Aurobindo survey
Aurobindo Ashrama
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Founder
Year & place of founding
1926, Pondichery, India
Aims & ideals
A complete method of Yoga that would transform human nature to divine life. In Aurobindo's system, the highest aim is the being of one, without the renunciation of life in the world. Such a fulfillment of the consciousness, the urge for perfection, must not be confined to few individuals but must extend to the masses, leading to a new type of being that is "eternal, self-existing, and inalienable".
Monastic / Non-monastic
Non-monastic
General philosophical outlook
Aurobindo lays the foundation of his inquiry by focusing on the contradiction between the mundane human existence and the human desire to acquire a divine perfection in life. By introducing the category of evolution, he wants to resolve the paradox of the human being's delimited consciousness and his desire to be identical with a divine form.
Spiritual disciplines generally advocated
Administrative set-up
Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust
Provision for joining
Anyone can join at any time. There's no method, no period and no training as such. It's the only self-practice to reach the higher mind, eternal state and the continuous help will be sourced only from Divine and no one else.
Present chief of the movement
Activities
Meditation camps and study circles
Religion & Spirituality
Social Field
Schools
Cultural Field
Relief activities
Province of its influence
Major publications
- Savitri: A legend and a Symbol
- Letters on Yoga
- The Life Divine
- The Mother
Related Links
See also Survey of Hindu organisations