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COMPLE
MPLETE
CATALOGUE
Books in English
June 2005
SABDA • SRI AUROBINDO ASHRAM
PONDICHERRY 605 002 • INDIA

THIS CATALOGUE lists titles and prices (in Indian Rupees) of all the
available books published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram and sold by
SABDA. Some books published by other publishers on the life
and works of Sri Aurobindo have also been included here considering their
academic value although Sri Aurobindo Ashram may not necessarily
endorse all the views expressed in these books.
The titles are arranged in four main sections: Works of Sri Aurobindo,
Works of the Mother, Compilations from the Works of Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, and Works of Other Authors. Under each main section, books are
further arranged broadly according to subject.
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WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO
CONTENTS
WORKS OF OTHER AUTHORS
Major Works: Biography 39
Philosophy and Yoga 14 On Sri Aurobindo and the Mother 40
Indian Spiritual Tradition
On the Ashram and Auroville 42
and Culture 15 On Disciples
43
Social and Political Thought 16 Indian Tradition
44
Poetry and Literature 16 Philosophy and Metaphysics 45
Selected Works of Sri Aurobindo Yoga
48
(CD-ROM) 17 Social and Political Thought 50
Other Works of Sri Aurobindo: Psychology 52
Indian Tradition 18 Historical Research 52
Philosophy 18 Management
53
Yoga 19 Literature
53
Social and Political Thought 20 On Savitri
56
Translations 20 Literature for the Young
57
Poetry 21 Poetry
57
Views on Diverse Subjects 21 Education
58
Glossary and Index 22 Health
58
Compiled from Sri Aurobindo’s
Art 59
Works 22
Collected Works of
The Complete Works of
Sri Aurobindo 25
Nolini Kanta Gupta 60
Collected Works of
T. V. Kapali Sastry 60
WORKS OF THE MOTHER
Audio cassettes and CDs 61
Works of the Mother 26 Journals 62
Collected Works of the Mother
(17 volume set) 28 Ordering Information 63
Compiled from the Mother's
Works 30 SABDA Showrooms 64
Correspondences and Messages 31
Distributors and Booksellers
in India 65
COMPILATIONS FROM THE WORKS
OF SRI AUROBINDO AND THE
MOTHER
Yoga in Everyday Life (series) 32
All India Magazine (series) 32
Compiled by A. S. Dalal 34
Other Compilations 35
Talks with Sri Aurobindo and
the Mother 37
Compilations from various
sources including the Works of
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother 38
Sales Centres in India
67
Overseas Sales Centres 69
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TITLE INDEX
(Some titles are abbreviated. New titles are in bold)
125 Cautions... 35
125 Drops of Nectar... 35
125th Birth Anniversary of
the Mother 42
Abhaya: Fear — Its Cause
and Cure 48
About Woman 50
Adventures in Criticism 53
Ahana 21
Aims and Ideals of the
Sri Aurobindo Ashram 35
Alchemy of Her Grace 40
All India Magazine booklets 32
All Is Dream-Blaze 57
Amal-Kiran: Poet and Critic 43
Among the Not So Great 43
Amrita 43
Ancient India in a New Light 52
Ancient Tale of Savitri 53
And So This Happens 50
Ascent of Sight in Sri Aurobindo's
"Savitri" 56
Aspects of Sri Aurobindo 45
Aspiring Swan 35
Auroville: A Dream 42, 59
Auroville: A Dream Takes Shape 42
Auroville: International... (CD-ROM) 43
Auroville Adventure 42
Auroville Handbook 42
Auroville in a Nutshell 42
Baji Prabhou 21
Bande Mataram 16
Bankim Chandra Chatterji 20
Bankim – Tilak – Dayananda 20
Bases of Yoga 19
Basic Asanas 59
Beautiful Vignettes... 40
Beginning of History for Israel 52
Beyond Good and Evil 45
Beyond Man 39
Beyond Religion 45
Bhagavad Gita in Light of
Sri Aurobindo 22
Bhagavad Gita: Text, Translation... 22
Bhavani Bharati 21
Birth of Savitr 56
Blake's Tyger 53
Bomb in Bengal 52
Bonne Fête (Janmadin) 57
Book of Beginnings 56
Bouquet for My Master 57
Brahman & Sri Aurobindo's Integral
Approach to the Upanishads 44
Brain of India 20
Breath of Grace 40
Burning Brazier 30
Call to the Youth of India 22
Captive of Her Love 43, 59
Caste System of India 50
Century of Life 20
Champaklal: Lion of Light and Love43
Champaklal as an Artist 43, 59
Champaklal Speaks 40
Chariot of Jagannath 20
Christalis 53
Classical and Romantic 53
Climb Towards Divinised Manhood 35
Collected Plays and Short Stories 17
Collected Poems 17
Collected Works of Kapali Sastry 60
Collected Works of
Nolini Kanta Gupta 60
Collected Works of the Mother 28
Coming Race and Other Essays 50
Commentaries on
"Elements of Yoga" 29
Commentaries on "The Life Divine" 29
Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo's
Thought 45
Commentaries on the
Dhammapada 26
Commentary on Sri Aurobindo's
Poem "Ilion" 54
Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo 25
Concept of Personality... 52
Contemporary Crisis of Humanity 50
Conversations 1929, 1930-31 26
Daily Dozen for Men 59
Daily Quotation 35
Darshan Messages (1927-1973) 35
Deathless Rose 48
Demeter and Persephone 54
Designing a New Social Order 50
Destiny of the Body 45
Development of Sri Aurobindo's
Spiritual System... 45
Dhyana: Meditation for Inner Growth 48
Dhyana 48
Dialogue with Death 56
Dictionary of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga 23
Dimensions of Spiritual Education 58
Divine Life in a Divine Body 48
Divine Life Manifesto 35
Dual Power of God 56
Dynamic Absolute 45
Early Chapter in the Mother's Life 39
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Education and Aim of Human Life 58
Education and Initiation 58
Education and the Growing Child 58
Education of the Future 58
Education Parts 1, 2, 3 30
Education, Life and Yoga 30
Elements of Yoga 19
Emergence of the Psychic 34
Essays Divine and Human 14
Essays on the Gita 15
Essential Gita 22
Essential Writings of Sri Aurobindo 23
Essentials of Sri Aurobindo's
Thought 45
Eternal Wisdom 38
Ever to the New and the Unknown 38
Evolution and the Earthly Destiny 46
Evolution 18
Fallacy of Karl Marx 50
Felicity Eternal 36
Fine Print as an Aid to Eyesight 59
Flame of White Light 40
Flowers: Their Spiritual Significance 38
Flowers and Their Messages 29
Follower of Christ and a Disciple
of Sri Aurobindo 46
Footnotes to the Future 46
Forecast for the Third Millennium 36
Freedom and Future 50
From Dawn to Greater Dawn 40
From Man Human to Man Divine 46
Future Evolution of Man 23
Future Poetry 17
Gems from Sri Aurobindo 23
Gems from the Mother to Huta 31
Gita for the Youth 22
Gita's Gospel... 44
Glimpse of the Mother's Love... 40
Glimpses of Vedantism in
Sri Aurobindo's Political Thought51
Glossary & Index of Proper Names 22
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms... 22
Glossary of Terms in
Sri Aurobindo's Writings 22
God 23
Golden Path 43
Gopal Dass Gupta 43
Great Sir and the Heaven Lady 41
Greater Psychology 52
Growing Up with the Mother 31
Growing Within 34
Growth of a Flame 36
Guardians of Oneness... 54
Health and Healing in Yoga 30
Health Exercises for Women... 59
Heraclitus 18
Hidden Forces of Life 34
Hierarchy of Minds 36
Hindu Muslim Unity 51
History of India 52
Homage to Sri Aurobindo 23
Hour of God (Selections) 23
Hour of God 18
How Do I Begin? 48
How Do I Proceed? 48
How They Came to Sri Aurobindo
and The Mother 41
How to Bring Up a Child 38
Human Cycle 16
Human Cycle; The Ideal Human Unity;
War and Self-Determination 16
Human Quest for Unity & Harmony 51
Hymn to Durga 20
Hymns to the Mystic Fire 16
I Am with You 41
Ideal and Progress 20
Ideal Child 30
Ideal of Human Unity 16
Ideal of the Karmayogin 19
Ideal Parent 30
Ideal Teacher 30
Ideas and Ideals 23
Ignorance and the Supermind 46
Ilion 21
Images of the Future 46
In Search of Hinduism 51
India and the World Scene 51
India Is One 38
India, Youth and Integration 51
Indian Poets and English Poetry 54
Indian Spirit & the World's Future 51
India's Contribution to Management 53
Infinite Adventure and Other Poems21
Initiation 54
Inspiration and Effort 54
Inspiration of 'Paradise Lost' 54
Inspired Thoughts 48
Integral Advaitism of Sri Aurobindo 46
Integral Healing 36
Integral Health 58
Integral Psychology 52
Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo 48
Integral Yoga 23
Interview with Nirodbaran 43
Introducing Savitri 56
Introducing the Life Divine 46
Introduction to Sri Aurobindo's
Philosophy 46
Introduction to the Philosophy of
Sri Aurobindo 46
Invitation and Other Poems 21
Is Velikovsky's Revised... 53
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Isha and Other Upanishads 44
Isha Upanishad 18
Jai Ma: On the Mother's Service 48
Japa 48
Journey from Politics to Yoga 24
K. D. Sethna: A Centenary Tribute 43
Kalidasa: Essays and Translations18
Karmayoga: Perfection in Work 48
Kiki and Other Stories 57
Learn Sanskrit: The Natural Way 58
Lectures on Savitri 56
Legends in the Life Divine 46
Lesson of Life 31
Letters on Poetry, Literature & Art 17
Letters on Savitri 21
Letters on Yoga 14
Life – Poetry – Yoga 54
Life Beautiful 49
Life Divine 14
Life Divine: A Brief Outline 46
Life of Sri Aurobindo 39
Light and Laughter 41
Light Endless Light 24
Light for Students 36
Light of Lights 57
Light That Shone Into Dark Abyss 41
Lights from Nolini Kanta Gupta 46
Lights on Life-Problems 24
Lights on the Upanishads 44
Lights on Yoga 19
Living Within 34
Living Words 34
Looking from Within 34
Love and Death 21
Love 30
Love's Rainbow 38
Lyrical Poems (1930-1950) 21
Madhav Panditji 43
Man: A Multiple Personality 46
Man: Towards his Splendid Destiny 46
Management by Consciousness 53
Management with a Difference 53
Mandukya Upanishad 44
Mantras of the Mother 29
Meditation: Background & Process 49
Meditations on the Mother 49
Meeting of the East & the West in
Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy 47
Memorable Contacts with the Mother 41
Meta-History 51
Mind and Vision 59
Miracle of Descent 49
More Answers from the Mother 27
More Lights on Yoga 19
More Vignettes... 41
Mother and I 41
Mother and Me 41
Mrinalini Devi 41
Musings on the Mother's
“Prayers and Meditations” 49
My Mother 41
My Supreme Discovery 49
Mysteries of Death, Fate, Karma
and Rebirth 47
Nagin-bhai Tells Me 43
Namaste Savitri 59
National Value of Art 20
New Approach to Education 58
New Education for a
New Consciousness 36
New Panorama 54
New Year Prayers and Messages 36
Nirodbaran: Divinity's Comrade 43
Nirodbaran's Correspondence
with Sri Aurobindo 21
Notes on 'Prayers and Meditations' 49
Notes on the Way 27
Obscure and the Mysterious 54
Of Another Dimension 54
On "Savitri" 56
On Education 27
On Meditation and Discipline 49
On Nationalism 24
On the Mahabharata 18
On the Mother Divine 41
On the Mother 40
On the Path (En Route) 31
On the Threshold of a New Age
with Medhananda 43
On Thoughts and Aphorisms 27
On Women 37
Our Eyes 59
Our Light and Delight 41
Our Many Selves 34
Paging the Unknown 57
Paintings and Drawings 29, 60
Path of Surrender 37
Patterns of the Present 51
Peace Is No Dream 54
Penguin Sri Aurobindo Reader 24
Perspectives of Savitri 56
Philosophy of Advaita 47
Philosophy of the Upanishads 18
Pitfalls in Sadhana 49
Plays of Sri Aurobindo: A Study 54
Poems (Themis) 57
Powers Within 34
Practice of the Integral Yoga 49
Prayers and Aspirations 49
Prayers and Mantras 37
Prayers and Meditations 26
Pre-Natal Education 58
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Problem of Aryan Origins 53
Problem of Rebirth
18
Problems of Ancient India 53
Problems of Early Christianity 53
Problems of Human Unity... 51
Prophet of Indian Nationalism 41
Psychic Being
35
Psychic Education: A Workbook 58
Psychology, Mental Health & Yoga 52
Purushottama Yoga
47
Quest for the Inner Man
52
Questions and Answers 27
Rainbow Lands
57
Rajat's Inheritance...
54
Rays of Light
31
Record of Yoga
15
Relevance of Sri Aurobindo Today 51
Remembering the Mother
with Gratitude
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
of Sri Aurobindo
Renaissance in India and
Other Essays...
Renaissance in India
41
38
16
20
Renaissance: Notes and Papers 54
Rhododendron Valley 57
Riddle of This World 18
Right Attitude in Day-to-day Life 31
Sadhana: A Guide to Self-mastery 48
Sadhana
Salutations
Savitri: A Brief Introduction
Savitri Dictionary
Savitri
Science, Materialism, Mysticism
Search for the Soul...
Secret of the Veda
Secret Splendour
Secrets of Indian Medicine
Seeds of Light
Selected Essays and Talks
of Nirodbaran
Selected Works of M. P. Pandit
Selected Works of Sri Aurobindo
(CD-ROM)
Seven Studies in Sri Aurobindo
Shrimad Bhagwat Gita
Sidelights on Sri Aurobindo
Silent Symphony
Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
37
49
56
56
16
47
31
15
57
59
31
42
47
17
47
22
49
57
54
Social & Political Evolution of Man 51
Some Answers from the Mother
Sonnets
Soul and Its Powers
Speak Sanskrit: The Easy Way
Speeches
27
21
31
58
20
Spirit Indomitable 44
Spirit of Auroville 43
Spirit's Manifest Home... 43
Spiritual Communion 49
Spiritual Life 49
Spiritual Significance of Flowers 29
Sri Aurobindo (M. P. Pandit) 39
Sri Aurobindo (Manoj Das) 42
Sri Aurobindo & Freedom of India 24
Sri Aurobindo & Greece 55
Sri Aurobindo & His Ashram 42
Sri Aurobindo & Karl Marx 51
Sri Aurobindo & New Age 51
Sri Aurobindo & New Millennium 47
Sri Aurobindo & Poets of the Dawn 55
Sri Aurobindo & Sanskrit 55
Sri Aurobindo & the Mother:
A Brief Introduction 42
Sri Aurobindo & the Mother:
on Education 36
on Indian Independence... 37
on Love 37
on Physical Education 37
Sri Aurobindo & World Literature 55
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Its Role... 42
Sri Aurobindo Came to Me 42
Sri Aurobindo for All Ages 39
Sri Aurobindo in Baroda 39
Sri Aurobindo in the First Decade
of the Twentieth Century 39
Sri Aurobindo on Democracy and
Secularism
Sri Aurobindo on English Poets
Sri Aurobindo on Himself
Sri Aurobindo on Indian Art
Sri Aurobindo on a New
Social Order
Sri Aurobindo on Shakespeare
Sri Aurobindo on the Tantra
51
24
14
25, 60
25
55
25
Sri Aurobindo, Jung & Vedic Yoga 52
Sri Aurobindo: A Brief Biography 39
Sri Aurobindo: Critical
Considerations 55
Sri Aurobindo: The Critic of English
Poetry 54
Sri Aurobindo: His Life Unique 39
Sri Aurobindo: His Mind and Art 55
Sri Aurobindo: His Poetry & Poetic
Theory 55
Sri Aurobindo: The Poet 55
Sri Aurobindo: The Precursor of the
Future 25
Sri Aurobindo: The Smiling Master 42
Sri Aurobindo: The Story of His Life 39
Sri Aurobindo: Thinker and Yogi of
the Future 49
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Sri Aurobindo's Humour 21 Thoughts & Aphorisms 19
Sri Aurobindo's Life Divine 47 Thoughts and Glimpses 19
Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy of Thoughts on the Gita 44
Evolution 47 Towards a Global Future 51
Sri Aurobindo's Plays: A Thematic Towards Holistic Management 37
Study 55 Towards the Divine Life 48
Sri Aurobindo's Poetry and Towards the Light of the Supreme 51
Sanskrit Rhetoric 55 Towards the Supermind 48
Sri Aurobindo's Prose Style 55 Towards Tomorrow 42
Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: Triple Gospel and World Peace 52
An Approach and a Study 56 True Teacher 58
Sri Aurobindo's Savitri 56 Truth 31
Sriaurobindopanishad 18 Twelve Years with Sri Aurobindo 42
Stories and Plays for Children 57 Twenty-Five Lamps 57
Stories Told by the Mother 31 Under the Raintree 57
Story of a Soul 44 UNO, the World Government... 52
Summary of Savitri 56 Upanishads 15
Sunlit Path 31 Uttarpara Speech 19
Superman 18 Vedic Epiphany 44
Supplement to Glossary and Index Vedic Symbolism (Compilation) 25
of Proper Names... 22 Vedic Symbolism (Prof. Singh) 45
Supplement to the Revised Victory of the Truth 31
Edition of "Savitri" 21 Vignettes of Sri Aurobindo and
Supramental Manifestation the Mother 42
and Other Writings 14 Virgin Birth and the Earliest
Supramental Manifestation Christian Tradition 53
Upon Earth 19 Vision and Work of Sri Aurobindo 48
Supreme Discovery 29 Vision of United India 52
Supreme 38 Visions of Champaklal 50
Surendranath Jauhar: His Life... 44 Visitor's Guide to Sri Aurobindo
Surya Namaskar 59 Ashram 42
Sweet Mother: Harmonies of Light 38 Vyasa's Savitri 55
Synthesis of Yoga 14 Way Out Is Up and Other Stories... 55
Take Mother with You 44 Whispers of Nature 38
Tales of All Times 26 Winged Words 57
Tales of India 57 With Medhananda on the Shores
Tales of Prison Life 20 of Infinity 44
Talks on Poetry 55 Wonder That Is K. D. Sethna 44
Talks with Sri Aurobindo 37 Wonder That is Sanskrit 45
Teaching of Sri Aurobindo 47 Words of Long Ago 26
Technology of Consciousness 47 Words of the Mother 27
Teilhard De Chardin and Our Time 48 Yoga and Education 58
The Mother 19 Yoga and Its Objects 19
The Mother and the Integral Yoga 24 Yoga for the Modern Man 50
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram39 Yoga in Everyday Life series 32
The Mother on Herself 30 Yoga in Sri Aurobindo's Epic "Savitri"57
The Mother: The Divine Shakti 40 Yoga of Knowledge 50
The Mother: Images of Her Life 40 Yoga of Love 50
The Mother: Letters 15 Yoga of Perfect Sight 59
The Mother: Past-Present-Future 41 Yoga of Sleep and Dreams 35
The Mother: A Short Biography 39 Yoga of Sri Aurobindo 50
The Mother: The Story of Her Life 40 Yoga of the Rishis 45
The Mother: With the Mother's Yoga of Transformation 50
Comments 29 Yoga of Works 50
The Mother's Vision 30 Young Aurobindo's Vision: The
Thinking Corner 55 Viziers of Bassora 55
7

