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Rabelais 10:156
Race

real origin of superiority of 3:150-51
Radha 15:16; 16:175

prayer to Krishna 5:385; 15:223-24

Krishna and 8:223-275 12;146; 17:243,282
Rahukal 16:15,18

Raja yoga 3:21; 8:43,46
Rajas

in vital 16:297

Rajasic eagerness 6:328,336-38,409
Rakshasas 15:26

cf . Adverse forces
Rakshasic being

possession of body by 16: 249
Rama 5;3245 10:282

murdered vali 10:311

Ravana and 10:355
Ramakrishna 4:94 fn; 8:43; 9:146 fn; 10 :207,254-55

baby monkey and baby cat 3:4-5

periods of emotional excitement 3:10

swift  dentification with the Divine 5:225

two kinds of masters 2:109
Ramana Maharshi 8:21
Ramayana 5:324-29

Rama, involuntary being 5:324; see a1so Rama

Ravana 5: 329-29 ,379-80

Sit a 5:328-29
Rancour

widespread cause of misery 3:186
Rasputin 4:188
Rauana 5:328-29,379-80

dark side of  Vishnu 10:282

Rama and 10:355
Reaction ( s)

against a teacher 17:269

inner, and ego 17:311

make need  for effort 17:133,364,376

not to mind 17:242

"terrible" 17:137

to fluctuations in work 17:334

to loss or breakage 17:17
Readiness

for descent of Truth-Light 17:404
for the Hour of God 17:233

for, spiritual 1ife 17:400
of psychic being within 17:372
to re-establish harmony 17:363
Reading 12:142-49;  16:199-200

about  ordinary  life 17:152 ,364-65
aspiration and attraction to 6:175-76
book 3:27; 4:152-55; 7:287-90, 310-13
choosing one’s books 7:310-13,341;  17:364-65
effect of on imagination 17:69
French literature l7:l44-45
Gujarati  literature 17:69,73
in mind’s silence 3:65
looking at pictures 17:72

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monthlies and stories 17 :20 ,364-65

the Mother works 12:205; 16:232-33; see a1so Mother (2) the,

newspapers 12:148; 16:416-17; 17:19 ,328-29 ,364-65

novels 12:393; 16:28l; 37:66,69,158,364-65

ordinary book 4:15 2-55

sadhana and 12:217

satprem’s sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of consciousness in

French 17:347
sleepiness and 17:15
Sri Aurobindo’s world: 12:205-06,398-99; 16:232-33, 243,266,

269,274,311; 17:339,365,375; See also Sri Aurobindo (2)
strain in 17:191
tamas and 17:152
telling stories and 37:63,65
thoroughness and care in 12:142
time for 17:146
to study a language 4:154
typing wrongly and 17:389
unwholesome 17:10
without understanding 17:70-71
writing and 17:148
Yoga and 3:27
see a1so Books

Realization (s) 4:16,330,355; 15:241

a1l  powerful  and happy 16:4 32

artists who have  realized 15:83

beautifu1 17:237

by one body 4:159

complexity brings greater 10:94

conditions for it to be told 10:.114-15

"dynamic" 7:204

earthly 17:186

"evil persona", role of 5:276 fn

faith in 16:125

fatuity, create greatest obstruction to 3:337-38

future 2:593; 8:3

great leap towards 16:425

hierarchy in 7:340;  8:45-46 ,48-49

imagination and 6:233-34

India’s freedom, fact and inner 8:31

individual and collective 8 :49-50 ,133

inner and outer 10:137

instruments prepared for 8:366

integral 9:94,345-46; 16:164,225; see a1so be 1ow of integral

yoga

limited  by our idea 8:1
linear and spherical 7:251
material, of spiritual experience 8:247,379-81
new being  worked out 9:313l-15

of childhood dreams 8:119
of the Divine see Divine, realization of
of the future 9:298-99
of human unity 2:47
of humanity and personal 10:84
of the ideal 2:78; 3:13

of integral yoga 5:349-50; see also above integral
of mental formations of physical plane 10:128
of new body through direct transmutation 9:128- 29.,237-38
of promises 16:87

of the Self 10 :138; 16 :227 ,409-10
of the Supreme 10:70,74,85,245,247

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of thing’s only when… 16:185

