Comprehensive Index of the Mothers Complete Works

 

Contents

 

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Pain 8:83-85; 10;246; 12:295-96

artistic creation and 6:379-83

curing, methods of- 7 : 130-32 ,149-50 ; 8 : 213-14

delight and 10:158,334-35,351

the Divine Mother and 10:170

fear and 10:l71
from suggest ions 17:158

go right to heart of 12:75

healed by Sri Aurobindo 9:254

how not to feel 16:325

illness and 6:406-08

knowledge, ignorance and 6:287-89

mind and 10:359

of wrongly re-entering the body 17:412

only during sleep 17: 414-15

progress and 8:214 ; 12:75

separation and 7:401

sexual desires and 12:296

suffering, the Divine and 5:385-86 ; 6:287-89 ; 16:411

teaching body to bear 10:171-72

three quarters imaginary 17:63

transforming into pleasure 7:149-50

value of 10:351-53

see a1so Suffering
Painters

conscious hands of 16:363

sec a1so Artists
Paintings (s)
11:98; 12:235-39; 15:292-96

"plane" from which they come 16:118
Pakistan and India 5:190 ; 13:372-74 ; 16 : 326-28; 17:264-67,376
Palmistry 15:39 ; 16:279 

Paradise see Heaven
Paradoxes
4:11,222
Parents

aspiration and receptivity of 5:216

authority of, is a symbol 4:92

children and 5:381-82; 11:211; 12:367,434-35,446; 14:314-15

conception of children 2:154-, 4:260; 5:413; 8:201,335

in Ashram, role of 5:289-90; 12:367

influence of, on children 5:243 ,411-13 ; 8:200 ,204 ,392

relations between children and 4:27-28

wickedness of, passed to children 5:412-13

developed psychic chooses parents 4:145; 5:215,412

duty to, and the Divine 17:l62

visiting one's 16:412
Paris

mental atmosphere of 2 :87 in 1914 saved from being taken by Germans 6:69
Passion 5:211 ,213-14 ; 6:376-77; 17:87

meaning of 16:177

passing by or through people 6:430
Passivity

activity, receptivity and 6:ll2 -14
inert 6:210; 17:24-25
Past, the 7;35 ; 15:76-79

attitude towards 17:301-02

casting away of ordinary 3:l76 ; 16:364

coming before one's eyes 17:397

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contacting the Divine and 16:371

forgetting 16:186,265; 17:363

future and 12:148,169,404-06

lessons of 2:157

progress and 16:l7

self giving and 16:364
Past life/lives 4:71,151,183,255; 5:33-37

effort in 4:329-30
future and 16:353

memory of 3:40-41 ,148-49 ; 6:21-22 ; 10:97; 15:135,137;

16:399; 17 : 371

psychic consciousness of 7:221

psychic experiences in 4:143-49,151; 7:374

psychic memory of 5:33-37; 9:293; 15:361-64 ; 16:350-51 ,424

rebirth and 16 : 353,395

remembrance and choice 4 : 143-47 ,151 ,183

resolving to work together 5:2
Path

"being on the"  16:319

best for each to find her own 16:323,383

certainty of victory brightens 17 : 189

Eightfold 3:248-50

Middle 3:190 ; 5:358 ; 10:204

of devotion 8 : 43,126,252-53,300,324-25; 10:331-64

of knowledge 8:43,46,126,300,304-05; 10:1-273

of works 8 : 43-44,126,300,324-25 ; 10:277-328

of yoga  see Yoga, path of

return to straight 17;62

very long 16 : 375; 17:376
Patience 4:95,117,183,251,336; 12:150; 14:175-78

against hostile forces 16:188

arm yourself with 17 : 136,193,293,350

difficulties and 16:144

for passions to cool 17:302

in looking at everything 17:129

in offering 16:396

sincerity and 17:126,376

story illustrating 2 : 193-97

things take time 16:87

tired nerves and 16:83

will for 16:145

with childen 16:202

cf. Perseverance

Pavitra (P.B. St. Hilaire) 13:186-87
Peace 6:313-14; 12:114,123; 13:372; 14:145-48; 15:88

action of, on body 4:266

aim of old spirituality 9:298

allow it to penetrate you 16:150

always with you 16:117

base of yoga 17:129

basis of realisation 9:298

being quiet to solve problem 9:423-24

best for union 17:168

best way to be 16:315

bringing down 16:231 ; 17:163,316

by turning thoughts towards the Mother 16:122

call in 16:153

communicating it to 

curing 

the divine and 14:148
don't spoil by talk 17:95

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essential condition for 16:431

given as a gift 4:409-410

higher state than immobile 9:305

ignoring falsehood for sake of 17:305

immutable (invioble) 17:181,381

in the Ashram 16:7

in the Mother's arms 16 : 149 ; 17:128

in vital and spiritual force 16:122

in what the Divine wants 17:378

in your heart 16:140,148

inertia and 11:41,161-64

inner, for receiving Force 4:63,97

Japa and 16:305-06

love and 17:86-87 ,110 ,120

mental 16:59

miseries and 16:195

the Mother's blessings for 17:357

the Mothers experiences of transformation and see Mother's

body, the, transformation of, peace
the Mother's presence and 17:123
not a hardening 16:190
not feeling  17:127 , 143
of certitude and confidence 16:115-16

of eternity 17:107
outward 17:107

Positive and negative 6:361

progress and 5 : 266-67; 9 : 305 ; 15 :199 ; 17:97
receiving 4:409-10 ; 16:146 ; 17:60-61
sadhana and 17:96-97
Savitri verses, the Mother's commentary upon two 5:388-91

shaking off 17:121,127

silence and 17:55 , 126

stepping back 3:160

strong and luminous 17 : 16 8

suffering and 11:282

through work and self-mastery 5:35-66

to become conscious of , repeat "Peace, peace, 0 my heart"
16:130,150

to end troubles 17:93

T r u t h - consciousness and  5:65-66

war and 15:47-48 ,64-65

will make you strong and joyful 16:116

wit h others 17 : 376

see a1so Silence

c f. Calm; Quiet
People

best not to listen to 16:214

don't bother about what they believe or say 16:170

live in their sensations 2:130

meeting, and wrong vibrations 16:358

what they say, of little importance 16:209

who criticise 16:270

will always have something to say 16:277

see a1so Humanity; Man/Mankind; Others; Relations
Perception
 

action and 10; 291

direct, of divine law 2:159

faith, aspiration and 10:161

falsehood of 10:98

hallucination and 10:41

hearing and 10:226

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objective 4 : 12, 222-23 , 230 , 235

