PUB LISHER'S NOTE   AFTER The Mother came to India and joined Sri Aurobindo in his spiritual work, a number of questions were put to him by his disciples and others about her. The answers given by Sri Aurobindo to these questions have been compiled in this book and presented in different sections to facilitate proper understanding. Some of these letters have already been published in various books of Sri Aurobindo's letters but quite a number of them are being published for the first time. In some cases where the whole letter dealt with many topics, only the portion dealing with The Mother has been extracted for inclusion in this book. The extract on "The World Mother" at the end

SECTION   SEVEN     TRUE RELATION WITH THE MOTHER   Page-51 Relation between the Mother and the Sadhaks   (1)   The relation which exists between the Mother and all who accept her is a psychic and spiritual motherhood. It is a far greater relation that that of the physical mother to her child; it gives all that human motherhood can give, but in a much higher way, and it contains in itself infinitely more. It can therefore, because it is greater and more complete, take altogether the room of the physical relation and replace it both in the inward and the outward life. There is nothing here that can confuse an

SECTION  NINE     SADHANA THROUGH WORK FOR THE MOTHER   Page-80 Sadhana through Work for the Mother   Work for the Mother done with the right concentration on her is as much a sadhana as meditation and inner experience.     Preparation through Work for the Mother   Those who do work for the Mother in all sincerity, are prepared by the work itself for the right consciousness even if they do not sit down for meditation or follow any particular practice of Yoga. It is not necessary to tell you how to meditate; whatever is needful will come of itself, if in your work and at all times you are sincere and

S E C T I O N   T E N SECTION   TEN     THE MOTHER'S HELP IN DIFFICULTIES   Page-88 Assurance of Victory   Be sure that the Mother will always be with you to carry you upon the path. Difficulties come and difficulties go, but, she being with you, the victory is sure.   18-7-1936     The Mother and the Path   No. It is perhaps how some part of the vital or physical consciousness figured it. But the path is not a desert nor are you alone, since the Mother is with you.   2-11-1933     Action of the Mother's Grace   Q: Can it be believed that the Mother's Grace is acting even whe

SECTION  ONE   WHO IS THE MOTHER? Page-8 The Mother   Q: Do you not refer to the Mother (our Mother) in your book "The Mother"?   A: Yes.     Q: Is She not the "Individual" Divine Mother who has embodied "the power of these two vaster ways of existence" - Transcendent and Universal?   A: Yes.     Q: Has She not descended here (amongst us) into Darkness and Falsehood and Error and Death in her deep and great love for us?   A: Yes.   Page-9 The Mother's Divinity   Q: There are many who hold the view that She was human but now embodies the Divine

SECTION  THREE SECTION  THREE   OPENING AND SURRENDER TO THE MOTHER   Page-24 The Principal Thing in Yoga   To practice Yoga implies the will to overcome all attachments and turn to the Divine alone. The principal thing in the Yoga is to trust in the Divine Grace at every step, to direct the thought continually to the Divine and to offer oneself till the being opens and the Mother's force can be felt working in the Adhara.     Openness to the Mother   (1)   To be open is simply to be so turned to the Mother that her Force can work in you without anything refusing or obstructing her action. If the mind

Unused Versions and Omitted Passages A. BOOK TWO, CANTO SIX The passages below have been transcribed from Sri Aurobindo's last handwritten version of the end of Book Two, Canto Six. An earlier manuscript was revised by dictation and used as the basis for the published text. Sri Aurobindo worked extensively on the first section of the version reproduced below, up to "A Sphinx whose eyes looked up to an unseen Sun."1 The manuscript continues to the middle of Canto Seven, but since the remainder of it contains only minor verbal alterations and few lines not found in the text of the poem, only selected passages are presented here. Some punctuation missing in th

Table of Line Numbers by Canto   Page numbers are printed in bold type. Each page number is followed by the line number of the first line on that page, counting from the beginning of the canto.   PART ONE BOOK ONE   Canto One 1 1 2 32 3 68 4 104 5 140 6 176 7 211 8 247 9 283 10 319                 Lines in Book One, Canto One : 342   Canto Two 11 1 12 32 13 68 14 104 15

Supplement to the Revised Edition of Savitri Supplement to the Revised Edition of Savitri           Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry First edition 1994 (Typeset in 11/13 New Times)         ISBN 81-7058-363-2 © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1994 Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Publication Department Printed at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry PRINTED IN INDIA

Table of Emendations   This table lists the differences between the Revised Edition of Savitri and the three previous complete editions (1950-51, 1954 and 1970). Readings in the Present reading column are those of the Revised Edition. A date in this column indicates that the previous reading was altered to the present reading in the edition of that date. Undated readings in the Previous reading column are those of the first edition (1950-51) and of any other editions prior to the present one or to the date in the Present reading column. A date in the last column shows that the reading first appeared in the edition of that date; earlier editions may be assumed to have had