Swami Vivekananda was a great philosopher who inspired many minds; one of

them was Sri Aurobindo Ghose who had a pure mind full of spirituality. He was a
freedom fighter during the freedom struggle of India and later followed the
spiritual path of divineness. He was also a poet and a yogi. He introduced the
concept of Integral Yoga.
Born on 15th August 1872 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, India to Krishna Dhan
Ghose and Swarnalotta Devi, he was brought up in British culture since his
childhood. His father believed in the British culture and thought that it was better
than the Indian culture. He was taught in an English Medium School in Dehradun
and he further pursued his studies in England. He studied for Indian Civil Service
at Kings College, Cambridge, England.
On returning from England he worked as a professor at the Baroda College. Later
he joined the struggle for Indias freedom. He delivered several speeches and
wrote many articles. He devised many plans to disturb the activities of British
government. When a bomb was thrown on a British official to kill him the bomb
mistakenly fell upon two British women. Sri Aurobindo was accused of the plan
and was put in jail for one whole year. During his stay in prison he got spiritually
inclined. His thought was that one night he heard the spiritual voice of Swami
Vivekananda speaking to him and explaining him the truth of the world. After his
release from the prison and his return to India he started learning yoga on his
own. He wrote a lot of spiritual magazines called Aryan and various novels like
The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, Essays on The Gita, The Secret of The
Veda, Hymns to the Mystic Fire, The Upanishads, The Renaissance in India, War
and Self-determination, The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity and The
Future Poetry. He also laid down many great quotes like Spirituality is indeed the
master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it. , India
of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and
has still something to do for herself and the human peoples. and Indian religion
has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual
affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of
worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.. He still
continued the fight for freedom but with peace and spirituality.
His number of followers increased during his stay in Pondicherry. He established
the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1926. He passed away on 5 th December 1950. One
of his greatest followers was Mirra Richard, a French National, often called as
The Mother continued on Sri Aurobindos footsteps and managed his Ashram
and continued to practice his spiritual performances. Sri Aurobindo introduced
the idea of Integral Yoga which he explained in his books, The Synthesis of Yoga
and The Life Divine. He wanted every human to follow spiritual practices and
attain peace. He was elected for Nobel prizes in 1943 and 1950.
It is said that great personalities, even after their death live in the hearts of
people. His also lived in his followers. His practices and teachings are still being
followed by a number of people. He was a god to them. He was an eminent yogi
and philosopher. His ideas are still being followed by many people. His prominent

position in philosophers helped his pupils to spread his ideas and teachings. His
teachings even reached the far countries of the world. A divine soul, an
extraordinary personality Sri Aurobindo has a great role in the spiritual culture of
India.