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Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi and nationalist, who is noted for his participation in the movement for India's independence from British rule, he advocated for complete autonomy through his writings and political activity. Following his imprisonment and acquittal, he withdrew to Pondicherry to devote himself to spiritual practice, eventually formulating the path of Integral Yoga. Hi…
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politics · Indian yogi (1872–1950) · linguist · poet · translator · philosopher · essayist · writer · literary critic · professor · politician · civil servant · also Aurobindo Ghosh, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Orobindo, Orobindo Ghosh, Shri Aurobindo
Born 15 August 1872 · Died 5 December 1950 · Q192207
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“It is a fact that I was hearing constantly the voice of Vivekananda speaking to me for a fortnight in the jail in my solitary meditation and felt his presence.”
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Published “<i>Planck</i> 2018 results” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 13,474 times.
Published “Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 8,076 times.
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,024 times.
Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,296 times.
Published “Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies” in The Lancet — cited 5,531 times.
Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,751 times.
Published “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” in Autophagy — cited 4,422 times.
Published “<i>Planck</i>2015 results” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 9,892 times.
Published “A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 9,270 times.
Published “Shared Principles in NF-κB Signaling” in Cell — cited 4,308 times.
Published “Superior Thermal Conductivity of Single-Layer Graphene” in Nano Letters — cited 12,882 times.
Commemorates Aurobindo's residence at 49 St Stephen's Avenue in Shepherd's Bush, London, from 1884 to 1887
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“Tantra and Transcendentalism – The Philosophies of Emerson and Aurobindo”
Published “NF-κB AND REL PROTEINS: Evolutionarily Conserved Mediators of Immune Responses” in Annual Review of Immunology — cited 4,252 times.
“Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita”
And became a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and a follower of The Mother
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Died 1950-12-05.
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“Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.”
Continued their spiritual work, directed the ashram, and guided their disciples
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And wrote books and articles in four languages, exploring especially Sri Aurobindo's Vedic interpretations
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And Mirra Alfassa founded Sri Aurobindo Ashram
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And 1926, which were published as Conversations avec Pavitra
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The Danish author and artist Johannes Hohlenberg published one of the first Yoga titles in Europe and later on wrote two essays on Sri Aurobindo
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After four years of secluded yoga, he started a monthly philosophical magazine called Arya
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Aurobindo withdrew himself from all political activities and went into hiding at Chandannagar in the house of Motilal Roy while the British colonial government was attempting to prosecute him for sedition based on a sign
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Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki attempted to kill Magistrate Kingsford, a judge known for handing down particularly severe sentences against nationalists
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At the Surat session of Congress, where moderates and extremists had a major showdown, he led along with extremists and along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Barin introduced Aurobindo to Vishnu Bhaskar Lele, a Maharashtrian yogi
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Aurobindo was appointed the first principal of the National College in Calcutta and started to impart national education to Indian youth
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After the announcement of the Partition of Bengal and stayed at Raja Subodh Mullick's house as a guest till 1907
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On a visit to Calcutta, he married 14-year-old Mrinalini, the daughter of Bhupal Chandra Bose, a senior official in government service
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During his work in Baroda, he started working as a part-time French teacher at Baroda College (now Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda)
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Working first in the Survey and Settlements department, later moving to the Department of Revenue and then to the Secretariat, and much miscellaneous work like teaching grammar and assisting in writing speeches for the M
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Sri Aurobindo also felt that a period of great upheaval for his motherland was coming in which he was destined to play an important role
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Studied at St Paul's School (1884–1889).
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Causing the boys to be uprooted as they went to live with Drewett's mother in London
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The elder two siblings were enrolled at Manchester Grammar School
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Born 1872-08-15.
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