Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Philosophy and Spiritualism of Sri Aurobindo, Mirra Alfassa, Integral yoga, Integral psychology, Auroville, Supermind, Satprem, Political history of Sri Aurobindo, Prithwindra Mukherjee, Indra Sen, The Mother¿s Service Society, James Cousins, Peter Heehs, Alipore bomb case, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Mother's Agenda, Sisir Kumar Maitra, Matrimandir, Mangesh V. Nadkarni, Sri Aurobindo Memorial School, K. D. Sethna, M. P. Pandit, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Pavitra, Michel Danino, K. S. Amur, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Nirodbaran, T. K. Tukol, The Advent, Georges van Vrekhem, Mother India, Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual, Sujata Nahar, Rod Hemsell, Ulrich Mohrhoff, Champaklal, Collaboration, Sri Aurobindo Circle, Ram Shankar Misra. Excerpt: Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: Sri Ôrobindo) (15 August 1872 ¿ 5 December 1950), born Aurobindo Ghose, was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress and spiritual evolution. The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of human life into life divine. Writes he:"Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of nature's process." Sri Aurobindo synthesized Eastern and Western philosophy, religion, literature, and psychology in writings. Aurobindo was the first Indian to create a major literary corpus in English. His works include philosophy; poetry; translations of and commentaries on the Vedas, Upanishads, and the Gita; plays; literary, social, political, and historical criticism; devotional works; spiritual journals and three volumes of letters. His principal philosophical writings are The Life Divine and The Synthesis of Yoga, while his principal poetic work is Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol. Sri Aurobindo was born into a kayastha family in Calcutta, India. His father, Dr. Krishna Dhan Ghose, was District Surgeon of Rangapur, Bengal. His mother, Swarnalata Devi, was the daughter of Brahmo religious and social reformer, Rajnarayan Basu. Dr. Ghose chose the middle name Akroyd to honour his friend Annette Akroyd. Aurobindo spent his first five years at Rangapur, where his father had been posted since October 1871. Dr. Ghose, who had previously lived in Britain and studied medicine at King's College, Aberdeen, was determined that his children should have an English education and upbringing free of any Indian influences. In 1877, he therefore sent the young Aurobindo and two elder siblin