Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching & Method of Practice

Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose) Sri Orobindo) (15 August 1872 - 5 December 1950) 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".

The principal writings of Sri Aurobindo include, in prose, The Life Divine, considered his single great work of metaphysics,The Synthesis of Yoga, Secrets of the Vedas, 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 letters. In poetry, his principal work is "Savitri - a Legend and a Symbol" in blank verse.

From wikipedia

In India names were, and to some extent still are, varied things - especially in Latin letters. Aurobindo's name changed with the local where he was working. What is usually spelled as Aurobindo, is the Sanskrit 'Aravinda', also spelled as: Aravind, Arabinda, Aurobindo, Shri Aurobindo, Arvind, Aravindhar, Aurobindo Ghosh etc.

The man who was known as Sri Aurobindo at the end of his life, was named Aurobindo Acroyd Ghose at his birth. Aurobindo meaning 'lotus' and Acroyd for an English friend of his father's: Annette Akroyd. When Aurobindo became active in the Indian Independence movement, he dropped the middle name and usually called himself Aurobindo A. Ghose. When an ashram developed around him, he was increasingly called 'Sri Aurobindo'.

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