|
Note on the Texts and Photographs
Background information on the texts and photographs is given below,
along with references to the texts of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
Photographs of Flowers
Most of the 630 flower-photographs in this book
were taken in the gardens and courtyards of the
Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry and in the
nurseries, gardens, fields and forests of Auroville.
Some photographs, especially those of flowers
that grow well only in cooler climates, were
photographed in Bangalore and Ootacamund,
India, and in Germany.
In some of the photographs, the colour of the
flower differs in hue or intensity from the colour
mentioned in the text of Part 1 and the description of the flower in Part 2. The difference in
colour may be due to several reasons: type of film
used, lighting conditions, limitations of printing,
etc. Flowers photographed in strong sunlight
appear lighter in hue than those photographed
in subdued or indirect sunlight. While printing,
it is often difficult to duplicate the exact colour
of a flower, particularly when flowers of various
colours appear on the same page.
Photographs of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
The photograph of the Mother on the back
flap of the jacket of Part 1 was taken in Tokyo
in 1916. The photograph other in the preliminary pages of Part 1 was taken in Pondicherry in
July 1967. The photograph of Sri Aurobindo in
the same preliminary pages was taken in Pondicherry in April 1950 by the French photographer
Henri Cartier-Bresson. The photograph of the
Mother in the preliminary pages of Part 2 was
also taken by Cartier-Bresson in April 1950.
The Mother's Flower-Significances
and Her Comments on Them
From the start of the Ashram in 1927, the
Mother used flowers in her interactions with
the sadhaks who came to see her. From an early period, she gave "names" or
"significances" to certain flowers. In this way there evolved a language of
flowers by which the Mother communicated with the sadhaks. Within a few years,
she had given names to hundreds of flowers. A
list compiled by an Ashram gardener in 1930
contained 410 entries. In 1953, a French sadhak
edited the Ashram's first book on flowers, Le role
des fleurs. This contained 636 significances. In
the early 1970s, the Mother reviewed these
significances, changing some of them, and added
more than 240 new ones. At the same time she
gave a brief comment on almost all the flowers.
The result of this revision was Flowers and Their
Messages, issued in 1973, which contained 879
significances. The present book includes 19 new
significances discovered in the notebooks of early
Ashram gardeners.
The early flower-significances were given in
English. Later, in Le role des fleurs, the significances were published both in English and
French. In Flowers and Their Messages, many of
the significances, especially the new ones, and
almost all the comments were given in French
and then translated into English for the book.
In the present book, some of those translations
have been revised.
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Sources of the Quotations from the Works
of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
Most of the quotations in this book have been
selected from the thirty-volume Sri Aurobindo
Birth Centenary Library (SABCL) and the
seventeen-volume Collected Works of the Mother
(CWM), both published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. Some quotations
have been taken from various other books and journals, all published by the Ashram unless otherwise indicated. A small number of quotations are
from writings and talks that have not been
published by the Ashram. The titles of the works
are listed below, along with the abbreviations
used in this book and the years of publication.
