Under the direction of Ambassador M.S. Puri, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, brought out a souvenir publication on the occasion of the 4th UN International Day of Yoga on 21 June 2018, in collaboration with the Madan Mohan Malviya Mission, an educational and service organization. Issued in English, Hindi and Nepalese, with messages from the President of Nepal and the Prime Ministers of Nepal and India, the book is a compilation of articles from various yoga experts, renowned scholars and intellectuals from both India and Nepal. The publication begins with a composite of Sri Chinmoy’s comments on “Yoga and the Spiritual Life,” starting with the quote:
Yoga guides life for the experience of existence. You may call this a theoretical experience. Yoga guides life towards the fulfilment of existence. This you must call a practical experience.
— Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: Food for the Soul. New York: Agni Press, 1970.
The article includes inspired thoughts on yoga, meditation, oneness, love, devotion, surrender, aspiration and dedication, and ends with the quote:
Yoga is the spiritual science that teaches us how the Ultimate Reality can be realised in life itself.
— Sri Chinmoy, Yoga and the Spiritual Life: The Journey of India’s Soul. New York: Agni Press, 1971.
Click here for excerpts from the souvenir publication.
Click here for the original source references for the various sections of the article.