SRI AUROBINDO
Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta on 15 August 1872.
At the age of seven he was sent to England where he
attended St. Paul’s School, London, and then went on a
senior classical scholarship to King’s College, Cambridge.
An ardent reader from his school days, his favourite
subjects were English and French literature, poetry and
European history. He was a brilliant scholar in Greek and
Latin. Intellectually gifted, he had a rare mastery over the
English language. He had learned French from his childhood and had also
learned enough German, Italian and Spanish to study Goethe, Dante and
Calderon in their original tongues. In King’s College, he stood in the first
class in the Classical Tripos. In 1890 he also passed the final examination
for the Indian Civil Service. Not wishing to serve in the I.C.S. he disqualified
himself by not attending the riding test.
Returning to India in 1893, Sri Aurobindo spent thirteen years in the
Baroda State Service as an administrator and a professor. These were the
years of self-culture, of literary activity and of preparation for his future political
work. During this period he made a deep study of the prevailing political
condition of the country and steeped himself into the rich Indian cultural
heritage. He mastered Sanskrit and learned also some other Indian languages:
Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, and later, Tamil.
In 1906 Sri Aurobindo went to Bengal and openly joined India’s freedom
movement. His daily newspaper, Bande Mataram, quickly became the most
powerful voice of the Indian Nationalist Movement. In 1908 he was arrested
in the Alipur Conspiracy Case as implicated by the doings of the revolutionary
group led by his brother Barindra. During his one year’s undertrial detention
in jail he spent most of his time in the practice of yoga. This was the time
when he had a series of decisive spiritual experiences which changed the
course of his life. He carried on his revolutionary work till 1910 when in
response to an inner call he retired from active politics and withdrew to
Pondicherry for exclusive concentration on his spiritual practice.
In 1914, after four years of intense yoga he launched a monthly philosophical
review, Arya, in which most of his major works were serialised.
These works embodied much of the inner knowledge that had come to him in
his practice of yoga. Afterwards as more and more disciples came to
Sri Aurobindo to follow his path, a community of sadhaks had to be formed
for their maintenance and collective guidance. This took shape as the
Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1926. At this time Sri Aurobindo retired into seclusion
putting his spiritual collaborator known as the Mother in charge of the
Ashram.
Having gathered all the essential truths of past spiritual experiences, Sri
Aurobindo worked for a more complete method of yoga that would transform
human nature and divinise life. To this purpose he devoted the rest of his life.
Sri Aurobindo was a prolific poet in English, his range extending over
romantic lyrics, sonnets, long narrative poems, dramatic poems and two
epics.
Sri Aurobindo left his body on 5 December 1950.
8

THE MOTHER
Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual collaborator, the Mother, was born
in Paris on 21 February 1878. Mirra, as the child was called,
was spiritually conscious from her early childhood. She
was a talented musician and an accomplished painter and
participated in the stimulating artistic life of the turn-ofthe-century
Paris.
Concerning her early spiritual life, the Mother has
written: “Between eleven and thirteen a series of psychic
and spiritual experiences revealed to me not only the existence of God
but man’s possibility of uniting with Him, of realising Him integrally in a life
divine. ”
In 1906 and 1907 the Mother voyaged to Tlemcen, Algeria, where she
studied occultism for two years. Returning to Paris, she founded a group of
spiritual seekers. Between 1911 and 1913 she gave many talks to various
groups in Paris. The Mother sailed to Pondicherry, India, in 1914 and met
Sri Aurobindo for the first time on 29 March. She recognised him as the one
who for many years had inwardly guided her spiritual development. She
remained in Pondicherry for eleven months helping Sri Aurobindo to publish
the Arya and then returned to France. After a year in France, she went to
Japan and stayed there for a period of nearly four years.
On 24 April 1920 the Mother returned to Pondicherry to resume her
collaboration with Sri Aurobindo in his spiritual work. With her arrival the
number of disciples around Sri Aurobindo gradually increased. This informal
grouping eventually took shape as the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. In November
1926, Sri Aurobindo went into seclusion and entrusted the full material and
spiritual charge of the Ashram to the Mother. Under her guidance, which
covered a span of nearly fifty years, the Ashram grew into a large, manyfaceted
community which today numbers about 1400 persons. In 1943 the
Mother started a small school which gradually expanded to become the
Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education which presently has about
450 students. Auroville, the ‘City of Dawn’ – an international township –
was founded by her in 1968 near Pondicherry with the aim of realising
Sri Aurobindo’s vision of human unity.
The Mother, on her ninetieth birthday, summarised her life and work in
this way:
“The reminiscences will be short.
“I came to India to meet Sri Aurobindo. I remained in India to live with
Sri Aurobindo. When he left his body, I continued to live here in order to
do his work which is, by serving the Truth and enlightening mankind, to
hasten the rule of the Divine’s Love upon earth. ”
The Mother left her body on 17 November 1973.
9

