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Sri Aurobindo Ashram
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Sri Aurobindo had begun the practice of Yoga in 1905 in Baroda. In 1908 he had the first of several fundamental spiritual realisations. In 1910 he withdrew from politics and went to Pondicherry in order to devote himself entirely to his inner spiritual life and work.
During his forty years in Pondicherry he evolved a new method of spiritual practice, which he called the Integral Yoga. Its aim is a spiritual realisation that not only liberates man's consciousness but also transforms his nature.
In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, the Mother, he founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Among his many writings are The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga and Savitri. Sri Aurobindo left his body on 5 December 1950.
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Life history of aurobindo
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SRI AUROBINDO was born in Calcutta on August 15, 1872. In 1879, at the age of seven, he was taken with his two elder brothers to England for education and lived there for fourteen years. Brought up at first in an English family at Manchester, he joined St. Paul's School in London in 1884 and in 1890 went from it with a senior classical scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, where he studied for two years.
In 1890 he passed also the open competition for the Indian Civil Service, but at the end of two years of probation failed to present himself at the riding examination and was disqualified for the Service.
At this time the Gaekwar of Baroda was in London. Aurobindo saw him, obtained an appointment in the Baroda Service and left England for India, arriving there in February, 1893.
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Professional life
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Sri Aurobindo passed thirteen years, from 1893 to 1906, in the Baroda Service, first in the Revenue Department and in secretariate work for the Maharaja, afterwards as Professor of English and, finally, Vice-Principal in the Baroda College.
The outbreak of the agitation against the partition of Bengal in 1905 gave him the opportunity to give up the Baroda Service and join openly in the political movement. He left Baroda in 1906 and went to Calcutta as Principal of the newly-founded Bengal National College.
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Aurobindo in politics
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The political action of Sri Aurobindo covered eight years, from 1902 to 1910. During the first half of this period he worked behind the scenes, preparing with other co-workers the beginnings of the Swadeshi (Indian Sinn Fein) movement, till the agitation in Bengal furnished an opening for the public initiation of a more forward and direct political action than the moderate reformism which had till then been the creed of the Indian National Congress.
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Withdrawal from politics
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Sri Aurobindo was prosecuted for sedition in 1907 and acquitted.After a detention of one year as undertrial prisoner in the Alipore Jail, he came out in May.Slowly withdraw from the political field and moved to Pondicherry.
Eventually he cut off connection with politics, refused repeatedly to accept the Presidentship of the National Congress and went into a complete retirement. During all his stay at Pondicherry from 1910 onward he remained more and more exclusively devoted to his spiritual work and his sadhana.
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Spiritual life
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Sri Aurobindo began his practice of Yoga in 1904. At first gathering into it the essential elements of spiritual experience that are gained by the paths of divine communion and spiritual realisation followed till now in India, he passed on in search of a more complete experience uniting and harmonising the two ends of existence, Spirit and Matter.
Sri Aurobindo left his body on December 5, 1950. The Mother carried on his work until November 17, 1973. Their work continues.
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Ashram
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Visitors are attracted to Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry of its spiritual charm to pay homepage to the samadhi's(cenetophs )of aurobindo,and the mother situated in the midst of a garden of colorful flowers of every hue and scent.
Aurobindo Ashram is spiritually uplifting with all silence , reverence , floral inner-quiet guide and charm. Here yoga and meditation is a way of life.You can look within and listen to your heart and the chriping birds.
Opening Times:
Aurobindo Ashram is open to the public daily
- Morning 0800 - 1200 hrs and
- Evening 1400 - 1800 hrs.
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Bureau central
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It guides visitors find accommodation in the Ashram guest houses.It provides Information regarding the Ashram and its activities.
Address:
3, Rangapillai Street,
Pondicherry - 605001.
Phone : 0413-2339648
Email : bureaucentral@mailroom.com Timings : 6 am to 8 pm (daily)
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Ashram Festivals
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1) January1st- Properity Day
2) February 21st – Mother’s Birth Day
3) August15th –Sri Aurobindo’s Birthday
4) November 17th – The Mother’s Samadhi Day
5) November 24th – Supramental Day
6) Decamber 5th – Sri Aurobindo’s Samadhi Day
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