on physical plane 16:102

outer, perfection from below 9:90-94,97

partial 4:116; 9:411

path of 5:03-85; 7:421

perfect and sincere 10:204

physical 11:269

power of concentration for 9:360-61

power of human 9:86-87,90-94

progress and 8:13,21

radical 10:228

secret of 3:178

self-giving and 7:327-28

siddhi and tapasya 8:173-74

sincerity, basis of all 8:399

spiritual 8:244-45; 14: 107-08

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, place of 7:420-21

suprarnental see Supramental realization

Supreme Power of 17:274

terrestrial 7:294

thought and 8:30,396-97

through Divine love 8:l91,235

time between revelation and 10:125

vision and 10:11

vital’s  power for 5:258-59

win be had in Matter 11:231-32

work to be 5:352,354-56

yogic 16:157
Realism 14:272
Reality, the 11:39-40,267; 15:8; 17:182

appearance and 10:17,46,300

behind illusion 10:44

beyond physical 10:39

desire taken for 2:50

dreams, subjective and objective 2:34-35

ether as subtle state of 2:108

essential 10:126-27

eternal 16:228

experience and 6:363-64

experience of contact with 6:24-27

field of vibrations make up physical 10:179

inner 4:25-26; 10:229

senses and 2:165

soul and physical 10:209

Supreme is sole 16:243

universal 2:107

see also truth
Reason
4:46-47; 14:362; 15:246

action and 10:291

contrasts and divides 10:17-18,45

danger of abandoning 10:15

developing 7:174

discernment and pretext 8:273-75

discipline of body 9:98-102

experience and 7:41-42,171,176-77;  10:182

faith and 10:289-90

field of 7:170

guiding other parts of being 9:98-112

help and bar 8:358-99,362-63,372-73

human 9:101-02; 10:39-40

inspiration and the senses and 10:5-6

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knowledge and 10:14-16 passim

logic and 10:67-68

1ove and 17:143

man governs life through 2:159

mind and 8:184,190; 10:32

"minister of the spirit" 7:17 3

must transcend to understand 10:45

passing beyond 3 :184,363

perception and 101:291

practical 10:42-43

".prepares the path" 7:l77-78

religionon and 7 : 168-69

replaced by intuition 2:160

role of 10:15,67

senses and 10 : 5-6

speech and 10: 8

spiritua1 1i f e an d 7:170-71

super-instinct of human species ,9:101-03

trembles before higher truths 10:8-9

true role of 7:169- 80

truth and 12:334

utility of 12:138

wisdom and 10:l4-16 passim

see also mind
Reasoning

as a means of knowing 16:44
Rebel1iousness

and t h e Mother’s help 16:67
Rebirth/Reincarnation 9:226-28; 15: 135-37 ,263 ,361-64

animals and 3: 145; 7: 99-100

assures individual progress 9 :213-16

common misconceptions of 3:145-46

death and 15:128-39; 16:366

in a higher organism 16:154

Karma and 15:391-94

line of consciousness 3:145,148

memory of past births (lives) 3:40-41 ,148-49 ; l7:371

mental personality in 10:28

of a dead man in his daughter’s child 16:366

of a particular psychic being 17:78,367-72

past lives and 16:349-51,353

psychic and see Death, psychic …; Psychic, the,
reincarnation of Psychic being, rebirth of

psychic (consciousness) and 3:145-46,148-49

psychic memory and 16:350-51

reality of 16:398

return to the Mother 17:370-71

spiritual 3:176-77

see a1so Past 1ife/1ives
Receptivity 6:135-41,213; 9:5,39; 14:153-55

accumulation and 2:98

activity  passivity and 6:112-13

always when united with psychic 8:304

aspiration and 5:397; 6:115-17

at balcony darshan 7:257-59; 16:230

attitude and 5:37l

awakened by special date’s 17:371

body’s 3:85-91; 4:265-66;  5:260-61; 9:110-11; 17:402

doubt and 6:404

emptiness in oneself 4:283

energy, spending and receiving. 8:l95-97

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equanimity in external being, basis for 5:23
fasting and 7:61
free from egoism 4:400
greatest in silence 17:381
in Light 8:238
increasing 4:265-675 16:67
inner 8:306; 10:20
inspiration  and 10:6
1ack of 5:270-71; 10:178; 16:360-61
learn 17 :61 ,71
losing 17:82,209

manifestation of new forces  and 10:220
measure of 17: 60,221,303,317,329
mental, vital, and physical 5:210
mind and l0:10
of energy 16:429

