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"The careful student of Sri Aurobindo
[and of The Mother] is ALWAYS aware of the period to which the work he is
reading belongs"
(from the introductory note to the 'Glossary of Terms in Sri Aurobindo's Writings')
Overview: a compilation
on Integral (or Complete) Transformation in Sri Aurobindo's Works
between 1916 and 1950, chronologically arranged. (67 Kb) Contents: 1 - From
"The Life Divine" (Original in Arya, not revised. 1916 + 1918) 2 - From "The Synthesis of Yoga" (not
revised part) - The Yoga of Self-Perfection (1920) 3 - From a draft (1927) for "The Problem of
Rebirth - Rebirth and Karma" 4 - From a Notebook (circa 1927) 5 - From another Notebook (1930s) 6 - From "Letters on Yoga" - between
1926/1930 and 1938/1945 (most 1930-1938) 7- From "The Life Divine", chapters totally
rewritten for the edition in July 1940 8 - From "The Life Divine", chapters
entirely new for the edition in July 1940, usually called "The Spiritual
Evolution" after The Mother's proposal. 9 - From "The Synthesis of Yoga" - "The
Yoga of Divine Works" (totally revised for the edition in 1948, original
Arya 1915) 10 - From "The Supramental Manifestation
Upon Earth" (1949-1950)
Pavitra: L'évolution
future de l'Humanité (Sommaire détaillé)
"L'évolution future de l'Humanité"
est une compilation de textes de Sri Aurobindo tirés de La Vie Divine,
Le Cycle Humain et La Synthèse des Yoga effectuée
par Pavitra (1962) Chaque extrait est précédé d'un en-tête récapitulatif,
écrit par Pavitra. La lecture en continu de l'ensemble des en-têtes
(le "sommaire") permet d'avoir une synthèse précise
de la pensée de Sri Aurobindo.(34 Kb) (en Français
seulement / French only)
**** CHRONOLOGY AND WORKS ****
Sri Aurobindo is born on 15 August 1872 - Mother is born on 21 February
1878
*** Between 1879 (he is 7) and January
1893 Sri Aurobindo lives in England ***
Sri Aurobindo: Poems before 1893
(1890-1892 in England) Last addition: February 10, 2002
Link to The
Mother: The
Path of Later On (1893 - Mother was 15
and living in Paris) from "Words of Long Ago" (External Site) (09
Kb)
*** February 1893: Sri Aurobindo arrives
in India from England ( he is 21)
"Baroda period" (1893-1906) ***
Link
to The Mother: The
Virtues (A tale for young and old) (1904 - Mother
was 24, still living in Paris) from "Words of Long Ago" (External
Site) (06 Kb)
*** 1904: Sri Aurobindo begins his personal
yoga (he is 32) ***
Sri Aurobindo: Prayer
to Durga (about 1905) and The Mother's translation into French (internal)
(12 Kb)
see too: Link to Durga
Stotra on the Website of the Sri Aurobindo Society (with an audio recitation
in MP3, English only) (External site) (13 Kb)
*** 1906-1910 : Sri Aurobindo's political
period ***
Link
to Sri Aurobindo: Bhawani
Mandir (= Temple of the Mother, in Bengali), scheme of a first community,
according to his brother Barin's idea (1906) . The
reference of the text is not mentioned on this site: it comes from A.B. Purani's
"The Life of Sri Aurobindo" published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram,
pages 67-79. Also in SABCL, volume 1.
(External site) (25 Kb)
*** First days of January 1908: Sri Aurobindo's
experience of the Silent Brahman ***
Link to Sri Aurobindo: The
Present Situation - very important lecture delivered
under the auspice of the Bombay National Union at Bombay on 19th January,
1908 (and not 1907 as falsely indicated on the site!) a few days after Sri
Aurobindo's experience of the Silent Brahman with Lele. The reference, not
indicated on the site: Sri Aurobindo "Speeches" in SABCL
volume 1, or in a booklet with same title., pages 22-42. Published in "Bande
Mataram" January 19, 1908. (External site) (35 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo: "Bande Mataram" (translation of the
song of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee) (November 20, 1909) and a lecture
on the hidden meaning of that song from a speech given at Amraoti,
Berar (January 29, 1908) (11 Kb)
*** Mai 1908: Sri Aurobindo enters Alipore
jail - Experience of Krishna in all ***
Sri Aurobindo: Experiences in Alipore Jail (1908-1909) from
"Stories of Jail Life" and "Prison and Freedom"
*** Mai 1909: Sri Aurobindo leaves Alipore
jail ***
Sri Aurobindo: Uttarpara
Speech (May 30, 1909 - first published in the "Karmayogin")
with a photo of Sri Aurobindo's cell in Alipore jail. (23 Kb). Experiences
in Alipore jail.
