November 21, 2012 – Sri Aurobindo and Religion

Vivekananda, exalting Sannyasa,
has said that in all Indian history there is only one Janaka.
Not so, for Janaka is not the name of a single individual,
but a dynasty of self-ruling kings and the triumph-cry of an ideal.

Sri Aurobindo

(Thoughts and Aphorisms 103)

Sri Aurobindo and Religion

You only have to read all that Sri Aurobindo has written to know that it is impossible to base a religion on his works, because he presents each problem, each question in all its aspects, showing the truth contained in each way of seeing things, and he explains that in order to attain the Truth you must realise a synthesis which goes beyond all mental notions and emerge into a transcendence beyond thought.

…..When we speak of Sri Aurobindo there can be no question of a teaching nor even of a revelation, but of an action from the Supreme; no religion can be founded on that.

But men are so foolish that they can change anything into a religion, so great is their need of a fixed framework for their narrow thought and limited action. They do not feel secure unless they can assert this is true and that is not; but such an assertion becomes impossible for anyone who has read and understood what Sri Aurobindo has written.

The Mother

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