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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”.

A multi-part, multilevel, academic yet practical approach to understanding the challenges of modern education, this teacher’s handbook examines the educational landscape from the ancient Vedic period to the modern era. It searches for a structure to support the five-fold development of the individual – physical, vital, mental, psychic, and spiritual – what Sri Aurobindo and the Mother have called a system of Integral Education, which can be implemented and aligned with current educational policies in India. The book contains suggested activities, worksheets, and toolkits for teachers and introduces the Integral Learning Ratio Concept that ideally enables educators to balance scholastic and co-scholastic periods within the daily school schedule, all aimed at transforming learning into a joyful and transformative experience for the child. Multiple diagrams, tables, and annexures, plus a list of references that encourage further examination of major concepts mentioned in the text enrich the impact of this book.

In this set of eight volumes, the author intends to share the joy of reading Savitri while facilitating and deepening the reader’s engagement with the poem. The first three volumes cover Books I and II; the remaining ones each cover two Books of the poem, but all share the same methodical presentation, aimed at accessibility. The exploration of each canto begins and ends with explanatory remarks to orient the reader in the progress of the poem. Selected short passages from Savitri, drawn from just a few pages, are followed by the author’s explanatory paraphrase and commentary. Included in the first volume is a historical context for understanding the legend of Savitri and Satyavan and Sri Aurobindo’s symbolic treatment of that legend as a revelatory epic encompassing the experiences and realisations of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Glossaries pertinent to each volume are a valuable aid for the reader. The commentary continues through these eight consecutive volumes in the same comprehensive manner, addressing all twelve Books of Savitri.