Sri Aurobindo
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Aurobindo, c. 1900 | |
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| Born | Aurobindo Ghose 15 August 1872 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 5 December 1950 (aged 78) Pondicherry, French India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Relatives | Rajnarayan Basu (maternal-grandfather) Manmohan Ghose (brother) Barindra Kumar Ghose (brother)[1] |
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| Religion | Hindu |
| Founder of | Sri Aurobindo Ashram |
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Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian yogi, maharishi, and Indian nationalist.[2] He also edited the newspaper Bande Mataram.[3]
Aurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King's College, in Cambridge, England. After returning to India, he took up various civil service works under the Maharaja of the princely state of Baroda. He became increasingly involved in nationalist politics in the Indian National Congress and the nascent revolutionary movement in Bengal with the Anushilan Samiti. He was arrested in the aftermath of a number of bombings linked to his organization in a public trial where he faced charges of treason for Alipore Conspiracy and then released, after which he moved to Pondicherry and developed a spiritual practice he called Integral Yoga. He wrote The Life Divine, which deals with the philosophical aspect of Integral Yoga[4] and Synthesis of Yoga, which deals with the principles and methods of Integral Yoga.[5] In 1926, he and Mira Alfassa founded Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
- ^ Dasgupta, Sanjukta. "A horrendous tale". www.thestatesman.com. The Statesman. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Chaama, Sridhar (16 August 2012). "Remembering a guru". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ McDermott (1994), pp. 11–12, 14
- ^ Sri Aurobindo, Sri (May 2009). The Life Divine. Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department. ISBN 9788170588443. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Sri Aurobindo, Sri (1992). The Synthesis of Yoga. Lotus Press. ISBN 9780941524667. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2021.