Catalog of Books

The Sri Aurobindo Center of Los Angeles

* East-West Cultural Center *

a California non-profit organization

Books on Indian Philosophy, Literature, Art, Sanskrit and Children's Books

BOOKS BY SRI AUROBINDO

Sri Aurobindo, mystic, poet, philosopher, political theorist, prophet of Indian nationalism, and seer and architect of a future Divine Life on earth - words will always be inadeqaute to measure the stature of this most brilliant,Olympian and enigmatic 20th century personality.

Bases of Yoga (ISBN 81-7058-021-8)
The earliest and most popular selection of his letters on Yoga 108 pp
......................................................................................................................$2.75

Collected Poems. (ISBN 81-7058-016-1)
Over 200 poems - sonnets, lyrics, narrative poems, experiments with new metres. In Sri Aurobindo's poems, the English language is made to express the sound-body of spiritual vision and consciousness, the mantra, thus having the power to make us experience directly the things spoken about. 631 pp.
.......................................................................................................................$14.00

Essays on the Gita (ISBN 81-7058-000-5) "Almost all spiritual problems have been briefly but deeply dealt with in the Gita", Sri Aurobindo wrote to a disciple, "and I have tried to bring all that out fully in the Essays". In these Essays, Sri Aurobindo presents a comprehensive re-interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita, bringing out its relevance to the present and the future. 589 pp
.................................................................................................................. (pb) $12.00 ...................................................................................................................(hb) $15.00

Foundations of Indian Culture (ISBN 81-7058-013-7) Essays on Indian religion, spirituality, art, literature and polity. Sri Aurobindo employs his vast erudition and profound insight to explicate the spiritual basis of all forms of Indian culture. 404pp
.........................................................................................................................$13.00

Future Poetry (ISBN 81-7058-015-3) An extraordinary survey of the evolution of English poetry, highlighting its power to manifest and expand consciousness and analysing the factors necessary to a direct expression of spiritual truth, leading to the future possibility of the mantra,the truth-conscious revelatory word, potent with spiritual experience. 307 pp
........................................................................................................ ............(pb) $10.00
.....................................................................................................................(hb) $13.00

Glossary of Terms in Sri Aurobindo 's Writings (ISBN 81-7058-032-3) The definitions or explanations of different specialized terms used by Sri Aurobindo have been compiled from his own writings. This includes terms in English, Sanskrit, Greek and other languages. 300pp
........................................................................................................................ $10.00

The Hour of God (ISBN 81-7058-212-2) A compilation of short and prophetic prose pieces on Philosophy and Yoga and several diagrams depicting the levels of Consciousness. 124 pp
......................................................................................................................... $2.95

The Human Cycle; The Ideal of Human Unity; War and Self-Determination (ISBN 81 -7058-014-5) This trilogy comprising Sri Aurobindo's major social and political writings provides us with the most insightful analysis of the collective life of man, its needs and tendencies and the evolution of its forms of government. The forces and conditions leading to the future social perfection of the human race are made explicit,giving us a clear understanding of our complex and truly unprecedented modern times. 689 pp
..................................................................................................................... (pb) $13.00
......................................................................................................................(hb) $16.00

Hymns to the Mystic Fire (ISBN 0-89071-290-0) In Sri Aurobindo's interpretation, the Vedic god Agni is not a mere personification of Fire, but is the Seer-Will and the Divine Priest who leads our journey from the Ignorance to the Truth, showing us the Way and destroying the Darknesses. Here, the hymns to Agni from the Rig Veda are translated in their esoteric sense. 506 pp
.............................................................................................................................$14.00

Isha Upanishad Sri Aurobindo's translation of this early Upanishad brings out its Vedic basis: Text, translation, and commentary. 79 pp
............................................................................................................................ $3.50

Letters on Yoga,
These three volumes culled from Sri Aurobindo's responses to disciples bring home to us his warmth and wonderful humour, and make accessible the practical aspects of his complex and many-sided yoga.

Volume I (ISBN 81-7058-077-2) Spiritual evolution, integral yoga, planes and parts of being, Avatarhood, karma, etc. 502 pp.
....................................................................................................................... (pb) $15.00 ........................................................................................................................(hb) $18.50

Volume II (ISB N 81-7058-088-0) Foundations of Sadhana, Sadhana through work, meditation, human relationships, devotion, spiritual experiences and realizations, etc. 587 pp
........................................................................................................................(pb) $16.50
........................................................................................................................(hb) $20.00

Volume III (ISBN 81-7058-009-9) Transformation of mind, life and body, difficulties in yoga, divine and hostile powers, etc. 726 pp
....................................................................................................................... (pb) $19.50 ........................................................................................................................(hb) $22.00

Lights on Yoga (ISBN 81-7058-057-9) Extracts from letters to disciples. 63 pp
............................................................................................................................. $2.25

More Lights on Yoga 86 pp.
............................................................................................................................. $3.00

