The vocabulary of the path.

Karmayogakarma-yoga · the yoga of action

The path on which action itself becomes the practice: work offered without attachment to its fruits, done as worship. Not a retreat from the world but a way through it.

Purnampūrṇam · fullness, completeness

The wholeness invoked in the Isha Upanishad: that which remains full even when fullness is taken from it. The name of this community and its aspiration.

Swabhavasvabhāva · one's innate nature

The essential character of a being: the direction in which its growth is effortless and true. Practice begins by discovering what you already are.

Swadharmasvadharma · one's own calling

The work that belongs to you alone, where soul values and innate nature meet the world's need. Better one's own dharma done imperfectly, the Gita says, than another's done well.

Sadhanasādhanā · sustained spiritual practice

The daily, patient discipline of the path: not an event but a texture of life, gathered over years.

Japajapa · repetition as practice

The meditative repetition of a name or mantra, traditionally counted on a mala of 108 beads. On this site, one full scroll of the home page completes one round of 108: look closely at the circle in the corner.

Integral Yogapūrṇa-yoga · the yoga of integral transformation

Sri Aurobindo's life-affirming path: not liberation from the world but the transformation of life on earth, embracing matter, mind and spirit in one movement.

Tapasyatapasyā · concentrated inner effort

The heat of aspiration: energy gathered and turned toward growth. The mentors of Purnam share what their own tapasya has taught them.

Meet these words in practice: the Awakening Karmayogi workshop.