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IGNOU MPYE-16 (December 2025 – June 2026) Assignment Questions
1. Discuss the concept of Manas (mind) in Aurobindo’s Philosophy.
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Explain and evaluate Integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo.
2. Compare Shankarachaya and Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation of ‘Tat TvamAsi’.
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How does Aurobindo describe the evolution of consciousness? Discuss in detail. Discuss and evaluate Aurobindo’s idea and vision of education.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) Discuss and evaluate the idea of ignorance in Aurobindo’s epistemology.
b) Examine Aurobindo’s concept of reality.
c) Write an essay on the relationship between individual and society in Aurobindo’s philosophy?
d) How does Aurobindo describe maya as the power of becoming?
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Discuss the idea of Surrender in Integral Yoga.
b) Write a note on the philosophical implications of the poem titled ‘Who’.
c) Write a note on the idea of involution.
d) What is Overmind in Aurobindo’s philosophy?
e) Discuss the characteristics of Prakriti in Auribindo’s philosophy.
f) What is the philosophical approach behind ‘three madness’?
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words.
a) Aurobindo’s idea of freedom
b) Dipolar nature of reality
c) Psychicisation
d) The significance of physical education
e) Wideness of Consciousness
f) The Illuminated Mind
g) Idea of involution
h) Supramentalisation
IGNOU MPYE-16 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Compare Shankarachaya and Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation of ‘Tat TvamAsi’
Or
Explain and evaluate Integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo.
2. How does Aurobindo describe the evolution of consciousness? Discuss in detail.
Or
Discuss and evaluate Aurobindo’s idea and vision of education.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) Write an essay on the relationship between individual and society in Aurobindo’s philosophy?
b) How does Aurobindo synthesize matter and spirit? Discuss.
c) How does Aurobindo describe maya as the power of becoming?
d) Examine Aurobindo’s concept of reality.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Explain seven types of ignorance in Aurobindo’s epistemology
b) What is Overmind in Aurobindo’s philosophy?
c) Write a note on the idea of involution.
d) What is the philosophical approach behind ‘three madness’?
e) Discuss the characteristics of Prakriti in Auribindo’s philosophy.
f) Write a note on the philosophical implications of the poem titled ‘Who’.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words.
a) Psychicisation
b) The Illuminated Mind
c) Integral Advaita
d) The significance of physical education
e) Wideness of Consciousness
f) Inconscient
g) Aurobindo’s idea of freedom
h) Supramentalisation