Sri Aurobindo: From the weekly "Karmayogin"
(June 19,1909- March 26,1910)
Link to Sri
Aurobindo: The
National Value of Art (series of 6 articles published in the "Karmayogin",
November-December 1909 - Differences between the 3 uses of Art: the purely
aesthetic; the intellectual educative or moral; and the spiritual) (External
site) (41 Kb)
Link to Sri
Aurobindo: "A
System of National Education" (series of 8 articles
published in the "Karmayogin" in 1910: The Human Mind, The Power
of the Mind, The Moral Nature , Simultaneous and Successive Teaching,
The Training of the Senses, Sense-Improvement by Practice, The Training
of the Mental Faculties, The Training of the Logical Faculty) (External
site) (56 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo: "Bande Mataram"
(translation of the song of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee) (November 20, 1909)
and a lecture on the hidden meaning of that song from a speech given
at Amraoti, Berar (January 29, 1908) (11 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo: From the weekly in Bengali "Dharma"
(August 23, 1909 - March 28, 1910) - Translated into English
*** 4 April 1910: Sri Aurobindo's arrival
at Pondicherry, French colony ***
Sri Aurobindo continues his personal sadhana
Mother writes in France and on travels "Prayers and Meditations"
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913) - Full Text to download:
- in a Zip-file with text in RTF-format Font Arial
(53 Kb)(internal if on Online) or
- in Link to one HTML-File on a GeoCities
Site(126 Kb) or
- in Link to Word 6 format on Russian
site(136 Kb)
*** 29 March 1914 - 22 February 1915:
The Mother's first stay at Pondicherry ***
Beginning of the "Arya" period (1914-1921) - Purna/Integral Yoga
The Mother: Prières et Méditations
/ Prayers and Meditations (2) (After her first meeting with Sri Aurobindo on 29
March 1914 till 1920) (All bilingual French/English)
Sri Aurobindo's MAJOR WORKS:
See the SPECIAL PAGE OF LINKS to Works published
in 'Arya' (1914-1921) and which you can read on the Web (Updated
on January 27, 2002)
Links to: The Life Divine - The Synthesis of Yoga - The Human
Cycle - The Ideal of Human Unity - The Secret of the Veda
- Essays on the Gita - Defence of Indian Culture - The Superman
- Thoughts and Glimpses - Rebirth and Karma and many other essays
(most external links in a new window, additional
internal links only are also listed
below)
Sri Aurobindo:'Arya':
Its significance (in 'Arya': September 1914) (09 Kb)
and French translation/ Traduction française
"Arya"
Pourquoi ce titre ? (tiré de Arya en français N°
3 - Octobre 1914) (18 Kb)
Chapter 1: The
Four Aids (January 1915, moderately revised 1932) (42 Kb)
Part 3: The
Yoga of Divine Love Fulltext in 8 Chapters (from May to December
1918) (155 Kb)
1 - Love and the Triple Path / 2 - The Motives of Devotion / 3 - The
Godward Emotions / 4 - The Way of Devotion / 5 - The Divine Personality
/ 6 - The Delight of the Divine / 7 - The Ananda Brahman / 8 - The
Mystery of Love.
also in French La Synthèse des Yoga
- Le Yoga de l'Amour Divin Chapitre 8 et dernier
"Le Mystère de l'Amour"
(français, traduction de Mère) (30 Kb)
Part 4: The Yoga of Self-Perfection Note: No chapter in this
part was ever revised by Sri Aurobindo. The texts of these twenty-five
chapters are identical to those of Arya chapters XLIX–LXXIII. They
were renumbered I–XXV by the editors of the 1955 edition. The Appendix
consists of two incomplete versions of a chapter Sri Aurobindo began
to write in 1920 or 1921, just before he discontinued the Arya.
Appendix or Chapter 26: The
Supramental Time Consciousness (unpublished - January 1921)
(13 Kb) Warning: Regarding the sense of the word "Supermind"
in the last chapters of the "Yoga of Self-perfection"
please see the importants letters of Sri Aurobindo here.
