Editing Sri Aurobindo (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Sri Aurobindo 1964 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Sri Aurobindo on a 1964 Indian stamp]]
=== Influence ===
His influence has been wide-ranging. In India, [[Shishir Kumar Maitra|S. K. Maitra]], [[Anilbaran Roy]] and [[D. P. Chattopadhyaya]] commented on Sri Aurobindo's work. Writers on [[Western esotericism|esotericism]] and traditional wisdom, such as [[Mircea Eliade]], [[Paul Brunton]] saw him as an authentic representative of the Indian spiritual tradition.{{sfnp|Heehs|2008|p=379|ps=}}

[[Haridas Chaudhuri]] and [[Frederic Spiegelberg]]<ref>Haridas Chaudhuri and Frederic Spiegelberg (1960) ''The integral philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: a commemorative symposium'', Allen & Unwin.</ref> were among those who were inspired by Aurobindo, who worked on the newly formed [[American Academy of Asian Studies]] in [[San Francisco]]. Soon after, Chaudhuri and his wife Bina established the Cultural Integration Fellowship, from which later emerged the [[California Institute of Integral Studies]].<ref>"From the [[American Academy of Asian Studies]] to the [[California Institute of Integral Studies]]" [http://www.well.com/~davidu/aaas-ciis.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130160140/http://www.well.com/~davidu/aaas-ciis.html|date=30 January 2012}}</ref>

Sri Aurobindo influenced [[Subhash Chandra Bose]] to take an initiative of dedicating to Indian National Movement full-time. Bose writes, "The illustrious example of Arabindo Ghosh looms large before my vision. I feel that I am ready to make the sacrifice which that example demands of me."<ref>{{cite book|author=Ratna Ghosh|title=Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian Freedom Struggle: Subhas Chandra Bose : his ideas and vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1QPWD0iBlQC&pg=PA42|year=2006|publisher=Deep & Deep|isbn=978-81-7629-843-8|pages=42–|access-date=19 December 2018|archive-date=5 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205053257/https://books.google.com/books?id=W1QPWD0iBlQC&pg=PA42|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] was heavily inspired by Satprem's writings about Sri Aurobindo during a week in May 1968, a time at which the composer was undergoing a personal crisis and had found Sri Aurobindo's philosophies were relevant to his feelings. After this experience, Stockhausen's music took a completely different turn, focusing on mysticism, that was to continue until the end of his career.{{sfnp|O'Mahony|2001|ps=}}

[[Jean Gebser]] acknowledged Sri Aurobindo's influence on his work and referred to him several times in his writings. Thus, in ''The Invisible Origin'' he quotes a long passage from ''The Synthesis of Yoga''.<ref>''Sri Aurobindo and European Philosophy'', pp. 155–56</ref> Gebser believes that he was "in some way brought into the extremely powerful spiritual field of force radiating through Sri Aurobindo."{{sfn|Huchzermeyer|2016|p=155}}<ref>''Der unsichtbare Ursprung'', Olten 1970, p. 96.</ref> In his title ''Asia Smiles Differently'' he reports about his visit to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and meeting with the Mother whom he calls an "exceptionally gifted person."{{sfn|Huchzermeyer|2016|p=157}}<ref>''Asien lächelt anders'', Frankfurt 1968, p. 112</ref>

After meeting Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry in 1915, the Danish author and artist [[Johannes Hohlenberg]] published one of the first Yoga titles in Europe and later on wrote two essays on Sri Aurobindo. He also published extracts from ''The Life Divine'' in Danish translation.<ref>Bracker, Klaus J. (2018). ''Veda and Living Logos. Anthroposophy and Integral Yoga.'' Lindisfarne Books. pp. 227–232. {{ISBN|978-1-58420-938-6}}</ref>

The Chilean [[Nobel Prize]] winner [[Gabriela Mistral]] called Sri Aurobindo "a unique synthesis of a [[scholar]], a [[theologian]] and one who is enlightened." "The gift of Civil Leadership, the gift of Spiritual Guidance, the gift of Beautiful Expression: this is the trinity, the three lances of light with which Sri Aurobindo has reached the great number of Indians..."<ref>''Mother India'', Puducherry, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, June 2023, p. 66</ref>

[[William Irwin Thompson]] travelled to [[Auroville]] in 1972, where he met "The Mother". Thompson has called Sri Aurobindo's teaching on spirituality a "radical anarchism" and a "post-religious approach" and regards their work as having "...&nbsp;reached back into the Goddess culture of prehistory, and, in Marshall McLuhan's terms, 'culturally retrieved' the archetypes of the shaman and ''la sage femme''...&nbsp;" Thompson also writes that he experienced Shakti, or psychic power coming from The Mother on the night of her death in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thinking otherwise&nbsp;– From Religion to Post-Religious Spirituality: Conclusion |url=http://www.wildriverreview.com/Column/Thinking-Otherwise/On-Religion/Post-Religious-Spirituality-Conclusion/William-Irwin-Thompson |access-date=13 April 2014 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307025319/http://www.wildriverreview.com/column/thinking-otherwise/on-religion/post-religious-spirituality-conclusion/william-irwin-thompson |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sri Aurobindo's ideas about the further evolution of human capabilities influenced the thinking of [[Michael Murphy (author)|Michael Murphy]]&nbsp;– and indirectly, the [[human potential movement]], through Murphy's writings.{{sfnp|Kripal|2007|pp=60–63|ps=}}

