California Institute of Integral Studies
California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is a private university in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1968. As of 2020, the institute operates in two locations: the main campus near the confluence of the Civic Center, SoMa, and Mission districts, and another campus for the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. As of 2020, CIIS has a total of 1,510 students and 80 core faculty members.
The main campus building of CIIS (2020)
Campus of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM), with community clinic (2020)
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as Bande Mataram. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British colonial rule, until 1910 was one of its influential leaders, and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution.
Aurobindo, c. 1900
Aurobindo (seated centre next to his mother) and his family. In England, ca. 1879
Basement of 49 St Stephen's Avenue, London W12 with Sri Aurobindo Blue Plaque
Copy of Bande Mataram, September 1907