|
Abbreviation |
Title |
|
Abbreviation |
Title
|
|
SABCL 5 |
Collected Poems 1972
|
|
CWM 9
|
Questions and Answers 1957-58 1977 |
|
SABCL9
|
The Future Poetry 1972
|
|
CWM 10
|
On Thoughts and Aphorisms
1977
|
|
SABCL10
|
The Secret of the Veda 1971
|
|
CWM 11 |
Notes on the Way 1980 |
|
SABCL12
|
The Upanishads 1972
|
|
CWM 12 |
On Education 1978 |
|
SABCL13
|
Essays on the Gita 1970 |
|
CWM 13-15 |
Words of the Mother 1980
|
|
SABCL16
|
The Supramental Manifestation
and Other Writings 1971
|
|
CWM 16 |
Some Answers of the Mother 1987 |
|
SABCL17
|
The Hour of God and Other
Writings 1972
|
|
CWM 17 |
More Answers of the Mother 1990
|
|
SABCL 18-19
|
The Life Divine 1970
|
|
Bulletin |
Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. Quarterly journal. Since 1949 |
|
SABCL 20-21
|
The Synthesis of Yoga 1971 |
|
Champaklal
|
Champaklal
Speaks 1975 |
|
SABCL 22-24
|
Letters on Yoga 1970
|
|
En Route |
En Route (Pondicherry: Madanlal Himatsinghka) 1987 |
|
SABCL 25
|
The Mother with Letters
on
the Mother 1972
|
|
Messages |
Flowers and Their Messages 1994 |
|
SABCL 26
|
On Himself 1972 |
|
Guidance |
Guidance from Sri Aurobindo—I (Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Society) 1974 |
|
CWM 1
|
Prayers and Meditations 1979
|
|
Hour
|
The Hour of God 1991 |
|
CWM 2
|
Words of Long Ago 1978
|
|
Savitri
|
Savitri
(Revised Edition) 1993 |
|
CWM 3
|
Questions and Answers 1977
|
|
Archives |
Sri Aurobindo: Archives and Research. Biannual journal. 1977-94
|
|
CWM 4 |
Questions and Answers 1950-51 1977
|
|
Talk |
Talk of (date) hitherto unpublished by the Ashram |
|
CWM 5 |
Questions and Answers 1953 1976 |
|
Thoughts
|
Thoughts and Aphorisms 1992 |
|
CWM 6 |
Questions and Answers 1954 1979
|
|
Roses |
White Roses (Pondicherry: Huta) 1980
|
|
CWM 7
|
Questions and Answers 1955
1979 |
|
Writing |
Writing of (date) hitherto unpublished by the Ashram
|
|
CWM 8 |
Questions and Answers 1956
1977 |
|
|
|
References to the Quotations from the Works
of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
The references that follow are given in an
abbreviated form. In most cases the abbreviation
is a CWM or SABCL volume. In some cases the
abbreviation is the shortened title of a book
or journal. In a few cases, when the quotation is
from a writing or talk not otherwise published by
the Ashram, the abbreviation is "Writing" or
"Talk", followed by the date. All these abbreviations are listed in the section above.
When two or more quotations occur on a page,
the references are listed sequentially: (1), (2), etc.
When the quotations occur in both columns of
a page, the references to those in the left column
are given first.
In the list of references, on the following pages,
the page numbers of this book are given in the
left column, then the references. An example of
an abbreviated reference:
15: CWM7:378 = On page 15 of this book,
the quotation is taken from
CWM volume 7, page 378.
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PART 1. TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Preliminary pages
Publisher's Note ("Flowers speak"): Messages:
197 The Origin of the Significances: (l) CWM 5:232; (2)Messages:xi; (3)CWM 4:167.
Flowers and Their Significances
Chapter 1
Aditi and Avatar
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1: |
(l) Writing dated c. 1934-36.
(2)Roses:12. |
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4: |
(l) SABCL13:l48fh; (2)CWM10:61; (3)SABCL22:406; (4)SABCL16:430; (5)SABCL13:166; (6)SABCL22:401.
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2: |
(1) SABCL17:28; (2)SABCL10:289; (3)SABCL25:65; (4)SABCL25:19;
(5)Hour:74. |
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5: |
Savkri:22.
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3: |
Savirri:3l4. |
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Chapter 2
The Divine
|
7: |
(1) SABCL23:1081; (2)SABCL23:509-10. |
|
16: |
(1) SABCL20:790;
(2)CWM8:251 |
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8:
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(1)S ABCL12:96; (2)SABCL12:l6,17,19;
(3)SABCL18:92.
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17:
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(l) Talk of 13 Oct.1965; (2)CWM10:155-
56; (3)Savitri:290.
|
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10:
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(1) SABCL22:384; (2)Roses:47; (3)Savitri:624. |
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18: |
(1) CWM15:409; Talk of 16 Oct.1965; (3)CWM17:377; (4)CWMl4:90.
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11: |
(1) SABCL12:85; (2)SABCL17:172; (3)SABCL17:238. |
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19:
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Writing of Feb. 1921.
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12: |
(1) SABCL20:154; (2)SABCL20:154; (3)SABCL23:755; (4)SABCL23:754; (5)CWM14:138.
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20:
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CWM 13:62.