(06 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo:
Thoughts and Glimpses (Aphorisms: in "Arya"
March, May, June 1915 and Thoughts and Glimpses in "Arya" May
1916 and August 1917) (31 Kb) and Aperçus
et Pensées [Translation in French ]
The Isha Upanishad,
as translated by Sri Aurobindo and published in 'Arya' in August
1914. With transcription
of the original text in Sanskrit and notes of the translator. (41
Kb) Isha Upanishad en français.
Traduction de Jean Herbert, revue et corrigée par Sri Aurobindo.
(9 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo:
from The Ideal of Human Unity (September 1915-July 1918)
Sri Aurobindo: About
Astrology (in 'Arya' 1917-1918) (19 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo:
The Renaissance in India (in 'Arya' August
1918-November 1918, reviewed and corrected in 1920) Full Text of the 4
chapters in one file (100 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo: The
Remedy (last page of "Renaissance in India"s) (in 'Arya',
November 1918) (06 Kb)
*** After 24 November 1926 : Sri Aurobindo's
Retirement and Foundation of the Ashram ("strict" period of the
Ashram, 1927-1928 till 1942-1943) *** The Mother recognised as
the embodiment of the Divine Mother
Beginning of the "Supramental Yoga"
Correspondence of Sri Aurobindo with the sadhaks
Editors at the Ashram: On
Sri Aurobindo Ashram (1948, revised 1990) (25 Kb) with links
for more informations on the Ashram and the SAICE
Sri Aurobindo: From sections of "The Hour
of God", Section 3 (1926-1928)
Link toThe
Absolute and The Manifestation: several pieces
and diagrams on Om Tat Sat, The Supreme Mahashakti, The 7 Suns of the
Supermind, The 7 Centers of the Life, Supreme Self-Contained Absolute,
The Manifestation, The Scale of Consciousness, Overmind Gradations to
Mind (1926 or 1927) from "The Hour of God", section 3
(External site) (35 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo: "The Mother" (1927-1928)
[Complete - Titles are mine]
You can download the full text in RTF(Arial,
54 Kb) or RTF-zipped(Online only:
19 Kb) or read it as below:
Text 1: Two powers: Aspiration and Grace(Letter) (10 Kb)
also here
(External Link. On that page you can HEAR The Mother reading that text
- if you have RealAudio)
Texte intégral en français
: "La Mère" (traduction
de Mère) (un seul fichier de 78 Ko) 1 [Deux pouvoirs: aspiration et grâce]
- 2 [Aspiration, rejet, don de soi-soumission]
- 3 [Grâce divine et foi, sincérité
et don de soi-soumission] - 4 [Reconquérir
l'argent pour la Mère] - 5 [Faire
vraiment l'oeuvre divine] - 6 [Les
quatre Pouvoirs de la Mère]
Sri Aurobindo: From sections of "The Hour
of God" (1929-1931) - Complete Section 4 "Man and Superman",
Booklet Edition only or new edition of Sri Aurobindo
Major Works
Sri Aurobindo: From the 1775 pages of "Letters
on Yoga"(1926 to 1938/1942)
[Link The huge full text of "Letters
on Yoga" can be downloaded on EXTERNAL SITES in txt-format: volume
1 here
or here,
volume 2 here
or here,
and in Word6-format volume 1 here,
volume 2 here
- more than 1 Megabyte each one! - There are Part One, Two and Three - Part
Four is missing]. [Downloading Zip-file requires that
you press the RIGHT button of the mouse, then click on "save as..."
You must have a unzipping software]
Below INTERNAL excerpts: (Note: if you want
to skip that long section of this page, click here)
From Part 1
Section 5: Planes and Parts of the Being
There are 13 sub-sections [Titles are mine]
1 of 13: Consciousness (fulltext
- Html - 20 Kb) + Version française: La
Conscience (texte
intégral - 25 K)
Full Section 5:
Opening and Surrender to the Mother(35 Kb) The
Central Secret of Sadhana - Right Way of Opening - Openness to Mother
- Opening of the Inner Being - Receiving the Mother's Grace - The Condition
for Progress - Sincerity, Openness and Transformation - The Inner and
hte Higher Opening - Openness to the Mother's Force and Avoidance of Other
Forces - Loyalty and Fidelity to the Mother - The Only Way to Succeed
- The Vital's Resistance to Surrender - Necessity of Surrender to the
Mother - Real and Complete Submission - The Necessary Effort - In the
Mother's Lap.
