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Life and Teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Life and Teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother KARMAYOGI The Mother's Service Society Pondicherry 605 011 India Contents Forward - Mother's Sweetness ......................................................................................................................... 5 Part I .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. The Mother .................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Sri Aurobindo .............................................................................................................................................. 14 3. Auroville ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 4. Health, Cure Of Diseases .......................................................................................................................... 26 5. Wealth .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 6. Life ................................................................................................................................................................ 27 7. Education ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 8. Mother's way of answering her devotees ................................................................................................ 30 9. Prayer ........................................................................................................................................................... 36 10. Grace ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 11. Mother's Unique Ways with her children .............................................................................................. 39 12. India ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 13. Mother's Principles in Work .................................................................................................................... 44 14. Nature, Climate, Weather ......................................................................................................................... 51 15. Gods ............................................................................................................................................................ 51 16. Past Lives of Sadhaks ................................................................................................................................ 53 17. Where is Mother? ...................................................................................................................................... 54 18. Some Related Information ....................................................................................................................... 56 19. What happens to you when you come to Mother ................................................................................ 57 20. To Accept Mother in Life ........................................................................................................................ 58 21. Different Types of Progress..................................................................................................................... 60 22. Insoluble Problems ................................................................................................................................... 61 23. Purna Yoga ................................................................................................................................................. 62 24. Purna Yoga and the Traditional Yogas .................................................................................................. 66 Part II ................................................................................................................................................................. 68 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 68 2. The Mother and Sri Aurobindo Ashram .................................................................................................. 69 3. Purna Yogi Sri Aurobindo .......................................................................................................................... 70 4. The Mother and Her Devotees ................................................................................................................. 72 5. Parc-a-charbon, Banyan tree, Ganesh Temple ........................................................................................ 75 6. The Mother and The Ashram .................................................................................................................... 78 7. Samadhi Darshan ......................................................................................................................................... 79 8. Mother's Life in the Ashram ...................................................................................................................... 80 9. Coconut Garden .......................................................................................................................................... 82 10. Ph.D. Thesis ............................................................................................................................................... 83 11. Industrial Expansion ................................................................................................................................. 85 12. M.A. in English Literature ........................................................................................................................ 87 13. Rishyasringar .............................................................................................................................................. 90 14. Unsold Stock .............................................................................................................................................. 92 15. Bankruptcy .................................................................................................................................................. 94 16. Sri Aurobindo's Room .............................................................................................................................. 96 17. The Touch of Her Feet ............................................................................................................................ 98 18. An Experience in Mexico ...................................................................................................................... 100 19. Ramapuram ............................................................................................................................................. 102 20. Industrial Peace ....................................................................................................................................... 105 21. Mental Tension ....................................................................................................................................... 107 22. Ex-Serviceman's Plot ............................................................................................................................. 109 23. Water Diviner .......................................................................................................................................... 111 24. Luck .......................................................................................................................................................... 113 25. Token Offering ....................................................................................................................................... 115 26. Unemployed Engineer ........................................................................................................................... 116 27. Walter ....................................................................................................................................................... 118 28. Damodaran .............................................................................................................................................. 120 29. Opportunities and Obstacles ................................................................................................................ 122 30. Manivel ..................................................................................................................................................... 124 31. Sri Aurobindo, The Writer .................................................................................................................... 126 32. Lost Speech ............................................................................................................................................. 127 33. Lessee ......................................................................................................................................................
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