Aurobindo, known as Sri Aurobindo (Sri Ôrobindo), (15 August 1872– 5 December 1950), born Aurobindo Ghose, was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British rule, for a while became one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution.
Aurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King's College, Cambridge, England. After returning to India he took up various civil service works under the maharaja of the princely state of Baroda and began to involve himself in politics. He was imprisoned by the British for writing articles against British rule in India. He was released when no evidence was provided. During his stay in the jail he had mystical and spiritual experiences, after which he moved to Pondicherry, leaving politics for spiritual work.
During his stay in Pondicherry, Aurobindo developed a method of spiritual practice he called Integral Yoga. The central theme of his vision was the evolution of human life into a life divine. He believed in a spiritual realisation that not only liberated man but transformed his nature, enabling a divine life on earth. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa (referred to as "The Mother"), he founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He died on 5 December 1950 in Pondicherry.
"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage."
"She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit."
"Hidden nature is secret God."
"Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it."
"The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race."
"Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite."
"Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction."
"She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence."
"India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities."
"India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples."
"India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration."
"To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs."
"That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others."
While in a few locations of the national capital, including DTU (398), Mathura Road (395), Dilshad Garden (385), Lodhi Road (370), and Sri Aurobindo Marg (345), the AQI level remained at 'very poor' level ... (With inputs from IANS). Also Read ... ... .
NEW DELHI... Hospitals across the city reported a surge in respiratory cases, including people without prior breathing issues ... AQI readings were notably high in several areas, with figures ranging from 206 at Sri Aurobindo Marg to 385 at Anand Vihar ... .
Explaining the phenomenon of Chhath, designer-turned-author Ekisha Singh makes it easy for the curious to understand with her debut book "Chhath. Worshipping the Sun, Celebrating Nature" (Rupa, 191 pages, Rs 295) ... Radhakrishnan and seer, Sri Aurobindo.
... Bagh at 365, Pusa at 305, RK Puram at 352, Rohini at 388, Shadipur at 322, Sirifort at 334, Sri Aurobindo Marg at 322, Vivek Vihar at 399, while Wazirpur at 387, according to the SAFAR India website.
Say the words “Delhi house” and an image springs to mind ... It had a well and a puja room built into the architecture.” With Italian marble, Victorian furniture and plenty of woodwork, the Sri Aurobindo Marg mansions are a world of their own ... See more.
New Delhi...ShaheedJeet Singh Marg, one of the main connecting roads between Aruna Asaf Ali Marg and Sri Aurobindo Marg in south Delhi, will also undergo road and footpath repairs, along with central verge greenery work ... .
