About
Aurobindo Ghosh, known as Sri Aurobindo, was born in Calcutta in 1872. Educated in England, he returned to India in 1893 and taught at Baroda. A leading figure in the independence movement, he edited the nationalist journal Bande Mataram and advocated complete self-rule (Swaraj). After his arrest in 1908 and a spiritual experience in prison, he withdrew from politics in 1910 to devote himself to philosophy and yoga in Pondicherry. He developed Integral Yoga and founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1926 with Mirra Alfassa, known as The Mother. His major work, The Life Divine, and his epic poem Savitri reflect his vision of the transformation of human life. He died in 1950.
* 1872-08-15 — † 1950-12-05
Major works
- The Life Divine (1914)philosophical essay
- Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol (1950)epic poem
- The Synthesis of Yoga (1948)yoga treatise
- Essays on the Gita (1922)philosophical commentary
- The Secret of the Veda (1914)Vedic study
Key milestones
- 1908Arrested in the Alipore Bomb Case, he spent a year in solitary confinement before being acquitted.
- 1926Founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry with Mirra Alfassa, known as The Mother.
- 1950Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1943) and the Nobel Peace Prize (1950).
Themes
Integral YogaSpiritual transformationIndian nationalismEvolution of consciousnessMystical poetry
Sources: britannica.com · thehindu.com · search.library.wisc.edu