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13: |
(1) Bulletin Apr. 1983:66; (2)CWM3:71; (3)SABCL20:98.
|
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21:
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(1) SABCL24:1628; (2)Roses:l61.
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15: |
CWM7.-378.
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|
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Chapter 3
The New Creation
|
23: |
(l) CWM9:l49; (2)CWM9:150-5L
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|
30: |
(1) SABCL24:1313; (2)CWM11:307. |
|
24:
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(l)SABCL13:l44; (2)SABCL12:121;
(3)SABCL16:240; (4)SABCLl6:63. |
|
31: |
CWM3:180.
|
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25: |
(1)SABCL26:167; (2)CWM15:198; (3)CWM8:323. |
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32:
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Savitri:708-09. |
|
27:
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CWM9.-298. |
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33:
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(1) SABCL9:255; (2)SABCL19:846-47;
(3)CWM9:411. |
|
28: |
Savitri:312.
|
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34:
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(1) CWM3:31; (2)CWM14:83.
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29: |
(1) CWM7:347-48; (2)CWM9:150-51. |
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Chapter 4
Living for the Divine
|
35: |
(1) CWM12:274; (2) CWM 1 preliminary
|
|
47: |
(1) SABCL20:249;
(2)CWM7:247. |
|
37:
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CWM 11:262.
|
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48: |
(l) Roses:323; (2)CWMl4:131; (3)SABCL21:535 |
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39:
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(1) CWM14:4; (2)CWM14:15.
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50: |
SABCL20:150.
51: (l)Roses:56; (2)En Route: 9 July 1969.
|
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43:
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SABCL20:66. |
|
54: |
(1) CWM3:114-15; (2)CWM3:126.
|
|
44: |
(l) Champaklal:221; (2)SABCL23:587; (3)Roses:96 |
|
58: |
CWM12:305.
|
|
45: |
CWM9:57.
|
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|
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Chapter 5
Road to the Divine
|
59: |
(l) Savitri:501; (2)CWM16:319; (3)CWM 16:375.
|
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76: |
(1) SABCL25:127;
(2)CWM13:15 |
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60:
|
(1) CWM14:17; (2)SABCL21:562.
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78: |
(l) BulletinApr.l983:65; (2)SABCL23: 604-05; (3)CWM3:133; (4)CWMl4:152.
|
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61: |
(1) CWM3:1;(2)CWM3:83-84; (3)CWM14:186; (4) CWM16:186. |
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81:
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(1) SABCL23:695; (2)SABCL23:1074. |
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63:
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(1) SABCL20:123; (2)CWM 15:245. |
|
82: |
(1) CWM12:260;(2)CWM16:180; (3)SABCL20:74; (4)Wridng undated; (5)SABCL23:541; (6)SABCL23:596 |
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64: |
(l) Guidance:106; (2)CWM8:40. |
|
84: |
(l) SABCL24:12l4; (2)CWM3:160. |
|
65: |
CWM7.-239. |
|
85: |
SABCL20:3l4. |
|
68: |
CWM3:132.
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86:: |
(1) CWM1:354; (2)SABCL17:89.
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70: |
(1) SABCL21:542-43; (2) Roses:314; (3)SABCL19:864.
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87: |
(l) Roses:105; (2)SABCL24:1370; (3) SABCL20:53;(4)SABCL20:342-43. |
|
71: |
(1) SABCL21:525; (2)SABCL21:547. |
|
88: |
CWM14:276.
|
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72: |
(1) SABCL23:773; (2)SABCL21:545.
|
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89: |
(1) CWM14:272;
(2) CWM16:401. |
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73: |
(1) SABCL13:317; (2)CWM4:391.
|
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90: |
(1) SABCL15:91;(2) CWM12:382; (3) CWM14:46. |
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75:
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(1) CWM3:23; (2)SABCL23:586; (3)SABCL23:514. |
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92:
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SABCL23:716.
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Page-459
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96: |
(3) CWM14:173; (4) CWM14:172; (5) Bulletin Apr. 1983:64; (6)CWMl4:176; (7)SABCL23:644.
|
|
103: |
SABCL16:291. |
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98: |
(1) SABCL25:16;(2)CWM14:110.
|
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104: |
(1) CWM14:327; (2)CWM17:244; (3)CWM6:15.
