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Here the Mother lays out in simple language the qualities and virtues of an ideal child at play, at school, and in daily life. She exhorts every child to remember the need to be absolutely sincere, certain of the Truth's final victory, and aware that it is possible to progress constantly if the will to do so is there.

The brief passages collected in this compilation cover the central features of Sri Aurobindo’s vision of life and his method of spiritual practice, the Integral Yoga. Drawn from letters to his disciples and from his major prose works such as The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga, and The Human Cycle, the selections focus on all aspects of life and sadhana and in their profundity demonstrate a beauty and elegance of expression characteristic of Sri Aurobindo’s style.

Comprising five books of essays that deal with the problems of humankind in today’s world and the prospect of a brighter future, this is Volume 1 of The Collected Works of Nolin Kanta Gupta. First published between 1923 and 1955 the books, The Coming Race, The Malady of the Century, Towards a New Society, The Quest and the Goal, and The March of Civilisation, address the urgent demand for a fresh approach to all aspects of life, an approach that will prepare for the emergence of a new society based on unity and harmony instead of division and strife. They point the way through some of the most pressing sociological and political problems of the day. The appendix includes his editorials from the quarterly journal The Advent published between 1944 and 1951.

As a keen student of the Veda for more than thirty years while also deeply engaged with Sri Aurobindo’s writings, the author has attempted in this book to understand what the Veda is and how Sri Aurobindo brought it back to us in a modern, lucid language. Chapter titles indicate the scope and intent of the study: a brief history and context of the Veda, a skeleton key to the Veda, the unique non-dualism of the Veda, and Yajna and the Fourfold Godhead of the Veda. Five appendices enhance the reader’s study of this interpretation of the complex philosophy and symbolism of the Rig Veda.

A series of reflective notes on Sanatan Dharma from the vedantic perspective, this book highlights some of the foundational concepts of Sanatan Dharma. The author admits that the scope of the book is limited to the mystical and the yogic elements in Sanatan Dharma and touches only briefly on some of its cultural and historical aspects. Emphasising the importance of its philosophical underpinning, its world view, and how that continuously shapes the civilisation that it engenders and upholds, he argues that Sri Aurobindo embodied the high truth of the Sanatan Dharma and established it as the true framework for a pan-Indian nationalism based on a spiritual consciousness.

In the first few short essays that introduce this book, the author sets out to describe Sri Aurobindo as a darshanik, one who does not speculate and intellectualise, but who directly realises or spiritually and intuitively perceives the truth of existence. Sri Aurobindo expanded this traditional role to include Western thought and truths in a universal synthesis. In a series of very personal mini essays, he writes on Sri Aurobindo’s role of darshanik vis-à-vis Indian philosophy, Western philosophy, linguistic and literary philosophy, and the philosophies of psychology, religion, history, and what he terms the political thought for humanity’s future.

Singh calls Sri Aurobindo a philosopher in action, who not only spoke the truth for his times but for the next few hundred years, calling men to awaken to their highest possibilities and showing the way it was to be done.

Continuing the author’s series of books transcribed from his talks on The Synthesis of Yoga, Dr Reddy commences his commentary with the first five chapters of Part Two: The Yoga of Integral Knowledge. In these chapters the author examines Sri Aurobindo’s definitions of the object of knowledge, both spiritual and temporal, and the status of knowledge, first the ordinary function of knowledge and secondly the true knowledge that comes with an inner realisation, with the experience of identity with the Divine. Further chapters emphasise the purification of all parts of the being as a requisite for attaining an accurate and clear mental knowledge, as is the power of concentration and a right understanding of the inner renunciation of all attachment, desire, and self-will that divides the human being from a life unified with the divine consciousness.

Volume Nine of this series commences with Part Three of The Synthesis of Yoga: “The Yoga of Divine Love”. Love as “the crown of works and the flowering of knowledge” forms the basis of the first chapter. Discourses then follow on love as the essential motive and the fulfilment of the Integral Yoga and on the need to turn Godward all parts of the human being to establish contact, enter into a relation, and unite with the Divine. “The Way of Devotion” is to consecrate the entire being, to bring an intensity to one’s yoga that culminates in the complete and utter surrender to the Beloved. The power and intimacy of the divine personality set against an intellectual principle of a divine consciousness is the seeker’s dilemma addressed in Chapter Five. The last three chapters discuss the experience of Ananda on the path of Yoga and explore the very nature of love and its profound place at the centre of our relation with the Divine.

In this new, third instalment of the talks given at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education prior to Sri Aurobindo’s birth centenary in 1972, Nirodbaran continues to share his reminiscences. Quoting extensively from their correspondence on subjects as varied as his work as a doctor in the Ashram, his budding prowess as a poet under Sri Aurobindo’s tutelage, and questions and answers on the practice of the Integral Yoga, Nirod evokes the humour that characterised his long relationship with the Master as well as the words of encouragement and spiritual support constantly offered to him. During this period of talks, two sadhaks were invited by Nirod as guest speakers. Kireet Joshi spoke on how he came to the Ashram and Arindam Basu spoke on a few aspects of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga.

In this volume in the series How They Came to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, the author has gathered thirty-seven accounts that recount the individual journeys of those who have found their way to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Some of these stories have already appeared in the journals Mother India and Collaboration; some have been compiled from published books and articles, such as the reminiscences of Amrita, Esha, Amal Kiran, and Surendranath Jauhar. The remainder are based on interviews or were submitted in written form to the author. Although most of them were written decades ago, there is still a freshness to these chronicles. The aspirants came from India and beyond, but all tell the marvel of their spiritual awakening and their eventual arrival at the feet of their gurus.

Hindi translation of Ideal Child (Illustrated)

        Here the Mother lays out in simple language the qualities and virtues of an ideal child at play, at school, and in daily life. She exhorts every child to remember the need to be absolutely sincere, certain of the Truth's final victory, and aware that it is possible to progress constantly if the will to do so is there.

Part translation of The Secret of the Veda. Part One translation by Chakradhar Dash; Part Two translation by Madhusudan Mohapatra.

Oriya translation of and commentaries on Sri Aurobindo's English translation of Kathopanishad.

Tamil translation of Ideal Child (Illustrated)

        Here the Mother lays out in simple language the qualities and virtues of an ideal child at play, at school, and in daily life. She exhorts every child to remember the need to be absolutely sincere, certain of the Truth's final victory, and aware that it is possible to progress constantly if the will to do so is there.