of Beauty behind all things 10:72

of body 8:55

of destructive and constructive vibrations 10:181

of difference between ordinary and true vibrations 10:202

of evil from above 10:72

of inner God 2:40

of inner reality of people 10:229

of mental activity during sleep 2:33

of other worlds 10:39

of past, present, future 10:49

of real Soul 2:165

of solitude 10:231

of suffering of humanity 2 :126

perfection and 10:224

physical world and true 10:45,187

prevents us from seeing Lord 10:154 - 55

reason and 10:291
Perfected race 6:417
Perfection 4:214 ,233 ,326 ,329 ; 12:3-4 ,118-20 ; 15:85-66

as power of life 10:230

at each instant 10:205

balance and 4:14-16,24

blows and divine 10:58

conscious and unconscious 11:194

crude means of 10:168

degrees of 17:177

developing one's own qualities of 2:106

disorder on earth and 10:92

divine 16:320

equilibrium and 10:107-08

finding in yourself 10:23

from above and below 9:86-87,90-94

global approach to Divine 10:l05

harmony and 10:266

higher, of spiritual life 2:161

ideal leading to 9:97

in man and monkey 2:159

in supermind 8:28-29

in work 2:51 ; 10:309 ; 14:325-30

increasing, in supramental world 9:185-89

inner 8:3

is the Divine as a whole 10:104

lack of in methods of Science 10:208

mind and 10:69

moral 9:409-10

the Mother on 8:20,34,233-34

obstacle to 2:52

of an action 10:308-09

of body see Body , perfection of

of environment 10:312

of external being 12:4

of life 10:157

of maimed 10:46

of manifestation 10:218-19

of negative method 10:71

of psychic personality 10:29

of sight 10:229

of society 10:308

of soul 10:312 ; 17:78

of unity 2:164

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path towards, and work 16:353

perception and 10:224

progress and 4:14-16 ; 10:166

progressive, of creation 16:427-28

psychological 8:36-42

quickest way towards 10:52

reaction and 10 : 311

realisation of 17:361

relative 6:417-18

role of love and fear in 10:333

through opposites 10:68

tired nerves  and 16:83

varies from species to species 2:159

virtue and 10:157

way of synthetic  2:158 fn

weakness and strength necessary for 10:101

western idea of 10:104

what it must be 17:375

what offends our aspiration for, seems ugly 10:46
Permanence 17:402-03
Persecution

chamber of torture 4 : 304

horrors of First World war 4:304

a new path-finders 4:317-18

of religions in Persia 4:316-18
Perseverance 2:41 ; 4:53-54 ,88 ,95 ,117 ,181 ,247 ,251 ; 7:84,104-05;

12:151 ,336 ; 14:171-73 ; 17:103,377

difficulties and 16:133

finding soul and 10:25

in study 16:l45

in unifying one's being 16:396

living for Divine and 16:295-96

of nature 2:157 fn
originates in psychic 4:254

story illustrating 2:193-97

success and 16:184

will with 2:90

work and 2:49

see a1so Endurance; Persistence
Persistence

vital and 14:171 ; 16:198

see also Perseverance
Person , the 11:110

Personal effort see Effort, personal
Personality 15:309-10 ,355-58

central being and 17:85

complex, extract from Synthesis 3:169

crumbling of limited 2:39

desire and passion cloud the 3:117

divine 3:169

exterior, and rebirth 3:145-46

illusion of 2:52-54,125
sensitivity and 2:55
suffering and 2:56-58

in the vital world 6:258

mental 10:27

method of increasing 2:53

perfection of psychic 3:150 ; 10:29

purified and made stronger by surrender 3:116-17

relationships and 2:68-70 ; see also Relations with others
(Relationships)

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separate 8:52-53,306 10:264

superman consciousness and 11:149-50

Universal 10:255

universal consciousness and 8:378-81

victory over egoistic 2:66

see also Individuality

Perversion

cause of, mind's intervention 9:299-300 .

correcting, themocautery 9:307

disease of man 9:l00-01,180-81

of body 9 : 162-64
Pessimism 4:22

dissatisfaction and 17:408

of no use 16:l87

subconscient and 16:425

weapon of the devil 11:256-57

cf. Discouragement
Pests

killing 17:l04
Pettiness 17:407

no longer tolerable 16:427

want it to disappear 16:92
Phenomena 17:394
Philanthropy 4:66,290; 7:54; 14:296

film "Monsieur Vincent" 5;16

magnified egoism l0s83

service of humanity; an ambition 5:12-16
Philosophy 4:216,370; 12:374

experience of the Reality and 6:24-27

philosopher and  4:195

reading 17:365

spiritual, and developed mind 9:344

Truth and 9:406-07

understanding 17:144
Photographs 8:163 ; 16:233-34

coloured 7:44-45

the Mother's 7:275
Photography 4:300 ; 12:244

brochure : "The Family of Man" 9:3-4
Physical, the 7:218; 11:269; 14:383-86; 15:323

direct contact with the Supreme 11:173

psychic and 6:5-6; 11:291-92

Supramental and 15:119,124

Transformation and 15:96-97

true 7:217-18

see also Body ; Physical ...
Physical activities

offering to Divine 12:391
Physical appearance

insult and 16:32
Physical being 17:73-74

concentration and 16:24

consciousness of 12:347

not expressive of the eternal Reality 16:228

progress and 7:425-26 ,

psychic and 16:367 ; 17:73

to be a perfect instrument 12:73

true and deformed 7:218

yoga in 16:359
Physical body see Body

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Physical consciousness 3:130-31 ; 9:107-11; 10:26; 12:46,345; 17:98

body and 5:58-59

body-consciousness and 16:231

coming out of 8:300-01

definition of 16:221 ,231

desire in madmen 11:189-90

Divine and 16:431

habits of 4:367-68

is ignorant 7:223-26,380

limitation of 10:26

mind contaminates 10:325

most material during March Past 5:259

Nature and 4:372

normal consciousness in most human beings 3:130

obscure in most men 11:189-90

old spiritual doctrines and 6:63

opening to the Divine 6:388-89

psychic and 5:259

rigidity of 10:72

showing truth to 3:130-31

silence of 16:236

Sri Aurobindo's yoga and 16:392

transformation of 6:109-11

under psychic influence 6:419

see also Body-consciousness
Physical culture 8:25,238-43; 10:30-31; 12:50-55

beauty and 12:287

consciousness movement 9:135-55

demonstration of 12:391

in integral yoga 9:81-82

progress and 8:196-97
sex and 12:379
see also Physical education

Physical determinism 6:48-49,51-52

Physical education 12:354-56
aim of 8:243; 12;275-78,298
body's receptivity and 12:294-95

captains of 9:180-81; 12:109,160,355-56,360,364-68;

