Saturday, August 1, 2026

The philosopher's sartorial transition

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

14 Oct 2019 — The philosopher's sartorial transition from tailored suits to a shawl and crisply ironed dhoti mirrored his homecoming.
Sri Aurobindo was a poet, politician and philosopher. His writingsóphilosophic and poeticóare Indian in spirit and Western in rhythm and colour.
This section traces the chronological development of major schools of Western psychology, contrasting each with Sri Aurobindo's contemporaneous critiques and ...
16 Mar 2026 — Having received a purely Western education, he now immersed himself in Indian culture – learning Sanskrit, studying the Vedas and Upanishads, ...
Indian poet and philosopher, awarded Nobel Prize for his collection of Poems "Gitanjali", in 1901, Founder of Shantiniketan.
Aurobindo was exposed to both Indian spiritual traditions and a Western education throughout his formative years, having been born in Calcutta in 1872.
by EA Burtt1956Cited by 3 — The other three essays elucidate Aurobindo's teaching as it bears on certain topical problems, but again by contrasting it with Western ideas. The topics chosen ...
by T Aykara2002Cited by 2 — Abstract. Person and perspective Sri Aurobindo, philosopher and mystic, poet and critic, was one of the most outstanding Indian thinkers of the twentieth ...
by I Sanyal2024Cited by 1 — This chapter demonstrates that Aurobindo is committed to the notion of nature, or svabhāva and personal duty, or svadharma as preached in the Gita.
The primary focus of this study is to show how closely Sri Aurobindo's thought is related to European philosophy.
Sri Aurobindo and a Western Seeker. New York, 24th April, 1947. Five years ago this spring I had a mystic experience, or psychic opening, or “vision”—I ...
26 Jun 2022 — The West too brings the East a true and needed message: “Man also is God and it is through his developing manhood that he approaches the Godhead ...
Daniel Albuquerque's book belongs to such a kind of literature and he makes a perfect use of it. No doubt, he is deeply rooted in Sri Aurobindo's thought.
Sri Aurobindo's philosophy synthesizes Eastern spirituality and Western thought. Key concepts include Sachidanand (the Absolute), the Super mind (divine ...
3 Mar 2025 — But Aurobindo's path shows that real change happens through deep transformation, not just resistance. His vision didn't just fight the system—it ...
The book Indian and Western Aesthetics in Sri Aurobindo's Criticism is a comparative study of Indian and western aesthetics. It depicts the beauty of evolution ...
Sri Aurobindo's admiration for the great dramatist resulted in obvious Shakespearean influences on him. He adopts for his plays Elizabethan model of drama ...
5 Nov 2025 — Sri Aurobindo, born Aurobindo Ghose on 15 August 1872 in Calcutta, came from a Bengali family that had already embraced Western education.

The English period also demonstrated something about the unpredictability of colonial education. Designed as a mechanism for producing loyal administrators, it instead handed its most gifted students the analytical tools to understand – and articulate – precisely why colonial rule was unjust. Aurobindo understood British liberalism from the inside, which made him a far more formidable critic than someone who had only encountered it as an external force.

[PDF] Integral Yoga of Śrī Aurobindo: A Philosophical Analysis

RD Chakraborty - Volume 2, 2022-2023, Malda (West Bengal)
… This balanced state is the yoga, and Śrī Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga teaches this
type of integration and directs human life to be transformed into a celestial one.
Aurobindo’s mind was shaped by the Upaniṣads and Gītā, as well as meditation …

Existence and Transcendence: Existential Foundations of Holistic Psychology

K Bradford - Existential Wellness: Human-Centered Approaches as …, 2026
… Allowing for the inclusion of all four forces under one roof gave rise to nascent
Integrative and Integral theories championed by many, especially Ken Wilber. This
evolution displayed how transpersonal psychology would not be able to prevail over …

HP Blavatsky's “A Bewitched Life”: Nightmare Tales and Occult Practice in the Nineteenth Century

T Rudbøg - Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research, 2026
… century, arguing that the two phenomena were integral to each other in terms of
cultivating … occulture in the case of Blavatsky is integral to the lived experience of
practical occultism as … is to prepare and fit the student for the study of practical …

Syncretic Inner Tourism: Reframing Spiritual Tourism Through Southeast Asia's Hybrid Religious Landscapes

T Tran - Journal of Dharma Studies, 2026
Inner tourism is defined in this article as a form of travel in which individuals
consciously use mobility as a medium for existential introspection, emotional
recognition, value reorientation, and spiritual balance. Unlike wellness tourism …

[PDF] Emotional Intelligence in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: An Indian Knowledge Systems Perspective on Psychological Well-being

VD Songire
… The paper examines Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga (Eightfold Path) and draws
relevant references to illustrate how this ancient, shared wisdom—an integral
component of Indian Knowledge Systems—addresses emotional maturity and …

[PDF] Ancient Indian Techniques for Maintaining the Zero State of Mind: A Review of Yogic and Meditative Traditions

S Naragatti - 2026
… This review paper examines ancient Indian techniques aimed at achieving the
zero state of mind, drawing upon classical sources such as Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,
Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and related yogic and meditative traditions. The analysis …

[PDF] Philosophical Contemplation of Ancient Indian Socio-Political Conviction

A Mishra, R Kumar
… “The doctrine of Varnasrama is then clearly an integral part in a consistent
philosophy of politics.”5And the Varnasrama Dharma is the sine … conceived that
state is a general welfare agency of society to ensure yoga and ksema (security and …

The eThics of Yoga and The spiriT of godmen

JS Alter
… Baba Ramdev’s rhetoric of Hindutva nationalism is the antithesis of Gandhian cosmopolitanism,
even though he gestures toward catholic … The competitive structure of the free
market combined with the spirit of Hindutva turns the ultimate goal of yoga—the …

[PDF] Reconstructing Hindu Premarital Education Through Smara Sādhanā Values: A Tantrāyāna Framework for Sustainable Family Ethics in Denpasar

GA Siswadi, RS Murtiningsih - International Journal of Global Sustainable …, 2026
… desire, and sexual energy are integral parts of the journey toward … Yoga is
union with Brahman…,” indicating that yoga is a state of harmony, unity, and
identification with Brahman. In a broad sense, yoga encompasses various paths …

[PDF] Traditional Knowledge of Cassia tora Linn

AH Sonawane, MH Mali, MB Patil
… Besides Ayurveda other traditional system of medicine in India like Siddha, Yoga
& nature cure came into existence but, Ayurveda is the oldest of … Traditionally
considered a common weed, it has been integral to traditional medicine for …

Becoming Fat 'Differently': Theorising 'Embodied Re-visioning'

S Kini - Body & Society, 2026
This article draws upon body becoming and new materialist paradigms, and
specifically the conceptual repertoires of Deleuze and Guattari (becoming,
assemblage, reterritorialisation) and Karen Barad (apparatus, and agential cut), to …

The toil for soil: Earthing agricultural care in the Western Himalaya

SS Ali, F Ginn, N Millner - Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 2026
… In the sections that follow, we will show how certain qualities of the toiling body
are integral to the cultivable soils of western Himalaya. Our aim is not to arbitrate
whether toil is bad or good, but to highlight three tensions. First, the tension between …

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