A beautifully written and incredibly concise book by the inspirational sri aurobindo. Roy posners book an analysis of sri aurobindos the life. The complete works contains all the writings published earlier in the 30volume sri aurobindo birth centenary library, as well as around 4000 pages of new texts. Sri aurobindo and the mother in japan sri chinmoy library. Prema nandakumar is well known for her standard critical study of sri aurobindos savitri and for her learned books on poet bharatis life and works and sensitive renderings of his poems into english. The mother, born mirra alfassa in 1878 in france, was the spiritual collaborator of sri aurobindo. Vision matrimandir the treasure of the flameisland. In april 1920 the mother rejoined sri aurobindo in pondicherry. And in a book there is potentially not expressed, not manifest the knowledge which is in the person who wrote the book. This group is our offering at the lotus feet of the divine mother, and its purpose is to bring together.
So, i recommend you read up all of swami vivekanandas works, the complete workshis books, letters, speeches et. These inspirational essays by sri aurobindo form a powerful statement of the true attitude to be taken by a sadhak of the integral yoga. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator, the mother, he founded the sri aurobindo ashram. Sri aurobindo was very, very serious, watching me while i was singing janani mirar, my song dedicated to the mother, and my sri aurobindo song. To understand scripture, it is not enough to be a scholar. His mother was swarnalata devi, whose father was shri rajnarayan bose, a leading figure in the samaj. National book trust, india, 1977 hindu saints 6 pages. The site features talks and writings of alok pandey and mangesh nadkarni, as well as some other materials, directly related to integral yoga of sri aurobindo and the mother. Some years ago i started uploading the 35 volumes, every single book in a single file. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the mother.
The mother of sri aurobindo ashram prema nandakumar. They met on 29 march 1914 and she at once recognised him as the one who for many years had been guiding her spiritual development. In the latter part of the volume, he discusses the life and discipline followed in his ashram and offers advice to the disciples living and working in it. Consisting of just six chapters, it provides inspiration and direction of the highest order and for many it acts as a lifelong companion on the journey. Download the complete works of sri aurobindo as a free pdf. Notes on the text study collected works of sri aurobindo.
The auroville foundation act and the mothers guidelines real utopias interacting with unesco during the mothers years stars in. This is a nonaffiliated site, run by and for devotees and followers of sri aurobindo and the mother. A compilation from the works of sri aurobindo and the mother. They describe the triple movement of aspiration, rejection, and surrender, the conditions for a true faith and sincerity, the. Important small work dealing with the action of the divine powers in the. The book also touches on what one must carry out in order to be fit for the mothers work. Readings by the mother, the beginning book of the epic poem is explored. New age author and mothers service society researcher roy posner presents a chapterbychapter analysis of sri aurobindos metaphysical treatise the life divine, perhaps the most profound book ever written on the nature of spirit, creation, life, evoluti. Selections from the works of sri aurobindo and the mother. Savitri began as a narrative poem of moderate length based on a legend told in the mahabharata. It is a collective effort of many souls united in their aspiration and devotion to the mother and sri aurobindo and the supramental force which they have brought down and is now in the process of transforming this earthly life to a life divine. With deep appreciation to the sri aurobindo ashram trust for making sri aurobindos beloved work, the mother, so freely available and accessible to all sincere.
Controversy over book would have amused sri aurobindo. They describe the triple movement of aspiration, rejection, and surrender. I would suggest you start with the small booklet the mother. Yoga approach to psychological health and growth, selections from the works of sri aurobindo and the mother. Specially in the present times whenthe question of womans role in the world is assuming an increasing urgency, wefeel that the light shed by sri aurobindo and the mother can be most useful inhelping readers to a truer and deeper insight into this subject. Sri aurobindo society is an association, a movement, an invitation and an opportunity to connect and then surpass oneself, to realize ones unity with others and integration with the entire creation, to work for a happier world, to participate in the collaborative effort, and to create the next future. The greatest legacy of sri aurobindo and the mother was the development of integral yoga. Selections from the works of sri aurobindo and the mother by. The mother by sri aurobindo free ebook auro ebooks. I cannot forget my experiences of the mother and sri aurobindo in. Book 1, as read by the mother is an illumined version of the mother reading selected passages of book one with background enhancement that befits the epic. The book is a guide to the future evolution of consciousness.