The American philosopher [[Ken Wilber]] has called Sri Aurobindo "India's greatest modern philosopher sage"<ref>Ken Wilber, Foreword to A. S. Dalal (ed.), ''A Greater Psychology&nbsp;– An Introduction to the Psychological Thought of Sri Aurobindo'', Tarcher/Putnam, 2000.</ref> and has integrated some of his ideas into his philosophical vision. Wilber's interpretation of Aurobindo has been criticised by [[Rod Hemsell]].<ref>Rod Hemsell (January 2002). "[http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/i_es/i_es_hemse_wilber.htm Ken Wilber and Sri Aurobindo: A Critical Perspective] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926183553/http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/i_es/i_es_hemse_wilber.htm |date=26 September 2021 }}".</ref> [[New Age]] writer [[Andrew Harvey (religious writer)|Andrew Harvey]] also looks to Sri Aurobindo as a major inspiration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hidden Journey: A Spiritual Awakening |url=http://www.tricycle.com/reviews/hidden-journey-spiritual-awakening |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320020818/http://www.tricycle.com/reviews/hidden-journey-spiritual-awakening |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Followers ===
The following authors, disciples and organisations trace their intellectual heritage back to, or have in some measure been influenced by, Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
* [[Nolini Kanta Gupta]] (1889–1983) was one of Sri Aurobindo's senior disciples, and wrote extensively on philosophy, mysticism, and spiritual evolution based on the teaching of Sri Aurobindo and "The Mother".<ref>{{cite book |title=Sri Aurobindo: A Contemporary Reade |author=Sachidananda Mohanty|edition= 1 |year= 2008 |publisher= routeledge |location= New Delhi |isbn= 978-0-415-46093-4 |page= 36}}</ref>
* [[Nirodbaran]] (1903–2006). A doctor who obtained his medical degree from Edinburgh, his long and voluminous correspondence with Sri Aurobindo elaborates on many aspects of Integral Yoga and fastidious record of conversations brings out Sri Aurobindo's thought on numerous subjects.{{sfnp|Nirodbaran|1973|pp=1–19|ps=}}
* [[M. P. Pandit]] (1918–1993). Secretary to "The Mother" and the ashram, his copious writings and lectures cover Yoga, the Vedas, Tantra, Sri Aurobindo's epic "Savitri" and others.
* [[Sri Chinmoy]] (1931–2007) joined the ashram in 1944. Later, he wrote the play about Sri Aurobindo's life – ''Sri Aurobindo: Descent of the Blue'' – and a book, ''Infinite: Sri Aurobindo''.<ref>{{Citation|author=Sri Chinmoy|title=Sri Chinmoy's writings on Sri Aurobindo|url=http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/spiritual/sri_aurobindo|access-date=12 November 2013|publisher=srichinmoylibrary.com|archive-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011003456/http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/spiritual/sri_aurobindo|url-status=dead}}</ref> An author, composer, artist and athlete, he was perhaps best known for holding public events on the theme of inner peace and world harmony (such as concerts, meditations, and races).{{sfnp|Dua|2005|pp=18–22|ps=}}{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is to five pages of an obscure children's book. Surely an academic source exists which is more widely available, rigorous, and objective.|date=May 2020}}
* [[Pavitra (disciple)|Pavitra]] (1894–1969) was one of their early disciples. Born as Philippe Barbier Saint-Hilaire in Paris. Pavitra left some very interesting memoirs of his conversations with them in 1925 and 1926, which were published as ''Conversations avec Pavitra''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mother's Agenda |author=Satprem|edition= 3 |volume=6 |year= 1965 |publisher= Inst. de Recherches Évolutives |location= Paris |isbn= 978-0-938710-12-7 |page= 188}}</ref>
* [[Dilipkumar Roy]] (1897–1980) was an Indian Bengali musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist.
* T.V. [[Kapali Sastry]] (1886–1953) was an eminent author and Sanskrit scholar. He joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1929 and wrote books and articles in four languages, exploring especially Sri Aurobindo's Vedic interpretations.
* [[Satprem]] (1923–2007) was a French author and an important disciple of "The Mother" who published [[Mother's Agenda|''Mother's Agenda (1982)'']], ''Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness'' (2000), ''On the Way to Supermanhood'' (2002) and more.{{sfnp|Satprem|1982|p=5|ps=}}
* [[Indra Sen]] (1903–1994) was another disciple of Sri Aurobindo who, although little-known in the West, was the first to articulate [[integral psychology]] and integral philosophy, in the 1940s and 1950s. A compilation of his papers came out under the title, ''Integral Psychology'' in 1986.<ref>K. Satchidanandan (1990) ''Who's who of Indian Writers: supplementary volume''. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, p. 134. {{ISBN| 978-8172015145}}</ref>
* [[K. D. Sethna]] (1904–2011) was an Indian poet, scholar, writer, cultural critic and disciple of Sri Aurobindo. For several decades he was the editor of the Ashram journal ''Mother India''.<ref>* P. Raja (2018), ''K.D. Sethna''. New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi. {{ISBN|9788126052837}}</ref>
* [[Margaret Woodrow Wilson]] (''Nistha'') (1886–1944), daughter of US President [[Woodrow Wilson]], came to the ashram in 1938 and stayed there until her death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=wZJMF1LD7PcC&dat=19440214&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Woodrow Wilson Daughter Dead|date=14 February 1944|work=[[The Milwaukee Sentinel]]|access-date=16 November 2015|page=1|archive-date=23 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023164748/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=wZJMF1LD7PcC&dat=19440214&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> She helped to prepare a revised edition of ''The Life Divine''.<ref>K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar. (1972) Sri Aurobindo – A Biography and a history. Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo Ashram. p. 559</ref>
* [[Xu Fancheng]] (Hsu Hu) (26 October 1909, [[Changsha]] – 6 March 2000, [[Beijing]]), Chinese Sanskrit scholar, came to Ashram in 1951 and became a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and a follower of The Mother. For 27 years (1951–78) he lived at Pondicherry and devoted himself to translating the complete works of Sri Aurobindo under the guidance of The Mother.