of flowers and other objects 6:229-31
of Matter 2:52; 4:210; 5:270-71
of nations to Supermind 10:53
opening to something higher 8:345-46
parents’, to bring down psychic being 5:216
perfect 8:258; 16:388
Playground concentration and 4:122
progress and 7:141-42′
questioning and 7:8
self-giving and 16:98,334
silent mind and 1021455 16;425
specia1 8:263; 16:318
suffering and 16:365
supreme love and 10:74

to the  Divine 4:96,210,400-01; 6:168-69,214-15;  8:45; 17:19,61
to Divine Force 6:403-04
to Divine love 6:135-36
to luminous future 17:363
to mental formation ("blue paper") 5:254
to the Mother 8:307-085 16:41-42
towards Idea of new race 2:164
true 9:ll4-15
trust and 6:403-04
vital forces and 5:210; 7:140-42
see also Opening /Openness

Recluses 16:l90
Reflection

method for becoming conscious of thoughts 2:22-25
Regret 17:5

Reincarnation see Rebirth/Reincarnation
Rejection

aspiration and 6:329-30

of all doubt 17:l39 

of a bad idea 17:ll 2-13

of difficulties 4:170 ,3:37-38

of life as illusion 7:405

of sadness and false imagination 16:l73;  17:l20

of thoughts 6:22-23

of wrong movements 7:89,197-99,205-06

procedure for 7:95

transformation and 7:83,95-96

using a force from the body 6:339

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Relations with others (Relationships) 5:202-03; 16:53-54;

17:30-33,57,99,154,196

all good in principle 16:280

basis of human 10:247

choose well 16:119-20

entering another / s consciousness 6:308-10 ,424-25

four  categories of 2:68-70,78

how others treat you 16:53

lack of affinity 16:54

personal will , divine will arid 6:369- 73

receptivity to the Divine and 6:168-69,214-15

sadhana and social 6:369-73

see also Others
Relativity 4:232,284

beauty and ugliness 10:45-46; 16:78

of all external knowledge 10:211

of all manifestation  in world 10:8-9

of faith 6:358-59

of pain and pleasure 10:247

of sin 10:76-79

of truth 10 :147

progress and 8:6

theory of 5:282-83
Relaxation 4:156,205,250,265,352-53; 12:61-62

learn to real 16:312
Religion (s)

as source of idea 2:78

attitude towards 5:31-32; 12:310

Auroville and 13:212-13,226

Bahai 2:104

beauty and 7:174

bondage of 16:414

Buddhism see Buddhism

Chaldean see Chaldean religion

choose your own 3:81; 8:198-99 ,247; 9:355

Christian _see Christianity

creation of devotional :10:63

creation of the world in 5:162-64

death and 12:85

determinisms, absolute, evolutionary need 3:86,90

the Divine and 15:30-34,37

Divine realization through 8:l47-48

divine spark and 4:139

dogma of 2:162; 4:25

each a different version of escape from world 9:4

easy for most men 9:344 .

error of 9:407-08

experience of contact with the Reality and 5:79-80; 6:24-27;

