Sri Aurobindo Ashram/Pondichery/India; Eigth Reprint/2010 edition (July 1, 2010)
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Paperback
Book Description
The Life Divine explores for the Modern mind the great streams of Indian metaphysical thought, reconciling the truths behind each and from this synthesis extends in terms of conciousness the concept of evolution. The unfolding of earth's and man's spiritual destiny is illuminated. The Life Divine is Sri aurobindo's principal philosophical work in which he presents a theory of spiritual evolution,which will culminate in the human being and the advent of a divine life on the earth.
About the Author
Sri Aurobindo,studied in England and moved to India fter completing his education.Worked as a Professor in the college at Baroda run by the Princely administration. After participating in the Indian freedom struggle Sri Aurobindo began the pratice of Yoga and achieved several fundamental spritual realisations.He moved to Pondichery and over the next forty years he developed a new spiritual path,the iIntegral yoga,whose ultimate aim is the transformation of life by the power of a supramental manifestation.His vision of life is presented in numnerous works of prose and poetry,among the best known of which are The Life Divine,The Synthesis of Yoga,Essays on the Gita and Savitri.