SRI AUROBINDO ASHRAM
This Ashram has been created with another object than that ordinarily
common to such institutions, not for the renunciation of the world but as a centre
and a field of practice for the evolution of another kind and form of life which would
in the final end be moved by a higher spiritual consciousness and embody a
greater life of the spirit.
Sri Aurobindo
Both in its outward manifestation and inner seeking, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
is entirely different from the popular conception of an ashram. Outwardly the Ashram
is engaged in a wide variety of activities, and it is difficult to perceive the inner spirit
hidden behind those works which apparently are no different from similar works
undertaken elsewhere. In order to comprehend the true significance of this Ashram,
it is necessary to develop an understanding of Sri Aurobindo's vision.
Sri Aurobindo's teaching starts from that of the ancient sages of India that
behind the appearances of this universe there is the "Reality of a Being and
Consciousness, a Self of all things, one and eternal". This "One Being and
Consciousness", according to Sri Aurobindo, "is involved here in Matter. Evolution
is the method by which it liberates itself."
Evolution is possible, Sri Aurobindo argued, only because the Divine has
"involved" or "hidden himself" in the material universe at the beginning of creation.
The "Superconscient Spirit" has involved himself in the "inconscient Matter" which
gave birth to this material world. The seemingly inconscient Matter, therefore,
is nothing but the Spirit in disguise. Evolution is the gradual unfoldment of this
hidden spirit. Matter, Life, Mind, are nothing but different expressions of this Spirit
at the different stages of evolution: the involved Divine through his creative energy
gradually emerging in ever more conscious forms. The process of evolution will
complete the circle with the manifestation of this hidden spirit, the involved Divine
Reality in the material world.
Without this inner significance, Sri Aurobindo pointed out, the word evolution
"merely states the phenomenon without explaining it". For, something cannot
emerge out of nothing. How else could life evolve out of material elements or Mind
out of living form if the possibility of such an emergence was not already
concealed there in Matter in the form of an Omnipotent Divine Consciousness?
The process of evolution, therefore, is not merely a mechanical development
without any reason or aim as outwardly it may appear to be, but a gradual
unfoldment or release of the hidden Divine Consciousness from Matter. Life in
plant and animal is the first step of this release. Mind in man is the second. But
Mind is not the highest possible power of the Divine consciousness for "mind
is not in possession of Truth, but only its ignorant seeker. "The next step of
evolution therefore must be towards the development of a being with a greater
consciousness than mind, a consciousness supramental and spiritual.
For, "only then will the involved Divinity in things release itself entirely and it
become possible for life to manifest perfection."
Man, in Sri Aurobindo's view, is a key to this ultimate perfection; the highest
form of life upon earth he has a vital role to play in his future evolution. A conscious
being, man can choose to take part in his own evolution and also accelerate the
process through a methodised effort towards self-perfection, exceed his inherent
limitations as a mental being and become a supramental being.
Through an integral process of self-purification, it is this acceleration of the
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evolutionary process which is being attempted here at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
Unlike the popular conception of an ashram, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram is not a
religious body or a monastery. It has nothing to do with religion or asceticism or
even spiritualism as it is commonly understood and practised elsewhere. This
Ashram can be defined more appropriately as a human laboratory where, through
a unique and unprecedented research work initiated by Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother, man is consciously attempting to transform himself into the next species
on the evolutionary ladder.
The process of self-purification which is followed at this Ashram is known as
the Integral Yoga, a system of self-discipline evolved by Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother. The principle of the Integral Yoga is a constant "self-surrender" to the
supreme creative and transformative force of the Divine, the force of the Supreme
Mother. As a result of this self-surrender the consciousness, power, delight of the
Divine shall descend in the human being, gradually perfecting his nature and
eventually transforming his mind, life and body.
The main process that goes on silently behind the appearance of all the outer
activities in the Ashram is this "self-surrender" to the force of the Supreme Mother.
The primary purpose of the various activities is not to satisfy any practical or
economic need but to provide a field for spiritual growth to the members of the
Ashram through such works. The actual nature of the work ceases to be important
when all the works are carried out in the spirit of self-giving, as an offering to the
Divine Mother. And it is this inner attitude rather than the outer accomplishment
which is the essence of all the works done in this Ashram.
Significantly in this Ashram the conception of work changes radically as it no
longer denotes just the vocation of a person in which he is engaged only for a
limited period of time. All he thinks, all he feels, all he does at every moment of his
life is to be offered to the Divine Mother for purification, for an integral transformation.
The aim of perfecting one's nature and finally transforming one's mind, life
and body is too formidable a task for any human capacity or endeavour. For, in the
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, perfection does not mean some superficial changes or a
refinement of nature attained through a rigorous self-discipline based on certain
moral, ethical or religious ideas. Not a pretension of perfection but a genuine
transmutation of the present base human nature into the higher principle of a
divine nature; a conversion, a transformation which is something permanent and
real, is the aim here.
This can be achieved only as a result of the direct working of the supreme
transformative force of the Divine Mother, which alone has the power to effect in
man this integral transformation. But this supreme Force will act directly only in
response to an aspiration for this ultimate perfection. A constant self-surrender to
this Force with an unwavering aspiration, therefore, is the key to this perfection,
this integral transformation.
Since its founding in 1926 the Sri Aurobindo Ashram has grown from an
informal grouping of two dozen inmates into a diversified spiritual community with
about 1400 members, both male and female. Ashramites live and work in more
than 400 buildings spread throughout the town of Pondicherry. The central focus
of the community is one group of houses including those in which Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother dwelt for most of their lives in Pondicherry. This interconnected
block of houses – called "the Ashram main building" or more commonly just "the
Ashram" – surrounds a tree-shaded courtyard, at the centre of which lies the
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flower-bedecked "Samadhi". This white marble shrine holds the physical bodies of
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram provides its members with everything they need
for a decent and healthy life. Various departments have been organised to look
after the essential services. There is a community kitchen where food for the
inmates is prepared three times a day. The Ashram runs a modern printing press.
Several small industries have grown up around the Ashram. Facilities are also
available for physical culture and various artistic activities in which most of the
Ashramites participate as a part of their spiritual practice.
The Ashram runs a unique educational institution, Sri Aurobindo International
Centre of Education, which has about 450 students. Instruction at the Centre
of Education is given according to the "free progress system", which is, in the
words of the Mother, "a progress guided by the soul and not subject to habits,
conventions or preconceived ideas".
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram is administered by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Trust, managed by a board of trustees. Understandably, there is no spiritual head
or hierarchy in this Ashram to guide the inmates in their search for self-perfection.
Each person here is following in his own way the path shown by Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother, according to his own inner guidance. All the necessary help for
proceeding on the path is available in the various books of Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother. The presence and the help of a higher Guidance are also felt by many
which makes the practice of yoga in this Ashram often a very joyous and fulfilling
experience.
***
How to visit the Ashram
Pondicherry is situated on the Coromondel coast, about 160 kms south of Chennai
city (Madras) in South India and can be reached by train, bus or car. There are
frequent buses for Pondicherry which leave Chennai from T.T.C. bus stand at
Koyambedu. It takes about three hours by bus or car to reach Pondicherry from
Chennai. The Ashram is about 2 kms from the Pondicherry bus stand and can be
easily reached by the common local transport, auto- or cycle-rickshaw. There are
several guest houses run by the Ashram where visitors can stay at reasonable
rates. For information regarding accomodation please write to: Bureau Central,
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry 605 002, India.
Tel. (0413) 223 3604, E-mail bureaucentral@sriaurobindoashram.org
Web www.sriaurobindoashram.org
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Sri Aurobindo’s Writings
Sri Aurobindo’s earliest writings were poems that he penned as a student in
England. This literary interest continued during his thirteen-year stay in Baroda,
where he wrote a number of poems and plays, and afterwards in Calcutta and
Pondicherry. His dramas and short stories are presently published in two volumes
entitled Collected Plays and his poetic works in the volume Collected Poems;
there is, in addition, Sri Aurobindo’s major poetic work, Savitri, an epic in blank
verse of about 24,000 lines.
Sri Aurobindo first rose to national prominence as a writer for his editorials
and articles in Bande Mataram, a Calcutta daily he edited between 1906 and
1908. A large number of other political and cultural pieces appeared in two
Calcutta weeklies in 1909 and 1910, the year in which Sri Aurobindo retired from
active politics in order to devote himself exclusively to the practice of yoga.
In 1914, after four years of concentrated yoga at Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo
launched a 64-page monthly philosophical review, Arya, in which most of his
important works were serialised during the next six and a half years: The Life
Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, Essays on the Gita, The Secret of the Veda,
The Renaissance in India, A Defence of Indian Culture (these two are now
included in The Renaissance in India and Other Essays on Indian Culture,
formerly The Foundations of Indian Culture), The Future Poetry, The Human Cycle
and The Ideal of Human Unity.
Though he retired from public life in 1926, Sri Aurobindo maintained a large
correspondence with his disciples, especially in the 1930s. Several thousand
letters on his teaching, his system of spiritual self-discipline and other subjects
have been published in three volumes entitled Letters on Yoga. The Mother contains
his shorter work of that name and his letters on the Mother of the Sri Aurobindo
Ashram. Notes and letters on his own life appear in Sri Aurobindo on Himself.
Other important works are: The Upanishads–I: Isha Upanishad and
The Upanishads–II: Kena and Other Upanishads (parts of both appeared in
the Arya), Hymns to the Mystic Fire (translations of Vedic hymns to Agni),
The Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings, Essays Divine and Human
(these two volumes contain short prose works on philosophy, psychology and
yoga). Record of Yoga contains the diary of Sri Aurobindo’s yogic experiences.
The collected works of Sri Aurobindo were published as the Sri Aurobindo
Birth Centenary Library (SABCL) in 1972, the birth centenary year of Sri Aurobindo.
This set of thirty volumes is no more available.
Currently a new set, The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo, in thirty-seven
volumes, is under publication (see page 25 for details).
HOW TO READ SRI AUROBINDO
“. . . the best thing would be to obtain perfect silence—and achieve a state
of immobility of the brain, I might say, so that the attention becomes as still and
immobile as a mirror, like the surface of absolutely still water. Then what one
has read passes through the surface and penetrates deep into the being
where it is received with a minimum of distortion. Afterwards – sometimes
long afterwards – it wells up again from the depths and manifests in the brain
with its full power of comprehension, not as knowledge acquired from outside,
but as a light one carried within.”
The Mother
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WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO
Philosophy and Yoga
MAJOR WORKS
THE LIFE DIVINE
Sri Aurobindo’s principal philosophic work, a theory of
spiritual evolution culminating in the transformation of
man from a mental into a supramental being and the advent
of a divine life upon earth.
(1154 pp., 81-7058-638-0) sc Rs 275
(1155 pp., 81-7058-639-9) hc Rs 375
THE SUPRAMENTAL MANIFESTATION AND OTHER WRITINGS
All of Sri Aurobindo’s shorter prose writings on philosophy and yoga written
after 1910 and published during his lifetime. Includes The Problem of Rebirth.
(530 pp., 81-7058-109-5) sc Rs 155
(530 pp., 81-7058-352-7) hc Rs 205
ESSAYS DIVINE AND HUMAN
Short prose pieces mostly on philosophy and yoga written after coming to
Pondicherry and not published during Sri Aurobindo’s lifetime. Includes
Thoughts and Aphorisms. (580 pp., 81-7058-365-9) hc Rs 225
THE SYNTHESIS OF YOGA
Sri Aurobindo’s principal work on yoga: an examination
of the traditional systems of yoga and an explanation of
his own method of Integral Yoga.
(918 pp., 81-7058-614-3) sc Rs 240
(918 pp., 81-7058-615-1) hc Rs 340
LETTERS ON YOGA
Letters to disciples in which Sri Aurobindo explains his
teaching and method of spiritual practice and deals with
problems that confront the seeker.
Volume I (502 pp., 81-7058-007-2) sc Rs 160
Volume I (502 pp., 81-7058-438-8) hc Rs 210
Volume II (587 pp., 81-7058-008-0) sc Rs 185
Volume II (587 pp., 81-7058-439-6) hc Rs 235
Volume III (719 pp., 81-7058-009-9) sc Rs 200
Volume III (719 pp., 81-7058-440-X) hc Rs 250
SRI AUROBINDO ON HIMSELF
Sri Aurobindo’s notes and letters to disciples about his
life, his inner development through yoga, his spiritual
work, etc. (515 pp., 81-7058-019-6) sc Rs 125
Prices in Rupees are set in bold sc: soft cover hc: hard cover
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THE MOTHER
Sri Aurobindo’s most famous short work on the Divine Mother describing her
nature and function, with letters on his spiritual collaborator, the Mother.
(496 pp., 81-7058-010-2) sc Rs 120
RECORD OF YOGA
The diary of Sri Aurobindo’s yogic experiences between 1909 and 1927. Most
entries are from 1912 to 1920. Other materials he wrote relating to his practice
of yoga, such as “Sapta Chatusthaya” which formed the basis of the yoga of
the Record, are also included.
Volume I (777 pp., 81-7058-650-X) sc Rs 280
Volume I (777 pp., 81-7058-651-8) hc Rs 300
Volume II (728 pp., 81-7058-652-6) sc Rs 270
Volume II (728 pp., 81-7058-653-4) hc Rs 280
Indian Spiritual Tradition and Culture
ESSAYS ON THE GITA
An exposition of the spiritual philosophy and method of
self-discipline of the Bhagavad Gita.
(595 pp., 81-7058-612-7) sc Rs 150
(595 pp., 81-7058-613-5) hc Rs 200
THE UPANISHADS–I : ISHA UPANISHAD
The Isha Upanishad is the gospel of a
divine life in the world and a statement
of the conditions under which it is possible. Here are the
final translation and analysis, with 10 earlier
commentaries, also containing much of interest.
(597 pp., 81-7058-749-2) sc Rs 160
THE UPANISHADS–II : KENA
AND OTHER UPANISHADS
The Kena Upanishad is concerned with
the relation of mind-consciousness to
Brahman-consciousness. Along with the final translation
of and commentary on the Kena, this book includes
translations of six other Upanishads, several other
translations and commentaries, and essays.
(449 pp., 81-7058-748-4) sc Rs 140
THE SECRET OF THE VEDA
A study of the way of writing of the Vedic mystics, their philosophic system,
their system of symbols, and the truths they figure; and translations of selected
hymns of the Rig-Veda.
(604 pp., 81-7058-581-3, demy size, 14×22 cm) sc Rs 175
(604 pp., 81-7058-714-X, crown size, 12×18 cm) hc Rs 185
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HYMNS TO THE MYSTIC FIRE
Hymns to Agni from the Rig-Veda translated in their esoteric sense with original
Sanskrit text, a foreword, and an essay, “The Doctrine of the Mystics”.
(507 pp., 81-7058-220-2) sc Rs 185
THE RENAISSANCE IN INDIA AND OTHER ESSAYS ON INDIAN
CULTURE (Formerly The Foundations of Indian Culture)
An exposition of Indian civilisation and culture, with essays on Indian
spirituality, religion, art, literature and polity.
(450 pp., 81-7058-685-2) sc Rs 160
(450 pp., 81-7058-769-7) hc Rs 235
Social and Political Thought
THE HUMAN CYCLE — THE IDEAL OF HUMAN
UNITY — WAR AND SELF-DETERMINATION
A combined edition of social and political writings: the
psychological evolution of human society; the possibility
of the unification of the human race; the problem of war
and the self-determination of nations. The first two titles
are also available as individual books (see below).
(689 pp., 81-7058-281-4) hc Rs 250
THE HUMAN CYCLE
An explanation of the growth of human society from a psychological
perspective and its evolutionary destiny. (269 pp., 81-7058-541-4)sc Rs 125
THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY
On the possibility of the unification of the human race, the insufficiencies of
the past efforts and the principles which are to be followed “in order that real
human unity may be achieved”. (325 pp., 81-7058-542-2) sc Rs 150
BANDE MATARAM
Early political writings, most of them editorials and articles from Bande
Mataram, a Calcutta daily edited by Sri Aurobindo from 1906 to 1908.
(921 pp., 81-7058-416-7) hc Rs 250
Poetry and Literature
SAVITRI: A Legend and a Symbol
Sri Aurobindo’s major poetic work, an epic in blank-verse
of about 24,000 lines in which a tale of the Mahabharata
is made a symbol of the human soul’s spiritual quest
and destiny. (The demy size edition includes letters of
Sri Aurobindo on Savitri. The crown size edition has line
numbers.)
(827 pp., 81-7058-340-3, demy size, 14×22 cm) sc Rs 200
(737 pp., 81-7058-600-3, crown size, 12×18 cm) hc Rs 215
(725 pp., 81-7058-018-8, pocket size, 10×14 cm) hc Rs 125
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COLLECTED POEMS
A collection of over two hundred poems, lyrics, sonnets, narrative poems,
poems in new metres and an essay “On Quantitative Metre”.
(631 pp., 81-7058-016-1) sc Rs 150
THE FUTURE POETRY
A survey of the evolution of poetry and its future potential for inspiring men
through the rhythmic word. (416 pp., 81-7058-583-X) sc Rs 100
LETTERS ON POETRY, LITERATURE AND ART
A collection of several hundred letters on the form and substance of poetry,
sources of poetic inspiration, rhythm and technique and appreciation of art.
(271 pp., 81-7058-098-6) sc Rs 90
COLLECTED PLAYS AND SHORT STORIES (2 Volumes)
Dramas of heroism and romance set in India, Persia, Norway and elsewhere.
(1090 pp., 81-7058-089-7) hc Rs 300
SELECTED WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO — CD ROM Edition
ISBN 81-7058-574-0 Price Rs 400
Add Rs 50 for postage in India. The Overseas Orders formula on p. 64 does not
apply to this CD-ROM. For overseas buyers, the cost of a single copy by air mail is
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The CD contains the following works of Sri Aurobindo:
The Life Divine
The Synthesis of Yoga
Essays on the Gita
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
Letters on Yoga
The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity,
War and Self-Determination
Essays in Philosophy and Yoga (The Supramental
Manifestation and Other Writings)
Essays Divine and Human
The Renaissance in India
(includes The Foundations of Indian Culture)
The Secret of the Veda
The Upanishads
Sri Aurobindo: A Life-Sketch
Specially designed programs for Windows and Macintosh allow you to read the
texts on your computer screen and to conduct searches on phrases or combination
of words. Searching is possible in a single volume or across multiple volumes
at the same time. The search capabilities are powerful and fast. The bookmark
system allows you to create and control multiple bookmark files and to develop
thematic compilations. Bookmarks can be annotated and saved, exported or
printed. Page number references are incorporated for the printed volumes of The
Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo and for the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library.
There are context sensitive tips and help files.
The CD also includes PDF files of those books that have come out as part of
The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo. When read with Adobe Acrobat Reader,
these files show the exact screen-image of the printed books. Adobe Acrobat
Reader is included in the CD.
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OTHER WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO
INDIAN TRADITION
Isha Upanishad (79 pp., 81-7058-041-2) Eighteen verses
with Sri Aurobindo’s final and definitive English
translations and commentary. The Isha is the gospel of a
divine life in the world through a reconciliation and
harmony of fundamental opposites. Rs 35
Kalidasa: Essays and Translations (329 pp., 81-7058-
746-8) All writings on and translations from “the great
representative poet” of classical Sanskrit literature. Rs 130
On the Mahabharata (187 pp., 81-7058-256-3) Writings on the Mahabharata
and translations of passages from the epic. Sri Aurobindo says that the original
Mahabharata of Vyasa of 24,000 verses could be disengaged from later
enlargements. Rs 45
The Philosophy of the Upanishads (71 pp., 81-7058-701-8)
On the most important scriptures of Vedanta philosophy. Rs 28
Sriaurobindopanishad (30 pp., 81-7058-488-4) Original Sanskrit work in
the form of an Upanishad expressing Sri Aurobindo’s entire vision in a nutshell.
The title of the work as well as the English translation are provided by the
editors. Rs 5
PHILOSOPHY
Evolution (35 pp., 81-7058-778-6) Three essays:
Evolution; The Inconscient; and Materialism. Rs 22
Heraclitus (46 pp., 81-7058-163-X) A study of the
thought of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, assessed in
the light of Indian thought. Rs 15
The Hour of God A collection of
twenty-four short prose pieces on
some of the principal concepts of Sri Aurobindo’s
philosophy and Yoga. (124 pp., 81-7058-217-2) Rs 32
The Problem of Rebirth (193 pp., 81-7058-579-1)
Essays on the significance of rebirth and karma (the moral
consequences of one’s past actions). Rs 80
The Riddle of this World (72 pp., 81-7058-160-5)
Answers to questions often raised relating to spiritual truth
and experience, of a general nature; and on why evil and suffering should ever
have been necessary. Rs 28
The Superman (20 pp., 81-7058-796-4) On the ideal of Superman, the next
species to emerge out of a spiritualised humanity. Rs 12
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The Supramental Manifestation Upon Earth (108 pp., 81-7058-311-X)
Sri Aurobindo’s last prose writings (1949-50) on the perfection of the body,
the divine body, Supermind and humanity, Supermind in
the evolution, and Mind of Light. Rs 30
Thoughts & Aphorisms (96 pp., 81-7058-108-7) Over
five hundred aphorisms on works, knowledge and devotion,
written “in order to break up the usual conception,
to bring one in touch with a deeper truth”. Rs 35
Thoughts and Glimpses (27 pp., 81-7058-741-7) About
eighty-five aphorisms on God, Man and Nature. Rs 15
YOGA
Bases of Yoga (108 pp., 81-7058-021-8)
Letters explaining Sri Aurobindo’s teaching and method
of spiritual practice and dealing with problems that
confront the seeker. Subjects include equality, aspiration,
desire, illness, etc. Rs 30
Elements of Yoga (80 pp., 81-7058-660-7)
Replies to elementary questions about yoga raised by a
disciple. Subjects include sincerity, surrender, love,
transformation, etc. Rs 30
The Ideal of the Karmayogin (65 pp., 81-7058-543-0) A collection of
articles that appeared in the weekly review “Karmayogin” (1909-10), the last
two being written by Sister Nivedita. Rs 35
Lights on Yoga (63 pp., 81-7058-057-9) Letters explaining Sri Aurobindo’s
teaching and method of spiritual practice and dealing with problems that
confront the seeker. Subjects include planes and parts of
the being, surrender and opening, work, etc. Rs 22
More Lights on Yoga (86 pp., 81-7058-277-6) Letters
explaining Sri Aurobindo’s teaching and method of
spiritual practice and dealing with problems that confront
the seeker. Subjects include faith, bhakti, visions and
symbols, etc. Rs 25
The Mother (64 pp., 81-7058-575-9) On the Divine
Mother and on some central principles of Sri Aurobindo’s
Yoga. Includes the essay on the four great aspects of the
Mother: Maheshwari, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati. Rs 12
Uttarpara Speech (13 pp., 81-7058-288-1) The first public pronouncement
of Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual experiences in the Alipore jail. Rs 7
The Yoga and its Objects (39 pp., 81-7058-677-1) An early view, only partially
applicable to Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga in its final form. Rs 16
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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
Bankim Chandra Chatterji (38 pp., 81-7058-419-1)
Essays on his life and times. Rs 25
Bankim – Tilak – Dayananda (67 pp., 81-7058-242-3)
Essays on three great Indian personalities. Rs 10
The Brain of India (18 pp., 81-7058-544-9) A series of analytical essays first
published in 1909. Rs 12
The Chariot of Jagannath (34 pp., 81-7058-418-3)
Translations of five original Bengali compositions. Rs 7
Hymn to Durga (5 pp., 81-7058-576-7)
Translated from the original Bengali. Rs 2
Ideal and Progress (51 pp., 81-7058-632-1)
On the role of ideals and progressive thinking. Rs 30
The National Value of Art (27 pp., 81-7058-228-8)
On the role of art in the life of a nation. Rs 12
The Renaissance in India
(45 pp., 81-7058-673-9) On the spirit behind the Indian
social and cultural resurgence. Rs 20
Speeches (175 pp., 81-7058-781-6) Before and during
his political career (1906-1910) Sri Aurobindo gave a
number of public speeches. The twenty-eight reproduced
in this book are those that were noted down at the time of
delivery and printed in journals or in government files.
Rs 90
Tales of Prison Life (123 pp., 81-7058-495-7)
Sri Aurobino’s account of his experiences as an undertrial
prisoner in Alipore Jail, Calcutta, where he spent one full
year till his acquittal in May 1909. Also includes Uttarpara
Speech. Rs 35
TRANSLATIONS
The Century of Life:
The Nitishataka of Bhartrihari
freely rendered into English verse
by Sri Aurobindo (60 pp., 81-7058-243-1) Epigrams on
ancient Indian morals, policy, worldly wisdom, the law
of ideal conduct; giving insight into the forces determining
the movement of human character and action. Rs 20
The Century of Life (74 pp., 81-7060-120-7) Also includes
the original Sanskrit text. Rs 80
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POETRY
Ahana (21 pp.) An early narrative poem. Rs 12
Baji Prabhou (28 pp., 81-7060-126-6) An illustrated
edition of Sri Aurobindo’s poem founded on the historical
incident of the heroic self-sacrifice of the Maratha warrior
Baji Prabhou Deshpande. Rs 45
Bhavani Bharati (108 pp., 81-7060-202-5)
Sri Aurobindo’s only poem in Sanskrit, depicting the
victory of the Shakti over Ignorance and Evil. With
English and Hindi translations. Rs 50
The Infinite Adventure and other Poems (24 pp., 81-7058-313-6)
A selection of poems for young readers. Rs 16
Invitation and other Poems (35 pp., 81-7058-314-4)
A selection of poems for readers aged below 18. Rs 20
Ilion: An Epic in Quantitative Hexameters (148 pp.,
81-7058-169-9) An epic in quantitative hexameters
depicting the fall of Troy and the conflict between Achilles
and the warrior-queen Penthesilea. hc Rs 175
Love and Death (27 pp., 81-7058-162-1)
An early narrative poem. Rs 15
Lyrical Poems (1930-1950) (78 pp., 81-7058-684-4) All
significant short poems composed between 1930 and 1950,
other than sonnets. Published in the same shape and format as Sonnets. Rs 50
Sonnets (109 pp., 81-7058-264-4) A collection of all the sonnets (eightyseven)
written by Sri Aurobindo. Rs 45
(Note: The poems of all the above books are included in Collected Poems)
Letters on Savitri (113 pp., 81-7058-585-6) Written during the 1930s and
1940s, almost all addressed to K. D. Sethna. Rs 60
Supplement to the Revised Edition of Savitri (126 pp., 81-7058-363-2)
With the table of emendations. Rs 40
VIEWS ON DIVERSE SUBJECTS
Nirodbaran’s Correspondence With Sri Aurobindo
(2 Volumes) (1221 pp., 81-7058-020-X) Correspondence
with a disciple revealing an altogether unknown facet of
Sri Aurobindo’s personality: his great sense of humour.
Rs 450
Sri Aurobindo’s Humour (125 pp., 81-7058-598-8)
A selection from Nirodbaran’s Correspondence with
Sri Aurobindo. Rs 45
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GLOSSARY AND INDEX
Glossary and Index of Proper Names in Sri Aurobindo’s
Works (367 pp., 81-7058-170-2) A helpful reference
volume for research work. hc Rs 300
Supplement to Glossary and Index of Proper Names
in Sri Aurobindo’s Works: (Corrigenda-Cum-
Addenda) (29 pp., 81-7058-466-3) This is an addition
to the volume Glossary and Index of Proper Names in
Sri Aurobindo’s Works published earlier. Rs 25
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Sri Aurobindo’s Works
(84 pp., 81-7509-045-6) Rs 60
Glossary of Terms in Sri Aurobindo’s Writings (300 pp., 81-7058-032-3)
Index of terms with their meanings. Rs 85
COMPILED FROM SRI AUROBINDO’S WORKS
The following four books present the original Sanskrit
text of the Bhagavad Gita with verse by verse translation
in English, followed by notes on them compiled from
Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita. The first three contain
the full text of the Bhagavad Gita. The last one consists of
selected verses.
Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Sri Aurobindo (270 pp.)
— Ed. Maheshwar Rs 130
The Bhagavad Gita: With Text, Translation and
Commentary in the Words of Sri Aurobindo
(634 pp., 81-86510-01-X) — Ed. P. P. Khetan sc Rs 240 hc Rs 275
Shrimad Bhagwat Gita (343 pp.)
Contains translation and commentary in Gujarati also.
— Ed. Nautambhai Bhatt Rs 200
The Essential Gita: With Selected Text, English
Translation, and Commentary in the Words of
Sri Aurobindo (208 pp., 81-86510-02-8)
— Ed. P. P. Khetan Rs 90
The Gita for the Youth
(126 pp., 81-7060-039-1) Passages
compiled from Essays on the Gita for
the youth. — Ed. Gurupershad Rs 40
A Call to the Youth of India (96 pp., 81-7060-077-4)
Passages to act as a source of inspiration for the youth of
India. — Ed. Vijay Rs 35
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Dictionary of Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (320 pp., 0-941524-74-4) Explanations
of important concepts in Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga and his terminology.
— Ed. M. P. Pandit Rs 160
The Essential Writings of Sri Aurobindo (388 pp., 0-19-564976-1)
This selection from the major works and letters of Sri Aurobindo attempts to
give a balanced coverage of the different phases and aspects of his concerns.
— Ed. Peter Heehs Rs 245
The Future Evolution of Man: The Divine Life Upon Earth
(148 pp., 81-7058-219-9) Significant passages from The Life Divine,
The Synthesis of Yoga and The Human Cycle on the meaning of terrestrial life
and the present evolutionary crisis.Traces the past and points to the future of
human evolution both individual and social.
— Ed. P. B. Saint-Hilaire (Pavitra) Rs 55
Gems from Sri Aurobindo — Ed. M. P. Pandit
Sentences drawn from Sri Aurobindo’s works on a wide
variety of subjects, presented in an aphoristic style.
First Series (136 pp., 0-941524-33-7) Rs 115
Second Series (294 pp., 0-941524-73-6) Rs 160
Third Series (150 pp., 0-914955-16-0) Rs 135
Fourth Series (78 pp., 0-914955-17-9) Rs 110
God (40 pp., 81-7509-033-2) On God and His relations
with humanity, man, nature and world. — Ed. M. P. Pandit Rs 15
Homage to Sri Aurobindo (146 pp.) An album
on Sri Aurobindo with numerous photographs,
most of them accompanied by a quotation from
Savitri and a passage selected from the writings
of Sri Aurobindo. hc Rs 400
The Hour of God (334 pp., 81-7201-888-6)
A compilation with an introductory note by the
editor presenting Sri Aurobindo’s vision of
human destiny, his lights on culture and education, and a few of his poems.
— Ed. Manoj Das hc Rs 200
Ideas and Ideals: Extracts from Sri Aurobindo’s Writings with His Ideas
on Life-Problems and Ideals Involved Therein (100 pp., 81-7060-142-8)
A collection of extracts, covering a wide variety of
problems that confront man and society today.
— Dr G. P. Gupta Rs 45
The Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo’s Teaching and
Method of Practice (401 pp., 81-7058-308-X)
A collection of letters by Sri Aurobindo on various aspects
of his spiritual teaching and method of practice. Provides
a comprehensive overview of his system of yoga.
Rs 125
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A Journey from Politics to Yoga: From the Early Political Writings of
Sri Aurobindo (120 pp., 81-7060-190-8) Selections from Bande Mataram
and Karmayogin revealing “how even politics can and has to be reoriented and
imbued with spirituality”. — Dr G. P. Gupta Rs 80
Light Endless Light (96 pp., 81-7060-004-9)
101 sayings. — Ed. Vijay Rs 10
Lights on Life-Problems: Sri Aurobindo’s Views on
Important Life-Problems (200 pp., 81-7058-058-7)
Questions framed by the compiler on important life
problems and answers to them taken by him from
Sri Aurobindo’s writings. — Ed. Kishor Gandhi Rs 75
On Nationalism:
Selected Writings and Speeches
Selections from Sri Aurobindo’s
political writings and speeches which mostly appeared in
three journals he edited: Bande Mataram, Karmayogin
and Dharma. These are of striking contemporary
relevance.
(550 pp., 81-7058-463-9) sc Rs 200
(550 pp., 81-7058-464-7) hc Rs 250
The Penguin Sri Aurobindo Reader
(375 pp., 0-14-303015-9) A representative sampling of
Sri Aurobindo’s writings with selections from most of his
major works and areas of interest.
— Ed. Makarand Paranjape Rs 295
The Mother and the Integral Yoga
(132 pp., 81-7058-695-X) Sri Aurobindo’s letters dealing
primarily with the role of the Divine Mother in the practice
of the Integral Yoga. Rs 40
Sri Aurobindo and the Freedom of India
(288 pp., 81-7058-452-3) Selections (with supplementary
notes and texts) covering various aspects of Sri Aurobindo’s
political life and thinking. — Ed. Chanda Poddar, Mona
Sarkar and Bob Zwicker Rs 200
Sri Aurobindo on English Poets
(Part 1) (131 pp.) A compilation of
writings on some of the major Classical
poets of English literature such as
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser and
Milton. — Ed. Supriyo Bhattacharya
Rs 80
24

