International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160   •   Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 8, Issue 5 (September-October 2026) Submit your research before last 3 days of October to publish your research paper in the issue of September-October.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 8 Issue 5
September-October 2026

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar UTeM - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Philosophy of Body, Mind and Consciousness: A Comparative Perspective

Author(s) Dr. Sushmita Bhowmik
Country India
Abstract In Indian philosophy the concepts of mind, body and consciousness occupy a very important place. In most classical systems, the body is viewed as transient and subject to suffering. The mind is regarded either as an instrument that must be purified or transcended, while consciousness is understood as the ultimate, eternal, self-luminous reality and the true essence of the individual. However, Sri Aurobindo proposes an integral philosophy in which the body, mind, and consciousness are transformed into instruments of divine manifestation. The objective of the present paper is to to explain Sri Aurobindo's understanding of body, mind, and consciousness and identify the distinctive contribution of his thoughts.
The significance of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy lies in his attempt to reconcile materialism and spiritualism. In his magnum opus The Life Divine, following the Advaita Vedantins SriAurobindo admits the SAT-CIT-ANANDAMAY Brahman as the only reality. But he points out that if everything is Brahman (Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma), then matter also is Brahman and hence matter and the material world also is real. While for the Advaita vadins cons. is pure, unchangeable, eternal, self-luminous, non-dual and the witness of all experiences, for Sri Aurobindo cons. is not only the witness but it is actually a force that is inherently dynamic, creative, and evolutionary. The Advaitins hold that the body and the mind are not the ultimate reality; hence liberation means the realization of the individual self as pure consciousness and overcoming the ignorant identification of the Self with body and mind. However, for Sri Aurobindo body, life and mind are evolutionary manifestations of consciousness. They are not merely to be transcended; rather they are to be transformed and divinized.
Finally the paper would try to show the relevance of Sri Aurobindo’s integral philosophy in the present society.
Keywords Integral, Consciousness, Evolution, Involution, Mind, Body, Triple Transformation.
Field Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-02-19
View / Download PDF File

Share this



E-ISSN 2582-2160
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI prefix of IJFMR is 10.36948/ijfmr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About IJFMR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9687-828-838 editor@ijfmr.com
Powered by Sky Research Publication and Journals