Some must read books by the admirers, followers, and devotees of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo.
BREATH OF GRACE
Breath of Grace / Editor M.P. Pandit.– Second Edition 2002
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How I came to Sri Aurobindo. Narrated by “K”. Grace Comes to the ... The Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo's gospel of Divine Life is there enshrined in his vast body of literature. The Teachings of the Mother are there ...
| The Golden Path (Not for sale in USA) Interviews with Disciples of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville — Anie Nunnally |
Anie's subjects are all illustrious Aurobindonians.
Amal is an outstanding poet and critic, and is one of the most brilliant academic minds India has produced in our time.
Udar had a degree in aeronautical engineering from the London University; he founded the Harpagon Atelier and was one of the personal secretaries to the Mother.
Gauri Pinto, his daughter, has been a teacher in the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education.
Tehmi Masalawalla was a poet, translator and teacher all her life.
Sunanda Poddar was associated for years with SABDA and is currently the caretaker of "Srismriti", the Mother's Museum.
Richard Pearson is a teacher, botanist, and editor of Flowers and Their Messages.
Jhumur Bhattacharya is a teacher at Knowledge (the Higher Course of the Centre of Education) and has taught for many years Savitri, The Life Divine, and the Mother's Entretiens.
Anurakta (Anthony David Rochelle) has for decades been the manager of the Sri Aurobindo Hand Made Paper factory.
Anu Purani has been a teacher, writer and dancer.
Aster Patel received a Ph.D. from Sorbonne and has taught at Knowledge and worked for Auroville for many years.
Krishna Tewari is a retired two-star major general of the Indian army and is in charge of Auroville Archives.
Amrit Iriyama, a Japanese American, has worked for many years at the Matrimandir Gardens and Nursery.
Each one of the interviewed disciples is like a quarry of precious stones and the author has delved deep into their yogic beings and brought out for us many a diamond of dazzling beauty.
— Mangesh Nadkarni
— Mangesh Nadkarni
Seven Dedicated Lives Paperback – Jul 2009
These biographical essays provide glimpses into the lives of seven disciples – Nirodbaran, Tehmi, Rishabhchand, Millie, Krishnalal, Mona Pinto, and Udar – who joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the 1930s and 1940s and played active roles in the life of this spiritual community. The book also includes an article on why Christmas is celebrated in the Ashram. The stories of how these sadhaks and sadhikas were drawn to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and the ways in which they dedicated themselves and their work to the ideal set before them are inspirational and exemplary.
A GARLAND OF ADORATION— KRISHNA CHAKRAVARTI |
REMEMBERING THE MOTHER WITH GRATITUDE
A COLLECTION OF REMINISCENCES
— ESSAYS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
In the '30s, she was not as much accessible to the first generation of sadhaks as she was to the children of the Playground in the '40s and '50s. Chitra Sen, Aster Patel, Richard Pearson, Gauri Pinto, Shobha Mitra and Krishna Chakravarty were among those lucky children, ...The second set of recollections is by Prema Nandakumar, Georges Van Vrekhem and Varadharajan, one of the first Tamilians to settle in Auroville.
by S Kumari - 1990 - Cited by 2 - Related articles
How They Came to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: Twenty-Nine True Stories of Sadhaks and Devotees. Shyam Kumari. Mother Pub. House (1990). Like.
Anecdotes and incidents recounted by disciples of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother concerning their relations and their experiences with them, as told to the author ...
Indian Literature (special issue): How I came to Sri Aurobindo
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