Sri Aurobindo'sMajor
Teaching: The Spiritual Evolution:
( = The last 6 chapters of "The Life Divine") (written in 1939-1940)
Sri Aurobindo: from the major work "The Life Divine",
the last of the six chapters specially written in 1939 for the
1940 edition, therefore being the quintessence of Sri Aurobindo's teaching
and the translation of the same chapter in French
by The Mother: Sri Aurobindo: tiré
de son oeuvre majeure "La Vie Divine", les six derniers
chapitres ont été écrits entièrement à
neuf en 1939 pour l'édition anglaise de 1940. La Mère
les traduit en français en 1956-1957 et les fait publier à
part sous le titre "L'Évolution Spirituelle".
Ils représentent la quintessence du message de Sri Aurobindo.
Une page-index
consacrée à "L'Évolution spirituelle"
a aussi été rajoutée.
You can download the fulltext of the 6 chapters zipped
in TXT-format(Online only:
182 Kb) or formatted police Arial RTF-Format(191 Kb) Use the RIGHT button of your mouse.
(or External Links
- Fulltext in many parts of about 20 Kb each)
*** 1942-1943: End of the "strict"
period of the Ashram
because of the devotees escaping from the Bengal bombarded and occupied
by the Japanese, coming with family and children to Pondicherry, French
colony.
2 December 1943: The Mother opens a school in the Ashram for the children
and teaches herself ***
Sri Aurobindo: Message for the Fifteenth of August 1947 -
Independence Day of India
The Mother: Transformation
(First step = transformation of the consciousness) (August 1950) (09 Kb)
Sri Aurobindo's Epic: Savitri (Finished
1950)
LinkOfficial
Website on "Savitri" with full text of the poem, full
text of "Letters on Savitri", full text of Mother's "On
Savitri" and other articles
Alsointernal: Savitri: [ = This is an internal page of
absolute links to full text divided in Cantos (Bilingual English-Russian)
] (22 Kb)
Also: a few Cantos are internal on this site, as below:
Link to Sri Aurobindo: Collection
of Letters
on "Savitri" (1931-1946) (External Russian site - sometimes
down) (196 Kb) also on Official
Website on "Savitri" with full text of the poem, full text
of "Letters on Savitri", full text of Mother's "On Savitri"
and other articles. (External site)
Hommage à Sri Aurobindo : Séance
Commémorative de Sri Aurobindo le 5 décembre 1955 à la
Sorbonne (Paris). ( Français
seulement / French only)
Texte des allocutions [biographies de Sri Aurobindo, analyse
des enseignements de Sri Aurobindo, témoignages sur l'Ashram et sur
la Mère] prononcées par :
1 - M. Jean FILLIOZAT, Professeur au Collège
de France (13 Kb)
2 - Swâmî SIDDHESWARÂNANDA,
de l'Ordre de Râmakrishna (Message lu par M. Jacques Lhomme) (21 Kb)
3 - M. S.G. RÂMACHANDRAN, Premier Secrétaire
de l'Ambassade de l'Inde à Paris. (35 Kb)
4 - M. Jacques MASUI (32 Kb)
5 - Professeur Félicien CHALLAYE
(24 Kb)
6 - Gouverneur C.F. BARON (25 Kb)
7 - Professeur H.W. SCHNEIDER, de l'Université
de Columbia (USA), Directeur de la Division de Philosophie et des Sciences
Humaines de l'UNESCO (12 Kb)
8 - M. Jacques RUEFF, Membre de l'Institut,
Président du Conseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences
Humaines (15 Kb)
The Mother: from the book "Flowers and
their spiritual significance" (Compilation - after 1950)
The Mother: Éducation
- On Education (1950-1952) (Bilingual Original French-English/Français-Anglais)
Link to The Mother: Writings
on "Integral Education" (Education, Physical Education, Vital
Education, Mental Education, Psychic Education and Spiritual Education)
(External site) (64 Kb)
also internal as below:
The
Mother: Recently found conversation: On Karma
(November 22, 1958) (11 Kb)
*** 9 December 1958: The Mother's little
'retirement' ***
The Mother: Entretien
de Mère sur "Savitri" - A talk of Mother on 'Savitri' (18 janvier
1960 - January 18, 1960) (Bilingual Original French-English/Français-Anglais)
( 42 Kb) Links This text
is now also available in English on a Russian Site HTML(19 Kb) and on the Official
Website on "Savitri" with full text of the poem, full text
of "Letters on Savitri", full text of Mother's "On Savitri"
and other articles.(External Site)
Link
to Mother's Agenda: 12 volumes of 13 online (formally from 1951, essentially
from 1961, to1973) [Nota: the passages which Satprem had indicated
in the French original as not recorded on available tapes are NOT indicated
in that English translation](External Link in new
