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Sri Aurobindo

Born

in Calcutta, India

August 15, 1872

Died

December 05, 1950

Website

http://www.aurobindo.net/

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Poetry

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Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, major Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi. He joined the movement for India's freedom from British rule and for a duration (1905–10), became one of its most important leaders, before turning to developing his own vision and philosophy of human progress and spiritual evolution.

The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of life into a "life divine". In his own words: "Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of Nature's process."

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	The Life Divine 4.51 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 1942 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol 4.69 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1940 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mother 4.46 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1927 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Integral Yoga: Teaching and Method of Practice 4.39 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret of the Veda 4.40 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1971 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Synthesis of Yoga 4.55 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1948 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bhagavad Gita and Its Message by Sri Aurobindo, Anilbaran Roy (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays on the Gita 4.56 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1922 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Upanishads 4.40 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Forces of Life: Selections from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother by Sri Aurobindo, The Mother 4.46 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.”
― Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

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“There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.”
― Sri Aurobindo

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“My God is love and sweetly suffers all.”
― Sri Aurobindo, Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

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