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This book includes basic, easily accessible information on Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, and their teaching, and on the Ashram, the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, and Auroville. Arranged in nine chapters by the editors, the texts of the first four chapters were written by Sri Aurobindo, beginning with his life sketch. The remaining texts were written by the editors, based on the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and other sources. Printed on art paper, the text is enhanced by full-page photographs of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Many of the colour photographs give a sense of the life and activities engaged in by the residents and students and exemplify one of the founding principles of the Ashram that “All life is Yoga”—a field of practice for the evolution of “a greater life of the spirit”.

Comprised of transcribed talks originally delivered in 2004 and 2005, this volume in a series on Savitri by the author covers the four cantos of Book Four. Canto One describes Savitri’s birth and childhood, fulfilling the Divine Mother’s promise to Aswapati that a soul will take birth to “change Fate by her unchanging will”. Her birth is symbolically portrayed as the cycle of Nature’s seasons. Canto Two describes Savitri as the embodiment of the Vedic Agni and traces her education in all the arts and inner disciplines. In the third canto, Savitri sets out in search of her life partner, symbolically representing the soul’s timeless quest to embody the earth’s aspiration for the Divine. In Canto Four, “The Quest”, Savitri travels through the world’s landscapes, guided by hidden godheads, as she prepares herself for her destined mission, her divine work.

Using her experiences growing up in the Ashram since her arrival as a child in 1944, the author, in collaboration with the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library, has written an account of the growth of the spiritual community created by the Mother. She bears witness to developments over the years through her reminiscences and through her interviews with dozens of early Ashram members and department heads. A source of authentic information on the Ashram, its value is enhanced by more than 650 photographs that bring a lively interest to the unfolding history of the community.

This book includes basic, easily accessible information on Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, and their teaching, and on the Ashram, the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, and Auroville. Arranged in nine chapters by the editors, the texts of the first four chapters were written by Sri Aurobindo, beginning with his life sketch. The remaining texts were written by the editors, based on the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and other sources. Printed on art paper, the text is enhanced by full-page photographs of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Many of the colour photographs give a sense of the life and activities engaged in by the residents and students and exemplify one of the founding principles of the Ashram that “All life is Yoga”—a field of practice for the evolution of “a greater life of the spirit”.