Blend of Theology and Humanism in the Poetic Works of Sir Aurobindo
CONTENTS
* Background and Introduction * Objectives * Hypothesis * Brief Evaluation of Research Plan
Background and Introduction
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He 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. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from the British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders. He was also one of the famous Radical leaders of India during the Indian National Movement.
As a poet he developed his own vision of human progress and spiritual evolution. His early poems, quite naturally, reveal deep influences of his Greek and Latin scholarship. They are replete with names, allusions and images drawn from Greek and Latin classics. His later poems are replete with allusions from the Veda, the Upanishadas and the Puranas. His poetic creations are the creations of a mystically and spiritually inspired consciousness. His writings reflect his political, philosophical and religious views. The central theme of Aurobindo's vision was the evolution of human life into life divine. He explains the nature of the process of evolution. He wrote: "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." Thus, Aurobindo created a dialectic mode of salvation not only for the individual but for all mankind.
Aurobindo's writings synthesized Eastern and
* Background and Introduction * Objectives * Hypothesis * Brief Evaluation of Research Plan
Background and Introduction
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He 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. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from the British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders. He was also one of the famous Radical leaders of India during the Indian National Movement.
As a poet he developed his own vision of human progress and spiritual evolution. His early poems, quite naturally, reveal deep influences of his Greek and Latin scholarship. They are replete with names, allusions and images drawn from Greek and Latin classics. His later poems are replete with allusions from the Veda, the Upanishadas and the Puranas. His poetic creations are the creations of a mystically and spiritually inspired consciousness. His writings reflect his political, philosophical and religious views. The central theme of Aurobindo's vision was the evolution of human life into life divine. He explains the nature of the process of evolution. He wrote: "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." Thus, Aurobindo created a dialectic mode of salvation not only for the individual but for all mankind.
Aurobindo's writings synthesized Eastern and