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
play self behinds
The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself - for this is your true self.
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There is nothing small in God's eyes; let there be nothing small in thine
spiritual issues humanity
The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic and materialistic mind of the West or by a nobler pragmatism guided, uplifted and enlightened by spiritual culture and knowledge....
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.
life real sacrifice
The ascent to the divine Life is the human journey, the Work of works, the acceptable Sacrifice. This alone is man's real business in the world and the justification of his existence, without which he would only be an insect crawling among the ephemeral insects on a spec of surface mud and water which has managed to form itself amid the appalling immensities of the physical universe.