Sri Aurobindo Gosh was born on 15th August, 1872 at Calcutta. He commenced the practice of Yoga in 1902 but took up the exercise seriously in 1904 by practising Pranayam as explained to him of a Maharasthra Yogin.
Sri Aurobindo is one of the greatest original thinkers of modern times, great yogi who explained to the world cosmic consciousness and the concept of the super-mind or supra-mental stales. His thoughts and philosophy had an originality that is much impressive.
His important works are The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, The Ideal of Human Unity, The Human Cycle, The Foundations of Indian Culture, Essays on the Geeta, On the Veda,
The Future Poetry, the Supra-mental Manifestation on the Earth and his epic Savitri. In 1926 he had withdrawn himself into a solitary room and cut himself aloof completely from all ashram activities.
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During this period, he concentrated on his supramental yoga and attained many yogic powers. His thoughts sometimes seemed obtuse or highly critical of the existing order of things.
Sri Aurobindo did Yeoman Service along with his disciples and made his Ashram at Pondicherry one of the very powerful centres which emanated vibrations to all parts of the world.