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99: |
(1) CWM14:329; (2) SABCL25:200-01; (3) SABCL16:87.
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107: |
(1) CWM16:192; (2)CWM14:296; (3)CWM 14:297.
|
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100: |
CWM14:325. |
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108: |
(1) CWM14:334; (2) CWMl4:335; (3) SABCL23:863;
(4)SABCL23:862. |
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101: |
(1) SABCL20:152; (2)Bulledn Apr.l983:64.
|
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110: |
(1)CWM12:33; (2)CWM8:252; (3)Talkof 7 Oct. 1964. |
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102: |
(1) SABCL25:33-35;(2) CWM6:283; (3)SABCL21:752.
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Chapter 6
Bases of Spiritual Life
|
111: |
(1) SABCL18:2; (2)CWM3:118; (3)SABCL21:569.
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134: |
(l)Roses:68; (2)CWM3:154.
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112: |
(l)Guidance:110;(2)CWM15:398;
(3)SABCL24:1642; (4)CWMl4:67. |
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137: |
(1)SABCL12:200-01; (2) SABCL20:l67-68.
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114: |
(1)CWM14:156; (2)CWM6:438; (3)Talkof21 May I960.
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139: |
(1)CWM4:207; (2)CWM4:368; (3)CWM3:175-76.
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117: |
SABCL24:1538.
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140: |
CWM7:31.
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118: |
(l)CWMl:17;(2)Talkofl6Sept.l96l.
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l4l: |
CWM8:26l.
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119: |
(l)Talkof21 Dec.1957; (2)Talkofl3 Sept. 1967.
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142: |
CWM3:202.
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120: |
(1)CWM14:142;(2)SABCL23:656; (3)SABCL23:789; (4)SABCL23:642;
(5)SABCL23:642. |
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144: |
(1)SABCL16:167; (2)Talkof22 Mar.1967; (3)CWM12:8.
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121: |
(1)CWM14:150; (2)CWM16:425; (3)CWM14:150; (4)SABCL20:302.
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145: |
(1)SABCL25:333; (2)CWM16:194; (3)CWM14:216.
|
| 122:
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(1)CWM8:40; (2)Talkof21 Dec.1963.
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l47: |
(l)Source unidentified; (2)CWM8:158;
(3)SABCL25:365. |
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124: |
(l)Roses:98; (2)SABCL24:1358; (3)SABCL24:1365.
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148: |
(1)SABCL23:824; (2)CWMl4:285; (3)CWM 14:284.
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125: |
Savitri:630.
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l49: |
(l)SABCL25:268;(2)CWM16:181.
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129: |
(1)SABCL18:2; (2)CWM3:109. |
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150: |
(1) CWM14:327; (2)CWMl4:327; (3)CWM14:345;
(4)CWM17:88. |
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130: |
CWM2:101-02. |
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151: |
CWM9:255.
|
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131: |
Talkof20ct.l961. |
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152: |
Talkof28Sept.l961.
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133: |
(1)CWM14:164; (2)SABCL24:1425.
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Chapter 7
Spiritual Attainments
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153:
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(l)Thoughts:3;(2)SABCLl 9:857.
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169: |
(1) SABCL23:884-85;(2)SABCL19:997;
(3)SABCL20:278;(4)SABCL23:1001. |
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154:
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(l) CWM 14:276; (2)CWM16:303-04; (3)Talkofl6Mayl960.
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170: |
CWM7:407.
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155:
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(1)SABCL24:1113; (2)Bulletin
Nov.l986:21; (3)CWM10:17;
(4)SABCL19:948.
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171: |
(1)SABCL26:171; (2)CWM15:184.
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156: |
(1)CWM10:3; (2)Thoughts:4.
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172: |
SABCL22:95.
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158: |
(l)Thoughts:3;(2)SABCL24:1262; (3)CWM10:5.
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173: |
(1)SABCL12:112;(2)SABCL19:738.
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159: |
(l)Thoughts:16;(2)SABCL18:125; (3)SABCL9:354.
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174:
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CWM 12:234.
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160: |
(1)SABCL22:236;(2)SABCL22:238; (3)CWM9:118-19.
