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Sri Aurobindo, a philosopher, poet, and politician from India, was born on August 15, 1872, and passed away on December 5, 1950. He is renowned for his profound philosophical thoughts and his contributions to the spiritual revival of India.

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“But mind is not all, for beyond mind is a greater consciousness.”

Mind Consciousness Evolution

Book:Essays in Philosophy and Yoga

Source: Essays in Philosophy and Yoga

“The utmost mission of Mind is to train our obscure consciousness which has emerged out of the dark prison of Matter, to enlighten its blind instincts, random intuitions, vague perceptions till it shall become capable of this greater light and this higher ascension. Mind is a passage, not a culmination.”

Mind Process Consciousness Evolution Enlightenment Thought Ascension Sri Aurobindo

Book:The Life Divine

Source: The Life Divine

“The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinize human nature.”

Humans Self Spiritual Spirituality Consciousness Human Nature Development Higher Yoga Aim Evolve Self Development Inner Self Higher Consciousness

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“The progressive growth of the finite consciousness of man towards this Self, towards the universal , the eternal, the infinite, in a word his growth into spiritual consciousness by the development of his ordinary ignorant natural being into an illumined divine nature, this is for Indian thinking the significance of life and the aim of human existance.”

“Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.”

Existence Consciousness Evolution Motive

Book:The Future Evolution of Man: The Divine Life on Earth

Source: The Future Evolution of Man: The Divine Life on Earth

“What is required is faith. Man has body, life and mind but that is not all that constitutes man. He has risen to the mind as a result of evolution. Now a higher consciousness will be evolved - this I call Supermind. It is the instrument of the Divine Consciousness, the Truth-Consciousness.”

Men Mind Body Results Consciousness Divine Evolution Higher Instruments Risen Higher Consciousness He Has Risen

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“While doing sadhana you must quieten your mind and keep awake the Purusha consciousness behind all your activities.”

Mind Behinds Consciousness Activity Awake

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“Yes, this Purusha consciousness must be maintained; otherwise the calm will not last. The knocks and blows that come from outside cannot disturb one, if this Purusha consciousness remains at the back.”

Ifs Lasts Consciousness Remains Calm Blow

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“Those who have advanced rise to the mind which is in the head, - they have the play of their mental movements in the head itself. But all these are inside the body; man is, as it were, shut up in a box, his entire consciousness is confined within the organism. This imprisonment has to be undone.”

Men Mind Play Body Consciousness Movement Boxes Shut Up Organisms Confined Undone Imprisonment

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“Outside and above the mind there is the play of a consciousness which is lighted by the higher Truth, but man is not conscious of it and of that he has to be conscious.”

Men Mind Play Consciousness Higher Conscious

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“One can see light above the head; that indicates a consciousness outside the body. But that itself is not the Truth-Consciousness or Vijnana. But much light descending from there illumines this consciousness.”

Body Light Consciousness Descending

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“The consciousness of the supreme Purusha remains above, but in the mind there may be a Purusha consciousness which they call the cosmic consciousness - it is wide, all-pervading, one. Outside this goes on the play of Prakriti.”

Mind May Play Consciousness Goes On Remains Wide Supreme Cosmic Cosmic Consciousness

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“We can arrive at a point of view where the preservation of the individual activities is no longer inconsistent with our comprehension of the cosmic consciousness or our attainment to the transcendent and supracosmic.”

Individual Views Consciousness Activity Point Of View Cosmic Preservation Comprehension Attainment Transcendent Inconsistent Cosmic Consciousness

Book:The Life Divine: Art of living

Source: The Life Divine: Art of living

“Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act. All living thought is a world in preparation; all real act is a thought manifested. The material world exists because an idea began to play in divine self–consciousness.”

Thinking World Firsts Ideas Real Self Play Consciousness Divine Materials Conscious Preparation Thyself Self Conscious Self Consciousness Material World

Book:The Supramental Manifestation, and Other Writings

Source: The Supramental Manifestation, and Other Writings

“But what after all, behind appearances, is this seeming mystery? We can see that it is the Consciousness which had lost itself returning again to itself, emerging out of its giant self-forgetfulness, slowly, painfully, as a Life that is would be sentient, half-sentient, dimly sentient, wholly sentient and finally struggles to be more than sentient, to be again divinely selfconscious, free, infinite, immortal.”

Self Would Be Lost Growth Behinds Consciousness Mystery Mindfulness Conscious Infinite Appearance Giants Immortal Emerging Self Conscious Seeming Forgetfulness Self Forgetfulness

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“The consciousness of the seer, is a greater power for knowledge than the consciousness of the thinker. The perceptual power of the inner sight is greater and more direct than the perceptual power of thought.”

Consciousness Greater Direct Sight Thinker Seers Power Of Thought Greater Power

Book:The Life Divine

Source: The Life Divine

“Yoga is a generic name for any discipline by which one attempts to pass out of the limits of one's ordinary mental consciousness into a greater spiritual consciousness.”

Spiritual Names Consciousness Greater Discipline Limits Ordinary Yoga Generic Generic Name

Author:Sri Aurobindo

About the Author

Born: August 15, 1872
Died: December 5, 1950
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 297

Books & Sources

Savitri: A Legend and a SymbolRelated source material

Essays divine and human with thoughts and aphorismsRelated source material

Gems from Sri Aurobindo, 2nd SeriesRelated source material

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The Life Divine: Art of livingRelated source material

The Supramental Manifestation, and Other WritingsRelated source material

Bulletin Du Centre International D'éducation Sri AurobindoRelated source material

The Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching and Method of PracticeRelated source material

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