Sri Aurobindo on Indian Art: Selections from His
Writings, With Photographs by Elisabeth Beck
(226 pp., 81-85822-61-1) Contains the complete text
of the chapters on architecture and sculpture from The
Renaissance in India and other Essays on Indian
Culture, as well as excerpts from other parts of this
work. Illustrated with 150 duo-tone photographs by
Elisabeth Beck. hc Rs 2000
Sri Aurobindo on a New Social Order (63 pp.)
On subjects of social relevance: democracy and the
ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity; capitalism, socialism, totalitarianism;
and the creation of a spiritual society. Rs 50
Sri Aurobindo: The Precursor of the Future (48 pp.) On his life and mission.
— Ed. K. C. Anand Rs 16
Sri Aurobindo on the Tantra (42 pp., 81-7509-039-1)
On a remarkable though grossly misunderstood Yogic
system, the Tantra. In Sri Aurobindo’s view, it seizes even
upon the obstacles to the spiritual life and compels them
to become the means for a richer spiritual conquest.
— Ed. M. P. Pandit Rs 40
Vedic Symbolism (123 pp., 0-941524-30-2)
The major vedic concepts with their esoteric sense.
— Ed. M. P. Pandit Rs 120
PRE-PUBLI
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The pre-publication offer is open for the new set of
THE COMPLE
MPLETE WORK
RKS S OF SRI AUR
UROBIN
BINDO in a
uniform library edition of 37 volumes. As of the date of publication
of this catalogue the pre-publication rate is Rs 7500 in India
(post paid) and US$ 500 outside India (sea mail, post paid).
The rate is subject to revision. As of June 2005, 23 volumes have
come out, and it will take another 3 years for the entire set to be
printed. For further details please write to:
SABDA, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry 605 002, India.
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WORKS OF THE MOTHER
Prayers and Meditations Prayers and meditations from
the Mother’s diaries, originally written in French. These
are a record of her early spiritual experiences.
(388 pp., 81-7058-700-X, demy size, 14×22 cm)
sc Rs 160
(388 pp., 81-7058-699-2, pocket size, 10×14 cm)
sc Rs 75
Prayers and Meditations (calligraphic) (132 pp.) This
calligraphic edition contains about one fifth of the complete
collection of the prayers and meditations. Most of the prayers in this book
were either translated by Sri Aurobindo, or by disciples and thoroughly revised
by Sri Aurobindo. The text is generally penned in
minuscule, a semi-uncial cursive script with small
rounded characters. Rs 150
Prayers and Meditations of the Mother (selected)
(82 pp., 81-7058-024-2) A collection of sixty-four
prayers and meditations translated from the original
French, six of them by Sri Aurobindo. In an
introductory note to this book the Mother wrote, “This
booklet is meant for those who aspire for an utter
consecration to the Divine.” Rs 25
Words of Long Ago (126 pp., 81-7058-377-2)
Early writings of the Mother, including stories, reflections,
letters, essays and talks to a group of seekers. Rs 40
Tales of All Times (138 pp., 81-7058-026-9) Simple but
illuminating stories written to help children to “discover
themselves and follow a path of right and beauty”, and to
cultivate qualities such as self-control, courage, selfreliance,
patience and perseverance, and sincerity. Rs 40
(The above two books are included in volume 2 of the
Collected Works of the Mother, Words of Long Ago)
Conversations 1929, 1930–31 (181 pp., 81-7058-131-1)
Early conversations. Fifteen of the conversations were
revised by Sri Aurobindo for publication. Rs 30
Commentaries on the Dhammapada
(118 pp., 81-7058-133-8) Covers the central ideas of this
classic Buddhist text. The Mother introduced the
Dhammapada in her class in order to teach mental control.
Rs 40
(The above two books are included in volume 3 of the
Collected Works of the Mother, Questions and Answers 1929–1931)
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The following volumes of Questions and Answers contain conversations of the
Mother with members of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and the students of the
Ashram’s school.
Questions and Answers 1950–51 (411 pp., 81-7058-708-5) Conversations
based on Sri Aurobindo’s book The Mother, the Mother’s essays on education
and her conversations of 1929. Rs 200
Questions and Answers 1953 (417 pp., 81-7058-519-8) Conversations based
on the Mother’s conversations of 1929. Rs 200
Questions and Answers 1954 (465 pp., 81-7058-709-3) Conversations based
on the Mother’s essays on education and three small books by Sri Aurobindo:
Elements of Yoga, Bases of Yoga and The Mother. Rs 215
Questions and Answers 1955 (425 pp., 81-7058-710-7) Conversations based
on three works by Sri Aurobindo: Bases of Yoga, Lights on Yoga and The
Synthesis of Yoga. Rs 200
Questions and Answers 1956 (409 pp., 81-7058-733-6) Conversations based
on two works by Sri Aurobindo: The Synthesis of Yoga and Thoughts and
Glimpses. Rs 180
Questions and Answers 1957–58 (433 pp., 81-7058-734-4) Conversations
based on three works by Sri Aurobindo: Thoughts and Glimpses, The Supramental
Manifestation upon Earth and The Life Divine. Rs 185
On Thoughts and Aphorisms (362 pp., 81-7058-528-7)
The Mother’s commentaries on the aphorisms of Sri Aurobindo. Rs 150
Notes on the Way (347 pp., 81-7058-376-4) Recorded conversations on the
Mother’s own spiritual experiences between 1964 and 1973, mostly on the
subject of the physical transformation of the cells of the human body through
spiritual means. Rs 60
On Education (512 pp., 81-7058-554-6) A collection of articles, messages,
letters and conversations on the subject of education. Rs 215
Words of the Mother – I (385 pp., 81-7058-752-2) On Sri Aurobindo, the
Mother; the Ashram, Auroville; India, the world. Rs 210
Words of the Mother – II (367 pp., 81-7058-753-0) On the path of yoga;
aims, fundamentals, difficulties; human relationships, work. Rs 190
Words of the Mother – III (409 pp., 81-7058-754-9) On the Divine in the
universe; perfection, transformation, the future; health, progress, practical
affairs. Rs 210
Some Answers from the Mother (477 pp., 81-7058-053-6)
Correspondence with fourteen sadhaks and students. hc Rs 75
More Answers from the Mother (410 pp., 81-7058-755-7)
Correspondence with seven sadhaks and students. Rs 200
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Collected Works of the Mother (17 Volumes)
This new edition of the Collected Works of the Mother is a uniform
library set of 17 volumes, printed on acid-free paper for longevity. The
volumes are hardbound in cloth, with handmade-paper jackets wrapped
in plastic. The set is priced at Rs 4800 (plus Rs 325 for packing and
postage in India). For overseas orders please refer to our website for rates
or write to us.
In these writings and conversations, the Mother offers an uplifting vision
of life and the promise of a luminous future. Drawing upon her wide
occult, spiritual and practical experience, she explains the purpose of
our life on earth,
the Divine’s way
of working in
the world, the
reason for our
sorrows and
struggles and
the way to deal
with them. In
simple and direct language she speaks of the qualities needed to make
inner progress, relate well with others, work effectively and lead a
dedicated spiritual life.
Texts The new (second) edition will contain the same texts as the
first edition, except for the correction of minor errors.
Pages About 7000
Size 16 × 23 cm (6” × 9”)
Print 11 point, Sabon
Paper Acid-free paper for longevity
Binding Stitched forms, hardbound in cloth, with a handmade-paper
jacket wrapped in a transparent plastic protective cover
ISBN 81-7058-670-4
The volumes are:
1 Prayers and Meditations 10 On Thoughts and Aphorisms
2 Words of Long Ago
11 Notes on the Way
3 Questions and Answers 1929–1931 12 On Education
4 Questions and Answers 1950–51 13 Words of the Mother – I
5 Questions and Answers 1953 14 Words of the Mother – II
6 Questions and Answers 1954 15 Words of the Mother – III
7 Questions and Answers 1955 16 Some Answers from the Mother
8 Questions and Answers 1956 17 More Answers from the Mother
9 Questions and Answers 1957–58
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Commentaries on “Elements of Yoga” (120 pp., 81-7058-661-5)
The Mother’s commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s Elements of Yoga, touching
upon various practical problems encountered in day-to-day life. Rs 55
Commentaries on “The Life Divine”: (Two of the Last Chapters)
(230 pp., 81-7058-378-0) On two of the last chapters of Sri Aurobindo’s
The Life Divine: ‘Man and the Evolution’, ‘The Evolution of the Spiritual
Man’ and the beginning of a third chapter ‘The Triple Transformation’. Rs 40
Flowers and their Messages The spiritual names of
over eight hundred flowers along with passages from
the writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on the
significance of flowers. With numerous drawings.
(309 pp., 81-7058-297-0) Rs 175
Mantras of the Mother (276 pp., 81-7058-179-6)
Facsimile of short messages providing spiritual
guidance, written by the Mother in a disciple’s diary.
hc Rs 55
Paintings and Drawings (198 pp., 81-7058-276-8)
Collection of all the paintings and drawings of the Mother,
with several colour plates. hc Rs 500
The Supreme Discovery (18 pp., 81-7058-287-3)
An inspiring piece written in 1912. Rs 5
The Mother by Sri Aurobindo, with the Mother’s
Comments (216 pp., 81-7058-671-2) The Mother by
Sri Aurobindo, with the Mother’s spoken comments on
passages from that book. Rs 60
The Spiritual Significance of
Flowers (462 pp., 81-7058-609-7)
Each variety of flower, according to
the Mother, has its own special
quality and meaning. During her
lifetime she gave names or
significances to 898 flowers. In this
book these flowers, with their
significances, are arranged
thematically in twelve chapters. In
each chapter flowers of related
significance are grouped together and placed in a sequence that develops
the chapter’s theme. Brief quotations from the works of Sri Aurobindo and
the Mother accompany many significances as an aid to understanding them.
630 colour photographs help to identify the flowers and reveal their beauty.
A separately bound reference volume contains indexes, glossaries,
descriptions of the flowers and botanical information on them. hc Rs 2500
29

COMPILED FROM THE MOTHER’S WORKS
Burning Brazier: Prayers of the Mother (13 pp., 81-7058-563-5)
A small collection of prayers of the Mother. Rs 7
Education (Part 1): Essays on Education with Commentaries (205 pp.,
81-7058-132-X) Essays and conversations outlining an educational discipline
aimed at developing all the principal faculties of the individual. Rs 50
Education (Part 2): Advice to Students and Teachers
(245 pp., 81-7058-198-2) Correspondence and conversations, mostly explaining
various aspects of the teaching method known as “free progress system” which
is followed at the Ashram school. Rs 55
Education (Part 3): Physical Education (151 pp., 81-7058-199-0)
Deals primarily with the fundamentals of physical education, with the disciplines
and attitudes helpful to developing a strong, healthy and conscious body. Rs 30
Education, Life and Yoga: A Concise Encyclopedia of the Mother’s
Teachings (876 pp.) An exhaustive encyclopedia compiled
from the Mother’s works, covering a vast range of subjects
arranged alphabetically. hc Rs 500
Health and Healing in Yoga (305 pp., 81-7058-023-4)
The physical body is the gross material expression of a
more subtle body, and is surrounded by a nervous envelope
through which disease must first penetrate. This book spells
out the secret inner causes of health and disease and the
methods of mastering the bodily functioning in the light
of a deeper knowledge. Rs 65
Ideal Child (16 pp., 81-7058-494-9) Short work on the
qualities and virtues to be expected from an ideal child.
Rs 1.50
Ideal Parent (16 pp., 81-7060-193-2) Selections from
the Mother on parentage, maternity and how to bring up
children. Rs 2.50
Ideal Teacher (16 pp., 81-7060-192-4) Selections from
the Mother and Sri Aurobindo on the various kinds of
education and how to impart them successfully. Rs 2.50
Love (49 pp., 81-7509-034-0) A selection of sentences
from the Mother’s writings on various aspects of love. Rs 15
The Mother on Herself (46 pp., 81-7058-172-9) Written statements about
the Mother’s own life. Rs 22
The Mother’s Vision: Selections from Questions and Answers
(627 pp., 81-7058-687-9) The topics in this selection range from the spiritually
elevated and philosophically complex to the practical and mundane. As a whole
it offers an uplifting vision of human existence, with valuable guidance to
spiritual seekers. Rs 230
30

Rays of Light: Sayings of the Mother
(183 pp., 81-7058-503-1) A collection of short written
statements on a wide variety of subjects related to the
spiritual way of life and its difficulties which will be of
help to not only the spiritual seekers but also to the
common man trying to solve the problems of life. Rs 55
Right Attitude in Day-to-day Life
A very helpful selection from the talks of the Mother.
(48 pp., 81-7060-221-1) Rs 25
Search for the Soul in Everyday Living
(162 pp., 0-941524-57-4) Selections with a practical orientation towards
blending daily life with the life of the spirit. Rs 110
Seeds of Light (96 pp., 81-7060-073-1) 101 sayings. Rs 10
The Soul and its Powers
(148 pp., 0-941524-67-1) On the various parts of our being
such as mental, vital, physical and how they can be
harmonised around the soul or psychic being. Rs 135
Stories Told by the Mother
Compiled from the Mother’s Questions and Answers, these
stories are revelations of living truths conveyed to us by
the Mother. Part 1 (131 pp., 81-7058-645-3) Rs 60
Part 2 (123 pp., 81-7058-646-1) Rs 60
The Sunlit Path
(194 pp., 81-7058-025-0) A fine collection of enlightening
passages on diverse topics, both spiritual and mundane,
such as the value of education, morality, religion, willpower,
concentration, meditation, etc. Rs 45
Truth (27 pp., 81-7509-076-6) On the meaning of Truth
and finding it. Rs 15
CORRESPONDENCES AND MESSAGES
Gems from the Mother to Huta (101 pp., 81-67372-03-6) 357 handwritten
quotations of sayings from various countries and times. Rs 100
Growing Up with the Mother (222 pp., 81-900175-4-3) A collection of
correspondence, messages and conversations with Tara Jauhar. Rs 100
The Lesson of Life: 178 Sayings in the Handwriting of the Mother
Facsimile of the Mother’s notes providing spiritual guidance to a disciple.
(182 pp., 81-7058-474-4) Rs 70
On the Path (En Route) (158 pp.) Correspondence with Shyam Sundar.Rs 50
Victory of the Truth: Seven Mudras of the Mother’s Hands
(24 pp., 81-87372-01-X) Colour photographs of the seven mudras of the
Mother’s hands with their significances. Rs 50
31