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175: |
CWM1:349.
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162:
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(1)SABCL25:83;(2)SABCL19:944.
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178: |
(1)SABCL9:235;(2)SABCL9:491; (3)SABCL9:491; (4)SABCL19:1067;
(5)Savitri:112. |
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163: |
SABCL17:48.
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181: |
(1)SABCL9:333; (2)CWM3:110; (3)CWM3:104;
(4)Source unidentified. |
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164: |
SABCL23:585.
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183: |
SABCL20:495.
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165: |
(1)SABCL22:75;(2)SABCL16:31.
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186: |
(1)SABCL17:234; (2)CWM15:373.
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166:
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(1)CWM15:240; (2)SABCL24:1096; SABCL24:1105.
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189: |
(1)SABCL25:12;(2)SABCL25:11-12,13-14.
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l68: |
(l)Roses:135; (2)CWM9:431; (3)CWM9:336-37; (4)SABCL23:877; (5)SABCL23:879.
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Chapter 8
Power
|
193:
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(1)SABCL24:1203; (2)SABCL24:1204; (3)SABCL9:380.
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194: |
(l) Writing of 16 Feb.1937; (2)SABCL13:383-84; (3)SABCL20:76-77.
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Page-460
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196: |
(1)CWM14:93; (2)SABCL25:10; (3)
SABCL13:489; (4)SABCL19:990. |
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205: |
(1)CWM12:259; (2)CWM12:122; (3)CWM12:124; (4)CWM14:190; (5)SABCL23:971.
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197: |
(1)SABCL24:1120; (2)SABCL11:30.
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209: |
(1)SABCL24:1313; (2)SABCL24:13l4.
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198: |
CWM12:98-99.
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211: |
(1)SABCL24:1720; (2)Bulledn Apr. 1983:64; (3)SABCL22:174; (4)Champaklal:221; (5)SABCL23:573; (6)SABCL21:746;
(7)CWM9:351-52; (8)CWM14:83. |
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201: |
SABCL22:91.
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212:(1)SABCL13:346;(2)SABCL18:191.
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202:
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CWM 12:234.
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215: |
CWM9:22-23.
|
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203: |
(1)CWM1:349; (2)SABCL25:361-62; (3)SABCL9:235-36.
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Chapter 9
Planes of Consciousness and
Parts of the Being
|
223: |
(1)SABCL11:22; (2) SABCL 18:269; (3) Bulletin Aug.
1986:28. |
|
259: |
SABCL23:636.
|
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225: |
(1)SABCL24:1164-65; (2)SABCL22:364- 65;
(3)SABCL21:570; (4)SABCL25:141. |
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260:
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(1) SABCL22.-321; (2)SABCL22:345; (3)SABCL20:167.
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227: |
(1)SABCL22:13 (2)SABCLl6:4l.
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261: |
(l)Talkof31 May 1962; (2)SABCL24:1532.
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230: |
CWM9:374-75.
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263:
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(l) SABCL l 6:401;(2)SABCL22:309.
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231: |
(1)SABCL22:6; (2)SABCL20:48.
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264: |
(1)SABCL25:263;(2)SABCL23:654.
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232: |
(1)SABCL23:651;(2)SABCL19:978.
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268: |
SABCL22:334.
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233: |
(l) SABCLl 5: 135; (2)Savitri:5.
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269:
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(1)SABCL24:1324; (2)SABCL22:345.
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234: |
(1)SABCL19:981; (2)Bulletin Nov.l985:19;
(3)Savitri:674. |
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271: |
SABCL25:182.
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235: |
(1)SABCL22;301;(2)SABCL20:141; (3)SABCL20:l45.
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272: |
SABCL23:780.
|
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237: |
SABCL18:630-31.
|
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274: |
SABCL23:754.
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239:
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CWM 16:224.
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275: |
SABCL23:780-81.
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(1)SABCL22:320-21;(2)SABCL22:326-27.
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(1)SABCL25;11; (2)CWM15:53; (3)Talkof40ct.l958.
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(1)CWM9:101-02;(2)SABCL20:381.
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(1)SABCL24:1443;(2)SABCL26:208.