Life Divine, The (ISBN 81-7058-289-1 and -290-5) Sri Aurobindo's magnum opus in prose covers exhaustively all the philosophical issues related to man's existence on earth, his relationship with the cosmos, the gods and the planes of existence and his Divine collective future. 1112 pp
........................................................................................................................ (pb) $18.00
.........................................................................................................................(hb) $23.00

Man Slave or Free Essays on yoga, evolution, fate and free will, hypnotism, evil, etc. 48 pp
.............................................................................................................................. $1.50

Mother, The (Small, ISB N 81-7058-059-5): This revelation of the place and function of the Divine Mother in the creation is one of the highlights of Sri Aurobindo literature, for its sheer beauty of expression, its comprehensiveness and utility to the seeker of the Integral Yoga. 62 pp
.............................................................................................................................. $1.40
(Large, ISB N 81-7058-010-2): With letters on the Mother and translations of Prayers and Meditations. 500 pp.
...........................................................................................................................(pb) $9.75
...........................................................................................................................(hb) $12.95

On Himself (ISB N 81-7058-259-x) Sri Aurobindo's letters and statements on himself. 562 pp
...........................................................................................................................(pb) $12.00
...........................................................................................................................(hb) $15.00

The Problem of Rebirth (ISB N 81-7058-234-4 and -234-5) Essays on rebirth, soul, involution and evolution, karma, etc. 186 pp
...........................................................................................................................(pb) $6.95
...........................................................................................................................(hb) $8.95

The Riddle of the World (ISB N 81-7058-160-5) Metaphysics and yoga, graded world, faith, rebirth, and personality. 98 pp
................................................................................................................................$2.75

Savitri (ISBN 81-7058-017-x) This epic poem by Sri Aurobindo is the largest and most perfect example of the mantra in the English language. It has the power to put one into contact with the profoundest realities, opening to or inducing spiritual experience. The Mother calls it "Savitri, this prophetic vision of the world's history . . . including the announcement of the earth's future." 816 pp
...........................................................................................................................(pb) $14.00
...........................................................................................................................(hb) $17.00
.......................................................................................................................(Deluxe) $30.00
...................................................................................................................(pocket ed.) $10.00

Secret of the Veda, The (ISB N-219-0) Translation of selected hymns, commentary, and essays. This fascinating interpretation of the Vedas uncovers the mysteries of the yogic path of the ancient seers 581 pp.
............................................................................................................................(pb) $11.00
............................................................................................................................(hb) $14.00

Speeches Political speeches from the early years of the freedom movement ,180 pp
.................................................................................................................................$7.00

Supramental Manifestation & and Other Writings (ISB N 81-7058-109-5) Problems of rebirth, ideals and progress, the Superman,evolution, thoughts and glimpses, Heraclitus, views and reviews. 530 pp
................................................................................................................................ $13.00

Supramental Manifestation Upon Earth Essays 1949-50 on the divine body, verification of the body, supermind and the mind of light, etc. 108 pp
.............................................................................. ................................................. $3.50

Superman, The The Superman, All-Will and Free-Will, the Delight of Works. 30 pp
................................................................................................................................ $0.65

Synthesis of Yoga (ISB N 81-7058-011-0) Synthesizing the traditional paths of the yoga of Works, Knowledge, and Love, and introducing the new yoga of Self-Perfection, Sri Aurobindo masterfully spells out the conditions for the profound inner and outer changes needed in our march to a Divine Future. This book is a handbook for all modern aspirants to an integral union with the Supramental Consciousness.589 pp
........................................................................................................................... (pb) $15.00 ............................................................................................................................(hb) $18.00

Tales of Prison Life Personal account of prison experience in Alipore jail. 124pp
................................................................................................................................ $3.50

Thoughts and Aphorisms (ISBN 81-7058-108-7) Jnana, Karma, Bhakti. 98pp
.................................................................................................................................$2.75

Thoughts and Glimpses Mantric paragraphs on the Goal, Delight of Being, etc. 30pp
................................................................................................................................ $1.50

Upanishads, The Texts, translations, and commentaries. 466pp
............................................................................................................................(pb) $12.00 ............................................................................................................................(hb) $15.00

The Yoga and Its Objects An early statement of Sri Aurobindo's yoga. 39pp
..................................................................................................................................$1.50

Major Works of Sri Aurobindo 22 volumes. (hb)
...............................................................................................................................$280.00

1. Bande Mataram
2. Collected Poems
3-4. Collected Plays & Short Stories - I&II
5. Letters on Poetry, Literature and Art
6. The Future Poetry
7. The Secret of the Veda
8. Hymns to the Mystic Fire
9. The Upanishads
10. Essays on the Gita
11. The Foundations of Indian Culture
12. The Human Cycle - The Ideal of Human Unity,War and Self-Determination
13. The Life Divine
14. The Synthesis of Yoga
15. Essays Divine and Human
16. The Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings
17-19. Letters on Yoga - I,II&III
20. The Mother
21. On Himself
22. Savitri

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