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She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becomi

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence. – Sri Aurobindo

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That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others. – Sri Aurobindo

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The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being. – Sri Aurobindo

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India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight, that life cannot be rightly seen in the sole light, cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities. – Sri Aurobindo

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