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
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.
character mind essentials
There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.
mind watches silent
With which part do you watch? Surely with the mind? That won't do. It is the silent Purusha within who must watch all.
mind consciousness awake
While doing sadhana you must quieten your mind and keep awake the Purusha consciousness behind all your activities.
yoga two giving
Thus to act under the guidance coming from above, this is one side of the sadhana, the dynamic side. The other one is the discrimination between the Purusha and the Prakriti. The Purusha will calmly observe, give sanction, choose, but will realise that all this does not belong to him - all these are outside him. This is the static side of the sadhana. These two aspects constitute the basis of Yoga.
turkeys japan selfishness
Turkey, Japan do great work because they can keep under control their little personal selfishness, egoism, jealousy, etc. when they get down to work.
yoga play truth-is
The higher Truth is all the time working in us but through the lower power - Aparashakti. It is when we become conscious of the play of this higher Power then only yoga begins.
divine manifestation oneself
One has to do sadhana for the total manifestation of the Divine in oneself.
paradox possibility hereafter
What I cannot do now is the sign of what I shall do hereafter. The sense of impossibility is the beginning of all possibilities. Because this temporal universe was a paradox and an impossibility, therefore the Eternal created it out of His being.
order play
And, in order to possess the Truth, the plays of the lower nature must be stopped.
thinking play mind
In the normal play of our mind there are all sorts of perversions; hence the need to stop all these things and inculcate right thinking, right willing - in other words, Truth must be established.
past dawn noon
Do not belong to the past dawns,but to the noons of future
stress inspiration errors
Even if the being is not entirely purified, varieties of inspirations and powers may come down from above but this may lead to serious errors. Inspirations from above mixing with the impurities from below get all muddled up and the sadhak takes this for an absolute command. Many a sadhak has thus fallen into danger. Therefore, one must particularly lay stress on the purification of the being.
men sri-lanka perfect
Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.