Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo

On an Article by Ramchandra Majumdar    

To Pavitra (Philippe Barbier Saint Hilaire)        

Life in Pondicherry, 1910 – 1950    

Meeting with the Mother    

The Arya    

The Development of the Ashram    

Support for the Allies    

Muslims and the 1947 Partition of Bengal        

Early Spiritual Development    

First Turn towards Spiritual Seeking    

Beginnings of Yoga at Baroda    

Meeting with Vishnu Bhaskar Lele    

Sadhana 1908 – 1909        

Philosophy and Writings    

Sources of His Philosophy    

Perseus the Deliverer    

Essays on the Gita    

The Future Poetry    

The Mother    

Some Philosophical Topics      

Appendix: Notes of Uncertain Origin        

PART TWO  

LETTERS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST         

Section One  

Letters on Personal, Practical and Political Matters,1890 – 1926        

Family Letters, 1890 – 1919    

Extract from a Letter to His Father    

To His Grandfather    

To His Sister    

Extract from a Letter to His Brother    

To His Uncle    

To His Wife    

To His Father-in-Law      

Letters Written as a Probationer in the Indian Civil Service, 1892    

To Lord Kimberley        

Letters Written While Employed in the Princely State of Baroda, 1895 – 1906    

To the Sar Suba, Baroda State    

To Bhuban Babu    

To an Officer of the Baroda State    

Draft of a Reply to the Resident on the Curzon Circular    

To the Dewan, on the Government’s Reply to the Letter on the Curzon Circular    

To the Naib Dewan, on the Infant Marriage Bill    

A Letter of Condolence    

To R. C. Dutt    

To the Principal, Baroda College    

To the Dewan, on Rejoining the College    

To the Maharaja    

A Letter of Recommendation      

Letters and Telegrams to Political and Professional Associates, 1906 – 1926    

To Bipin Chandra Pal    

A Letter of Acknowledgement    

To Hemendra Prasad Ghose    

To Aswinicoomar Banerji    

To Dr. S.K. Mullick    

Telegrams about a Planned Political Reception    

Extract from a Letter to Parthasarathi Aiyangar    

Note on a Forged Document    

To Anandrao    

To Motilal Roy    

Draft of a Letter to Saurin Bose    

To K. R. Appadurai    

Fragmentary Draft Letter    

To a Would-be Contributor to the Arya    

To Joseph Baptista    

To Balkrishna Shivaram Moonje    

To Chittaranjan Das    

To Shyamsundar Chakravarty      

Open Letters Published in Newspapers, 1909 – 1925    

To the Editor of the Bengalee    

To the Editor of the Hindu    

To the Editor of the New India    

To the Editor of the Hindustan    

To the Editor of the Independent    

To the Editor of the Standard Bearer    

To the Editor of the Bombay Chronicle        

Section Two  

Early Letters on Yoga and the Spiritual Life, 1911 – 1928        

Extracts from Letters to the Mother and Paul Richard,    

To Paul Richard    

To the Mother and Paul Richard    

Draft of a Letter        

To People in India, 1914 – 1926    

To N. K. Gogte    

Draft of a Letter to Nolini Kanta Gupta    

To A. B. Purani    

To V. Chandrasekharam    

Extract from a Letter to K.N. Dixit    

To Ramchandran    

To and about V. Tirupati    

To Daulatram Sharma        

To Barindra Kumar Ghose and Others, 1922 – 1928    

To Barindra Kumar Ghose    

To Hrishikesh Kanjilal    

To Krishnashashi    

To Rajani Palit    

Draft Letters to and about Kumud Bandhu Bagchi        

To People in America, 1926 – 1927    

To Mr. and Mrs. Sharman    

To the Advance Distributing Company    

Draft of a Letter to C. E. Lefebvre    

To and about Anna Bogenholm Sloane        

Draft Letters, 1926 – 1928    

To an Unknown Person    

To and about Marie Potel        

Section Three  

Other Letters of Historical Interest on Yoga and Practical Life, 1921 – 1938        

On Yoga and Fund-raising for the Ashram, 1921 – 1938    

To and about Durgadas Shett    

To and about Punamchand M. Shah        

To and about Public Figures, 1930 – 1937    

Draft of a Letter to Maharani Chimnabai II    

On a Proposed Visit by Mahatma Gandhi    

To Dr. S. Radhakrishnan    

To and about Morarji Desai    

On a Proposed Visit by Jawaharlal Nehru    

To Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury        

PART THREE  

PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONSON INDIAN AND WORLD EVENTS, 1940–1950        

Section One  

Public Statements, Messages, Letters and Telegrams on Indian and World Events, 1940 – 1950        

On the Second World War, 1940 – 1943    

Contributions to Allied War Funds    

Notes about the War Fund Contributions    

On the War: An Unreleased Statement    

India and the War    

On the War: Private Letters That Were Made Public        

On Indian Independence, 1942 – 1947    

On the Cripps Proposal    

On the Wavell Plan    

On the Cabinet Mission Proposals    

The Fifteenth of August 1947        

On the Integration of the French Settlements in India, 1947 – 1950    

The Future Union (A Programme)    

On the Disturbances of 15 August 1947 in Pondicherry    

Letters to Surendra Mohan Ghosh    

Note on a Projet de loi        

Messages on Indian and World Events, 1948 – 1950    

On the Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi    

On the World Situation (July 1948)    

On Linguistic Provinces (Message to Andhra University)    

Letters Related to the Andhra University Award    

The Present Darkness (April 1950)    

On the Korean Conflict        

Section Two  

Private Letters to Public Figures and to the Editor of Mother India, 1948 – 1950    

To Surendra Mohan Ghosh    

To Kailas Nath Katju    

To K. M. Munshi        

Notes and Letters to the Editor of Mother India on Indian and World Events, 1949 – 1950    

On Pakistan    

On the Commonwealth and Secularism    

On the Unity Party    

On French India and on Pakistan    

On Cardinal Wyszynski, Catholicism and Communism    

On the Kashmir Problem    

On “New Year Thoughts”    

Rishis as Leaders    

On Military Action    

The Nehru-Liaquat Pact and After    

On the Communist Movement        

PART FOUR    

PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND NOTICES CONCERNINGSRI AUROBINDO’S ASHRAM AND YOGA, 1927 – 1949         

Section One  

Public Statements and Notices concerning the Ashram,1927 – 1937        

Public Statements about the Ashram, 1927 and 1934    

On the Ashram’s Finances (1927)    

On the Ashram (1934)        

Notices for Members of the Ashram, 1928 – 1937    

Notices of May 1928    

Notices of 1929 – 1937        

Section Two  

Public Statements about Sri Aurobindo’s Path of Yoga, 1934 and 1949    

Sri Aurobindo’s Teaching    

A Message to America        

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