COMPILATIONS FROM THE WORKS OF
SRI AUROBINDO AND THE MOTHER
YOGA IN EVERYD
YDAY Y LIFE
(booklet series, compiled by Vijay)
Simple passages with a practical orientation on specific subjects:
Aspiration
Beauty
Death
Food
Happiness and Peace
Helping Humanity
Illness — Causes and Cure
Illness and Perfect Health
Meditation
Money
Occultism
Prayer and Japa
Rebirth
Sleep and Dreams
Surrender and Grace
Transformation
Truth
Work
Yoga
(28 pp., 81-7060-018-9) Rs 12
(28 pp., 81-7060-129-0) Rs 15
(32 pp., 81-7060-107-X) Rs 15
(27 pp., 81-7060-088-X) Rs 15
(32 pp., 81-7060-234-3) Rs 15
(28 pp., 81-7060-114-2) Rs 12
(28 pp., 81-7060-111-8) Rs 15
(36 pp., 81-7060-112-6) Rs 16
(27 pp., 81-7060-026-X) Rs 15
(28 pp., 81-7060-090-1) Rs 12
(28 pp., 81-7060-108-8) Rs 12
(28 pp., 81-7060-027-8) Rs 12
(32 pp., 81-7060-117-7) Rs 12
(27 pp., 81-7060-097-9) Rs 12
(28 pp., 81-7060-019-7) Rs 12
(27 pp., 81-7060-071-5) Rs 12
(32 pp., 81-7060-109-6) Rs 15
(27 pp., 81-7060-089-8) Rs 15
(28 pp., 81-7060-070-7) Rs 12
ALL L INDIA IA MAGA
GAZIN
ZINE booklets (compiled by K. C. Anand)
AIM Stories (48 pp.) Rs 10
Avatarhood (80 pp.) Rs 20
Catastrophes and Accidents (40 pp., 81-7060-165-7) Rs 15
Central Secret of the Sadhana: Opening to the Divine (32 pp.) Rs 10
Creation and the Creator (112 pp., 81-7060-187-8) Rs 35
Depression — Its Cause and Cure (56 pp., 81-7060-191-6) Rs 15
Devotion (55 pp.) Rs 12
Difference between Religion and Yoga (64 pp., 81-7060-177-0) Rs 15
Fate and Free-Will (56 pp., 81-7060-224-6) Rs 15
Fear — Its Cause and Cure (48 pp., 81-7060-176-2) Rs 15
Flowers — The Smile of the Divine: The Mother on Flowers
(64 pp., 81-7060-135-5) Rs 15
Fundamentals of Sadhana (48 pp., 81-7060-160-6) Rs 15
The Gate and the Way to the Supramental Yoga (14 pp.) Rs 12
Happy Birthday (32 pp., 81-7060-201-7) Rs 15
How to Cultivate Concentration (40 pp., 81-7060-166-5) Rs 15
How to Sleep Well (48 pp., 81-7060-230-0) Rs 15
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An Introduction to True Spirituality (48 pp.) Rs 10
Know Thyself and Forget Thyself: Two Ancient Laws of Living
(48 pp., 81-7060-154-1) Rs 15
Mind and the Mental Being: Know Thyself – IV
(48 pp., 81-7060-134-7) Rs 12
The Mother on Desires (48 pp., 81-7060-148-7) Rs 15
Mystery of Life (56 pp.) Rs 12
New Year Greetings: The Hour of God (14 pp.) Rs 15
On Music (40 pp.) Rs 12
Practical Guidance for a Spiritual Life (40 pp., 81-7060-204-1) Rs 15
Remain Young, Never Stop Striving Towards Perfection
(40 pp., 81-7060-168-1) Rs 15
The Right Object of Education and India’s National Education
(48 pp., 81-7060-171-1) Rs 15
Soul and How to Find It (56 pp., 81-7060-220-3) Rs 15
The Spirit and the Soul: Know Thyself – II (48 pp.) Rs 12
Sri Aurobindo on Desires (40 pp., 81-7060-149-5) Rs 15
Sri Aurobindo: Life and Teachings — In His Own Words
(48 pp., 81-7060-225-4) Rs 15
Sri Krishna (48 pp., 81-7060-048-0) Rs 10
Stories and Anecdotes from the Mother (56 pp.) Rs 10
Suffering: Its Cause and Cure (56 pp., 81-7060-229-7) Rs 15
The Sunlit Path to Divine Grace and Protection
(40 pp., 81-7060-219-X) Rs 15
Thy Peace, O Lord, a Boon Within to Keep: Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother on Peace (48 pp., 81-7060-137-1) Rs 15
True Love (48 pp., 81-7060-239-4) Rs 15
Two Great Steps in the Sadhana of Integral Yoga
(40 pp., 81-7060-207-6) Rs 15
Union With the Divine (48 pp.) Rs 10
The Vital (The Life-Force, Prana): Know Thyself – I (56 pp.) Rs 12
The Way to Happiness (48 pp., 81-7060-167-3) Rs 15
The Way to Spiritual Life (56 pp., 81-7060-210-6) Rs 15
Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna in
Sri Aurobindo’s Writings (48 pp., 81-7060-208-4) Rs 15
What is Consciousness: Know Thyself – III
(56 pp., 81-7060-132-0) Rs 12
What is Hinduism (32 pp., 81-7060-169-X) Rs 15
Yoga — its Meaning and Objects (40 pp., 81-7060-188-6) Rs 15
Yogic Equality: The Foundation of Sadhana
(72 pp., 81-7060-164-9) Rs 15
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Compiled by A. S. Dalal with an Introduction:
Emergence of the Psychic: Governance of Life by the
Soul (135 pp., 81-7058-688-7) Expanding on The Psychic
Being with greater focus on the practical aspects, this book
helps us to become more conscious of the action and
influence of the soul in our lives. Rs 55
Growing Within: The Psychology of Inner
Development (192 pp., 81-7058-315-2) On the meaning,
nature and psychological processes of inner growth which
will help seekers in understanding and also in fostering
inner development. Rs 55
The Hidden Forces of Life (203 pp., 81-7058-177-X) On the hidden forces
which, though men are almost totally unaware, act on men influencing their
thoughts, feelings and actions, determining the course of events in life. Rs 55
Living Within: The Yoga Approach to Psychological
Health and Growth (179 pp., 81-7058-051-X) Some of
the principles and methods of Sri Aurobindo’s Integral
Yoga for overcoming psychological disturbances and for
attaining positive mental health. Rs 60
Living Words: Soul-Kindlers for the New Millennium
(198 pp., 81-7058-588-0) The words of Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother do not just convey certain ideas but also
induce a soul state of consciousness. The great majority
of extracts contained in this book have been selected
because of this quality. Rs 60
Looking from Within: A Seeker’s Guide to Attitudes for Mastery and
Inner Growth (185 pp., 81-7058-406-X) All of the many approaches for the
attainment of mastery and inner growth involve the cultivation of certain
attitudes which are related to inner or psychological states from which we
look at and react to everything in life. This book deals with such basic attitudes
in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga. Rs 55
Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology (249 pp.,
81-7058-664-X) Presents yoga as consisting essentially
in inner psychological work aimed at the transformation
of consciousness, rather than in set practices and rules
pertaining to one’s outer life. Describes in detail the various
planes and parts of the being. Rs 75
Powers Within (180 pp., 81-7058-535-X) On the dynamic
inner faculties inherent in man, though more or less
dormant. This book covers the various ranges of human
consciousness, from the power of thought and imagination
to the power of immobility, intuition and Yoga-Shakti. Rs 50
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The Psychic Being: Soul — Its Nature, Mission and
Evolution (223 pp., 81-7058-138-9) On the inner
constitution of the human being and on various related
questions such as inner growth, the after-life, rebirth, etc.
Rs 60
The Yoga of Sleep and Dreams: The Night-School of
Sadhana (107 pp., 81-7058-750-6) Contains guidance
for making sleep more conscious, thereby replacing
subconscient dreams with conscious experiences. The
ultimate goal is to transform sleep into a state of yogic
repose, a state in which one can enter into the inner worlds and act there as in
the physical world. Rs 45
Other Compilations
125 Drops of Nectar from the Mother and
Sri Aurobindo (153 pp.) 125 pairs of quotations from
Prayers and Meditations and Savitri. Rs 50
125 Cautions from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
(46 pp.) The Mother often highlighted the importance of
vigilance in the Integral Yoga. These 125 selections are
related to this theme. Rs 15
The Aims and Ideals of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
(93 pp., 81-7058-625-9) On the Ashram’s purpose,
character and way of life, the practice of the Integral Yoga, the place of work,
relations with others, religion, philanthropy, etc. Rs 50
Aspiring Swan: Birthday Messages from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
to Champaklal and Kamala (147 pp.) Rs 75
A Climb Towards a Divinised Manhood and the Divine Life (39 pp.)
Selections on Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, the Ashram, the evolution of
consciousness and the supermind. Rs 10
Daily Quotation: A Calendar of
Quotations; Make of Thy Daily Way a
Pilgrimage (366 pp.) A desk calendar with
one page per day, each page having a
quotation. Only dates are shown and not
days of the week, so it can be used for any
year. Rs 100
Darshan Messages of Sri Aurobindo and
the Mother (1927-1973) (72 pp., 81-7058-698-4) Rs 35
A Divine Life Manifesto: An Integral Education for a Divine Life
(265 pp., 81-86549-00-5) On the manifestation of a divine life on earth and
the importance of integral education in preparing for it.
sc Rs 200 hc Rs 250
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Felicity Eternal: The Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the
Mother’s Final Arrival at Pondicherry April 24, 1920 –
April 24, 1995 (154 pp., 81-7058-514-7) The first part
mainly deals with the arrivals of Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother to Pondicherry. ‘The Mother: Her Early Life and
Work’ sheds light on the Mother’s early life, her spiritual
experiences and her various artistic activities. The other
parts contain quotations and passages from Sri Aurobindo’s
and the Mother’s works. Rs 150
A Forecast for the Third Millennium (52 pp., 81-7060-151-7) Selections on
“The Coming of a Spiritual Age” and “The Precursors of the Future”. Rs 25
The Growth of a Flame: Kamala’s Correspondence
with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (73 pp.) A collection
of letters to Kamala which will be a source of inspiration
and guidance to all the aspirants of Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga.
Rs 60
The Hierarchy of Minds: The Mind Levels (174 pp.,
81-7058-033-1) Sri Aurobindo’s views on man’s
consciousness in relation to the mind, its various levels
and functions within the body consciousness and its
potential to transcend the body consciousness. Rs 70
Integral Healing (260 pp., 81-7058-774-3) Presents
insights into the cure of illness, and how the hidden causes
of physical disorders can be uprooted by discovering one’s
inner power and participating in the Integral Yoga.Rs 105
Light for Students: Towards Higher and Deeper Values
(126 pp., 81-7060-189-4) Selections giving the students a
new insight into life and helping to open up new horizons
of knowledge. Rs 50
A New Education for a New Consciousness:
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Education
(246 pp., 81-7058-426-4) All significant writings not only
on what is meant by “education” today but what it would
imply in future with the gradual emergence of the new
consciousness, as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo. Rs 100
New Year Prayers and Messages 1933–2000
(147 pp.) In English and French, reproduced in facsimiles
of the Mother’s handwriting whenever possible. Rs 30
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Education
(168 pp., 81-7058-028-5) Essays on the principle and
methods of education including ‘A System of National Education’ by
Sri Aurobindo; ‘The Science of Living’, ‘Four Austerities and Four
Liberations’, by the Mother. Rs 35
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Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Indian Independence and on War and
Peace (57 pp.) A selection of Sri Aurobindo’s views and messages on topics
such as Swaraj, India’s independence, the Second World War and Germany
after the War, and of the Mother’s views and messages on the Freedom of
India, the India-Pakistan War of 1965, the Bangladesh crisis and other such
events. Rs 25
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Love: Quotations Selected and
Presented by Pavitra (49 pp., 81-7058-104-4) This book reveals the true
nature and movements of the great universal force that is Love, its purification
and liberation, and the manifestation of Divine Love and Ananda. Rs 25
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Physical Education
(248 pp., 81-7058-441-8) On an increasingly important
area of education, emphasising that spirit and matter cannot
be separated, and that the body can transcend its limitations
through spiritual and mental means. Rs 120
On Women (117 pp., 81-7060-158-4) The question of
the role of women in the world is assuming an increasing
urgency. This book presents significant passages on this
important but highly misunderstood subject. Rs 60
The Path of Surrender (44 pp., 81-7060-200-9)
Section 1: Who is the Mother; Section 2: The Path of Surrender Rs 30
Prayers and Mantras (120 pp., 81-7060-022-7)
A collection of prayers and mantras given by Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother for spiritual seekers. hc Rs 60
Sadhana: Some Suggestions for the Spiritual Life
(56 pp., 81-7060-122-3) On basic practical questions
confronting the spiritual seeker. Includes an essay of Nolini
Kanta Gupta, “The Ideal Centre”. Rs 35
Towards Holistic Management
(117 pp., 81-7060-206-8) Looks towards a deeper and
higher vision of business. Deals with materials, money, people, values, etc.
Rs 80
TALKS WITH SRI AUROBINDO AND THE
MOTHER
(recorded from memory)
Talks with Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo’s wide-ranging
conversations with the disciples who attended to him during
the last twelve years of his life. Serious discussion is
balanced with light-hearted banter and humour.
Volume 1 (514 pp., 81-7058-634-8) Rs 250
Volume 2 (517 pp., 81-7058-635-6) Rs 250
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The Supreme: Conversations with the Mother
Recollected by Mona Sarkar (97 pp., 81-7058-607-0) Rs 80
Sweet Mother: Harmonies of Light (Part 1) (41 pp., 81-7058-159-1)Rs 28
The above two books consist of talks with the Mother on a wide variety of
subjects, recorded from memory by Mona Sarkar.
COMPILATIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDING THE
WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO AND THE MOTHER
The Eternal Wisdom: Central Sayings of Great Sages
of All Times (595 pp., 81-7058-319-5) Central sayings
of great thinkers and sages of the East and West, spanning
a period of five thousand years and representing a wide
spectrum of spiritual and philosophic traditions. Published
in the Arya, almost all were translated from French by Sri
Aurobindo. Rs 120
Ever to the New and the Unknown: 50th Anniversary
of the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education
1943-1993 (330 pp., 81-7058-354-3) Commemorative
volume of the fiftieth anniversary of the Sri Aurobindo International Centre
of Education, with selections from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, essays on
the various facets of the Centre, articles by the teachers and former students
on various subjects in the light of Sri Aurobindo, and their reminiscences.
Rs 125
Flowers — Their Spiritual Significance (96 pp., 81-7060-028-6) Spiritual
significance of flowers as revealed by the Mother, with numerous photographs,
illustrations, charts, etc. Rs 65
How to Bring Up a Child
(64 pp., 81-7060-009-X) Answering some
fundamental questions on the crucial but yet
obscure field of child education. Rs 50
India is One (96 pp., 81-7060-033-2) On the very
special nature of Indian unity, the powers which
have sustained it in the past, the direction it must
take in the future and its implications for India and the world. Rs 60
Love’s Rainbow (46 pp.) On various aspects of love. Rs 15
Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Sri Aurobindo (216 pp., 81-7509-019-7)
Compiled from the writings of Sri Aurobindo and from the reports of
Sri Aurobindo’s talks by A.B. Purani and Nirodbaran. Arranged topic-wise.
Rs 75
Whispers of Nature (87 pp., 81-7060-023-5) An attempt to develop a deeper
insight and love for nature through her infinite moods and expressions. Rs 60
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WORKS OF OTHER AUTHORS
BIOGRAPHY
Beyond Man: The Life and Work of Sri Aurobindo
and the Mother (544 pp., 81-7223-327-2)
— Georges Van Vrekhem Rs 295
The Life of Sri Aurobindo (440 pp., 81-7058-080-3)
An extensive biography tracing significant events in
the life of Sri Aurobindo, as well as the evolution of
his spiritual thought, with numerous extracts from his
writings. — A. B. Purani Rs 125
Sri Aurobindo (118 pp., 81-215-0789-8) — M. P. Pandit hc Rs 225
Sri Aurobindo: A Brief Biography
(172 pp., 0-19-562307-X) — Peter Heehs Rs 195
Sri Aurobindo for All Ages: A Biography
(241 pp., 81-7058-202-4) A biography suitable for young
as well as mature readers, sprinkled with wit and humour
and written in an intimate style characteristic of a
biographer who has had years of close, personal contact
with Sri Aurobindo. — Nirodbaran Rs 80
Sri Aurobindo: His Life Unique
(427 pp., 81-7058-621-6) — Rishabhchand Rs 125
Sri Aurobindo in Baroda (182 pp., 81-7058-318-7)
— Compiled and edited by Roshan and Apurva Rs 65
Sri Aurobindo in the First Decade of the Twentieth
Century (218 pp., 81-7058-697-6) — Manoj Das Rs 95
Sri Aurobindo: The Story of His
Life (95 pp., 81-7058-079-X)
For young readers, written in simple
English in verse form. — Tehmi
(Adapted from the Gujarati ‘Sri Aravindayan’) Rs 30
An Early Chapter in the Mother’s Life
(332 pp., 81-7509-007-3) — M. P. Pandit Rs 100
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo
Ashram (134 pp., 81-237-2386-5)
— Prema Nandakumar Rs 35
The Mother: A Short Biography
(104 pp., 81-7060-015-4) Narrates the Mother’s life mostly
from her autobiographical statements, helping to discover
the timeless ever-present Mother, her power and her love
and her work of the supramental transformation.
— Wilfried Rs 50
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The Mother: The Divine Shakti — Georges Van
Vrekhem (78 pp., 81-7167-889-0) hc Rs 95
The Mother: Images of Her Life
(64 pp., 81-7058-704-2) Presents over a hundred
photographs of the Mother covering the entire panorama
of her life. On art paper with captions and quotations.
— Compiled from the Works of the Mother, Sri Aurobindo
and other various sources Rs 65
The Mother: The Story of Her Life — Georges Van
Vrekhem (545 pp., 81-7223-416-3) hc Rs 495
On the Mother: The Chronicle of a Manifestation and
Ministry (924 pp., 81-7058-036-6) An extensive biography
tracing significant events in the life of the Mother as well
as the evolution of her spiritual thought, with numerous
extracts from her writings. — K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Rs 375
ON SRI AUROBINDO AND THE MOTHER
The Alchemy of Her Grace: Grateful Reminiscences
(137 pp., 81-85853-09-6) — V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 85
Beautiful Vignettes of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Three Hundred
and Sixty True Stories (197 pp.) — Shyam Kumari Rs 125
Breath of Grace (348 pp., 81-7509-085-5) Reminiscences
of early sadhaks of the Ashram, recording their personal
experiences with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in dayto-day
life. Presents a rare and intimate history of the
Ashram. — Edited by M. P. Pandit Rs 150
Champaklal Speaks
(400 pp., 81-7058-668-2)
Champaklal served both
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother as their
personal attendant. Here are
reminiscences and other material gathered during
Champaklal’s long period of intimate contact with them.
— Edited by M. P. Pandit, Revised by Roshan Rs 175
Flame of White Light (59 pp., 81-7509-000-6)
— T. V. Kapali Sastry hc Rs 160
From Dawn to Greater Dawn: A Play on the Life of Sri Aurobindo
(28 pp.) — Written by teachers and students of the Mother’s International
School, New Delhi Rs 25
A Glimpse of the Mother’s Love and Action
(196 pp., 81-7060-113-4) — Edited by Vijay Rs 75
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Great Sir and the Heaven Lady (241 pp., 81-7595-750-6)
— Maggi Lidchi-Grassi hc Rs 350
How they Came to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother — Shyam Kumari
Volume 1 — 29 True Stories of Sadhaks and Devotees (257 pp.) Rs 150
Volume 2 — 36 True Stories of Sadhaks and Devotees (256 pp.) Rs 150
Volume 3 — 22 True Stories of Sadhaks and Devotees (257 pp.) Rs 150
Volume 4 — 25 True Stories of Sadhaks and Devotees (257 pp.) Rs 75
I am with you (80 pp.) — Kailas Jhaveri Rs 60
Light and Laughter: Some Talks at Pondicherry
(142 pp., 81-87916-04-4)
— Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna) and Nirodbaran Rs 90
The Light that Shone into the Dark Abyss
(144 pp., 81-7058-380-2) — Maggi Lidchi-Grassi Rs 65
Memorable Contacts With the Mother
(190 pp., 81-7058-587-2) Thoughtful and delightful
reminiscences of a disciple, covering contacts with the
Mother over a period of forty years. — Nirodbaran Rs 60
More Vignettes of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Four Hundred and
Twenty-One True Stories (201 pp.) — Shyam Kumari Rs 100
Mother and I (272 pp.) — M. P. Pandit sc Rs 50 hc Rs 60
Mother and Me (48 pp., 81-7060-218-1) — D. B. Bisht Rs 40
The Mother: Past—Present—Future
(186 pp., 81-87916-05-2) — K. D. Sethna Rs 135
Mrinalini Devi (32 pp., 81-86413-06-5)
— Nirodbaran Rs 20
My Mother (140 pp.) — Surendra Nath Jauhar
sc Rs 20 hc Rs 25
On the Mother Divine (124 pp.) — Pasupati Rs 75
Our Light and Delight: Recollections of Life with the
Mother (228 pp., 81-87916-02-8) On the Mother, her
work and various related themes. Sprinkled with wit and
humour. — K. D. Sethna Rs 150
Prophet of Indian Nationalism (197 pp.) — Karan Singh
Rs 35
Remembering The Mother with Gratitude:
A Collection of Reminiscences
(136 pp., 81-901891-3-1) Unforgettable remembrances
of some eminent personalities of the Ashram and Auroville
who have shared some golden moments with the Mother.
— Essays by various authors Rs 125
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Selected Essays and Talks of Nirodbaran (271 pp.)
— Compiled and edited by Supriyo BhattacharyaRs 100
Sri Aurobindo
(88 pp., 81-7201-595-X) — Manoj Das Rs 25
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: A Brief Introduction
(80 pp., 81-7060-020-0) — Vijay Rs 20
Sri Aurobindo Came to Me
(376 pp.) — Dilip Kumar Roy Rs 200
Sri Aurobindo: The Smiling Master — Humour in
Sri Aurobindo’s Writings (441 pp., 81-7058-454-X) Sri Aurobindo is often
wrongly perceived as a grave philosopher who rarely smiled. This book analyses
the canons of the art of humour, and quotes Sri Aurobindo’s humorous passages
belonging to the genre in question to illustrate the
principles. — Jugal Kishore Mukherjee Rs 150
Twelve Years With Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran
(334 pp., 81-7058-099-4) Memoirs from the period 1938
–1950, revealing the personal and intimate aspect of
Sri Aurobindo’s relationship with his disciples. Rs 95
Vignettes of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother:
Three Hundred and Sixty True Stories
(177 pp.) — Shyam Kumari Rs 125
ON THE ASHRAM AND AUROVILLE
Visitor’s Guide to Sri Aurobindo Ashram (with map) Rs 2
Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram (62 pp., 81-7058-738-7) Rs 15
Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Its Role, Responsibility and Future Destiny —
An Insider’s Personal View (91 pp., 81-7058-507-4)
— Jugal Kishore Mukherjee Rs 50
125th Birth Anniversary of the Mother
(21st February 2003) (73 pp.) Rs 100
Towards Tomorrow: An Introductory Booklet
(28 pp., 81-7060-214-9) — Edited by Vijay Rs 15
The Auroville Adventure (169 pp.)
— Selections from ten years of the journal ‘Auroville
Today’ Rs 150
The Auroville Handbook: 2003 Edition (138 pp.) Rs 125
Auroville in a Nutshell: A Condensed Introduction for Guests and Visitors
(34 pp.) — Prepared by PRISMA Rs 30
Auroville: A Dream (Photographs) (143 pp.) — Ireno Guerci hc Rs 850
Auroville: A Dream Takes Shape (36 pp.) — Alain G. Rs 60
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Auroville: An International Township A set of 2 CD-ROMs on Auroville
with extensive text, photos, music, slide shows and video clips. Also contains
extensive information on Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Rs 450
The Spirit of Auroville (287 pp., 81-67372-07-9) — Huta Rs 280
The Spirit’s Manifest Home: The Story of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi
Branch (168 pp.) — Compiled and edited by Makarand Paranjape Rs 50
ON DISCIPLES
Amal-Kiran: Poet and Critic — Articles by various
authors (457 pp., 81-7058-402-7) Rs 150
Among the Not So Great — Prabhakar (Batti)
(276 pp., 81-86413-26-X) Rs 80
Amrita: Birth Centenary Commemoration Volume
September 1995 (107 pp., 81-86413-02-2)
— Articles by various authors Rs 50
A Captive of Her Love: Letters and Paintings of Janina
Stroka (106 pp., 81-7058-520-1) Rs 175
Champaklal as an Artist (87 pp., 81-7058-423-X)
With paintings by Champaklal hc Rs 500
Champaklal: Lion of Light and Love (127 pp.)
— V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 35
The Golden Path: Interviews with Disciples of
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother from the Sri Aurobindo
Ashram and Auroville (264 pp., 0-930736-05-2) — Anie Nunnally Rs 200
Gopal Dass Gupta: A Little-Known Sadhak (38 pp., 81-86413-09-X)
— Articles by various authors Rs 15
An Interview with Nirodbaran (23 pp.)
— Compiled and edited by Supriyo Bhattacharya Rs 10
K. D. Sethna (Amal Kiran): A Centenary Tribute
(492 pp.) — Edited by Dr Sachidananda Mohanty Rs 200
Madhav Panditji — Sraddhalu Ranade
(29 pp., 81-7509-042-1) Rs 10
Nagin-bhai Tells Me (82 pp.)
— R. Y. Deshpande Rs 60
Nirodbaran: Divinity’s Comrade — Edited by Hemant
Kapoor (639 pp., 81-86413-27-8) Rs 275
On the Threshold of a New Age with Medhananda:
Fragments of Conversations Recorded in French by
Yvonne Artaud — Medhananda
(199 pp., 81-86413-14-6) scRs 125 hc Rs 150
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A Spirit Indomitable: Lights on the Life of Sudhir Kumar Sarkar
(147 pp.) — Edited by Mona Sarkar Rs 50
The Story of a Soul: Volume One 1954–1955
(103 pp., 81-87372-20-6) — Huta Rs 100
Surendranath Jauhar: His Life, Work and Thought
(464 pp., 81-900155-0-8) — A commemorative volume
with an introduction by Dr K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
hc Rs 250
Take Mother with You: Experiences
of the Mother’s Loving Presence
(40 pp., 81-86413-25-1) — Rajnikant J. Mehta Rs 30
With Medhananda on the Shores of Infinity (144 pp.,
81-86413-08-1) — Medhananda sc Rs 125 hc Rs 175
The Wonder That is K. D. Sethna alias Amal Kiran
(42 pp., 81-7058-408-6) — Jugal Kishore Mukherjee
Rs 25
INDIAN TRADITION
Brahman and Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Approach to
the Upanishads (94 pp., 81-87544-05-8)
— G. N. Sarma Rs 125
The Gita’s Gospel in Sri Aurobindo’s Light:
A Movement from Crisis to Liberation (205 pp.)
A thematic presentation of the Gita – its thought and
wisdom and teaching – in its development through all the
eighteen chapters. — H. Maheshwari Rs 125
The Isha and other Upanishads: Essays in Interpretation (104 pp.)
— Prof. N. Jayashanmugam Rs 150
Lights on the Upanishads: With Sri Aurobindo Darshana
(196 pp., 81-7994-029-2) — T. V. Kapali Sastry Rs 100
Mandukya Upanishad: English Version, Notes and
Commentary (48 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 30
Thoughts on the Gita: A Study of Sri Aurobindo’s
Essays on the Gita, Includes Gems
from Essays on the Gita (345 pp.,
81-7509-029-4) A chapter-by-chapter
summary of Sri Aurobindo’s Essays
on the Gita, serving as a companion-guide to aid its study.
— M. P. Pandit hc Rs 200
The Vedic Epiphany
Based on Sri Aurobindo’s The Secret of the Veda, this
book traces the background of the Veda, its long history
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and its eternal relevance to man in his evolutionary ascent to divinity. It restates
the ancient experience of the Vedic Seers in modern language.
— V. Madhusudan Reddy
Volume 1: The Vedic Vision (414 pp.) hc Rs 500
Volume 2: The Vedic Action (572 pp., 81-85853-02-9)sc Rs 600 hc Rs 650
Volume 3: The Vedic Fulfilment (311 pp., 81-85853-04-5)
sc Rs 300 hc Rs 350
Vedic Symbolism (614 pp., 81-901304-0-4)
— Prof. Satya Prakash Singh hc Rs 795
The Wonder that is Sanskrit (210 pp., 81-7060-182-7)
— Sampad and Vijay In press
Yoga of the Rishis:
The Upanishadic Approach to Death and Immortality
(144 pp.) — V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 50
PHILOSOPHY AND METAPHYSICS
Aspects of Sri Aurobindo (275 pp., 81-87916-01-X) Reflections on a wide
variety of subjects related to the life and thought of Sri Aurobindo, ranging
from “Sri Aurobindo and Plato” to “The Ashram’s Sixty Years”.
— K. D. Sethna Rs 130
Beyond Good and Evil: A Comparative Study of the
Moral Philosophies of Nietzsche and Sri Aurobindo
(187 pp., 81-7058-674-7) — Ranajit Sarkar Rs 80
Beyond Religion: Cosmos is One Family
(91 pp., 81-85853-07-X) — V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 50
Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s Thought
(Volume 3 is currently in press) — M. P. Pandit
Volume 1 (170 pp., 81-7509-011-1) Rs 75
Volume 2 (167 pp., 81-7509-012-X) Rs 75
Volume 4 (134 pp.) Rs 50
The Destiny of the Body: The Vision and the Realisation
in Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga (419 pp., 81-7058-141-9)
— Jugal Kishore Mukherjee Rs 150
The Development of Sri Aurobindo’s Spiritual System
and the Mother’s Contribution to it (80 pp.)
— K. D. Sethna Rs 120
The Dynamic Absolute: A Preface to Sri Aurobindo’s
Integral Advaita (165 pp.) — Dilip Kumar Roy Rs 125
Essentials of Sri Aurobindo’s Thought: Essays in Memory of Madhusudan
Reddy — Essays by various authors (408 pp., 81-85853-10-4) Pt 1: Various
thematically arranged essays by acclaimed critics on the contemporary relevance
of Sri Aurobindo’s thought. Pt 2: On Prof. Reddy and his writings. hc Rs 300
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Evolution and the Earthly Destiny
(378 pp., 81-7058-317-9) — Nolini Kanta Gupta Rs 75
A Follower of Christ and a Disciple of Sri Aurobindo
(278 pp., 81-87916-03-6) — Correspondence between
Bede Griffiths and K. D. Sethna Rs 120
Footnotes to the Future (262 pp., 81-85853-00-2)
— V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 130
From Man Human to Man Divine: Sri Aurobindo’s
Vision of the Evolutionary Destiny of Man (250 pp.,
81-7058-233-4) — Jugal Kishore Mukherjee hc Rs 95
Ignorance and the Supermind
(41 pp.) — Aniruddha Smart Rs 15
Images of the Future — Archaka
(83 pp., 81-86413-11-1)Rs 90
The Integral Advaitism of Sri
Aurobindo — Ram Shankar Misra
(437 pp., 81-208-1329-4) hc Rs 495
Introducing the Life Divine
(136 pp., 81-7509-048-0) Lectures on the philosophy of
evolution, rebirth and transformation in The Life Divine
by Sri Aurobindo, seen from both the theoretical as well
as practical angle. — M. P. Pandit Rs 50
An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy (142 pp., 81-7058-374-8)
The author states, “It is the purpose of this small volume to introduce the
reader to Sri Aurobindo’s life and thought with a short biographical sketch of
some of his reported inner experiences and the essential elements of the magnificent
philosophy that resulted from these experiences.” — Joan Price Rs 50
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo
(73 pp., 81-7058-346-2) — S. K. Maitra Rs 15
Legends in the Life Divine (284 pp.) — M. P. Pandit Rs 50
The Life Divine: A Brief Outline
(163 pp., 81-87544-01-5) — G. N. Sarma hc Rs 200
Lights from Nolini Kanta Gupta: The Best from the
eight volumes of his English Collected Works
(293 pp.) — Edited by Shyam Kumari Rs 90
Man: A Multiple Personality (Six Talks) — Murari M.
Bhattacharya (92 pp., 81-7060-001-4) Rs 20
Man: Towards His Splendid Destiny — A Guide to
the Study of Man in the Light of Sri Aurobindo
(140 pp.) — Compiled with linking notes by Samar Basu
Rs 45
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The Meeting of the East and the West in Sri Aurobindo’s
Philosophy (335 pp., 81-7058-603-8) Articles on
Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy, with special emphasis on how
Eastern and Western thought have blended in him.
— S. K. Maitra Rs 125
Mysteries of Death, Fate, Karma and Rebirth: In the
Light of the Teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother (174 pp., 81-7058-772-7) On the fear of death
and conquering it, what happens at the moment of death
and where the soul goes. — Jugal Kishore Mukherjee Rs 80
The Philosophy of Advaita:
A Transition from Shankara to Sri Aurobindo
(435 pp.) — Dr Priti Sinha hc Rs 150
Purushottama Yoga: London Talks on ‘The Life Divine’
(190 pp., 81-85853-08-8)
— V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 100
Science, Materialism, Mysticism
(356 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 100
Selected Works of M. P. Pandit
Volume 1: Sri Aurobindo (501 pp.) hc Rs 150
Volume 2: The Mother (506 pp.) hc Rs 150
Volume 3: Yoga (640 pp., 81-7509-003-0) hc Rs 200
Volume 4: Traditions (640 pp., 81-7509-004-9) hc Rs 300
Volume 5: The World (522 pp., 81-7509-005-7) hc Rs 300
Seven Studies in Sri Aurobindo (239 pp.)
— V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 110
Sri Aurobindo and the New Millennium: Reflections
and Reviews (340 pp.) Diverse articles providing a
multiform glimpse of all that Sri Aurobindo attempted
and achieved, touching upon various aspects such as the
role of the Avatar in this creation and the possibility of the
arrival of the New Man. — R. Y. Deshpande Rs 150
Sri Aurobindo’s Life Divine: Lectures Delivered in the
USA (282 pp., 81-7058-142-7) A collection of lectures
delivered by the author in the USA on The Life Divine. — A. B. Purani Rs 75
Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Evolution — V. Madhusudan Reddy
(371 pp., 81-85853-11-8) Sri Aurobindo’s original view of life and the universe
presented against the background of a survey of western philosophy. Rs 350
The Teaching of Sri Aurobindo
(56 pp., 81-7509-038-3) — M. P. Pandit Rs 30
The Technology of Consciousness
(15 pp., 81-7509-040-5) — Sraddhalu Ranade Rs 10
47