16;263,283,295,403-04
discipline and 12:382-84,392,395
effect of environment on body 5:296
fear during gymnastics, etc. 5;119-20,169
laziness, doing strenuous exercise 5:l20-21
messages for competitions 12:275-81
of the body 12:7-8,12-17,275-81,285
perfection, physical ,uninterrupted growth in 5:120-15
physical transformation and 12:278-81
prayers of groups, with the Mother's replies 12:271-74
programme
at Ashram 16:275
to satisfy everyone 16:273
sports and 12:289-90; 16:403
suppleness through yogic force 5:268
teacher of learning identification 5:299-301
see also Exercise(s); Physical culture; Sports

Physical energy
absorbing 16:224

Physical habits 6:158-59,162-63

Physical liberation 12:71

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Physical life

changes in 14:232-33

the Divine and 15:374

existence of marvellous opportunity 9:41 ; 16:164

field for progress 5:50 ,206-07 ,339 ; 7:76 9:270 ; 12:185-86;
16:164,434

inevitability gone 11:228-33

organisation of 6:13-16

origin of 5:70-71

transformation of 3:128 ; 5 :59
Physical-mental Knowledge 16:40-41
Physical mind 4:50,182,225; 8:390; 14:362,366; 17 890-91 ,153-59 passim

blindness of 16:205

conversion of vital and 3:144

dissolves at death 3:149

doubt and 6:224-25

individuality and 6:258

knowledge of God through 10:43-44

love and 6:107-08

mechanical mind and 6:317-19

most difficult to change 9:106
the Mother's see Mother's body, the transformation,
of physical mind

the Mother's experiences of 11:4,69,93-95,279-80,284,293-95

pride and blindness of 16:205

realisation of formations in 10:128

Science and 3:161

Supramental and 11:270-80,284 ; 13:63-64; 15:117

under sway of vital wor1d and hostile forces 3:61

cf. Body-mind Material mind
Physical nature

harmony of true 4:372 ; 7:217
Physical plane 15:6
Physical transformation 4:18; 6:47,109-11 ; 12:346

(body) mind and 11:16-21,74,280

body to attain its supreme capacity 9:84-87,100-11

changing thought first 9:131-32

physical education and 12:278--81

subconscient and 7:83
Physical vision 5:410 ; 244-45

see also Mother's body, the, vision of ; Vision
Physical world
15:9-10,91-92

appearances in, deception of 10:300

beauty in 10:300

crystallisation of universe 5:272-73

decomposition of 5:206-07

destiny and 15:307-13

difficulties of 6:207-08

Divine vibration and 11:249

mastery of 16:236

the Mother's vision of 10:139-40

true perception and 10:25,45,187

resistance of 6:207

symbol of universal movements 5:272

transformation of 5:275-76

true perception of 10:187

world of form 8:216

under sway of vital world 3:61

see also Material world

Physical yoga see Mother's body, the transformation of
Pictures
17:72

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Pity 17:10

in typal meditation 2:29

love and 10:360

nature of 10:360
Planchette

automatic writing 9:362-68
Plans

ambitious 17:297

for the creation 17:303-04

in advance 17:l90
P1ane (s)

awaken to consciousness of 16:163

between mind and Supermind 3:94

cosmic 16:236

mental 3:60-62,65 ,156 5 15;75

of consciousness, individual, determinism and 3:58-59

spiritual 3:64

vital see Vital world(s) / plane(s)

see a1so Consciousness, planes of
Planets

beings on other 7:166

flying saucers 7:164-63

going to other exteriorisation 7:165

Martians 7:164

matter on other 7:163
Plant(s)

