Does “Integral yoga”, preached by Yogi Aurobindo differ from Patanjalis Yoga?
thanks to geyamala for the question and to shivam for brining this question to my notice. I am out of YA and do not normally answer until there is a special question that catches my attention. Sri Aurobindo is called Maharishi, a title given to a great soul who brings new facts into our Philosophy. Prior to him was Maharish Raman. Sri Aurobindo was titled Maharishi, because infused two great philosophies of Sanatan Dharma into one, i.e. the philosophy of yoga and philosophy of Tantra. His conept of integral yoga itself is a great discovery of fusion of all paths viz. Bhakti, Gyaan, Yoga and Tantra into one concept, not reject either,not making one a principal either. Patanjali’s yoga sutras are a great work, and they are a part of Sankhya Philosophy, which does not believe in a personified God,heavens or hells. It works on the principles that we are Divine souls and we have to work hard to reach the Truth. Tantra on the other hands, talks of scientific and logical differentiation of th