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(1)CWM6:329; (2)Archives Apr.l982:67.
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(1)SABCL23:647; (2)SABCL24:1198; (3)CWM16:392.
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(1)SABCL22:327;(2)SABCL24:1266-67.
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(1)CWM9:191; (2)CWMl6:369; (3)CWM 16:360.
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245:
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(DSABCL22.-325; (2)SABCL9:342.
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290: |
(1) SABCL24:1467; (2) Bulletin Nov.l958:67;
(3)CWM16:194. |
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246: |
SABCL16:53-54.
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(1)CWM9:65; (2)CWM15:l42; (3)CWM7:287. |
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247: |
SABCL16:67.
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(l)SABCL24:l489;(2)SABCL24:l494; (3)SABCL24:1504.
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254: |
SABCL12:42.
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294:
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(DSABCL24:1597; (2)SABCL24:1594.
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255: |
(1)SABCL24:1262; (2)SABCL16:302.
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296:
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(1)SABCL22:279; (2)SABCL18:550; (3)SABCL17:l48.
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Chapter 10
Collaboration of Nature
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297: |
(l)Savitri:190; (2)Roses:388;
(3)CWM15:186. |
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302: |
Savitri:532.
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298: |
(l)Savitri:139;(2)SABCL26:185; (3)CWM12:66; (4)CWM3:72;
(5)Roses:102. |
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308: |
Savitri:686.
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300: |
(1)SABCL21:571; (2)CWM1:356; (3)CWM15:9.
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Chapter 11
Awakening in Matter
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309: |
(l)CWMl 5:245; (2)Savim:55; (3)Savitri:709.
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310: |
(1)SABCL18:258;(2)SABCL18:263; (3)CWM9:210.
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Chapter 12
Radha and Krishna
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315: |
SABCL5:532-33.
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317: |
(1)SABCL5:139;
(2)SABCL5:40. |
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316: |
(1)SABCL23:796; (2)CWM8:223; (3)CWM15:224.
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322: |
(1)SABCL17:47;(2)SABCL22:391; (3)SABCL22:392; (4)CWM 10:51; (5)SABCL17:241.
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Back cover
Messages: 197.
PART 2. INDEXES, GLOSSARIES AND DESCRIPTIONS
Preliminary pages
(opposite photograph): CWM1:358.
Back cover
SavitrL-139.
Page-461
Note on the Texts of Part 2:
Indexes, Glossaries and Descriptions
Glossary of Botanical Terms
The definitions of these botanical terms are
based upon those found in several books,
especially The New Royal Horticultural Society
Dictionary of Gardening, published in 1992 by
the Macmillan Press, Limited, London, and
Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants
Cultivated in the United States and Canada,
published in 1976 by the Macmillan Publishing
Company, New York City.
Glossary of Philosophical and Psychological Terms
The definitions of the terms in this glossary
are taken almost entirely from the works of
Sri Aurobindo. A few are from the works of
the Mother.
The Symbolism of Colours
The significances of colours appearing in this
section are based almost entirely on the works
of Sri Aurobindo. One significance is based on
a work of the Mother.
Descriptions of the Flowers
The descriptions and other botanical information
on the flowers are based primarily upon The New
Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening
and Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants
Cultivated in the United States and Canada. The
botanical names of some flowers in this book
differ from those in Flowers and Their Messages.
The present names are based upon a more
thorough study of the flowers than was possible
before.
Original Language of the Texts of
Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
All the texts of Sri Aurobindo quoted in this book
were written in English. About one-third of the
texts of the Mother were written or spoken in
English, about two-thirds in French. The English
translations of the French texts, taken from the
Collected Works of the Mother and other sources,
have sometimes been revised.
Acknowledgments
Almost all the flower-photographs in this book
were taken by members of the Sri Aurobindo
Ashram. The remaining photographs were taken
by persons living in Auroville, in other parts of
India and abroad. Special acknowledgement is
due to Perry D. Slocum of Winter Haven,
Florida, and for permission to reproduce his
photograph of the white lotus (page 3), and to
the Self-Realisation Fellowship, Los Angeles,
California, for permission to reproduce the
photograph of the red lotus (page 5), by a
unidentified photographer.
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