aspiration in 3:132 ; 8:24-26

consciousness in 4:240 ; 6:180-81 ; 8:26; 9:210-11

divine Presence in Nature 8:223-24

flowers and, sense of beauty, significance 4:l66-67

identification with a tree 3:168

in Japan 4:306-07

kerosene and 17:17

open to the Mother's influence 3:132

opening to the Divine? 17;17

psychic in 4:26

subtle physical takes rest in 8:338

transition from, to animal 9:210-11

trees, abode of vital beings 8:26

vanity in 4:29

see a1so F1ower (s)
Plasticity
10:29--30 ; 14:153

manifestation of new forces and 10:220

of the body 8:25

of physical consciousness and nature 4:368,374

progress and 7:208-09

supramental 3:175-76

to Divine will 4:207-08

total 10:115

understanding and 4:l57
Plato

ideas and 2:76
P1ay(ing) 12:90-91

Anu's play, "Raukumar" 17:216

children and 12;134;; 17sl52

consequences of knowing and not knowing what's going to happen
10:150

Divine 6:267-68 ; 10:51-52 ,103 ; 11:39-40

of Lord 10:148-49

He plays with you if you know how 10:159
tragedy and 10:149

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marb1es 17:155-56

place in yoga 17:159-60

work and 12:186
Playground

presence at distribution in 17:209,212

work of the Mother at Balcony Darshan and 7:257-59
Pleasure 12:384

Ananda, ecstasy, joy and 16:297-98

bliss and 10:315

detachment from 8:327-28

Delight and 9:22-23,40-41

Divine presence and 8:121 ; 10:69

do work with 16:113

excitement and joy 8:263-64 ,328-29

in late night work 17:362-63

joy, depression and 8:84-85,191-92

of the vital 16:136,201 ; 17:160

pain and 9:40-41

perversion of Ananda 16:399

renunciation of 6:301-02

suffering and 16:297-98

to receive Ananda 6:292 ; 8:121

transforming "enjoyings" 8:376-77

see also Delight
Poetry
12:243

beauty in 7:279

philosophy and 7:278

poets, expressing ideas 7:93

"sensuousness (sensuality) of the spirit" 7:278-795 12:243

study of 17:340-42

writing of, and inspiration 16sl38
Politics 15:61,426-28

in Auroville 13:226

international 15:64-65,355

money and, resistance to supramental action 9:166-69

the Mother and 13:51

politician, true 7:301

solution economics 7:304-05

Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 13:124-30; 17:202-03

steeped in falsehood 16:337

transformation difficult 7:301-02

Truth and 16:376

unconverted 7:307

world politics, America and Russia in 7:304

see also Government(s)
Pondicherry 13:381-83; 15:325 ; 16:7-9 ; 17:371

atmosphere of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother 13:75-76

the Mother and 13:43,63,109

the Mother's coming 7:387-88

seasons, irregular 7;367-88

Sri Aurobindo and 13:30,109,383

Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 13:129 ; 15:325

world War II and 13:126
Portraits

wearing -for protection 6:234-35
Positivism

necessary period of 6:197

without attachment 6:429

see a1so Asceticism
Possession
3:42-49 ; 17:114

cases of 4:184-88 ; 5:42-49

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of body by an asuric or rakshasic being 16:249

of body by adverse forces 5:97 ; 6:245-48 ,434-36

of nothing, and happiness 3:253-54
Possibi1ity(ies) 4:78 ; 11:255-57, 317,320,330

best possible happens 4:213-15

development of 17:169

we put limitations 6:124
Poverty 10:313-14

attitude towards 10:268

Auroville and 10:269-70

ego and 10:271-72

society and 10:269-71

spirituality and 3:53-54
Power(s) 14:l83

anger as deformation of vital 10:81

body and 10:230

call in cells for 10:168

can tolerate nothing but union 10:1 76

destruction of , in Europe 10:142

Divine see Divine power

Divine will and 12:393; 17:11

exhaustion of personal 4:180
first condition for 12:279-80
for progress 10:47
governing  everything 10:231

hate is a sword, of 10:281

idea and sensation of 10:185

idea of Mahakali's 4:397

in idols 10:95-96

is the Divine 11:260

knowledge and 3:221; 8:140,190,352,360; 10:208

money, sex, and 4:381-82

misuse and right use of 3:7-8

neutrality and 10:175

of action of bad thoughts 2:90-91
of changing things 8:101-02

of choice 10:287

of collective prayer 9:369-70

of discernment 3:185

of dissolution and progress 10:173

of Divine Love, and transformation 3:171-72; 10:261

of evolution and serpent 10:93

of experience 10:185

of immobility 8:66-68,330-31

of immortality 10:83-84

of knowledge and wisdom 10:1-3 passim

of love 10:72-73

of mastery 8:351-52

of new consciousness 11:267-68

of perfect harmony 10:233-34

of prediction 10:129

of pure Love 10:202

of purification 10:72-73

of silence 10:213-15

of soul over matter 10:209-10

of thought 2:l07,153-545 ; 5:19 ,132-33,387 ; 9:186

of thought formations 2:85-86,108

of true consciousness 10:192

of the vital 8:73,298-99

of words 2:63-65; 7:346-50

possession of 4:86

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spiritual 2:109

material and 10:294

static and dynamic 4:368-69

Supreme, destroys vital being 4:187

sweetness  in complete without 10:282

tapasya of 12:55-56

that arranges everything 10:144

that dissolves 10:173

to amuse ourselves like the Lord 10:150

to be 10:231

to change truth into falsehood 10:39-40

to heal 10:325

to observe law rigidly is basis of freedom 10:257

to open understanding 10:1210

Truth-Power 10:185,194-95

which does everything 10:234
Practice 17:31

ideal and 17:90

integral , and theoretical knowledge 3:228

mite of, more precious than mountains of talk 3:201

worth more than resolutions 16:274
Prahlad 17:9
Praise

depreciation and 16:170

loathing for, under influence of Agni 3:138

vita's hunger for 3:137-38
Prakriti 16:237

Divine Mother and 7:207

not feminine and masculine 6:118-19

power of Nature transferred to Purusha 11:107

Purusha and 7:207; see also Purusha

see a1so Nature
Pra1aya(s)
6:171; 7:208; 10:107,191,219; 11:311

civilisations disappearing 5:250

destruction of universe 4:23 fn ; 10:99,107; see also
Universe, creation...

explanation of tradition 4:218

idea of 5:353

peace, sovereign, with world's disappearance 5:390

cf. Creation
Pranam

to the Mother 15:37; 16:89,166; 17:27,29-30,46,61,64,99,342
Prayer(s) 8:228,255; 15:221-36; 17:30,70-71

an imprudent 16:32-33

aspiration and 5:93,141-45

children and 12:334

collective 9:37-39,369-70

different types of 5:141-44

efficacy of 16:23

for Grace 17;381

for little things 16:278

intellectuals, their idea of 5:145

intense, a grace for men 5:89-90

making effort and 16:275

mechanical, value of 5:141

the Mother's 17:176

mystics, importance for 5:145

of cells of the body 11:91-95 ; 12:283-84

of the Creative Power 9:332-33

of physical education groups, with the Mother's replies
12:271-74

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of religions 16:235

of Saint Genevieve 16:34-35

response to 16:354

spontaneous 8:228-29

vain people, despise it 5:93

value of 10:165

weather and 6:201

whom to pray to? 5:165

with the body 16:76

Prayers and Meditations see Mother (2), the, writings of

Precaution 16:l5-16

Predestined being 6:386-87

Preference(s) 4:202 ,208 ; 10:25, 353 ; 17;178

choice and 4:1-3,327 ; 8:398-99 , 405-07 ; see also choice

desire and 4:1,12,388; 8:256,398-99,407; see also Desire

for ideas 2:75,77

judgment and 2:57

the Mother has no 17:53

only to carry out Divine will 17:55

rising above 2:25

subconscious 2:154

vital and 16:113
Premonition 17:112-13
Preparation

for receiving help 17:190

mental 17:85-86
Presence, the see Divine Presence
Present,
the 15;79
Pressure 4:206
Pretense 4:75,339 ; 12:129
Prevision

crystal-gazing 5:231

foretelling events 5:88

premonitions  the 1if t-boy's story 5:191
Pride 10:12 ; 14:279

asceticism and 6:301,429

being sad and 16:71

discipline and 6:302

doing "great things" 16:l82

invites blows 16:92

leads to ruin 16:108

of being worshipped 6:195-96

of physical mind 16:205

wrong feeling of 16:63-64

see a1so Ego; Egoism; Vanity
Priest

occult knowledge of 4:397
Prizes 12:365-66
Problem(s) 4:1,386; 16:216

answers, finding them in book 8:163-65

concentrating to solve a 8:183 ; 10:135

of existence 8:266-70

of vital being 8:298-99

pushed into sub-conscient 8:19

recurring 8:19

solved during sleep 4:61
Progress 5:44-45 ; 12:33-35,53,153,163,168,173-74,356,377 ;