Sri aurobindo considered the story to be originally one of the many symbolic myths of the vedic cycle. Part i of the book relates to the lives and teachings of sri aurobindo and the mother. If our search is for action that ensures the highest good of the entire world, then the study of sri aurobindo and mother becomes inescapable. Before starting sri aurobindo, it would be best to be acquainted with the basics of hindu taxonomy of life and god and all in between. The mother with letters on the mother this volume opens with sri aurobindos small book the mother, in which he describes the nature, character and role of the divine mother. Bringing out its symbolism and charging it progressively with his own spiritual vision, he turned savitri into the epic it is today. The simple powerful and greatly inspiring language of this book has touched the deepest core of numerous individuals who are inwardly ready, and set them on the path of search for truth.
Sri aurobindo was an indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist. At various places they were looking at me with such compassion and joy. The mother with letters on the mother sri aurobindo. With deep appreciation to the sri aurobindo ashram trust for making sri aurobindos beloved work, the mother, so freely available and accessible to all sincere truth seekers for their personal upliftment and use. This website is a place of peace, harmony and love, above all conflicts and disagreements. Among his many writings are the life divine, the synthesis of yoga and savitri. The recording of the mother reading selected passages of savitri, comes from. The text includes an added section on the teaching of sri aurobindo as a general overview, as well as an extensive annotated bibliograph and introduction by dr. In a nutshell, integral yoga is the philosophy that all life is yoga. The book explains the concept of the mother the supremes divine energy and how it works in this world through nature. As a child, she grew up in an environment where the mother and sri aurobindo were living presence. The book explains the concept of the mother the supremes divine energy. Here on, you can find all the works of the indian scholar, yogi, revolutionary and mystic sri aurobindo. Yoga is a methodised effort towards selfperfection by the expression of the potentialities latent in the being and a union of the human individual with the universal and transcendent.
She was the main force behind the setting up of the sri aurobindo ashram at pondicherry, and while aurobindo was the guru, she became the mother to the inmates of the ashram. Sri aurobindos writings on himself excluding the letters in volume 35. Here on you can find all the works of the indian scholar, yogi, revolutionary and mystic sri aurobindo. Published on may 3, 2020 the team of centro sri aurobindo e mere of italy is doing new videos inspired to the book the mother written by sri aurobindo and accompanied by the pictorial. Readings in the mother by sri aurobindo rakuten kobo. Guidance from the words of sri aurobindo and the mother. Despite a few shortcomings, peter heehss book on sri aurobindo, which has landed him in trouble with the pondicherry ashram as well as. Integral yoga of sri aurobindo and the mother book by kireet joshi, read online or download pdf free. Sri aurobindo and mother book by kireet joshi, read online or download in pdf. Which books of aurobindo are the best to start with andor. The rest of the volume consists primarily of letters on the mother on the divine mother and on sri aurobindos collaborator, the mother, who was the head of his ashram. Other letters on the book the mother are pub lished in letters on himself and on the ashram, volume 35 of the complete works.
Sri aurobindos book the mother is a highly concentrated and powerful guide to spirituality and yoga. She founded the sri aurobindo ashram and established auroville as. Sri aurobindo, sabcl vol 3, harmony of virtue, p 118 this sanatana dharma. About the book born in paris to wealthy parents, mirra alfassas spiritual quest brought her to india where she joined forces with sri aurobindo for the realisation of his vision of the future. The mother mirra alfassa was born on 21st february 1878 in paris. For, in books of this kind mother shows the book the synthesis of yoga by sri aurobindo, books of revelation, there is always an accumulation of forcesat least of higher mental forces, and most often of spiritual forces of the highest knowledge. For more information about the works of sri aurobindo and the mother go to. This booklet attempts to brings together some of the more significant writingsof sri aurobindo and the mother on women. Under her guidance, which continued for nearly fifty years, the ashram grew into a large, manyfaceted spiritual community. Sat shree talks about the mother book by sri aurobindo. On these occasions, sri aurobindo and the mother sat together in a small room, while the sadhaks and devotees, one by one, approached, offered flowers and bowed. Every book, on account of the words it contains, is like a small accumulator of these forces. There are two powers that alone can effect in their conjunction the great and. Mirra alfassa 21 february 1878 17 november 1973, known to her followers as the mother, was a spiritual guru, an occultist and a collaborator of sri aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name the mother.
Every one of his books contains symbolically, potentially, what is. Sri aurobindos most popular book is the life divine. Sri aurobindo and the mother on education by sri aurobindo. Sri aurobindo wrote these letters between 1927 and 1950 most of them in the 1930s. The mother chapter 2 by sri aurobindo reading by the. Integral yoga of sri aurobindo and the mother book by. Sri aurobindos concept of the integral yoga system is described in his books, the synthesis of yoga and the life.
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