Editing Sri Aurobindo (section)

=== 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>