H. Chaudhuri & Integral Yoga

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Haridas Chaudhuri, founder of CIIS, can be considered one of the pioneers of integral philosophy. The California Institute of Integral Studies receives the term "integral" in its title in honor of Chaudhuri's thinking. Chaudhuri himself was a spiritual student of Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950), a modern anticolonial activist, poet, philosopher and yogi from India, and his integral philosophy has roots in Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga. In this course, we will look at three major texts of Haridas Chaudhuri, Sri Aurobindo, Prophet of the Life Divine, Being, Evolution, Immortality and Integral Yoga, so as to obtain an understanding of the foundations of integral thought as understood by Haridas Chaudhuri.