Life’s contraries were lovers or natural friends And her extremes keen edges of harmony: Indulgence with a tender purity came And nursed the god on h… - Aurobindo Ghosh

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Life’s contraries were lovers or natural friends
And her extremes keen edges of harmony:
Indulgence with a tender purity came
And nursed the god on her maternal breast:
There none was weak, so falsehood could not live;
Ignorance was a thin shade protecting light,
Imagination the free-will of Truth,
Pleasure a candidate for heaven’s fire;
The intellect was Beauty’s worshipper,
Strength was the slave of calm spiritual law,
Power laid its head upon the breasts of Bliss.

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About Aurobindo Ghosh

Sri Aurobindo [born Aravinda Akroyd Ghose] (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, philosopher, yogi and guru, who developed concepts of human progress and spiritual evolution. With the help of his spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa, he founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

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Native Name: অরবিন্দ ঘোষ
Alternative Names: Sri Aurobindo Ghose Sri Orobindo Orobindo Ghosh Shri Aurobindo Aurobindo Ghose Sri Aurobindo Aurobindo Aravinda Ackroyd Ghose A.A.Ghosh A.G. Maharshi Aravind Babu
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