Here are quotes from Sri Aurobindo (pronounced as Shree Aurobindo), who was a yogi, rishi (seer), philosopher, poet, journalist, and freedom fighter. He joined the movement to free India from Colonial Rule and was one of its most influential leaders until 1910 when he became a spiritual reformer.
The yogi placed high (maybe the highest) value on the Upanishads, although he generously commented on and quoted from the works of European writers and thinkers. Sri Aurobindo believed that the ultimate gift that Bharat (India) could—and should—give the world is that of Sanatana Dharma (eternal and absolute duties of human beings that make the world inclusive and transcend humans to the next level).
“Not what man learns, but what he observes for himself in life and literature is the formative agency in his existence, and the actual shape it will take is very much determined by the sort of social air he happens to breathe at that critical moment when the mind is choosing its road.” — Sri […]
