Exploring Sri Aurobindo’s Views on Human Nature and Human Values

Journal of emerging technologies and innovative research, 2016

In this paper we focus on Sri Aurobindo's view on religion of humanity. From the analysis of Sri Aurobindo’s ideal of nationalism, natioal integration and his vision of India , it is evident that he was not a chauvinist and his nationalism has universal appeal. From his writings a broad outline of national reconstruction and national integration can be derived. It has its different aspects, political, economic, social cultural and spiritual. The very basis always remains the same, the spiritual transformation of man and society. Here his nationalism transcends the limit of nation and enteres into the realm of universality. If it can be based on the ideal of human unity, it will become a permanent and fundamental unity. This plan of reconstruction and integration are to be infused with religion of humanity. This is not the intellectual religion of humanity but a spiritual religion of humanity. This can only lead to a strong and social foundation of human unity. This universal and...

2019

Sri Aurobindo ( 1872-1950) was a visionary par excellence. His Philosophy can be classified into two main categories : Spiritual Philosophy and Political Philosophy. He was the founder of Spiritual Nationalism. All his efforts were directed towards bringing harmony and unity among mankind on the basis of spiritualism. Ultimate aim of his Spiritual Philosophy was to bring Divine life on earth whereas the ultimate aim of his political Philosophy was the idea of World Union. Present research paper aims at simplifying the Political philosophy of Sri Aurobindo in order to understand his Ideal of Human Unity

Tribhuvan University Journal, 2023

Sri Aurobindo was one of the thinkers and philosophers who emerged in the pure land of India in the nineteenth century. The transition of the revolutionary Aurobindo to the sage Aurobindo, who participated in the liberation war of the country from colonial rule and exploitation by the imperialist British power, was a breakthrough moment. In Sri Aurobindo's thinking, at the meeting place of our world consciousness, the inanimate is real to the mind (cit), and so is the truth to the mind and inanimate because the world is the soul and mind pervaded by consciousness, the light of one whole being. They are bridges between two entities. In this article, I shall discuss the aspect of Sri Aurobindo's establishment of universal unity by referring to the different aspects of his transition to the superman through the stages of the higher mind, illuminated mind, intuitive mind, and overmind. Next, I will analyse Sri Aurobindo's concept of unity through yoga. I shall also focus on the enlightened awareness of spiritual unity following Sri Aurobindo. Then, how Sri Aurobindo explains the real progress of civilization through Supermind will be discussed briefly. Next, I would also highlight Sri Aurobindo's thought on the integral approach to human unity. Finally, I would like to conclude the paper through a discussion of contemporary relevance and the need for real unity today.

South Asian International Research Journal

Sri Aurobindo's main aim was to make the Life Divine for everybody. He never believed in individual salvation, rather in collective salvation. Individual life has many faults and we have to overcome it by achieving Mukti or Moksha. However Indian philosophical concept of Mukti is not admissible to him. In Indian philosophy, Mukti has to be gained by only individual, be it Jivan Mukti, Videha Mukti of the Samkhya philosophy or Sarupyo Mukti, Salokyo Mukti, Sajujyo Mukti of the Vedanta philosophy. But his notion of Mukti is the way to call the Supermind upon the Earthen level and to make the lives of other people the perfect instances of the Life Divine like that of the Yogi himself. In this present article I want to show how Sri Aurobindo showed the hidden touch of spirituality even behind his politics and educational theories.

The social political thought of Sri Aurobindo is most astonishing one as it is not devoid of spiritual touch. I am dealing with its uniqueness in this regard. This is not my PhD dissertation thesis.

isara solutions, 2014

Sri Aurobindo, who, in the words of Romain Rolland, "is the last of the great Rishis" . Envisions the nature and destiny of man with a practical attitude and ennobles the distracted humanity with a definite faith and Philosophy . His profound faith in the spiritual heritage of India works as the inner spirit of his philosophy . He had in the beginning a highly westernized education.

Integral Musings

Sri Aurobindo is a versatile spiritual genius, who is not only a Master-Yogi with profound spiritual realizations, but also a great scholar and thinker who wrote extensively on various topics ranging from politics to yoga. His writings shine with a penetrating spiritual insight which brings out the deeper, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the human, terrestrial and cosmic life. In this article, we present a brief and synoptic overview of the contents of Sri Aurobindo’s major works.

Sri Aurobindo was renowned political leader & his social political thought also has unique characteristics to be highlighted. This is my first draft of dissertation thesis that I never submitted for the award of PhD thesis.

Sri Aurobindo's main aim was to make the Life Divine for everybody. He never believed in individual salvation, rather in collective salvation. Individual life has many faults and we have to overcome it by achieving Mukti or Moksha. However Indian philosophical concept of Mukti is not admissible to him. In Indian philosophy, Mukti has to be gained by only individual, be it Jivan Mukti, Videha Mukti of the Samkhya philosophy or Sarupyo Mukti, Salokyo Mukti, Sajujyo Mukti of the Vedanta philosophy. But his notion of Mukti is the way to call the Supermind upon the Earthen level and to make the lives of other people the perfect instances of the Life Divine like that of the Yogi himself. In this present article I want to show how Sri Aurobindo showed the hidden touch of spirituality even behind his politics and educational theories.

2009

In the first part of this talk, I consider Sri Aurobindo’s nationalism and contextualize it within the colonial-national interchange and the modern understanding of the nation. This includes a consideration of the nation-soul idea. In the second part, I apply the implications of this nationalism to Sri Aurobindo’s social ideas — concerning the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville and, in general, the social context of the Integral Yoga and his vision of the future, so as to engage reflection on the present.