Aurobindo versus Sri Aurobindo13

Aurobindo saw.

Sri Aurobindo became.

Aurobindo — the boldest revolution.

Sri Aurobindo — the quickest evolution.

Aurobindo — “British, out!”

Sri Aurobindo — “World-ignorance, out, out, out!”

Aurobindo — a Cambridge-education-zenith-mind.

Sri Aurobindo — a world-illumination-Soul

And the earth-transformation-Harbinger.

Aurobindo — “Cambridge, you gave me

The vastness-knowledge-light.”

Sri Aurobindo — ’’Cambridge, I give you

And the whole world

Oneness-nectar-delight.”

Aurobindo was

A world-mind-traveller-hunger

Par excellence.

Sri Aurobindo is

A cosmos-heart-lover-feast

Infinite.

Aurobindo came down.

Sri Aurobindo went up

Only to be all-where.

In England, a waking lion.

In Baroda, a watching lion.

In Bengal, a roaring lion.

In Pondicherry, an all-conquering lion.

Within, Aurobindo heard.

Without, Sri Aurobindo sounds.

Aurobindo’s heart

Was a God-dreamer.

Sri Aurobindo’s life

Is a God-giver.

Aurobindo — the perfect definition

Of a God-oneness-seeker.

Sri Aurobindo — the absolute definition

Of God the Supreme.

In Bengal, he was

An India-lover,

India-awakener

And India-server.

In Pondicherry, he became

A God-seer,

God-possessor

And God-distributor.

Aurobindo saw the world.

Sri Aurobindo fought for the world

And so does he still.

His The Life Divine

Is God the man’s

Aspiration-victory-song.

His Savitri

Is man the God’s

Transformation-manifestation-gong.

Aurobindo accepted humanity’s imperfections

As his own.

God accepted Sri Aurobindo

To claim His Perfection

As his own, very own.

Aurobindo was humanity’s

Life-temple-beauty.

Sri Aurobindo is Divinity’s

Heart-Shrine-Fragrance.

Sri Aurobindo is caught

By both man and God alike —

Man for his transformation;

God for His manifestation.

MLH 27. Keynes Hall, King's College, University of Cambridge November 1st, 2000. The Reverend George Pattison, Dean of King's College Chapel, University of Cambridge, invited Sri Chinmoy to offer a talk about Sri Aurobindo and a Peace Concert in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo's Mahasamadhi. Sri Chinmoy's visit to Cambridge took place on November 1st, 2000. After attending evensong in the Chapel where Sri Aurobindo used to pray, Sri Chinmoy offered the following talk and gave a Peace Concert in Keynes Hall.↩

From:Sri Chinmoy,The mind loves the heart, the mind becomes the heart, part 2, Agni Press, 2003
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