Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, poet, spiritual teacher, and anticolonial activist who developed Integral Yoga and helped lead India’s early independence movement.

Integral Yoga: A spiritual discipline developed by Sri Aurobindo that seeks the transformation of human life through the evolution of consciousness. Aurobindo’s central spiritual teaching aims to transform life, not merely escape it.
Supermind: In Aurobindo’s philosophy, the divine consciousness that unites knowledge and being and mediates between the Absolute and the world. The Supermind is the key principle through which the divine can manifest in evolving material life.
Baroda State: A princely state in western India that existed under British paramountcy until its integration into independent India. Aurobindo worked in Baroda after returning from England, developing his knowledge of Indian languages and culture.
Mirra Alfassa: A French-born spiritual teacher known as the Mother, who collaborated with Sri Aurobindo and led his ashram after his death. She helped establish the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and carried forward its spiritual work.
The Life Divine: Sri Aurobindo’s philosophical work presenting his account of evolution, consciousness, and the divine life on Earth. It gives the fullest systematic statement of the metaphysics behind his spiritual project.
Advaita Vedanta: A school of Indian philosophy that teaches the nonduality of the self and ultimate reality. Aurobindo engages nondual Vedanta while giving the world and its evolution a more affirmative role.
Involution: The metaphysical process by which consciousness and spirit are understood to be concealed within matter. Aurobindo uses involution to explain how evolution can disclose consciousness already implicit in matter.
Indian National Congress: A political organization founded in 1885 that became a leading force in India’s independence movement. Aurobindo challenged the Congress’s moderate politics and advocated more forceful self-rule.
C. R. Das: An Indian lawyer and nationalist who defended Sri Aurobindo in the Alipore Bomb Case. His defense helped secure Aurobindo’s acquittal and became part of the case’s public history.
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol: Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem, based on a story from the Mahabharata and developed as a spiritual vision of human transformation. The poem renders his spiritual ideas through a sustained work of imaginative literature.

Linked from 1 page

Integral theoryRelated: Aurobindo’s evolutionary spirituality influenced Wilber’s account of development.