Monday, August 17, 2009
Acknowledging a great yogi
August 15th. That date brings to my mind several things, chiefly, the day India won independance from British rule and Sri Aurobindo (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950), who's birthday it coincides with.
Sri Aurobindo is probably one of the greatest thinkers, philosophers and yogis the world has ever seen. He was a an indian nationalist and freedom fighter, philosopher, poet and yogi. He became one of the key figures of the movement to free India from the British. He finally developed his own philosophy of human progress and determined a spiritual path called Integral Yoga.
To quote from the times literary supplement:
"In fact, he is a new type of thinker, one who combines in his vision the alacrity of the West with the illumination of the East. To study his writings is to enlarge the boundaries of one's knowledge... He is a yogi who writes as though he were standing among the stars, with the constellations for his companions"
He continues to be a beacon of light to many.........
Sri Aurobindo is probably one of the greatest thinkers, philosophers and yogis the world has ever seen. He was a an indian nationalist and freedom fighter, philosopher, poet and yogi. He became one of the key figures of the movement to free India from the British. He finally developed his own philosophy of human progress and determined a spiritual path called Integral Yoga.
To quote from the times literary supplement:
"In fact, he is a new type of thinker, one who combines in his vision the alacrity of the West with the illumination of the East. To study his writings is to enlarge the boundaries of one's knowledge... He is a yogi who writes as though he were standing among the stars, with the constellations for his companions"
He continues to be a beacon of light to many.........
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