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Código del Artículo: IDH131

por Prema Nandakumar

Paperback (Edición: 2005)

National Book Trust, India
ISBN 8123723865

Tamaño: 8.4" X 5.3"
Páginas: 142

Precio: Euro 5.72

Descripción

About the Book

Born in Paris to wealthy parents, Mirra Alfassa's spiritual quest brought her to India where she joined forces with Sri Aurobindo for the realisation of his vision of the future. She was the main force behind the setting up of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry, and while Aurobindo was the guru, she became the 'Mother' to the inmates of the Ashram. Their vision of a world populated by 'superconscious' men is of special relevance today, when most of the civilized world, recoiling from the 'progress glut' is trying to remove the disharmonies it has inherited inherited in the wake of technological advances. The benign and fascinating personality of the Mother is brought to life in all its vividness and complexity in this short biography published on the eve of the mother's centenary on 21 February 1978.

About the Author

Prema Nandakumar is well known for her standard critical study of Sri Aurobindo's Savitri and for her learned books on poet Bharati's life and works and sensitive renderings of his poems into English. As a child, she grew up ' in an environment where the Mother and Sri Aurobindo were living presence'. This is reflected in the perceptive descriptions of the Mother-her vision, and the efforts to realize that vision.

CONTENTS

	Preface	vii
	Part I: ASPIRATION
1	Childhood and Girlhood	3
2	Sence of Mission	5
3	Occult Pastures	8
4	The Paris Group	10
5	Sri Aurobindo	14
6	Spiritual Diary	17
7	Sailing for India	19
8	Meeting Sri Aurobindo	22
9	Collaboration	25
10	Return to France	28
11	Vedic Experience	31
12	Japan	33
13	To the Women of Japan	36
14	Return to Pondicherry	39
15	Sadhana and Siddhi	43
	Part II Dedication
16	The Ashram	51
17	The Mother	54
18	Conversations	61
19	Darshans	64
20	The War Years	68
21	The Coming of the Children	71
22	Karma Sanyasa Yoga	76
23	Towards the Future	78
24	Tales of all Times	81
25	Sri Aurobindo's Withdrawal	85
	Part III: CREATION
26	Her Single Greatness	91
27	University Centre	96
28	Vision of the Future	100
29	The Great Secret	103
30	She was Ambitious	106
31	The Supramental Descent	110
32	New Dimensions	113
33	In her Eighties	116
34	The Attack on the Ashram	118
35	Manifold Ministry	120
36	Auroville	124
37	The Living Flame	128
	Select Bibliography	133