aurobindo gosh and his contribution in yoga

life history of sri aurobindo gosh and thein contribution in field of yoga.

1. SRI AUROBINDO GHOSH Made by: Divya BNYS 1 ST YEAR (1872-1950)

2. CONTENTS Life sketch Education Synthesis of yoga Aurobindo’s views on evolution Social philosophy Integral (yoga) education Effect of education Aim of integral education Disciples Books of Aurobindo Journals and Forums Quotations Conclusion

3. Life Sketch Original name : Arabinda Akryod Ghose. Born at Calcutta (Kolkata) on August 15, 1872. Father’s name: Krishnadhan G hose (M.D) Mother’s name: Swamlata. Two elder siblings – Manmohan Ghose and Benoybhusan Ghose He was a: -> Freedom fighter -> poet -> Y ogi -> Maharishi ->Guru  

4. EDUCATION At the age of 5 years, sent to Loretto Convent School (Darjeeling). At the age of 7 years, sent to England for completing his schooling. At the age of 18 years got admission in Cambridge King’s college and also qualified the I.C.S exam in 1890 but failed to qualified Horse riding examination. So, not allowed to join the Indian Govt. services. In 1893, returned back to India and became the vice-principal of the state college in Baroda.

5. During 1893-1903 he studied Sanskrit, Bengali, philosophy and political science . In 1906, during partition of Bengal he resigned his job and joined the Bengal national college . In 1908, joined the Indian movement for freedom, struggle and openly boycotted of British goods, British courts and everything .

6. Turning point of life :  Famous Alipore bomb case. Then later, he shifted from Calcutta to Pondicherry (1910 ). Rest of the life he had spent in ashram (Sri Aurobindo International centre of education) established by him . He passed away on December 5, 1950 at Pondicherry at the age of 78. (1)

7. Definition of yoga by him: Yoga is a methodological effort towards self-perfection by developing the potentiality which is latent within a person.

8. Synthesis of yoga This exile was put to good use. His literary output during this period fills more than 30 volumes. Two of his famous works at this time were “Synthesis of Yoga” and “Essays on the Gita” . He spent 12 hours each day writing, from 6pm to 6am, and then walk up and down in his living room for about 8 hours . (2)

9. Aurobindo’s Views on Evolution His thoughts was much more related with the Indian philosophy, Samkhya which talks about evolution. The proximity of Prakriti , the primordial substance, to Purusha (pure consciousness) , disturbs the equilibrium of the gunas ( sattva,rajas, and tamas ) which results in evolution. (2)

10. Social Philosophy Sri Aurobindo advocated karmayoga . The Bhagavadgita advocates the philosophy of action. As humans we cannot remain idle for all the births human birth is more precious. To act is to act in accordance with dharma . Therefore one should not shirk one’s responsibilities as a citizen of the society. (2)

11. Integral (YOGA) Education “The true basis of education is the study of the human mind -- infant, adolescent and adult.” True education, according to Sri Aurobindo, is not only spiritual but also rational, vital and physical. Education to be complete must have four principal : “ This education is complete, complimentary to each other and continued till the end of life”.

12. Effect of education on levels: Physical level: The physical being is the  anna-maya the self made of body. It refers body's consciousness . Vital level: It refers to the life force as to the various passions, desires, feelings, emotions, affects, compulsions, and likes and dislikes that strongly determine human motivation and action through desire and enthusiasm.

13. Mental level: The mental being is the  mano-maya the self made of mind (manas ). Psychic level (Intellectual level) : The Psychic Being the Personal Evolving Soul, the principle of  Divine spirit in every individual. Spiritual levels: “Presides over the different births one after the other but is itself unborn" . Spirit is also designated the Jiva or Jivatman. (3)

14. Aim of education according to integral education

15. Disciples Champaklal N.K.Gupta AmalKiran Nirodbaran Pavitra M.P.Pandit Pranab A.B.Purani D.K.Roy Satprem Indra Sen Kapali Shastri (2)

16. Books of Aurobindo The life divine The synthesis of yoga The secret of yoga The hour of god Rebirth and karma Power within Savitri (1)

17. Journals and Forums Arya Mother India Collaboration (1)

18. Quotations “The main of (my) yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the one self in all & evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, spiritual and supernatural consciousness which will transform the divinize human nature.” “ Nothing is impossible for one who is attentive ” (1)

19. Conclusion The goal of Sri Aurobindo was not merely the liberation of the individual from the chain that fetters him and realization of the self, but to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down the divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity. “Hidden nature is secret God.” (1)

20. Bibliography www.google.com www.wikipidea.com www.slideshare.net/vijay_sas/sri-aurobindo-society-an-introduction www.powershow.com/Sri_Aurobindo_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

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