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
world firsts paradox
The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.
world want satisfaction
What do you want to do sadhana for? The aim should not be the satisfaction of egoism: "I want to be a great yogi; I shall have so much power and with that power I shall establish myself in the world." All such thoughts must be thrown far away.
order middle
In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture
attitude movement assuming
The Purusha should assume at all times the attitude of a giver of sanction while rejecting the lower movements and accepting only truth-movements.
his-love god-love objects
One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.
europe crucifixion-of-christ meditation
There are four great events in history, the siege of Troy, the life and crucifixion of Christ , the exile of Krishna in Brindaban and the colloquy on the field of Kurukshetra. The siege of Troy created Hellas, the exile in Brindaban created devotional religion, (for before there was only meditation and worship), Christ from his cross humanized Europe, the colloquy at Kurukshetra will yet liberate humanity.
spiritual independent numbers
The first and the most important thing is to know that life is one and immortal. Only the forms, countless in number, are transient and brittle. The life everlasting is independent of any form but manifests itself in all forms. Life then does not die... but the forms are dissolved.
desire egoism
All desires and egoism will have to be banished from the being.
meditation divine-power watches
[S]tand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.
spiritual yoga practice
The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity. Its object is not personal Mukti, although Mukti is a necessary condition of the yoga, but the liberation and transformation of the human being. It is not personal Ananda, but the bringing down of the divine Ananda - Christ's kingdom of heaven, our Satyayuga - upon the earth.
world stumbling
By your stumbling, the world is perfected.
political hegemony world
Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you ... political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.
soul prejudice opinion
What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
people voting trends
What sort of politics you people do? Such is the way of all parliaments: one can sense even beforehand the trend of voting, in which direction it will turn.