Abstract: Sri Aurobindo was indeed a versatile genius - a great poet, a profound thinker, a notable metaphysician, and an ardent patriot. His writings represented the crystallization of the new and rising soul of India and have a spiritual message for humanity. Aurobindo Ghosh was born on 15th August 1872 at Calcutta. At the age of seven, Aurobindo was sent to England by his father to insulate him against any Indian influence. He presented the most elaborate concept on the nation. While, on the one hand, Aurobindo was a staunch advocate of human unity, on the other hand, he adopted nationalism as a help and not a hindrance to it. Through the medium of the newspaper Bande Mataram, Sri Aurobindo introduced the youth of the country to nationalism based on spiritualism. His political thought has several parts like Swaraj, boycott, resistance, national education as a necessary ingredient of Indian political agitation started from 1905. But it has inherent expertise in developing human life into life Divine.....
Keywords: Spirituality, Life Divine, nation, Human Unity, Political Agitation, Nationalism, Internationalism, Hindu revivalism
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