15:82-84

action and 16:397-98

adverse forces and 7:16,18 ; 8:22-23 ; 10:120-22

after death 5:261-64

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Agni as will for 17:81,148

all can be opportunity for 17:l96

are you aware of making 16:118

arousing desire for 12:171

as goal of life 16:429-30

aspiration for 2:69 ; 6:175-77,337-38 ,386-87 ; 8:205-07 ; 10:34;

16:304-05
assessing 16:304-05
at each moment 2:93; 5:48-52,202
attitude towards sports and 6:28-29
blows from Divine and 4:122 ; 10:48,57-58 ;16:92
body's capacity for 5:112-16,207,210,260-61,267-68 ; 7:208-09 ;

8:196-97 ; 10:29 ; 11:95-96,98,141; 12:259,359-60,288-83 ;

16:397-98,429

boredom, learning and 5:48-52 ; 12:73-76
broken, impressions of 16:113
change of being and 4:102-03,116
change of consciousness and 4:336
competitions and 12:289
conscious and willed 5:63-66; 16:74
consciousness and 17:113,160-61
curve of 7:324
danger and 12:155 ; 16:335
death and 12:346
defects and 16:246
depends on divine Will 9:129-30
depression and 4:116 ; 7:10-11
desire and 10:263 ; 16:428
desire for 2:93 ;103
despair and 10:56-57
destruction and 17:256
different kinds of 7:309

difficulties and 6:242-44,323-26,357-58,464; 17:84
discipline and 3:20-2l ; 12:382-84
disintegration of forms and 10:90
dissatisfaction and 17:l22
dissolution and 7:208
the Divine and 15:84
Divine Grace and 9:298
Divine will and 9:130
double movement, individual and collective 8:132-33,264-65 ;

9:l41-42
doubt and 10:27
earthly life time of 5:50,206-07,339 ; 7:76 ; 9:270; 12:185-86 ;

16:164,434
easy 1ife and 12:395
effort for 4:7 ; 5:102-04 ; 7:202 ; 8:196,209,360-61 ; 9:l73-74,

316-18 ; 12:137 ; 16:179-80,291,315
endless 5:58-62,203
energy of 7:102

equilibrium important to 6:180
everything becomes an opportunity for 6:154-55 ; 10:301
exceptional chance now for 16:421
experiences and 6:351-55
faith in 5:144
faster, in sports 16:412
fasting not a spiritual 9:117-18
fear and 17:118

followed by immobility 3:87-88
forgiveness and 10:47
Free Progress (System) see Free Progress (System)

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from life to life 9:268-70

greatest obstacles to 10:27

group and individual 2:60 ; 12:39-40 , 181-82

guided by psychic being 4:146,151,165

guru subject to law of 12:63-64

happiness and 16:32

horizontal and vertical 7:35-36
humility and 5:45-46 ; 17:163
hypocrisy opposes all 5:31
idea of 3:194

identification with others to make 5:219-22
illusion of, by ascetic methods 6:428
image of European 10:311
in delight 10:52

in an evolving world 5:334-36 ; 10:56-57
in light of the ideal 2-49 ; 4:30-39
in routine 17:311-12
in spirals 5:335-36 ; 9:174
in supramental life 9:188-89
in yoga 5:206-07 ; 8:209 ; 17:40
individual 2:86 ; 9:141-42 ; 10:56-57

collective and 8:132-33,264-65

group and 2:605 12:39-40,181-82

reincarnation assures 9:2l4-16

self-perfection can make for 2:66

stages of development of 9:197-98

thought formation and 2:86

universal and 7:427
inner progress 2:146

applying materially 4:l81

of earth 3:39-40

unity and 6:428
integral 2:38 ; 7:197,309

joy of 8:20,84-85,253 ; 9:316-17 ; 10:166 ; 16:46 ; 17:191
Krishna's influence changed 10:61
law and 10:259-60
lies in widening 12:185-86
love of 2:76

material comfort and 16:296
may not be apparent 16:l33
meditation and 3:20-21 ; 5:44-46,267
mental 4:203 ; 5:253-54 ,359-60 ; 9:134-36
method to 16:317

misfortune, changing inner attitude and 5:192
the Mother's rapid 17:208
never to sit down 9:35,63, 188-89
not by boasting 17:167
objectivisation and 10s!62-63
of body 5:268 ; 7:208-09 ; 16:429
of earth, money and 16:373
of evolution 10:89-90

of humanity 2:101 ; 3:203-06,273 ; 12:305
of ideal and energies 2:49
of man 10:272-73

of manifestation 6:31-32 ; 8:325-26 ; 10:224
of mentality since time of Buddha 3:235-36
of Nature 2:157 ; 5:63-64 ,336,360 ; 8:12 ; 10:12-13 ,360
old age and 3:238 ; 12:259
on earth 17:102,109,375
on one's birthday 16:396-97
only remedy for backward, movement 10:47

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opinion of others and 8:348-49

opportunity for 16:164

opposites are stimulants to 10:166-70

pain and 12:75

past and 16:l7

peace and 5:266-675 9:305 ; 15:199 ; 17:97

perfection and 4:14-16 ; 10:l66

perpetual 2:25 ; 4:23,200 ; 5:58 ,312-13 ; 7:325

physical culture and 8:196-97

plasticity and 7:208-09

possibility for 17:401

power of dissolution and 10:173

prevented by disobedience 17:64

preventing, through self-justification 8:374-75

profound law and purpose of earthly life 3:298

psychic and 4:149,163,165 ; 5:203-06,265,359-60 ; 7:76,425 ;

