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ENGLISH

This is the fourth volume in a series that presents all of the 472 paintings on Savitri made by Huta under the Mother's guidance. From 1961 to 1966 the Mother and Huta meditated together on lines chosen from Sri Aurobindo's Savitri, and when an image appeared to the Mother she described it to Huta with the help of a few strokes. Huta then completed the work in her studio as an oil painting. The Mother named the series of paintings Meditations on Savitri. This volume of 100 paintings accompanied by the corresponding lines from Savitri covers "The Book of Death" (7 paintings), "The Book of Eternal Night" (22 paintings), "The Book of the Double Twilight" (24 paintings), "The Book of Everlasting Day" (34 paintings), and "Epilogue: The Return to Earth" (13 paintings).

The first chapter of this book, which is based on the author’s series of thirty-one talks introducing the poem, lays down a few key principles in his approach to the subject. First, that in writing Savitri, Sri Aurobindo was leaving for posterity a verbal embodiment of his own consciousness. Then, through the poetry he was flooding the earth atmosphere with the vibrations of hope and love in an age already wallowing in nihilism, building a bridge between this world of human limitations and the future world that he was opening up. And that is why the writing of Savitri is a very significant event in human history. The transcribed talks cover the entire epic as well as chapters on how to read Savitri and comparisons with the original legend. The book concludes with a glossary of Sanskrit terms used in the poem and references for the many quotations from Savitri and from other texts by Sri Aurobindo cited by the author.

Beginning with Sri Aurobindo’s own Author’s Note on Savitri, some statements of the Mother on Savitri, and a note on how the poem developed over the years from 1916 to 1950, this concise handbook then very briefly summarises each canto of the entire epic. Compiled by Shraddhavan of Savitri Bhavan, the summaries are based on work by M.P. Pandit and members of the Gruppo Germoglio of Modena, Italy. The book concludes with an introductory reading list of reference works and studies by various authors.

A collection of extensive selections from Savitri covering all the cantos of the poem, this book attempts to guide the reader by providing titles to the selections that highlight the central message and theme and throw some light on the content of the passage itself. It also includes chapters on what Sri Aurobindo and the Mother said about Savitri, the story of Savitri from the Mahabharata, and a look at the original legend vis-à-vis Sri Aurobindo’s treatment that gave us Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol.

Celebrating fifty years through photographs, this book is a dynamic visual narrative of Auroville’s development. Although the photographs, both familiar and fresh, do not follow a strict chronological order, there are recurrent themes that provide a historical perspective. It begins with the local inhabitants of the land on which Auroville is built, followed by photos of the inauguration ceremony in 1968 and the first settlers to arrive on the dusty plains, some very dramatic photos of the Matrimandir construction, and ends with the golden jubilee celebration on 28 February 2018. Interspersed are photographs of several people who played a role in supporting the growth of Auroville, a photomontage of Auroville’s children, studying, playing, and growing up before our eyes, and views of Auroville life through the creative arts, sport, experimental architecture, alternative energy, village development, quiet moments of contemplation in the beauty of the growing surroundings, and informal portraits of its residents.

FRENCH

Les livres 3 et 4 du Journal du Yoga couvrent la période du 1er janvier 1915 au 31 décembre 1927. Le Journal du Yoga est l’« Agenda » de Sri Aurobindo. Chaque jour Sri Aurobindo note l’évolution de sa sâdhanâ [discipline spirituelle], selon le « programme » qu’il reçoit intérieurement quelque temps après son arrivée à Pondichéry en 1910. Ainsi est tracé jour après jour, dans tous ses détails, le parcours d’un yoga « incalculable, soumis à nulle règle, modèle, dogme ou shastra. » Ce développement yoguique culmine en décembre 1926 avec la réalisation des « Sept Soleils du Supramental », la découverte du « huitième Soleil de Vérité caché au sein de la Terre », puis du « Supramental suprême » en 1926-27

ITALIAN

Ha detto la Madre:

“Una vita senza scopo è sempre una vita miserevole. Tutti dovrebbero avere uno scopo. Ma dobbiamo sapere che dalla qualità del nostro scopo dipende la qualità della nostra vita. Che il nostro scopo sia elevato e grande, generoso e disinteressato; renderà la nostra vita preziosa per noi e per gli altri.”

In questo libretto la Madre e Sri Aurobindo ci mostrano il cammino affinché la nostra esistenza sia elevata allo scopo più grande.

HINDI

This book, based on a series of study classes conducted at the Sri Aurobindo Divine Life Education Centre, includes a detailed commentary on a Hindi translation of the eighth to eighteenth chapters of The Bhagavad Gita: With Text, Translation and Commentary in the Words of Sri Aurobindo, presenting each verse of the Gita's original Sanskrit text along with its translation based on Sri Aurobindo's Essays on the Gita. The slokas are followed by notes compiled from the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

BENGALI

GUJARATI

Gujarati translation of Living in The Presence

Description of content for original work:
        These reminiscences date back to 1942, when the author first met the Mother, and describe how she eventually came to settle permanently in the Ashram in 1951, while still a teenager. Dance and music were her interests and later, in the Ashram, they became her field of work and sadhana. As well as performing, she taught singing and arranged cultural programmes. In this book, translated from the original Bengali, she gathers memories recorded over the years in her notebooks and brings them to life in a series of vignettes. Through the intimate details of her exchanges with the Mother, a vivid portrait of her spiritual journey emerges from the pages.

MARATHI

Marathi translation of The Sunlit Path

Description of content for original work:
        In this book, which is a collection of brief passages mostly from conversations with disciples and students at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, the Mother invites her listeners and readers to answer the call of adventure by courageously taking the path of spiritual self-perfection and transformation. The excerpts are arranged thematically to present the Mother's guidance to the seeker, showing the way through shadows and stumbles to a sunlit path through such topics as how to control one's thoughts, breaking the hard shell of the ego, the absolute necessity of a perfect sincerity, the right attitude to take when faced with even the most mundane affairs of life, the nature of dynamic meditation, and the liberation of a complete surrender to the Divine.

TELUGU

Telugu translation of The Synthesis of Yoga

Contents of Volume I:
Introduction: The Conditions of the Synthesis
Part One: The Yoga of Divine Works
Part Two: The Yoga of Integral Knowledge

Telugu translation of The Synthesis of Yoga

Contents of Volume II:
Part Three: The Yoga of Divine Love
Part Four: The Yoga of Self-Perfection

Telugu translation of How Do I Proceed?

Description of content for original work:
        This book presents an outline of the scope, practice, and goal of the integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo, stressing more of its practical side than its philosophical content. The author begins with the three basic processes of the Yoga: aspiration for the Divine, rejection of all contrary movements, and surrender of one's will to the Divine Will on each level of one's being. The next chapters deal with ways one may approach the Yoga, and the final chapter discusses the key role of the psychic being in the sadhana.

SANSKRIT