Discourses on The Synthesis of Yoga - Volume VIII Discourses on The Synthesis of Yoga - Volume VIII
Part - II: The Yoga of Integral Knowledge (Chapters XIX- XXVIII)
— V. Ananda Reddy
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Soft Cover Pages: 522 Dimensions (in cms): 14x22
Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research Trust, Pondicherry ISBN: 978-93-85391-46-0
About Discourses on The Synthesis of Yoga - Volume VIII
Transcribed from Dr Reddy’s talks on The Synthesis of Yoga, Volume Eight completes his discourse on The Yoga of Integral Knowledge. The author traces Sri Aurobindo’s description of the different planes of consciousness defined by the relationship between Soul and Nature, Purusha and Prakriti. At the base of the ladder of ascension is the plane of the lower triple purusha—the vital, physical and mental aspects of existence. Transcending this plane of our ordinary consciousness, one ascends towards a hierarchy of worlds. Three chapters are devoted to Vijñana or Gnosis, where the mental man is changed into the gnostic soul, a truth-conscious godhead, the path to attaining that consciousness, and finally the highest level of consciousness, that of Gnosis and Ananda. From there the discourse turns to address the relationship between the higher and lower knowledge, the experience of Samadhi within the Integral Yoga, and the deeper aspects of Hathayoga and Rajayoga, whose practices are intended to serve a higher, more dynamic purpose in a spiritual transformation.
