Sri Aurobindo — 1872-1950. Revolutionary of modern yoga philosophy. Integral Yoga. Founder of Pondicherry Ashram.
Cambridge-educated. Freedom fighter to yogi. Sri Maa (Mira Alfassa) collaborator.
✦ Life Summary
Born: 15 August 1872, Kolkata.
Age 7: England.
Cambridge graduate.
Baroda College professor.
Freedom struggle (1905-1910).
Alipore jail (1908): spiritual vision.
Came to Pondicherry (1910).
40 years in ashram.
Mahasamadhi: 5 December 1950.
✦ Integral Yoga
Karma + Bhakti + Jnana + Raja yoga integration.
All life is yoga.
Supramental consciousness.
Divine body transformation.
Divine life on earth.
Mantra-independent.
Not personal guru-shishya yoga.
✦ Main Works
Savitri: 24,000-line epic.
Life Divine.
Synthesis of Yoga.
Gita commentary.
Upanishad commentary.
India's renaissance.
30-volume complete works.
✦ Pondicherry Ashram & Auroville
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: 1926.
5000+ residents.
No membership fee.
Lifelong service.
Auroville: 1968.
International city.
Human unity experiment.
Sri Maa's dream.
📚Sources & References
Content in this article is verified against the following classical and modern authoritative sources. Readers may independently verify against the original sources.
- ▪Surya Siddhanta — classical Sanskrit astronomical text (~5th century CE)
- ▪Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra — foundational text on Vedic astrology by Maharishi Parashara
- ▪Muhurta Chintamani by Ram Daivajna (16th century) — standard reference for muhurat selection
- ▪Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus (Willmann-Bell, 1998) — basis for all astronomical computations on this site
- ▪Lahiri Ayanamsa — standard sidereal reference adopted by the Indian Calendar Reform Committee (1955)
✦ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Supramental?▼
Level above mind. Complete truth-consciousness. Sri Aurobindo first described. Basis of divine life.
15 August coincidence?▼
India's Independence Day = Sri Aurobindo's birth. He called it "divine coincidence".
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