Teilhard de Chardin and Our Time
(343 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 150
Towards the Divine Life (144 pp.) — Sukhvir Arya Rs 40
Towards the Supermind (147 pp.) — Sukhvir Arya Rs 30
The Vision and Work of Sri Aurobindo (238 pp., 81-7058-295-4)
Sri Aurobindo’s vision embraces all aspects and endeavours of humanity:
science, art, philosophy, mysticism; man individual and collective. Many
of these essays on diverse themes have been approved for publication by
Sri Aurobindo himself. — K. D. Sethna hc Rs 125
YOGA
The following four books form part of a series of
compilations from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother. They have emerged from workshops and
interactive sessions on the concerned subjects, and
therefore show a strong practical orientation.
Abhaya: Fear — Its Cause and Cure (88 pp.) Rs 90
Dhyana: Meditation for Inner Growth (88 pp.) Rs 90
Karmayoga: Perfection in Work (120 pp.) Rs 100
Sadhana: A Guide to Self-Mastery (128 pp.) Rs 120
Deathless Rose (100 pp.) Meditations on themes from
Sri Aurobindo’s Sonnets — M. P. Pandit Rs 30
Dhyana (60 pp., 81-7509-015-4) — M. P. Pandit
On meditation, concentration, contemplation, etc. Rs 15
A Divine Life in a Divine Body
(263 pp., 81-7060-119-3) — Navajata Rs 95
How Do I Begin:
A Primer of Affirmative Spirituality
(61 pp., 81-7509-030-8) Explains
some practical aspects of Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga
for new aspirants. — M. P. Pandit Rs 20
How Do I Proceed: Key to Sadhana
(60 pp., 81-7509-026-X) Explains some practical aspects
of Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga for spiritual seekers.
— M. P. Pandit Rs 20
Inspired Thoughts (105 pp., 81-900175-1-9) — Compiled from the writings
of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, and other sources Rs 25
The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo (473 pp., 81-7058-633-X) Presents the
fundamentals of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo against the background of
the spiritual heritage of India. — Rishabhchand Rs 140
Jai Ma: On the Mother’s Service (19 pp.) — Pashupati Bhattacharya Rs 5
Japa (47 pp., 81-7509-031-6) — M. P. Pandit Rs 10
48

Life Beautiful (130 pp., 81-7509-027-8) Talks on “Higher
Living”, “Responsibility of the Spiritual Man”,
“The Mother in Daily Life”, “The Mother in Collective
Living”, etc. — M. P. Pandit Rs 50
Meditation: Background and Process — Two Talks
(23 pp., 81-7060-002-2) — M. P. Pandit Rs 10
Meditations on the Mother (Part 1)
— V. Madhusudan Reddy (178 pp.,
81-85853-06-1) Rs 110
The Miracle of Descent: Reflections on Sri Aurobindo’s
Integral Yoga (187 pp.) — Rohit Mehta Rs 25
Musings on the Mother’s Prayers
and Meditations — Shyam Kumari
Volume 1 (289 pp.) Rs 200
Volume 2 (351 pp.) Rs 250
Volume 3 (347 pp.) Rs 250
My Supreme Discovery (10 pp.)
— Surendra Nath Jauhar “Faquir” Rs 2
Notes on ‘Prayers and Meditations’: With a Selection
of Prayer-Poems for Classes XI-XII
— Goutam Ghosal (84 pp., 81-86413-05-7) Rs 40
On Meditation and Discipline (14 pp., 81-7058-696-8) — Pavitra Rs 6
Pitfalls in Sadhana: Three Sat-Sang Talks, February 1987
(27 pp., 81-7509-036-7) — M. P. Pandit Rs 15
The Practice of the Integral Yoga: With Copious Hints for the Pilgrims
of the Path (348 pp., 81-7058-732-8) This comprehensive treatise on the
effective practice of the Yoga of Integral Transformation is an outcome of
what has been shaped on the anvil of long practice, deep reflection and inner
experience. — Jugal Kishore Mukherjee Rs 150
Prayers and Aspirations (52 pp., 81-7060-061-8) — Champaklal Rs 50
Salutations (92 pp.) — Huta Rs 45
Sidelights on Sri Aurobindo (220 pp.) — M. P. Pandit Rs 50
Spiritual Communion: Based upon the Mother’s Prayers and Meditations
(456 pp.) — M. P. Pandit hc Rs 75
Spiritual Life: Theory and Practice (252 pp.) On Hathayoga, Rajayoga, the
Yoga of Love and Devotion, and the means to adopt in the practice of the
Integral Yoga. — M. P. Pandit Rs 50
Sri Aurobindo: Thinker and Yogi of the Future (286 pp., 81-86413-20-0)
Essays on Sri Aurobindo’s thought and Yoga, based upon his major works and
emphasising his unique synthesis of Eastern Wisdom and Western Rationalism.
— M. G. Umar Rs 100
49