9:268-70 ; 10:31
psychic life and 17:l22
quicker with Kali's help 17;375
reaction perfects and hastens 10:311
receptivity and 7:142
relativity of things and 8:6
religion and 5:32
remorse and 16:45-46
resistance to 2:31 ; 5:270-71 ; 8:209
responsibility and 5:300-01
sadhana and 7:33,197,344
search for the Divine and 7:373
self-control indispensable for 17:376
should be outcome of need 17:375
showing faults and 16:168-69
sign of life 9:174
simplification and 16:303
sincerity the key to 3:192-93
skepticism and 10:27
spiritual progress 16:316 ; 17:385

parents and 16:412

last stage of 5:57-58
Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 16:314,333
stable and genuine 17:118,153-54
stage by stage 4:181
stopped by egoism, vanity, Jealousy 5:46,219-20 ; 16:128 ;

17:117-18,122,160-61

suffering and 4:295,355; 10:50; 12:75; 17:119
tamas and 12:397

things inadmissible and useless for 8:5-6
thinking only of going forward 9:412
three ways of 16:433-34
thought and 2:60,86

through telling things to the Mother 6:199
through what seems bad 10:49
trance or samadhi as sign of 8:275-77
transformation and 5:266
truth from above and 10:145
two kinds of 9:396
two sides, negative and positive 8:22
understanding and 9:l34-36
uneven 6:35-36,95-96
universal 5:336 ; 8:233-34,325-26
unlimited 8:387
vice and virtue used in 10:267 ; 16:246

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vital and 4:52 ;5:256-59 passim, 425 ; 16:297,397-98

vital or mental, which more rapid? 5:211,253-54

wanting to know about one's 17:171

war and 10:52-53

why one doesn't make 16:246

will for 2:31 ; 4:78 ; 7:373 ; 8:252 16:251 ; 17 :81 , 147 ,166 ,190

without worry 17:147,161

work and 5:47-48 ; 7:291-92

youth and 12:122-24,239,259 ; 16:429
Promise

fulfilling the Lord's 17:184-85
Propaganda 8:105,107
Property

to be gifted to the Mother 17:202
Prophecies

of a new earth and new human race 6:159
Prophets

man's attitude towards 7:334
Prosperity

in Ash ram and India 17:258
Prosperity (Ashram Department)

questions about requests 17:141

refusals? 17:154-55

waste and 17:155
Protection 4:129 ,325 ; 8:261-62 ; 14:346--47

calling for 17:403-04

danger and 16:351

during meditation 17:247

fear and 17:110

getting out of 17:208 ,294 ,317

given by the body 3:47-48 ; 7:24

more spontaneous 17:278

of the Divine 5:167-68 ; 8:224 ; 15:50-52 ; 17:110

the Mother's and Sri Aurobindo's 16:345-46,351 ; 17:190,193,197
Prudence 2:6

story illustrating 2:204-07
Prudhommme, Sully 5:402 ; 6:4
Psychic, the 6:161; 12:125 ; 14:265,353-60 ; 15:200-01,321

after death 6:56

age of 12:432-33

alone can replace reason 9:102

always sincere 3:153

always with the Mother 17:68,100,103,170

aspiration of 4;145 ; 7:9 ; 8:22,235-36,250 ; 14:79-80 ; 17:103,369

awakened, draws things which help 4:146,149,165,261

awakening 8:404-05

behind supporting all 7:221-22

being see Psychic being

body and 7:44 ; 10:29-30 ; 17:367-68

centre see Psychic centre

children and 4:140,146,246 ; 6:4-9 ; 17:120

choice of 4:145 ; 5:412

chooses next life before death 5 :215-17 ,261-65 ,263-69 ;

8:202 ; 15:136

coming to the surface 17:89-90

communion with 4:244-45 ; 7 :39-40 ,68-69 ,78

compassion, gratitude and 15:297

condition for knowing 10:205

consciousness of see Psychic consciousness

consciousness brought into being by 10:29-30

consciousness unified with 7:255

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contact Divine with 6:l60-61 ; 7:424
contact with 7:196,221,252,263-64,272-73,355,399,423-24 ;

17:16,61,90,103,369,371

cures stupidity 4:369

development of faculties and 8:189

difficulties and 6; 33-34 ; see also below difficulties and

experiences of 4:310 ; 7:77-80

hiding itself and 6:24,33-34

in heart 17:68,98,142

in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram 7:117

new faculties 9:396-97

relationships and 10:247-48

reversal of consciousness and 8:172-74
continuity, sense of  7:221-22
dazzling when entered consciously 4:97
delegate of the Divine 7:227
depression and 17:27-28

developed 4:144-50; 5:215,412; 7:20-21,273,362
development of

capacities by contact with 7:399-400

sense of responsibility and 4-246

through lives 4:144,146,243
difficulties and 7:21,401 ; 17;102-03 ; see also above contact

with, difficulties and 

the Divine and 8:299 ; 14:354,358,360 ; 16:167-68,247 ; 17:80
Divine love, vital and 16:176
divine planes and 8:299
Divine Presence in 4:26
Divine, supramental and 17:80
doesn't mock 17:18

earth only place with 4:164-65,243 ; 7:164
earth place for progress of 4:144,165
emotions belong to higher vital not 3:124
eternal principle hidden in depths of being 9:228-29
experiences of 6:332,334 ; 7:374
expression of 7:42

exterior consciousness may deny perception of 3:l52
faith of 7:116-17 ; 10:290 ; 17:125
few carry it within them 4:130,139
formation of 10:29
freedom of choice and 10:88
Brace and need of 7:41
humanity and 6:160-61

identification with 6:332-35; 9:18-19; 15:324-26
images for discovery of 7:271-72
immortality and 16:432
in animals 4:28
in the atom 4:141
in flowers 4:26, 166-67
in matter 4:141,163,184
influence of 4:165-66 ; 5-395 ; 7:263-64
inhabitants of higher mind and 6:161
inspiration from depths of 8:193-94; 12:337
is above suffering 4:45
Jivatman and 7:227

knowledge of 3:152; 7:224-25,273,355
lack of collaboration and 16:367
liberation of 7:270-71
1ife of, true 2:57

light on earth corresponding to an incarnating soul 8:202,215
man alone possesses 10:205

