Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindowas an Indian nationalist, hindu philosopher, yogi, guru and poet. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British rule, for a while was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 August 1872
CountryIndia
stars messengers our-lives
Our lives are God's messengers beneath the stars.
average genius talent
Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.
unique world privilege
Remember that you are at an exceptional hour in a unique epoch, that you have this great happiness, this invaluable privilege, of being present at the birth of a new world.
hinduism embrace hindu-religion
That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.
attachment desire conventions
All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
inspiration love-is joy
Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience.
faith soul absence
Faith is the soul's witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving.
sri-lanka secret
Hidden nature is secret God.
men play mind
Outside and above the mind there is the play of a consciousness which is lighted by the higher Truth, but man is not conscious of it and of that he has to be conscious.
thinking meditation silence
Sit in meditation ! But do not think ! Look only at your mind ! You will see thoughts coming into it ! Before they can enter, throw these away from your mind till your mind is capable of entire silence.
moving past thinking
The human mind moves always forward, alters its viewpoint and enlarges its thought substance, and the effect of these changes is to render past systems of thinking obsolete or, when they are preserved, to extend, to modify and subtly or visibly to alter their value.
thinking play mind
In the normal play of our mind there are all sorts of perversions; hence the need to stop all these things and inculcate right thinking, right willing - in other words, Truth must be established.
character mind essentials
There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.
life regret teaching
Life was a sorrowful throb of this Matter teaching it anguish, Teaching it hope and desire trod out too soon in the mire, Life the frail joy that regrets its briefness, life the long sorrow.