Namaste upasaka,
Sri Aurobindo was not really a Hindu teacher such as for instance Swami Vivekananda, he associated himself with Hinduism just for 12 years of his life mainly during the period of his political activities. He differs in a large extent from traditional darshanas. He did not belong to some parampara or sampradaya. There is no regular lineage in this path. He met a guru in flesh once and realized in 3 days what was expected. He has been influenced by a lot of things : Vedas, Vedanta, Yoga, Vaishnavism, Tantra, Western education, his own spiritual experiences, the meeting with a French woman, Mirra Alfassa called later Mother... He was highly respected for his role and influence in the struggle for the Independence of India.
He was also a born poet and gifted in writing skills. His translations are intentionally sometimes a bit far from a literal meaning. But his works on Upanishads and Vedas are not his main works, by the way he considered his analysis of the Rig Veda incomplete. A few people have carried on the exploration of Vedas in the same vein, here is a website :
http://www.vedah.com/org2/about_saksi/overview.html
Here is a short summary of his teaching :
http://www.sriaurobindosociety.org.i...ro/aurovsn.htm
Most of his writings are available for free online :
http://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/as...o/writings.php
On Wikipedia (the information seems correct) :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo
“It (his teaching) is not his object to develop any one religion or to amalgamate the older religions or to found any new religion - for any of these things would lead away from his central purpose. The one aim of his Yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinise human nature.” Sri Aurobindo
“What Sri Aurobindo represents in the world's history is not a teaching, not even a revelation; it is a decisive action direct from the Supreme.” Mother
Regards,
Philippe
P.S. : I am a follower of Sri Aurobindo and Mother
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