window)Because of pending problems of copyright,
the link to that page has been disabled. Bernard (December 22, 2000)
Link
to Mother's Notebook on Evolution (There are the most important excerpts
from the Agenda on Mother's Yoga of Cells) (External
Link in new window)Because of pending problems
of copyright, the link to that page has been disabled. Bernard (December 22,
2000)
*** 16 March 1962: The Mother's great
'retirement' ***
7 March 1967(on the
experience of death) (for the Agenda version see here)
and the French original7 mars 1967(sur l'expérience
de la mort) (pour la version Agenda, voir ici)
[Link]
23
November 1968 (the consciousness of the Presence of the Divine)
[Link]
27
November 1968 (a work is being done so that all parts of the body
may become conscious)
from Mother's Agenda, volume 10 (1969 )
17, 21 & 28 May 1969: On
Pavitra and Pavitra's DeathAbout the disciple and secretary
of the Ashram Pavitra (tape-recorded talks between Mother and Satprem)
(one page of 49 Kb)
14
March 1970 (the change is done) (for the Agenda version see here)
and the French original
14 mars 1970 (le changement est fait) (pour la version
Agenda, voir ici)
from Mother's Agenda, volume 12 (1971 )
Talk on September 4
,1971 - When I speak, there is a Consciousness
which is expressed, and that Consciousness is what's important - but people
catch the words and leave the Consciousness! - I am trying to make Auroville
a link between the old way of being and the new. - There are some - a
few - who are good, but the majority is a subhumanity, an altogether animal
humanity. - To be at every moment as expressive of the Divine Consciousness
as one can be. That's the only important thing. - People aren't ready.
- Those who are left to their freedom are worthless. - Either we have
to manage to make this body more plastic so it can be transformed, or
else it will be for another life. - Sri Aurobindo said to me, "I shall
return when it can be done in a supramental body." - "Duration of life
at will." I have the feeling that that is possible. Provided ... the body
itself thinks only of one thing - transformation. - I sense I am on the
threshold of a great Secret ... (tape-recorded talk between Mother
and Satprem) (13 Kb)
September 14, 1971Talk between Sujata
and Mother about Pavitra . Mother:
"Pavitra hasn't left the earth's atmosphere. Pavitra is here, in
the subtle physical - that's where Sri Aurobindo is". On Pavitra's
death page ( NOT recorded) (49 Kb for the entire page)
Link
to Mother's Agenda - Volume 12 for 1971 (erratic server PC 93)
[Nota: the passages which Satprem had indicated in the French original
as not recorded on available tapes are NOT indicated in that English translation]
(one Html file of 631 Kb) (External Link in new window)Because
of pending problems of copyright, the link to that page has been disabled.
Bernard (December 22, 2000)
*** 24 November 1973: The Mother's
Mahasamadhi ***
Link to a Compilation
of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother on Music: (External) (50 Kb) The Mother on Music: Music -
Essentially a Spiritual Art Behind the External Form of Music Different Origins
of Inspiration European and Indian Music About Some Musicians How to Listen
to Music The Best Sound Sri Aurobindo on Music: Is Music Superior to Other Arts? Importance
of Music in Education Musical Excellence and General Culture Difference Between
a Song and a Poem Can Music be Admitted as a Part of Life of Yoga?
Editors at the Ashram: On
Sri Aurobindo Ashram (1948, revised 1990) (25 Kb) with links
for more informations on the Ashram and the SAICE
Link to a compilation of texts of Sri
Aurobindo on India"India's
Rebirth" - First Part 1893-1910 [= Before Pondicherry] (External
site) (120 Kb). The Full Text of the Book is also online here.
Contents: I. 1893-1910: Revolutionary Writings II. 1910-1922: Essays, Letters
& Articles III. 1923-1926: Talks (1st series) IV. 1929-1938: Letters V. 1938-1940:
Talks (2nd series) VI . 1940-1950: Letters & Messages (External Site)
Please note that I have hundreds of pages and links to classify and that I have
the guideline to put onto the website only pages (and links to pages) which I
have personnally read. That requires time (also for the formatting) and explains
why this page is under permanent construction.
Thanks for your understanding.
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