Visions of Champaklal
(197 pp.) — Compiled and edited by Roshan and Apurva Rs 150
Yoga for the Modern Man (115 pp., 81-7509-018-9) Introduces Hathayoga,
Rajayoga, the Triple Path and Tantrayoga, leading to the Integral Yoga of
Sri Aurobindo in which the essence of all past yogas is
combined. — M. P. Pandit Rs 30
The Yoga of Sri Aurobindo (Parts 1-7)
(434 pp., 81-7058-471-X) Essays on various aspects of
Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga and philosophy including some based
on talks given by the Mother to the children of the
Sri Aurobindo Ashram. — Nolini Kanta Gupta Rs 115
The Yoga of Transformation (134 pp., 81-7509-010-3)
Elucidating the steps towards and
difficulties of psychic, spiritual and
supramental transformation. — M. P. Pandit Rs 60
The following 3 books by M. P. Pandit are based on
Sri Aurobindo’s The Synthesis of Yoga.
(These 3 books are for sale in South Asia only)
The Yoga of Love (103 pp., 81-7822-057-1) Rs 125
The Yoga of Knowledge (281 pp., 81-7822-078-4)Rs 195
The Yoga of Works (185 pp., 81-7822-079-2) Rs 175
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
About Woman (98 pp.) — Nolini Kanta Gupta Rs 75
And So This Happens: A Discourse on Certain Social
Problems and their Solutions in the Light of
Sri Aurobindo (50 pp.) — Samar Basu Rs 10
The Caste System of India: An Aurobindonian
Perspective (20 pp.) — Dr Soumitra Basu Rs 10
The Coming Race and other Essays
(Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta Volume One)
(406 pp.) — Nolini Kanta Gupta hc Rs 35
Contemporary Crisis of Humanity (20 pp.) — Kireet Joshi Rs 10
Designing a New Social Order: An Insight into Aurobindonian Thought
(14 pp., 81-7060-141-X) — Dr G. P. Gupta Rs 12
“The Fallacy of Karl Marx”: A Critical Appraisal of Marxism in the
Light of Sri Aurobindo’s Social Philosophy
(66 pp., 81-7058-481-7) — Kishor Gandhi Rs 30
Freedom and Future: An Imaginary Dialogue with Sri Aurobindo
(131 pp., 81-7058-530-9) — Daniel Albuquerque Rs 100
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Glimpses of Vedantism in Sri Aurobindo’s Political Thought
(73 pp., 81-86413-07-3) — Samar Basu Rs 45
Hindu Muslim Unity: In Sri Aurobindo’s Light
(28 pp., 81-7060-110-X) — Dr Mangesh Nadkarni Rs 15
Human Quest for Unity and Harmony: A Psycho-Spiritual Approach in
the Light of Sri Aurobindo (29 pp.) — Dr H. Maheshwari Rs 12
In Search of Hinduism (55 pp.) Shows the way to the rediscovery of Sanatana
Dharma, an all-comprehending humanist doctrine that expanded to meet the
inflow of new ways and religions into India. — Dr Prema Nandakumar Rs 30
The following two books by K. D. Sethna contain articles
of striking contemporary relevance on the spirit and genius
of India, independent India and international issues, the
essential truths behind Hinduism, and the vision and work
of Sri Aurobindo.
India and the World Scene
(353 pp., 81-7060-118-5) Rs 180
The Indian Spirit and the World’s Future
(185 pp., 81-7060-227-0) Rs 150
India, Youth and Integration
(211 pp., 81-900175-3-5) — Essays and articles by various authors Rs 35
Meta-History: The Unfoldment and Fulfilment of Human Destiny
(176 pp.) — V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 50
Patterns of the Present: From the Perspective of
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother — Georges Van Vrekhem
(238 pp., 81-7167-768-1) Rs 150
The Problems of Human Unity in Sri Aurobindo’s
Light (47 pp.) — Prof. M. V. Nadkarni Rs 12
The Relevance of Sri Aurobindo Today (106 pp.)
— Papers presented by various contributors hc Rs 20
Social and Political Evolution of Man: As Visioned by
Sri Aurobindo (A Brief Study) (117 pp.) — Samar Basu Rs 10
Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx: Integral Sociology and Dialectical Sociology
(336 pp., 81-208-0388-4) — D. P. Chattopadhyaya hc Rs 250
Sri Aurobindo and the New Age: Essays in Memory of Kishor Gandhi
(239 pp., 81-7058-505-8) — Essays by various authors hc Rs 85
Sri Aurobindo on Democracy and Secularism (36 pp., 81-7060-140-1)
— Edited by G. P. Gupta and M. S. Srinivasan Rs 15
Towards the Light of the Supreme (57 pp.) — Samar Basu Rs 30
Towards a Global Future: Agenda of the Third Millennium
(91 pp., 81-85853-05-3) — V. Madhusudan Reddy Rs 50
51

Triple Gospel and World Peace: In the Light of
Sri Aurobindo (26 pp.) — Samar Basu Rs 8
The UNO, the World Government and the Ideal of
World Union: As Envisioned by Sri Aurobindo
(118 pp.) — Samar Basu Rs 100
A Vision of United India: Problems and Solutions
(363 pp., 81-87471-18-2) — Prof. Kittu Reddy
hc Rs 550
PSYCHOLOGY
The Concept of Personality in Sri Aurobindo’s Integral
Yoga Psychology and A. Maslow’s Humanistic/
Transpersonal Psychology (224 pp., 81-215-0647-6)
— Joseph Vrinte hc Rs 275
A Greater Psychology: An Introduction to the
Psychological Thought of Sri Aurobindo
(426 pp., 81-7058-659-3) An overview of Sri Aurobindo’s
psychological thought: an anthology of Sri Aurobindo’s
writings on topics such as the nature of consciousness,
self and ego, sleep and dreams, the psychology of faith,
cosmic consciousness and the psychology of collective development; and essays
by the editor. — Edited by A. S. Dalal Rs 225 (For sale only in India)
Integral Psychology: The Psychological System of Sri Aurobindo (In Original
Words and in Elaborations) (379 pp., 81-7058-540-6) — Indra Sen Rs 160
Psychology, Mental Health and Yoga: Essays on Sri Aurobindo’s
Psychological Thought; Implications of Yoga for Mental Health
(155 pp., 81-7058-636-4) Brings out points of convergence and divergence
between psychology and yoga. — A. S. Dalal Rs 80
The Quest for the Inner Man: Transpersonal Psychotherapy and Integral
Sadhana (282 pp., 81-86413-03-0) — Joseph Vrinte Rs 200
Sri Aurobindo, Jung and Vedic Yoga
(423 pp., 81-87471-12-3) — Prof. Satya Prakash Singh hc Rs 650
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Ancient India in a New Light
(645 pp., 81-85179-12-3) — K. D. Sethna hc Rs 500
The Beginning of History for Israel
(238 pp.) — K. D. Sethna hc Rs 75
The Bomb in Bengal: The Rise of Revolutionary
Terrorism in India 1900–1910 — Peter Heehs
(324 pp., 0-19-566914-2) Rs 345
History of India: A New Approach — Prof. Kittu Reddy
(503 pp., 81-87471-14-X) hc Rs 850
52

Is Velikovsky’s Revised Chronology Tenable: A Scrutiny of Four
Fundamental Themes (104 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 100
The Problem of Aryan Origins: From an Indian Point of View
(443 pp., 81-85179-67-0) — K. D. Sethna hc Rs 450
Problems of Ancient India
(306 pp., 81-7742-026-7) — K. D. Sethna hc Rs 500
Problems of Early Christianity (276 pp.) Part 1: Early
Christianity; Part 2: “Raised from the Dead”
— K. D. Sethna Rs 150
The Virgin Birth and the Earliest Christian Tradition
(92 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 85
MANAGEMENT
India’s Contribution to Management (173 pp., 81-7060-
152-5) Presents a refreshingly alternative view to
traditional management perspectives, synthesising western
and eastern thinking and projecting a new, holistic approach
based on spirituality. — Pravir Malik Rs 100
Management by Consciousness: A Spirituo-Technical
Approach (202 pp., 81-7060-080-4) In the modern view
of management, man has been reduced to a cog in the
machinery of production and distribution, divorcing him
as a social and spiritual being from his productive role at work. This anthology
of articles by reputed authors encourages a ‘consciousness approach’ to management,
considering man in his integral personality.
— Essays and articles by various authors Rs 100
Management with a Difference
(71 pp., 81-7060-144-4) — Dr G. P. Gupta Rs 40
LITERATURE
Adventures in Criticism
(113 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 75
The Ancient Tale of Savitri
(49 pp., 81-7058-429-9) — R. Y. Deshpande Rs 40
Blake’s Tyger: A Christological Interpretation
(275 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 60
Christalis: A Saga of the Future
(258 pp.) — Georgette Coty Rs 200
Classical and Romantic:
An Approach Through Sri Aurobindo
(198 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 70
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A Commentary on Sri Aurobindo’s Poem Ilion
(344 pp., 81-7509-047-2) — V. Murugesu hc Rs 250
Demeter and Persephone: A Mystery Play
(77 pp., 81-7058-424-8) — Themis Rs 90
Guardians of Oneness and other Tales from Equals
One (199 pp., 81-86413-23-5) — Medhananda Rs 175
Indian Poets and English Poetry — Correspondence
between Kathleen Raine and K. D. Sethna
(291 pp., 81-7058-398-5) Rs 100
Initiation: Spiritual Insights on Life, Art, and
Psychology (296 pp., 81-7060-215-7) — Michael Miovic
Rs 250
Inspiration and Effort: Studies in Literary Attitude
and Expression (326 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 100
The Inspiration of Paradise Lost
(186 pp.) — K. D. Sethna hc Rs 50
Life–Poetry–Yoga:
Personal Letters by Amal Kiran (K. D. Sethna)
Volume 1: (289 pp.) hc Rs 75
Volume 2: (336 pp.) hc Rs 75
Volume 3: (386 pp.) Rs 100
The New Panorama: Short Stories and Reflections
(138 pp.) — Raman Reddy Rs 60
The Obscure and the Mysterious:
A Research in Mallarmé’s Symbolist Poetry
(203 pp., 81-7058-065-X) — K. D. Sethna Rs 90
Of Another Dimension
(64 pp.) — Tarun Banerjee Rs 50
Peace is No Dream (79 pp.) — Bikas C. Sen Rs 30
The Plays of Sri Aurobindo: A Study
(160 pp., 81-85339-77-5) — S. S. Kulkarni hc Rs 90
Rajat’s Inheritance and other Short Stories
(56 pp.) — Chunilal Chowdhury Rs 25
The Renaissance: Notes and Papers — With Commentaries
on Sri Aurobindo’s Criticism (72 pp.) — Goutam Ghosal Rs 65
“A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal”: An Interpretation from India
(107 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 50
Sri Aurobindo: The Critic of English Poetry
(217 pp., 81-7510-050-8) — D. Venkateswara Rao hc Rs 225
54

Sri Aurobindo: Critical Considerations
(272 pp., 81-7977-022-2) — O. P. Mathur hc Rs 300
Sri Aurobindo: His Mind and Art
(200 pp.) — Dr Kalaamani hc Rs 250
Sri Aurobindo: His Poetry and Poetic Theory
(214 pp.) — Prem Tyagi hc Rs 120
Sri Aurobindo: The Poet
(436 pp., 81-7058-578-3) — K. D. Sethna Rs 180
Sri Aurobindo and Greece
(98 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 80
Sri Aurobindo and the Poets of the Dawn (236 pp.,
81-85972-85-0) — D. Venkateswara Rao hc Rs 225
Sri Aurobindo and Sanskrit
(118 pp., 81-7060-159-2) Presents Sri Aurobindo’s insight
into classical Sanskrit literature, his own original Sanskrit
writings, and selections from his translations of Sanskrit
texts. — Sampadananda Mishra Rs 50
Sri Aurobindo and World Literature
(138 pp., 81-86413-19-7) — Goutam Ghosal Rs 70
Sri Aurobindo on Shakespeare
(124 pp., 81-7058-236-9) — K. D. Sethna Rs 45
Sri Aurobindo’s Plays: A Thematic Study
(260 pp., 81-7054-170-0) — Sheo Shankar Jaiswal hc Rs 300
Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry and Sanskrit Rhetoric: Exemplification of Some
Arthalankaras or ‘Figures of Speech’
(59 pp., 81-7058-206-7) — Jugal Kishore Mukherjee Rs 20
Sri Aurobindo’s Prose Style
(154 pp., 81-900160-0-8) — Goutam Ghosal Rs 70
Talks on Poetry (438 pp., 81-7058-173-7) — K. D. Sethna Rs 110
The Thinking Corner: Causeries on Life and Literature
(161 pp.) — K. D. Sethna Rs 75
Vyasa’s Savitri:
A Verse-by-Verse Rendering and Some Perspectives
(135 pp., 81-7058-480-9) — R. Y. Deshpande Rs 60
The Way Out is Up and other Stories from Equals
One (155 pp., 81-86413-24-3) — Medhananda Rs 150
Young Aurobindo’s Vision: The Viziers of Bassora
(134 pp., 81-7977-106-7) — Dr Manoj Kumar Mishra
hc Rs 200
55

ON SAVITRI
The Ascent of Sight in Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri (92 pp.,
81-7058-656-9) — Jugal Kishore Mukherjee Rs 70
The Birth of Savitr (95 pp., 0-930736-04-4)
— R. Y. Deshpande Rs 100
The Book of Beginnings:
Talks on Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri: Book One
(392 pp., 81-7509-086-3) — M. P. Pandit Rs 150
The Dialogue with Death: Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri,
a Mystical Approach (370 pp., 81-208-1223-9) — Rohit Mehta Rs 275
A Dual Power of God: Sri Aurobindo’s Satyavan and
Savitri (A Brief Study)
(79 pp.) — Sitaramayya and Swarna Gouri Rs 60
Introducing Savitri (105 pp., 81-7509-049-9)
Five lectures introducing in simple language the epic poem
of Sri Aurobindo. — M. P. Pandit Rs 40
Lectures on Savitri: Lectures Delivered in the United
States (86 pp., 81-7060-036-7) — A. B. Purani Rs 25
On “Savitri” (40 pp., 81-7058-628-3)
— Nolini Kanta Gupta Rs 40
Perspectives of Savitri — Essays and articles by various
authors. Volume One (556 pp.) Rs 300
Volume Two (605 pp.) Rs 300
Savitri: A Brief Introduction (Four Talks)
(76 pp., 81-7060-046-4) — Mangesh V. Nadkarni Rs 16
A Savitri Dictionary (73 pp., 81-7509-032-4)
A systematic explication of terms in Savitri.
— Rand Hicks Rs 50
Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri: An Approach and a Study
(370 pp., 81-7058-683-6) Savitri does not lend itself easily to mere intellectual
understanding. Its meaning, rather its Reality, is to be felt. One has to allow
the vibration of it to sink into oneself. This book is meant
to acquaint readers with the general idea, the legend and
the symbols behind the epic. — A. B. Purani Rs 135
Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri:
An Adventure of Consciousness
(288 pp., 81-7060-183-5) — Asoka K. Ganguli Rs 90
A Summary of Savitri (204 pp., 81-7509-009-X)
Summarises Savitri in a narration that flows canto by canto,
book by book. — M. P. Pandit Rs 75
56

Yoga in Sri Aurobindo’s Epic ‘Savitri’ (236 pp., 81-7509-008-1) Various
kinds of yoga are represented in Savitri. This book is written from the angle
of the yoga of the individual which is the crux of all the dimensions of yoga:
the call, the conditions, difficulties and the process. — M. P. Pandit Rs 60
LITERATURE FOR THE YOUNG
Kiki and other Stories: Based on Mother’s Talks
(48 pp., 81-7058-326-8) — Retold by Sunanda Rs 12
Rainbow Lands (65 pp., 81-86413-12-X) — Sunanda Rs 40
Stories and Plays for Children
(91 pp., 81-7058-161-3) — Sunanda Rs 30
The Tales of India Tales for young children, meant to
inspire in them a sense of nobility, truth and honour, and
inculcate values essential in later years. — Daulat Panday
Part 1 (114 pp., 81-7058-234-2) Rs 35
Part 2 (110 pp., 81-7058-212-1) Rs 40
Part 3 (126 pp., 81-7058-235-0) Rs 45
POETRY
All is Dream-Blaze (75 pp.) — R. Y. Deshpande
Rs 30
Bonne Fête (Janmadin) (30 pp.) — Nishikanta
Rs 15
A Bouquet for My Master
(114 pp., 81-7058-368-3) — Damodar Reddy Rs 75
Light of Lights: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry
(72 pp., 81-7060-006-5) — Edited by Vijay Rs 25
Paging the Unknown
(63 pp., 81-7058-590-2) — R. Y. Deshpande Rs 50
Poems (175 pp., 81-7058-383-7) — Themis hc Rs 140
The Rhododendron Valley
(89 pp.) — R. Y. Deshpande Rs 35
The Secret Splendour:
Collected Poems of K. D. Sethna (Amal Kiran)
(784 pp., 81-7058-330-6) hc Rs 550
The Silent Symphony (32 pp.) — Satadal Rs 20
Twenty-Five Lamps: Panchish Pradeep
(16 pp.) — Nishikanta Rs 10
Under the Raintree
(37 pp., 81-7058-399-3) — R. Y. Deshpande Rs 40
Winged Words (Poems) (62 pp.) — Ruth Rs 30
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EDUCATION
Education and the Aim of Human Life
(184 pp., 81-7058-245-8) On the educational ideal of
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and the educational method
developed at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of
Education. — Pavitra (P. B. Saint-Hilaire) Rs 70
Education and Initiation
(103 pp.) — Nolini Kanta Gupta Rs 75
Learn Sanskrit: The Natural Way
(137 pp., 81-7058-512-0)
Uses a direct and simple approach drawing on the
similarities between Sanskrit and modern Indian languages.
Even beginners without any prior knowledge of Sanskrit
will find this book most helpful as English has been used
extensively to introduce the alphabet, indicate the
pronunciation and as an aid to understand the text.
— Dr Narendra Rs 40
Speak Sanskrit: The Easy Way
(64 pp., 81-7058-740-9) — Edited by Narendra Rs 25
Pre-Natal Education: Towards a Glorious Future
(48 pp., 81-7060-099-5) The Mother said “True maternity
begins with the conscious creation of a being.” This book
attempts to bring clarity to young minds on the true purpose
of marriage and child-birth. — Essays by various authors
Rs 40
Psychic Education: A Workbook — Based on the
Writings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
(284 pp., 81-900175-7-8) — Neeltje Huppes Rs 100
Integral Education Series — Essays by various authors
and passages from diverse sources on the theme of
education seen from a spiritual perspective.
Dimensions of Spiritual Education (75 pp., 81-7060-103-7) Rs 30
Education and the Growing Child (82 pp., 81-7060-101-0) Rs 35
Education of the Future (85 pp., 81-7060-104-5) Rs 30
A New Approach to Education (76 pp., 81-7060-100-2) Rs 35
The True Teacher (70 pp., 81-7060-102-9) Rs 30
Yoga and Education (74 pp., 81-7060-105-3) Rs 25
HEALTH
Integral Health: A Consciousness Approach to Health and Healing
(147 pp., 81-7060-157-6) On the relationships between health and the psychic
being, faith, yoga and culture; and the impact of the different planes of human
consciousness on health. — Dr Soumitra Basu Rs 75
58

By Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya:
Basic Asanas (31 pp.) Rs 20
Daily Dozen for Men (10 pp.) Rs 15
Health Exercises for Women and Girls (18 pp.) Rs 20
Surya Namaskar (7 pp.) Rs 8
On Eye Care:
Expounding the concept that eyesight is intricately
connected to the mind, and suggesting exercises for the
betterment of eyesight without glasses. — Dr R. S. Agarwal
Fine Print as an Aid to Eyesight (7 pp., 81-7058-764-6) Rs 2
Our Eyes: “Relax and See” (24 pp., 81-7058-529-5) Rs 15
Mind and Vision: A handbook for the cure of imperfect eyesight without
glasses (314 pp., 81-7058-782-4) Rs 85
Secrets of Indian Medicine (240 pp., 81-7058-068-4)
Also suggesting treatment based on traditional Indian
medicine. Rs 50
Yoga of Perfect Sight: With Letters of Sri Aurobindo
(223 pp., 81-7058-209-1) Also suggesting exercises for
various eye disorders: myopia, detachment of retina,
macular degeneration, optic atrophy, retinitis, early
glaucoma, early cataract, amblyopia, squint, etc. Rs 55
ART
Auroville: A Dream (Photographs)
(143 pp.) — Ireno Guerci hc Rs 850
A Captive of Her Love: Letters and Paintings
of Janina Stroka (106 pp., 81-7058-520-1)
Rs 175
Champaklal as an Artist: With paintings by
Champaklal (87 pp., 81-7058-423-X)
Regarding Champaklal's artistic capacity Sri Aurobindo once wrote in
the 1930s "Champaklal has a natural talent already
developed to an unusual degree." This commemorative
album presents "Paintings, Drawings and Studies from
Life" and "Paintings Created by Marbling Technique".
hc Rs 500
Namaste Savitri: 342 Reproductions in Colour of
Paintings by Agni (Giovanni Tonioni) (355 pp.)
Every line of Book I Canto I The Symbol Dawn is illustrated
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Collected Works of NOLINI KANTA GUPTA
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Paintings and Drawings (198 pp., 81-7058-276-8)
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Mother, with several colour plates. hc Rs 500
Sri Aurobindo on Indian Art: Selections from His
Writings, With Photographs by Elisabeth Beck
(226 pp., 81-85822-61-1) Contains the complete text
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The Renaissance in India and other Essays on Indian
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THE MOTHER — Read by the Mother. The following three CDs / cassettes
contain the complete reading by the Mother of The Mother by Sri Aurobindo.
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Audio Cassette: Rs 40 Audio CD: Rs 200
Volumes 2 & 3 (Chapter 6 of The Mother by Sri Aurobindo) Duration 81:16
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WORDS OF SRI AUROBINDO — Read by Nolini Kanta Gupta
Volume 1 Integral Yoga and other Paths (4:54); The Supramental Evolution
1 (5:45); The Supramental Evolution 2 (6:57); The Object of Integral Yoga 1
(5:08); The Object of Integral Yoga 2 (4:42); Spiritual Life: Renunciation or
Action 1 (5:26); Spiritual Life: Renunciation or Action 2 (6:07); The Fundamental
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Volume 2 Physical Sadhana (4:54); The Psychic Change (4:29); Yoga — A
New Birth (4:06); The Sunlit Path of Reliance (6:37); Human Relationships in
Yoga 1 (6:29); Human Relationships in Yoga 2 (7:05); One must not Forget
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Avatarhood 2 (6:48); The Guru (4:36). Duration 63:11
Audio Cassette: Rs 40 Audio CD: Rs 249
SRI AUROBINDO AND THE MOTHER ON INDIA AND HER FUTURE
— A Musical Composition by Shobha Mitra. Songs and hymns in Sanskrit
with recitation in English from Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s writings.
Duration 68:30
Audio Cassette: Rs 50 Audio CD: Rs 249
ANIMA Seven poems of Sri Aurobindo sung with accompaniment on violin
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Audio CD: Rs 675
TEN POEMS BY SRI AUROBINDO Moon of Two Hemispheres; Trance;
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Lost Boat; The River; Journey's End. Music By Holger; Recitation By
Graeme Allwright. Duration 30:30. Audio CD: Rs 200
SRI AUROBINDO‘S SAVITRI — Read by Nirodbaran. These readings of
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on specific topics such as fear, concentration, illness, sleep and dreams, meditation, ego,
yoga, etc.
Mother India is a monthly review of culture containing articles, essays, poems and
reminiscences by various disciples.
The Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education contains selections
from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, as well as a report on cultural activities
conducted in the Ashram, with photographs.
The Advent is a quarterly journal devoted to the exposition of Sri Aurobindo’s vision of the
future. It contains articles and extracts on Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy and yoga and matters
of related interest.
World Union is a non-profit, non-political organisation founded in 1958 “with a view to
carrying forward a movement for human unity and world peace and progress on a spiritual
foundation. For the ordinary humanitarian and religious outlook and motivation are inadequate
to meet the demands of the New Age which is already in the process of manifesting under
the inevitable programme of the evolutionary nature on earth.” This quarterly journal draws
inspiration from the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, particularly from the works
The Human Cycle and The Ideal of Human Unity.
The Call Beyond, published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi branch, is a “quarterly exposition
of the call from beyond based on Sri Aurobindo’s vision of the future”. It includes numerous
short essays and articles from a wide range of contributors on diverse subjects of relevance.
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Awakening to the Beauty of the Future is a monthly bulletin of Women’s Council of Sri
Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry. It contains extracts from the writings of Sri Aurobindo, the
Mother, various disciples, and various spiritual/religious figures. Each issue is of about 15
pages.
New Approaches to Medicine and Health (NAMAH) is a journal dedicated to a holistic
view of health-related matters. It contains articles by various authors on diverse subjects
related to this theme.
Gavesana (Quest for Light) is an annual with research articles on Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy
and yoga, as well as selected passages from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
Sri Aurobindo’s Action — The Journal of India’s Resurgence This monthly contains
a very wide variety of articles on diverse themes, with editorials by Shyam Sunder
Jhunjhunwala.
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Bahri Sons (Booksellers), Opp. Main Gate, Khan Market, New Delhi 110003
The Bookworm, B-29 Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001
Fact & Fiction, 39 Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057
Midland Bookshop, 20 Aurobindo Place Market, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016
Teksons Bookshop, South Ext. Market Part I, New Delhi 110049
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Om Book Shop, 45 Besant Lok, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057
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Om Book Shop, G-13-16 MGF, Metropolitan Mall, M G Road, DLF, Gurgaon 122002
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Motilal Banarsidass, No.236 9th Main, 3rd Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560011
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Madhya Pradesh
Landmark, E 5/21 Vivek Towers, Area Colony, Bhopal 462001
Lyall Book Depot, Motia Park, Sultania Road, Bhopal 462001
Rupayana, Book Sellers, Rampurawala Bldg, 27, M.G.Road, Indore 452007
Tribeni Books, Shop No. 28 & 29, IKDC Bldg, 2/2 Old Building, Indore
Maharashtra
Chetana Pvt.Ltd., Publishers & Booksellers, 34 K.Dubash Marg, Mumbai 400001
Crossword Bookstore, Ground Floor, Mohammed Bhai Mansion, Kemps Corner, NSP
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Giri Trading Agency, Modi Nivas, Opp. Post Office, Matunga, Mumbai 400019
Motilal Banarsidass, 8 Mahalaxmi Chambers, 22 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400026
Pustak Bharati, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, K.M. Munshi Marg, Mumbai 400007
Strand Book Stall, 15 C " Dhannur ", SIR P.M. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001
Crossword, Sohrab Hall, 1st Floor, Junction of RBM Connaught Road., Behind Rly.
Station, Pune 411001
International Book Service, 795/5 Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004
Motilal Banarsidass, 11-13 Sanas Plaza, 1302 Shukrawar Peth, Bajirao Rd, Pune 411002
Venus Book Centre, Opp. Rajaram Lib., Mangalam Market, Dharampeth, Nagpur 440001
Maharashtra Granth Bhandar, Mahadwar Road, Kolhapur 416012
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Lyall Book Depot, Chaura Bazar, Ludhiana 141008
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Bengal Stores, C/O Hindustan Charity Trust, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Opp. JDA, Jaipur
302004
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Connexions, W-9, 3rd Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600040
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Higginbothams Private Ltd., 814 Anna Salai, Chennai 600002
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Landmark, Spencer Plaza, Phase Ii # 769 Anna Salai, Chennai 600002
Motilal Banarsidass, 120 Royapettah High Rd, Mylapore, (Luz Corner), Chennai 600004
Odyssey - The Leisure Store, Dev Regency, 61st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar,
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The Personal Bookshop, 10 Kamaraj Bhavan, 573 Mount Rd, Teynampet, Chennai 600006
Gandhian Literature Society, Tamilnad Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Madurai 625020
Turning Point, 3 Floor, Sri Venkatesh Towers, (Opp. College House), 75, Town Hall Road,
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International Books, 23 Nandhikoil Street, Teppakulam, Trichy 620002
Anvesana, Lakshmi Plaza Combines, 1089 Avanashi Road, Coimbatore 641037
Uttar Pradesh
Harmony, The Bookshop, B 1/158 Assi Ghat, Varanasi 221005
Motilal Banarsidass, Post Box 1075, Chowk, Varanasi 221001
Sarvodaya Sahitya Bhandar, Railway Platform No.5, Varanasi Station Cantt., Varanasi
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Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, CK.56/35, Vishalakshi Building, Chowk, PO Box 1149,
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Wheeler Book Shop, 19 M.G. Marg, P.O.Box No.1-090, Allahabad 211001
The Universal Book Stall, 129 The Mall, Kanpur 208004
Universal Book Dist. Co., P. B. 211, A-1 Arif Chambers, 1 Kapoorthala Commercial
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Universal Booksellers, 82 Hazratganj, P.O.Box 20, Lucknow 226001
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Mahesh Library, 3/1 Shyama Charan De Street, Kolkata 700073
Oxford Bookstore Gallery, 17 Park Street, Kolkata 700006
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Institute Of Human Study, 2-2-4/1, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Hyderabad 500044
Sri Aurobindo Society, Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Musheerabad Cross Road, Hyderabad
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Delhi
SABDA, Sri Aurobindo Ashram - Delhi Branch, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110016
The Gnostic Centre, H-401 Som Vihar Apts., Sangam Marg, New Delhi 110022
Sri Aurobindo Centre, Adhchini, Near Qutab Hotel, Next To N.C.E.R.T., New Mehrauli
Road, New Delhi 110017
Gujarat
Sri Aurobindo Ashram Sales Emporium, "Centre" Bungalow, Kochrub, Ellisbridge,
Ahmedabad 380006
Sri Aurobindo Society, Near G.M.B. Building, Saru Section Road, Jamnagar 361006
Auro Service Trust, 10/1370 Smartfalia, Gopipura, Surat 395001
Sri Aurobindo Memorial Trust, Sri Aurobindo Nivas, Dandia Bazar, Vadodara 390001
Auro Sales, Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Kendra, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Near Kala Kendra,
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Chetty Road, Bangalore 560042
Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastri Institute Of Vedic Culture, No.63, 13th Main, IV Block,
Jayanagar East, Bangalore 560011
Sri Aurobindo Society, Om Nagar, University Road, Gulbarga 585105
Aspiration Stores, Car Street, Via Hospet, Hampi 583239
Madhya Pradesh
Sri Aurobindo Society, Near Bal Bhawan, Tulsi Nagar, Bhopal 462003
Maharashtra
Sri Aurobindo Society, Sahakar, Ist Floor, 'B' Road, Churchgate, Mumbai 400020
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Sri Aurobindo Society Centre, "Abhikalpa", Ayodhya Colony, Near Savarkarnagar
P.O.Office, Off Gangapur Road, Nasik 422013
Sri Aurobindo Society Centre, "Samarpan", 32 Samarth Nagar, Aurangabad 431001
Meghalaya
Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Culture, Bivar Road, Shillong 793001
Orissa
Matrubhaban, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Kalyani Nagar, Cuttack 753013
Dharitri Sales Centre, Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 306 Kharavela Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751001
Sri Aurobindo Sanskruti Sansad, Matru Vihar, Tapovan, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar 751030
Supreme Research Institute & Publishing House, 461 Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751007
Sri Aurobindo Karma Mandir, Matru Nivas, Sambalpur 768001
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Patiala 147001
Rajasthan
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Tamil Nadu
Auroville Information Service, Auroville 605101
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Freeland Bookshop, Fraternity, Auroville 605101
Sri Aurobindo Society, 5 Smith Road, Mount Road, Chennai 600002
Sri Annai Dhyana Maiyam, Ap-514 J.Block, 8th Street, Shree Vengadesa Nilayam, Anna
Nagar, Chennai 600040
Sri Aurobindo Relic Mandir Trust, 1-1/422, Rasinagar, Mohannagar, Salem 636030
Sri Aurobindo Society, At 1597 Trichy Road, Stanes Tea and Coffee Company
Compound, Coimbatore 641018
Sri Aurobindo Society, New No.110, 4th Street, Harvey Nagar, Madurai 625016
Tripura
Sri Aurobindo Society, Ramnagar Road - 5, Ramnagar PO, Agartala 799002
Uttar Pradesh
Ashir Prakashan, Ramjeevan Nagar, Chilkana Road, Saharanpur 247001
Sri Hanuman Trust, Sri Aurobindo Sadhanalaya, Ramkot, Dt. Faizabad, Ayodhya 224123
Uttaranchal
Aurovalley Ashram, Rishidwar, Dist. Dehradun, Raiwala 249205
West Bengal (see page 64 for our Kolkata branch’s contact details)
Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir, 15 Bankim Chatterji Street, Kolkata 700073
Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Laxmi's House, 3 Regent Park, Kolkata 700040
Sri Aurobindo Society, Bhaktinagar, Opposite NJP Central Bank, Siliguri 734425
NEPAL
Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir, Mahadev Sthan, Thankot, Post Box No.1993, Kathmandu
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SOME OVERSEAS SALES CENTRES
Le Centre Sri Aurobindo
4125, rue Saint-Denis
Montreal, (Quebec)
Canada H2W 2M7
Tel. (514) 845-2786
Johannes Vloothuis
Integral Yoga Study Group
7-433 Martha Street
Burlington, Ontario
Canada L7R 2P6
Tel. 905-333-8976
E-mail jvloothuisL@yahoo.ca
Adi Shakti
9, rue Gutenberg
75015 Paris, France
Tel. (1) 45 77 90 59
E-mail tapovan@wanadoo.fr
Namaste
Middelweg 61-63
3956 TK Leersum
The Netherlands
Tel. 31 (0) 343 454967
E-mail namaste@namaste.nl
Web www.namaste.nl
Sri Aurobindo Buchhandel
Judengasse 5
69469 Weinheim, Germany
Tel. 06201-14814
Web
www.sriaurobindo-buchhandel.de
Mirapuri Verlag
Danziger Strasse 1
D-82131 Gauting, Germany
Tel. 089-8508751
Web www.Mirapuri-Enterprises.com
Verlag W. Huchzermeyer
Lessingstr. 64
D-76135 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel. (0721) 85 62 01
E-mail sawitri@t-online.de
Web www.edition-sawitri.de
Fundacion Centro Sri Aurobindo
Galileo, 281-285, Atico, 2a
08028 Barcelona, Spain
Tel. 934 902 127
Web
www.fundacionaurobindobcn.com
Savitri Books
124 Main Road
Reninshaw
North East Derbyshire S21 3UT
UK
Tel. 01246 431434
E-mail savitribooks@dsl.pipex.com
Web www.savitribooks.org.uk
Sri Aurobindo Society (UK)
149 Eastcote Lane
South Harrow
Middx HA2 8RR
UK
Tel. 0208-422-9920
Auromere Books and Imports
2621 W. Hwy 12
Lodi, CA 95242-9200, USA
Toll free tel. 800-735 4691
E-mail sasp@lodinet.com
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Lotus Press
PO Box 325
Twin Lakes, WI 53181, USA
Toll free tel. 800 824 6396
Tel. 262 889 8561
E-mail lotuspress@lotuspress.com
Web www.lotuspress.com
Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center
1218 Wittenberg Road
Mt. Tremper, NY 12457, USA
Tel. (845) 679-8322
E-mail info@matagiri.org
Web www.matagiri.org
Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles
12329 Marshall Street
Culver City, CA 90230, USA
Tel. (310) 390-9083
E-mail ewcc@earthlink.net
Web
http://www.sriaurobindocenter-la.org
Sri Aurobindo Society
Nairobi Centre
P.O.Box 40839
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. 220753, 443411
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The infinite and eternal Self of things
is an omnipresent Reality, one
existence everywhere; it is a single
unifying presence and not different in
different creatures; it can be met, seen
or felt in its completeness in each soul
or each form in the universe. For its
infinity is spiritual and essential and
not merely a boundlessness in Space
or an endlessness in Time; the
Infinite can be felt in an infinitesimal
atom or in a second of time as
convincingly as in the stretch of the
aeons or the stupendous enormity of
the intersolar spaces.
Sri Aurobindo