Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR), started in Pondicherry in
1998, is a research unit of the Institute of Human Study which was launched at
Hyderabad in 1964. SACAR has for its objective an in-depth study of and research
into the thought and vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and relate it to the
present and future of India in particular, and the world in general. We
encourage study of all allied thought and perspectives from other thinkers and
visionaries from different cultures with an objective to offer a synthetic view
of the future.
SACAR is a centre of research and learning dedicated to acquiring and
implementing in all areas a new and broader perspective on human life. This new
perspective has a spiritual aim and basis, and underlies and unifies the
multifarious solutions and changes to be made throughout the nations of the
globe. The guiding principle of all our activities is the synthesizing movement
to unite in a practical and progressive way the highest spiritual realisations
with the development and perfection of the outer life—two fields that have been
historically the special domain of Eastern and Western nations, respectively.
Our focal point in this endeavour is the spiritual knowledge and vision behind
this effort of synthesis.
SACAR is NOT an institution of religious education. It is important to
emphasize that the philosophy and thought of Sri Aurobindo in which SACAR
specialises is NOT a religion. This integral thought addresses the global and
perennial questions of the nature and significance of existence and human life
in a scholarly manner.