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=== 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]] (1889β1983) 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]] (1903β2006). 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=1β19|ps=}} * [[M. P. Pandit]] (1918β1993). 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]] (1931β2007) joined the ashram in 1944. Later, he wrote the play about Sri Aurobindo's life β ''Sri Aurobindo: Descent of the Blue'' β 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=18β22|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]] (1894β1969) 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 Γvolutives |location= Paris |isbn= 978-0-938710-12-7 |page= 188}}</ref> * [[Dilipkumar Roy]] (1897β1980) was an Indian Bengali musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist. * T.V. [[Kapali Sastry]] (1886β1953) 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]] (1923β2007) 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]] (1903β1994) 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]] (1904β2011) 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'') (1886β1944), 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 β A Biography and a history. Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo Ashram. p. 559</ref> * [[Xu Fancheng]] (Hsu Hu) (26 October 1909, [[Changsha]] β 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 (1951β78) he lived at Pondicherry and devoted himself to translating the complete works of Sri Aurobindo under the guidance of The Mother.
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