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Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: শ্রী অরবিন্দSri Ôrobindo) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru.[1] After a short political career in which he became one of the leaders of the early movement for the freedom of India from British rule, Sri Aurobindo turned to explore spiritual realms of human existence and, as a consequence, developed a new path which he termed integral yoga.Sri Aurobindo grew as a result of his spiritual pursuits into a visionary of new evolution, a poet of the plentitudes and profundity of the hidden realities of man and life, a seer-philosopher of the ascent of human life to the next higher level of its existence on earth. Apprecating his vision, Times Literary Suppliment, London [1], wrote "In fact, he (Sri Aurobindo) is a new type of thinker, one who combines in his vision the alacrity of the West with the illumination of the East. To study his writings is to enlarge the boundaries of one's knowledge... He is a yogi who writes as though he were standing among the stars, with the constellations for his companions."On most aspects of human life as well as on India’s past, present and future possibilities, Sri Aurobindo gave deeply original and comprehensive views that can guide India and mankind towards a new civilization and a higher equilibrium in human life. In his vision of new evolution, Sri Aurobindo even foresees the appearance of a totally new species on earth, which shall be as or even more advanced from man as man is from the ape, and he also elaborated on the process that could accelerate this evolution! Thus, the central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision [2] is the evolution of life into life divine. His central message:"Man is a transitional being.He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth's evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of Nature's process".The major writings of Sri Aurobindo comprise, in poetry, his epic poem Savitri, and the Collected Poems and, in prose, in a number of highly acclaimed books such as The Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Secret of Veda, Essays on the Gita, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, Renaissance in India and other essays, Supramental Manifestation upon Earth, The Future Poetry, Thoughts and Aphorisms, and several volumes of his letters. [3] >> By WikiPedia
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