8:147-48

fear and 6:51,66,97

flower of human spiritual effort 9:l47,149

food, consecration of 4:334-35

"formularists",of 10:251-52

freedom from conventions of 10:317

God of 10:333-34; 7: 44

gods and 9:149-50; 16: 235

good and evil, doctrine of 5:73

greatness of 3:83

hatred, stupidity and 10:286

heaven, hel1 and 5:131-32; 10:65

help or not 8:148-50

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hierarchy in 4:392

history of 12:211-12

images in a temple 4:39 7

immortality and 10:83-84

imposed on children 8:198

in Japan 2:149

intolerance of 10:20

limits the spirit 5:247

makes God in image of men 10:95

man and 3:82-83; 10:270-73

materialism and spirituality in 15:414-16

meditation, worship and 10:63

mental constructions 4:257

method to reach goal 2:125
miracles, revelations 4:81-89

more a habit than a faith 9:16

must avoid becoming a new 11:133

narrow-mindedness of 8:145-50; 10:186-87

nature of 3:76-84

necessary for collective life 9:354-56

of the Divine 4:239

partial realization in 7:93

persecutions in 4:316-18

progress and 5:32

real knowledge not given to laity 4:398; 5:31-32

reason and 7:168-69

reduced to human proportions 7:318

rules of, based on hygiene 5:156

sacrifice in 4:316; 5:347-48

same origin, different names 5:73-74

sense of insecurity and 9:354-55

spiritual evolution and 2:161-62

spiritual  life and 3:77-79; 9:77

Sri Aurobindo’s teaching and 10:96; 15:408-10; 16:4l4

Sufi 5: 58

superstition and 6:193-97

transformation and 3:93

truth and 2:82; 10:286; 15:417

unifying all the 9:76-77,149

using and surpassing 9:197-98

vaishnavite stories 8:224-27

vital beings and 6:194-97

yoga and 8:147; 10:97

see also religious…
Religious being 17:185
Religious music 12:242
Religious teachers 4:318,349
Religious teachings

perpetuate ignorance 5:32

spiritual teachings and 12:120
Remarks

about others 17:155

in Sri Aurobindo Ashram 17:34
Remembrance ( s)

belong to the Universal 2:165

of the Divine and union l6:374

"Remember and offer" 3:26
Remorse

is of no use 16:45-46
Renaissance, Italian 4:301,311

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Renunciation 16:319

as e1imination  10:198

error and 10:172-73

inner 3:261

joy and 10:172

no importance given to 3:128

of desire 10:176-82

at good habits 16:318

of physical reality 9:4

of world for God 10:331

self-centred consciousness and 10:174
Reports

of others’ words 17:387

to the Mother 17:172-73
Repose

climbing the 1 adder 4:156

conies from concentrated energy 16:125

from which true energies come 16:149

in sachchidananda 4:62-63,108

is precious 16:122

perfect 16:302

see also Sleep
Repression
4:59-60
Repu1sion  

attachment and 17:22

felt toward certain animals, etc- 3:100-02

of a bad thing 17:112
Reservations

with regard to the Mother 16:40-42
Reserve

effect of 16:40-42
Resistance 6:115-17; 16:153

aspiration and 6:242-44

creates confusion 17:112

difficulties breaking down 6:323-25

getting rid of 16:218

illness and 3:86-91; 4:63

increases when Force greater 8:220

in matter 5:270-71; 8:30; 10:233

of inferior nature to Divine’s action 3:170

of physical world 6:207

persist in your will to overcome 16:137

progress and 2:31; 5:270-71; 8:209

revolt and 17:119

shattering 16:425

c f . Difficulties
Resolution (s)
14:168-69; 16:322

master-key 3:127

practice and 16:274

to become a true child 17:365
Respect 16:201

1iving with 16:256
Respiration 16:224
Responsibility 4:72,91,246

considering abandoning 17:334

a feeling of danger and 16:342-43

for monthly magazine 17:298

for oneself, freedom from 3:256-57

material 17:180-81

obedience and 17:168

progress and 5:300-01

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Rest 8:196; 17:l6,24,179

activity and 17:14

feeling tired and 16:79-80

of concentrated force 17:221,303

on the borders of form 6:l86,18!3

psychic 17: 367

self control and 16:52

sleep and 15:349-52

to recover balance 17:346

true 7:287; 9:65

will far victory and 17:63.

see also Sleep
Restlessness

agitation and 17:316

repeat "Peace, peace,  my heart" 16:130,150

wastes time 17: 73

weakness causes 16:125

See also Uneasiness

Resurrection 3:147

miraculous 4:142
Revelation 10:183-86

always personal in farm 10:184

living one’s 2:125

universal 10:185
Revolt 17:119

bad temper and 16:71

causes diminution and disappearance of powers 3:116

do not open door to 16:67-68

getting rid of 16:146-47

in despair 4:52

is a rejection of Divine Love 16:72

Kali and 16:143

useless and foolish 16:123
Revolution

New Force and 16:330

true knowledge can create 10:362

what we want and 16:153
Reward

and the Divine 16:352
Rhythm 7:336-37
Richaud, Paul 17:224
Rings

wearing for protection 6:234-35
Rishis

golden Age of 7:294

language of ancient and modern 8:360

teachings of 7:293-94

Vedic Rishis, involutionary beings 7:360-61
Risk

progress and 16:335
Rodin, Auguste 6:72-73
Roma ins, Jules 7:167; 12:324

Doctor knock 5:188
Rudra 16:326-27
Rules 4:13,380,384; 7:286

Municipal 16:110
Rumours see Gossip(ing)/Rumours

Russia
Soviet gymnasts 9:86; 12:286

dance and mysticism of 3:112

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