COLLECTED WORKS OF THE MOTHER

The 17-volume Collected Works consists of nine volumes of talks and eight volumes of writings (prayers, reflections, essays, sayings, letters and personal notes). Most of the material was written or spoken in French and appear here in translation. The text on this website is that of the second edition; it is textually the same as the first edition (excepting a few minor corrections), but differs in page numbering.

Each volume can be viewed and downloaded in PDF format. At the end of the list below is a zipped file containing all the PDFs.

All texts are copyright Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust and are for personal use only. Unauthorised reproduction or distribution in any form, including material and electronic, is prohibited.

The contents of the volumes are:

Volume 1
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Prayers And Meditations
313 prayers and meditations, most of them written between 1912 and 1917. Selected by the Mother from her diaries, these prayers are a record of her spiritual experiences at that time.

 1.66MB
Volume 2
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Words of Long Ago
Writings and talks from 1893 to 1920. The volume includes early essays, talks to seekers in Paris, essays written in Japan, and Tales of All Times, some stories for children.

 1.36MB
Volume 3
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Questions and Answers 1929–1931
Conversations about Yoga and life. The Mother answered questions raised by disciples in 1929 and 1930–1931. The volume also includes her commentaries on The Dhammapada, with a translation of that text.

 1.46MB
Volume 4
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Questions and Answers 1950–1951
Talks by the Mother including comments on her essays on education, on her Questions and Answers 1929, and on Sri Aurobindo's The Mother.

 1.68MB
Volume 5
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Questions and Answers 1953
Talks by the Mother including comments on her Questions and Answers 1929.

 1.80MB
Volume 6
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Questions and Answers 1954
Talks by the Mother including comments on her essays on education and on three short works of Sri Aurobindo: Elements of Yoga, The Mother and Bases of Yoga.

 1.88MB
Volume 7
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Questions and Answers 1955
Talks by the Mother including comments on Sri Aurobindo's Bases of Yoga, a chapter from The Human Cycle, two chapters from The Synthesis of Yoga, and the Mother's play, The Great Secret.

 1.85MB
Volume 8
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Questions and Answers 1956
Talks by the Mother including comments on Sri Aurobindo's Synthesis of Yoga (Part One) and his Thoughts and Glimpses.

 1.72MB
Volume 9
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Questions and Answers 1957–1958
Talks by the Mother including comments on Sri Aurobindo's Thoughts and Glimpses, The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth and the last six chapters of The Life Divine.

 1.98MB
Volume 10
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
On Thoughts and Aphorisms
Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo's Thoughts and Aphorisms, with the text.

 1.75MB
Volume 11
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Notes on the Way
Conversations with a disciple between 1964 and 1973 about the Mother's "sadhana of the body" and the experiences she was undergoing towards the end of her life.

 1.49MB
Volume 12
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
On Education
Essays on education and self-development; correspondence and conversations with students and teachers of the Ashram school and captains; and three plays: Towards the Future, The Great Secret and The Ascent to Truth.

 7.57MB
Volume 13
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Words of the Mother
Short written statements on Sri Aurobindo, herself, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, India and other nations.

 9.68MB
Volume 14
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Words of the Mother
Short written statements on Yoga and life, dealing with the individual's relationship with the Divine, the path of Yoga, qualities needed in Yoga, difficulties of spiritual life, and human relationships and work.

 4.14MB
Volume 15
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Words of the Mother
Short written statements on Yoga and life: the Divine and the universe, adverse forces, religion, occultism, morality, war, wealth, government, transformation, illness and health, messages, prayers and talks.

 5.33MB
Volume 16
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
Some Answers of the Mother
Correspondence with fourteen persons—disciples living in the Ashram and students of the Ashram school. The Mother answered questions about life and Yoga.

 2.11MB
Volume 17
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07
More Answers of the Mother
Correspondence with six persons—disciples living in the Ashram and students of the Ashram school. The Mother answered questions about life and Yoga.

 5.02MB
All PDFs Collected PDFs
Zipped file of all the above PDFs.

49.7MB