The poetry of Sri Aurobindo
The poetry of Sri Aurobindo: Sri Aurobindo was born in India 15th August 1872. From an
early age he was educated in England at St Paul’s school and then Kings College
Cambridge. Abrilliant scholar the young Aurobindo had the opportunity to take a
prestigious position in the Civil Service. However during his university years
he became increasingly committed to the ideal of Indian Independence so turned
down the opportunity. The poetry of Sri Aurobindo ON returning to India he became increasingly influential
in the Indian independence struggle. In 1909 Aurobindo was arrested on a charge
of sedition for his alleged role in the Alipor Bomb plot. It was whilst in jail
that Aurobindo underwent profound spiritual realisations became aware of
Vasudeva “God” in everything. Receiving spiritual instruction from Sri Krishna
and Swami Vivekananda he followed his inner Command or “Adesh” to withdraw from
politics.
The poetry of Sri Aurobindo: Thus after being dramatically acquitted by his good friend
and lawyer C.R.Das Aurobindo moved to the French province of Pondicherry where
over time he built up a spiritual community or Ashram. Although never outwardly
looking for disciples. He began to attract sincere seekers and soon the
fledgling ashram grew. The poetry of Sri Aurobindo A significant moment in the growth of the Ashram and
life of Sri Aurobindo was the arrival of Madame Alfonso who became known as
“The Mother” and was an integral part of Sri Aurobindo’s mission and spiritual
identity. After breaking his leg in an accident Sri Aurobindo retired from
active life living in relative seclusion to undertake his arduous spiritual
disciplines. The poetry of Sri Aurobindo Although withdrawn from the world Sri Aurobindo was a prolific
writer. He wrote philosophy, literature, poetry and many letters to his
disciples.
The poetry of Sri Aurobindo: After attaining his full spiritual realisations and being
successful in his attempts to bring down a new spiritual consciousness Sri
Aurobindo left the body on December 5th 1950.
The poetry of Sri Aurobindo: Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5
December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yoga guru, maharishi, poet, and
Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers like Bande
Mataram. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British colonial
rule, till 1910 was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual
reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution.
Aurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King's College, Cambridge,
England. After returning to India he took up various civil service works under
the Maharaja of the Princely state of Baroda and became increasingly involved
in nationalist politics in the Indian National Congress and the nascent
revolutionary movement in Bengal with the Anushilan Samiti. The poetry of Sri Aurobindo 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. However Sri
Aurobindo could only be convicted and imprisoned for writing articles against
British colonial rule in India. He was released when no evidence could be
provided, following the murder of a prosecution witness, Narendranath Goswami,
during the trial. During his stay in the jail, he had mystical and spiritual
experiences, after which he moved to Pondicherry, leaving politics for
spiritual work. At Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo developed a spiritual practice he
called Integral Yoga. The poetry of Sri Aurobindo The central theme of his vision was the evolution of
human life into a divine life in divine body. He believed in a spiritual realisation
that not only liberated but transformed human nature, enabling a divine life on
earth. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa
(referred to as "The Mother"), Sri Aurobindo Ashram was founded. His
main literary works are The Life Divine, which deals with the philosophical
aspect of Integral Yoga; Synthesis of Yoga, which deals with the principles and
methods of Integral Yoga; and Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, an epic poem.
The poetry of Sri Aurobindo: Aurobindo Ghose was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Presidency, India on 15 August 1872 in a Bengali family that was associated
with the village of Konnagar in the Hooghly district of present-day West
Bengal. His father, Krishna Dhun Ghose, was then assistant surgeon of Rangpur
in Bengal and later civil surgeon of Khulna, and a former member of the Brahmo
Samaj religious reform movement who had become enamoured with the then-new idea
of evolution while pursuing medical studies in Edinburgh. His mother Swarnalata
Devi's father Shri Rajnarayan Bose was a leading figure in the Samaj. She had
been sent to the more salubrious surroundings of Calcutta for Aurobindo's
birth. Aurobindo had two elder siblings, Benoybhusan and Manmohan, a younger
sister, Sarojini, and a younger brother, Barindra Kumar (also referred to as
Barin). Young Aurobindo was brought up speaking English, but used Hindustani to
communicate with servants. Although his family were Bengali, his father
believed British culture to be superior. He and his two elder siblings were
sent to the English-speaking Loreto House boarding school in Darjeeling, in
part to improve their language skills and in part to distance them from their
mother, who had developed a mental illness soon after the birth of her first
child. Darjeeling was a centre of Anglo-Indians in India and the school was run
by Irish nuns, through which the boys would have been exposed to Christian
religious teachings and symbolism.
The poetry of Sri Aurobindo: Krishna Dhun Ghose wanted his sons to enter the Indian Civil
Service (ICS), an elite organisation comprising around 1000 people. To achieve
this it was necessary that they study in England and so it was there that the
entire family moved in 1879. The three brothers were placed in the care of the
Reverend W. H. Drewett in Manchester. Drewett was a minister of the
Congregational Church whom Krishna Dhun Ghose knew through his British friends
at Rangpur. The boys were taught Latin by Drewett and his wife. This was a
prerequisite for admission to good English schools and, after two years, in
1881, the elder two siblings were enrolled at Manchester Grammar School.
Aurobindo was considered too young for enrolment, and he continued his studies
with the Drewetts, learning history, Latin, French, geography and arithmetic.
Although the Drewetts were told not to teach religion, the boys inevitably were
exposed to Christian teachings and events, which generally bored Aurobindo and
sometimes repulsed him. There was little contact with his father, who wrote
only a few letters to his sons while they were in England, but what
communication there was indicated that he was becoming less endeared to the
British in India than he had been, on one occasion describing the British
colonial government as "heartless".
Drewett emigrated to Australia in 1884, causing the boys to
be uprooted as they went to live with Drewett's mother in London. In September
of that year, Aurobindo and Manmohan joined St Paul's School there. He learned
Greek and spent the last three years reading literature and English poetry,
while he also acquired some familiarity with the German and Italian languages;
Peter Heehs resumes his linguistic abilities by stating that at "the turn
of the century he knew at least twelve languages: English, French, and Bengali
to speak, read, and write; Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit to read and write;
Gujarati, Marathi, and Hindi to speak and read; and Italian, German, and
Spanish to read." Being exposed to the evangelical structures of Drewett's
mother developed in him a distaste for religion, and he considered himself at
one point to be an atheist but later determined that he was agnostic. A blue
plaque unveiled in 2007 commemorates Aurobindo's residence at 49 St Stephen's
Avenue in Shepherd's Bush, London, from 1884 to 1887. The three brothers began
living in spartan circumstances at the Liberal Club in South Kensington during
1887, their father having experienced some financial difficulties. The club's
secretary was James Cotton, brother of their father's friend in the Bengal ICS,
Henry Cotton.
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