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material vital and 8:218
material world has no link with 4:247
matter and 4:164-65 ; 6:l60-61
mental constructions and 6:138-41
mind and 4:27 ; 7:40-44, 321, 399 ; 16:424
mirror of 5:9-10
mockery and 17:l8

the Mother's decision to achieve union with 10:132
need of 7:40-41,399
new birth and 9:336-38 ,431-32
"none in beings of Overmind world 10:204
obeys Lord 10:359

of the Mother 11:130,280-81,290-92; 17:68,103,170

oracle, inner 8:188

organisation around 6:5-6 ; 8:22,174-76,337-381 ; 10:97;

11:291-92
organises existence 7:222-26 ; 9:269
origin of 3:153  ; 4-140-41,184,254 ; 5:201
outer nature and 7:20-21,110
overhead regions and 17:69
overmind and 6:161
past lives, experience in 4:143-49,151 ; 7:374
perception of 3:152
perfection of body and 10:30

perseverance originates in 4:254
physical and 6:5-6 ; 11:291-92
physical being and 16:367 ; 17:73

physical consciousness and  6:419 ; 7:74,223-24
possession of, by vital beings 4:184-87
presence of, tries to awaken the being 9:16-17

progress and 4:149,165; 5 ;203-06,265 ,359-60 ; 7:76,425 ;

9:268-70 ; 10:31
raison d-'etre of 5:395

realisation of 7:40-41 ; 14:107-08

reaching 7:78

rebirth, cycles of see below reincarnation of

receives and transmits Truth 17:80

reincarnation of 4:143-51 ,168,183,259,311 ; 5:215-16 ,261-65

passim, 268-69 ; 7:86-87 ,374-75 ; 8:200-03 ,215,333-38 ; 15:136 ;

17:367-68; see a1so Psychic being, rebirth of
rest of 17:367

responsibility and developed 4:246
screen 5:199-204

self-deception impossible 11:l28-29
sense of suffocation of 4:97,100
shelter from depression 6:32,34
sight of physical and 6:l34-35
spiritual life and 3:63-65 ; 4:164-65 ; 8:136-37 ; 16:223
spontaneity and 16:368-39
sub1iminal and 7:109
surrender of 6:419
surrender, physical consciousness and 6:419 ; cf. Physical

consciousness, opening to the Divine
supermind (supramental ) and 3:242 ; 8:299 ; 14:358 ; l5:117 ; 17:80
terrestrial formation is tradition of 4:243
transformation and 5:99-100 ; 9:293-94 ; 11:280 ; 15:95,97
true self and 3:124 ; 7:l05-06
Truth and 15:325-27 ; 17:80
union (uniting) with 3:126,149; 7:68-69 ; 8:136-37,304-06,337-38 ;

14:355 ; 16:432 ; l7:3l6-17 ; see also Psychic being,

unifying parts of being around ; Unification

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vibhuti and 7:362

vibration of, clothing Divine love 4:245
the vital and 4:137 ; 5:258-59 ; 6:5-6,305 ; 7:44,253 ; 16:174,176
will of and justice 5:217-18,395
witness 4:233
work of 7:7 6

see also Psychic...; Soul
Psychic being
4:140-51,184-85,196 ; 11:290-92; 12:430; 14:248;

15:265,310,323-28,339,357-58
aim of 4:149

already given to Divine 3:62-63
animal and man, relation between 5:241
appearance of 15:347
aspiration of 4:168; 5:265
a base and evil life and 16:249
becoming conscious of 4:146,168; 16:397; 17:90,136,369
birth, physical, stupor of 5:217,253,412
body and 4:44-45; 6:249; 16:249
body-consciousness and 6:447-48
central being and 6:425; 17:85
children in Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 5:289-90; 6:4-9
choosing next birth 5:215-18,253,263,265,268-69,412; see

also below rebirth (reincarnation)
coming to the surface 16:133
concentration and 16:223
conscience and 16:379-80
consciousness at origin of 5:201

contact with 2:69-70; 3:23-25; 4:l46-49,245-46 ; 6:365-66; 7:80
8:404-05; 12:45-47; 16:223-24 ,248 ,289 ; 17:16,61,90

abolishes fear 5:118

after death 17:367-68

important moments in 5:1

means of 5:392

sense of immortality and 5:317
conversion of Asuras (vital beings) and 4:188; 5:98-100,375-77;

6:161,174, 203-04, 245-48 ,435-37; 10:282; 17:216
curve of life and 7:245-46
degradation and 16:249
desire and 16:431

developed, fully, and fusion with Overmind beings 5:265,325; 7:87
developed, is consecrated to Divine 4:147
development and perfection of 5:206-07, 265
difficulties and 7:21,401
direct contact of Mother's body with 11:130
discovery of 5:2

the Divine, and 8:299-300; 16:167-68
Divine Presence and 16:424
divine spark and 4:139-44,184-85
does not suffer 16:168

door opened when telling things to the Mother 6:199
earth and 6:160-62

easier for wymon to contact it 14:310
ego and 16:432

entered into during rest 17:367
evolution and 5:265; 16:247-48
experience of being a king 4:144-50
experience wanted by 6:447-48
faith of 17:125

"families of beings", consecrated to same work 5:2
finding and guidance of 5:394-96; 10:279; 16:250
fourth dimensions and 12:431

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freedom from collecctive suggestions 5:313-15

gods and 6:61; 10:204-05

goodwill among men 5:306

government by 17:58,122,136,372-73

growth of 16:223-24; 17:78

guides progress 4:146,151,165

happiness and 16:290

heart and 8:193; 16:397

higher beings and 4:184

immortality of body and 16:195

in front 6:409

in life 3:151; 4:26-28; 7:100

in man and animal 3:151

in possession of Divine Power 10:243

incarnation of, in children 8:202-03 .335-37

independent of physical form 9:214-l5

individualisation and 6:260

individualised, more or less, but pure 3:150; 5:394

India and 12:314

influence of 5:359; 7:263-64,422

inhabitants of earth and 6:160-62

inner will of 4:165

intelligent will is first instrument of 12:294

interiorisation and 16:223

in conscious 4:146,168

is the Mother's child 17:115

is not mistaken 16:306-07

is radiant 17:372-73

knowledge of 6:396

knows true love 16:255

law and 10:243

life of 7:374,425-26

life on earth opportunity to progress 7:76

location of 6:392

man and 5:99; 15s380

materialising 11:238-39

memory of past lives and 5:359; 9:293; 15:363

mental education of bars opening 5:217

mind under influence of 5:212,359; 16:397

mind, vital and 16:167,424

the Mother and 6:163; 17:68,108,115

motives, outer, as pretext 5:3

music 5:75-78

not all have 3:151

not conscious of 5:206

only rapid way to find 16:256-57

only upon earth 4;164-65; 7:164

origin of 6:27-28

outer being and 7:86; 16:249

overhead regions and 17:69

overmind and 5:265,325; 7:87

physical beings and 6:448

power of emanations 5:265

presence (psychic) and 3:150-51

progress of 5:205-07,265

psychic entity and 17:339-40

readiness of 17:372

rebirth (reincarnation) of 3:145-46 ,148-49 ; 4:146,168;

