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The Reconciliation of Sacred Love and Secular Love: From Sri Aurobindo’s Perspective

Author(s) Dr. Sushmita Bhowmik
Country India
Abstract The very term ‘love’ primarily implies one of the very basic emotions of human beings, which influences one’s thoughts, actions and behavior in various ways. It is related to the different needs, interests and desires of an individual. But it is not merely an emotion; rather it is a complex human experience that has various dimensions as reflected in the different spheres of human life. Such love is of two kinds- sacred and secular. Sacred love is understood as love directed towards the Divine Reality or the Ultimate Truth or God. While, Secular love implies love towards human beings which is primarily emotional and relational, especially romantic, familial, leading towards interpersonal affection as well as social solidarity between human beings within worldly life. The objective of the present paper is to show that despite the apparent differences between sacred love and secular love, the two can be reconciled. And the paper seeks to show this in the light of the thoughts of Sri Aurobindo.
In this regard the paper would like to focus upon the metaphysical and socio-political thoughts of Mahayogi Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo was one of the greatest spiritual thinkers of India, a yogi, a rishi, whose aim was to bring about the resurgence of the entire mankind through the awakening of spirituality within it.
Sri Aurobindo advocates secular love in the form of unity and human fraternity within mankind based on the realization of the divine presence within all human beings. The present paper has tried to show that for Sri Aurobindo sacred love paves the way towards secular love. For Sri Aurobindo love is a unifying force that transcends religion.
Keywords Sacred love, secular love, consciousness, ultimate reality, unity, freedom, brotherhood, nationalism, internationalism, inner transformation, religion of humanity, spirituality, evolution, universal love, spiritual secularism.
Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-07-07
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