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Aurobindo ghose was born in india on 15th august 1872. He joined the movement for indias freedom from british rule and for a duration 190510, became one of its most important leaders, before turning to developing his own vision and philosophy of human progress and spiritual evolution. The first edition and the first volume of this monumental work. Sri aurobindo books biography and list of works author. This article originally appeared in the autumn 1994 issue of light of consciousness magazine. Sri aurobindo founded an ashram in pondicherry, where he became a prominent spiritual philosopher, poet and spiritual master.
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