Sri Aurobindo

Essays Divine and Human

Writings from Manuscripts. 1910 – 1950

Partial Systems of Yoga

Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Works

138

All spiritual paths lead to a higher consciousness and union with the Divine and among the many paths one of the greatest is the Way of Works: it is as great as the Way of Bhakti or the Way of Knowledge.

Do not imagine that works are in their nature nothing but a bondage, they can be a powerful means towards liberation and divine perfection. All depends on the spirit in our works and their orientation towards the inner and the higher Light away from desire and ego.

Works are a bondage when they are done out of desire or for the sake of the ego, by a mind turned outwards, involved in the act and not detached and free, bound to the ignorance of this lower nature.

Circa 1930/39

	{DocumentDescription}
		{StartingDate}
			{Year}
				1930
			{/Year}
			{Exactness}
				Circa
			{/Exactness}
		{/StartingDate}
		{EndingDate}
			{Year}
				1939
			{/Year}
			{Exactness}
				Circa
			{/Exactness}
		{/EndingDate}
		{DateType}
			Writting
		{/DateType}
		{WorkKind}
			Manuscript
		{/WorkKind}
	{/DocumentDescription}