Sri Aurobindo - the great Indian scholar, litterateur, philosopher, patriot, social reformer and visionary - was also a prominent religious guru, who left behind a substantial body of enlightening literature.
Although he was a Hindu scholar, Aurobindo's aim was not to develop any religion but to attempt an inner self-development by which each human being can perceive the oneness in all and procure an elevated consciousness that will externalize the god-like attributes in man. His major works include The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, Essays on the Gita, Commentaries on the Isha Upanishad, Powers Within - all dealing with the intense knowledge that he had gained in the practice of Yoga.