15:135-37,391-92;17:367-68,370-72; see also above
choosing next birth ; see also Psychic, the, reincarnation of

receptivity of parents to bring down 5:216

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selfless movement 5:242

sheath of divine Presence 16:424

solitude of 17:100

soul and 3:123-25; 4:137; 16:247-48,358

special grace given to man 5:99-100

spontaneous admiration and 3:158

Sri Aurobindo Ashram and 6:296; 16:367

suffering and 4:45; 16:l68

supramental being and 11:238-39

supramental knowledge through 5:398

surface signs of 17:74

to contact in psychic world 17:368-69

the true individual is 3:63,124-25,169

unifying parts of being around 3:7,126,149; 5:134

16:360-63,412-13,431; 17:436; see also Psychic, the
union with; Unification
veiled 5:394

vision of see Psychic vision
vital and 4:141; 6:l61; 16:174
vital being and 6:161; 16:174
will of 5:217,395
works for transformation 7:76
works for unification 16:174
see also Psychic, the
Psychic centre 12:4-5; 16:281-82; 17:60
fundamental seed of aspiration 3:130
heart-centre8:193

of harmonisation and transformation 9:269-70
opening of 4:20

organisation around 4:40,195,229
unification of being around 16:392
Psychic change

spiritual change and 16:223
Psychic consciousness 4:232; 5:36-37; 9:345; 17:46 ,90 ,92-93

after death 12:348

awakening of 3:21

circumstances and 7:382

concentration on 17:96-98,103,121,360-70

contact of ordinary and 17:693

discretion of 16:286

dreaming in 4:149

extreme sweetness of 17;61

gives deep inner realisation 9:345

has no difficulties 17:l02-03

how to get 17:103-04

instinctive to plants 3:132

intensive mental education shuts off 5:217

judgment and 9:308

letting it decide 7:221

1iving in 4:325

medium for inspiration 10:5

of past 1ives 7:221

outer consciousness and 5:258; 16:168

perception in relation with others 9:179

realisation and 9:345

rebirth and 3:145-46,148-49

spiritual re-birth, an entry into 3:176-77
Psychic dignity and determination 17;:372
Psychic education 4:26-27; 12:30-35

and Spiritual Education, and answers relating to 6:24-37
Psychic effort 6:138-41

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Psychic emotion

passing to supramental consciousness 9:325

vital and 15:344-46
Psychic entity

psychic being and 17:339-40
Psychic fire 8:252; see also Agni
Psychic flame
17:81,148

Agni and 16:208; see a1so Agni; Fire; F1ame
Psychic identification 9:18-19; 15:324-26

breaking the shell of ego 6:332-35
Psychic influence 16:182,248; 17:76

on nature-being 7:263-64,422
Psychic inspiration 8:193-94; 12:337
Psychic 1aw

reign, reason and 15:246
Psychic 1ife

in child 17:122,157

of the universe 17:102

true 2:57
Psychic love 4:165-66 ; 16:174-76 ; 17:100 ,108 ,145

peace and 17:87,120
Psychic memory 5:33-373 16:350-51,424

of past lives 4:49; 7:221; 9:293; 10:97; 15:361-64

see also Past life/lives, memory of
Psychic mirror 5:910
Psychic nature 10:244
Psychic perception 17:155,170
Psychic personality

growth of 16:223-24

perfection of 10:29
Psychic poise 6:393,395-96
Psychic purusha 17:88
Psychic screen 5:199-204
Psychic smile 5:242
Psychic sorrow 6:144-47
Psychic surrender

physical consciousness and 6:419; cf . Physical consciousness,

opening to the divine

Psychic vision 4:20-21; 6:134-35; see also Inner vision
Psychic world (plane)
3:62-63; 4:165,228-29; 15:6; 17:368-70
Psychological condition

not a test 17:112
Psychological divisions

of  the human being 16:239
Psychological qualities

can be cultivated 16:271
Psychology

inner 6:262-64

psychoanalysis of Freud 7:108

psychoanalysts 7:118

true 7:112

yoga and 12:248
Public opinion 14:299-302
Publication

of cheap editions 17:389,396-97
Puja 6:196
Pulling 5:22

aspiration and 14:80-81

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Punishment 12:379- -80
Divine and 16:352
error and 16:323

fear of 12:365

Purani , A.B. 13:186

Pure being 16:191

Purification

by love contained in silence 17:54
courage to fight difficulties 9:74

fire of  16:104,104; 17:127-28
flame of 17:81,106,148
in new bodies 17:109
in silence 17:107
integral 17:106
must begin from above 6:180
of body 6:179-81
of outer being 17:409
power of 10:72-73
true 9:241

Purity 6:338; 12:247; 14:156-57
definition 10:296
Divine 9:469; 10:105
fear and 16:330
Grace and 16:379
ignorance, greatest impurity 3:190-91, 264
in self-giving 7:243
of action 10:296
of instinct and soul 10:55
perfect 9:119; 16:388
same as sincerity 6:438-40; 10:204
supreme, deep within 3:215
true 9:241
what Buddhism means by "impurities and purity" 3:190-91

"Purodha" (Hindi magazine) 17:201, 225, 239-40, 255, 257, 281, 288-89,

296, 298, 325-26, 328,331-32

Purusha 6:327; 7:207

consent of 6:128
mental 17:46,86-87
physical 17:87-88

power of Nature transferred from Prakriti 11:107
Prakriti and 6:273; 8:59-64; 16:237
not masculine and feminine 6:118-19
see also Prakriti
psychic 17:88
sacrifice of 8:74
vital 17:86
Pythagoras 2:93

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