Sri Aurobindo was born on 15th August 1875. It is really a co-incidence Mother India possesses such a great saint born on the same day which was destined to be our Independence Day. On our Independence Day we must not fail to pay our respects to this great soul who was undoubtedly the cornerstone behind making India’s cultural heritage its strength from being presumed as a weakness. No doubt we are an Independent nation but still there are many lacunas in our nation building which are hindering the progress of country. The current trend of declining socio-political and moral health is a great cause of concern for us and should set the alarm bells ringing . Aurobindo’s concept of ‘mass spirituality’ is the one and only compatible method for curing this malady. No doubt, Globalisation has helped in integrating the whole world but it is not without its side effects. On the one hand it has helped in greater connectivity with the rest of the world but on the other hand it has incorporated various impurities of western society which has hindered India’s rise as a global power. We have seen vast detoriation in our political culture too. The recent unruly behaviour of the various parties in the parliament and its detoriating work culture has certainly brought down the prestige of Indian democracy. It now becomes imperative for us to dwelve into the depths of Aurobindo’s philosophy to find a solution to these problems.

He said India recognized the authority of spiritual experience and knowledge, but she recognised still more the need of variety of spiritual experience and knowledge. Aurobindo differentiated the work culture of religion in India from that in Europe. He said the religious thinking of Europe was accustomed to rigid impoverishing definitions, to strict exclusions, to a constant preoccupation with the outward idea, the organisation, and the form. About Indian religion, Aurobindo said “ A living and moving, not a rigid continuity was the characteristic turn of the inner religious mind of India. The fundamental idea of all Indian religion is one, common to the highest human thinking everywhere.”