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Sri Aurobindo's Spirituality

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Indian spiritual philosophy and soul reality are the innate consciousness force of Sachchidanandha. The Vedanta emphasized the speculative aspect of the Vedas and developed an elaborate Indian philosophy out of Vedic speculations. Sri Aurobindo is illuminating the orthodox philosophical system known as Darsan (deep insight). Aurobindo’s spirituality is an insightful relationship of human soul. His spiritual theory carries the vedantic natural corollary. The vedantic spirituality emphasized the ancient integral because it sublimates the opposite between the material and the spiritual. It has the unique capacity of functioning at distinct levels, namely, the physical and the spiritual. Aurobindo’s writings are obviously closer to aesthetic vision …show more content…

His spiritual philosophy is based on the Vedantic experiences, personal realizations and the vision of a seer. Aurobindo’s spirituality is inseparably united with divine reason. He is not merely aimed at the liberation of the individuals from the chain that fetters them, but also worked out the will of the divine in the world. He committed himself to effect the spiritual transformation and to bring down the divine nature and life into the being of humanity. He devoted solely to the development of his unique spiritual reality. His persuasive and appealing essay on spirituality, ‘The Renaissance’ stands the test of the time as it embraces all humanity transcending caste, creed, and nationality and its uniqueness lies in its applicability to all mankind. The primary determinant of the choice of the subject in his poetry is the spirituality. It is the master key of the divine spark. He magnifies the great Indian spirit for its analytical frame of mind, its treatise towards spiritual poles of life. The essence of the spiritual sphere is not to renounce the terrestrial life but makes it perfect with the divine protection. Sri Aurobindo has experienced spirituality does not mean the mere corporeal existence, as a mortal vanity or accepting voluntary poverty. In a broad sense spirituality means human effort in making gigantic grasp of moral and divine values. Indeed it is a formidable task, but absolutely indispensable. Selflessness, altruism, work for the social wellbeing adherence to the moral values, all these constitute the codes and conducts of spiritual living. Sri Aurobindo’s intellectual creative supreme output can be quite distinctly classified into the two divisions such as poetry and spirituality. This underlying distinction found in all his writings is the significance of the Vedantic spiritual reality. His views on the Vedanta are the path of supreme refinement of inner

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