Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one’s ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.
SRI AUROBINDO
SRI AUROBINDO
Sri Aurobindo on consciousness
Sri Aurobindo117 quotes“Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one’s ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.”
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