Uttaryogi -Sri Aurobindo (Short Introduction)
The person whom the British government considered to be the most dangerous individual was named Aurobindo Ghosh, and his date of birth was August 15, 1872. Sri Aurobindo was endowed with multifaceted genius; he was not only a great Yogi, seer, sage, philosopher, poet, and writer, but also a great patriot, freedom fighter, and revolutionary. 1 Sri Aurobindo also known as Uttaryogi This name was bestowed upon Sri Aurobindo based on a prophecy made by a renowned Tamil Yogi. Nagai Japtah, a celebrated Yogi from the South, had foretold that thirty years hence, a Yogi would arrive in the South from the North and practice *Purna Yoga* (Integral Yoga) there. To enable the identification of this Yogi, he cited three specific traits—which he termed "madnesses"—as distinguishing signs. All three of these traits are found in the letters Sri Aurobindo wrote to his wife. These three "madnesses" were: 1. The conviction that all his talents were a gift from God and were m...