The Mother

Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Sri Aurobindo

Samadhi

4" x 6" (color Postcard)	3.50
7 1/2" x 10" (b/w)	6.50

The Mother's Chair

4" x 6" (color Postcard)

3.50

Auroville: A Dream of the Divine

Based on Mother's Essay, "A Dream", this video traces the ideals and background of Auroville along with interviews with various members and their personal commitment to manifesting Auroville's ideals. A lovely brief summary. 22 minutes

VCD 19.95

Ayurveda: Mantra of Niramaya

Interactive CD ROM: Philosophy, basic principles, history and pharmacology of Ayurveda, with videos on rejuvenation techniques, Panchakarma therapy and beauty techniques. Includes a mural gallery of paintings and listing of medicinal plants with FAQ's. 260 minutes duration with more than 1500 links.

(ISBN 8190098527) 30.00

Confluence

Three women, from different backgrounds and cultures and work, come together for a common ideal. A lovely insight into daily life in Auroville and the attitudes and aspirations motivating community members. 21 minutes

VCD $19.95

The Genius of India

This 30-minute video is based on a text by Sri Aurobindo extracted from his essay, "The Renaissance in India". Here Sri Aurobindo describes the essential spirit of India, the qualities and powers characteristic of her genius. This video is an attempt to interpret his essay with the eye of a film-maker creating an experience which is both artistic and educational. 28 minutes

VHS Video 16.00
VCD 19.95

Selected Works of Sri Aurobindo
CD ROM

Mac users need "Classic 9" or older to run the CD ROM

(ISBN 8170585740)
CD ROM ...........................25.00*
*Note: 15% maximum trade discount

Sri Aurobindo: A Life Divine

Content: Sri Aurobindo - A Life Divine (25 min.)

Sri Aurobindo's Vision of the Future (25 minutes)

Video CD (for computer/DVD viewing)
17.00.

Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram

63-minute CD presents 3 topics:

Sri Aurobindo - Glimpses of His Life
A documentary on the life of Sri Aurobindo, made in 1972.

Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Presents the ideals, the life and the activities of the Ashram.

A New Experiment in Education
Presents the pioneering attempts towards a new system for an Integral Education as followed in the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education.

Video CD (for computer/DVD viewing) 16.00

Interactive CD ROM
Srimad Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

This multimedia CD, brought out after intensive research work, contains the entire 700 verses of the Gita in Devanagariand English, and each verse has been traditionally chanted to illustrate the sound and beauty of Sanskrit. It also contains the entire text of the "Essays on the Gita" by Sri Aurobindo. In addition, extensive indexes and miscellaneous writings give much to the scholar to work with. Hundreds of visuals have been used to give each page its own mood and atmosphere, at times bordering on the sublime.

A CD meant not just for spiritual seekers, philosophers, researchers, but for people for all age groups, nations, beliefs, who want to know what the Gita has to say and wish to understand its true spiritual essence.

CD 48.00*

*Note: 20% maximum trade discount

Interactive CD Rom

The Wonder that is Sanskrit

A set of two multimedia CDs, entitled
1) Devabhasha - The Language of the Gods
2) Ashtavadhanam - The Eight-fold Concentration
This set of two interactive multimedia CDs, brought out after intensive research, attempts to communicate the wonders of the Sanskrit language to even those who have no acquaintance with it.

Devabhasha, the language of the Gods, portrays the perfection of Sanskrit grammar, the charm and beauty of Sanskrit literature, the amazing possibilities that the language holds and how, through the centuries, it has served as a medium through which the soul of India has expressed itself. Ashtavadhanam, the eight-fold concentration, reveals an unbelievable art form so rare that few have seen it. The power of concentration, which is the very basis of all realisation and success in the material and spiritual fields, is displayed through an actual performance of the art.

(contains shlokas in audio and printable text)

2-CD set 48.00*

*Note: 20% maximum trade discount

Towards a Sustainable Future

A comprehensive documentary on Auroville's environmental work covering solar, mudbrick, wind, water, reforestation and organic agriculture.

Available only through the AVIUSA website with a voluntary donation or free to environmental groups and libraries.

DVD 52 minutes

Two Dreams: One World: The Dalai Lama in Auroville

His Holiness the Dalai Lama first visited Auroville and met the Mother in 1973. This video documents his return to Auroville in 1993 to lay the foundation stone of the Pavilion of Tibet. It gives a very good introduction to the various aspects of Auroville, its longstanding relationship with Tibetan culture, as well as the dream of a future
Tibet which would be an ecological and spiritual sanctuary.
- 21 minutes

CD 19.95
VHS 16.00

A new Birth

Mother's extraordinary interview with Surendranath Jauhar in English, very pertinent for today's sadhaks of the yoga. Followed by beautyful sitar music in honor of Mr. Jauhar's centenary.

audio CD 16.50

Video CD (for computer/DVD viewing)

Beautiful stills of Mother accompany the audio

26.50

Four Aspects of The Mother

Chapter 6 of Sri Aurobindo's book The Mother read by Mother herself.

Audio Cassette 4.95

Invitation to Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Sri Aurobindo's epic Savitri is a poem beyond any significant comparison, either in theme or in the sheer quality of its poetry. Its theme is the grandest any epic so far has chosen - man's aspiration to evolve from mortality to immortality, from an imperfect into a perfect manifestation of the Divine on earth. The poem contains long stretches of what has been called "future poetry" and is sufused with an overmental afflatus. This CD is a live recording made of a series of 32 talks given by Mangesh Nadkarni at Pondicherry from 23 February to 5 March 1995. They constitute a fairly detailed introduction to all the 12 books of Savitri, and are intended to make the listener realise that whe approached candidly, the poem can open in his consciousness magic casements on the truth Sri Aurobindo brought down to earth.

2 CD set in MP3 format
set 16.00

*Note: 20% maximum trade discount

Mother's 125th Birth Anniversary CD

Talk by the Mother in English on December 31st, 1954, followed by Mothrt's New Year's Music of January 1st, 1955.

Cassette 7.95
CD 16.50

Sri Aurobindo & The Mother On Love
read by Eric Hughes

First in a series of "Books on Disk", readings of Sri Aurobindo's and the Mother's works which took place at Matagiri in NY over several years. This current publication is abridged from the original work compiled by Pavitra(P.B. St. Hilaire).

CD 16.00

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
(2 volume set)
read by Nirodbaran

Recording of the entire text as read by Nirodbaran (who himself heard Sri Aurobindo's own recitation of the epic work while writing down Sri Aurobindo's dictation).

2 CD set: "MP3 FORMAT" ONLY
23.00

Ten Poems by Sri Aurobindo

Poems by Sri Aurobindo; Music by Holger; Recitation by Graeme Allwright. Includes Moon of Two Hemispheres, Trance, Flamewind, Pall of Black Night, In Horis Aeternum, Dreamboat, Divine Hearing, Lost Boat, The River, Journey's End, and Reprise.

CD 19.95

The Mother
(Sri Aurobindo's Book)
Read by the Mother

Recitation of the book in its entirety.

3 volume set: Audio Cassette 12.00
3 volume set: CD 45.00

Words of Sri Aurobindo

(2 volume set)
read by Nolini Kanta Gupta

Selections from Sri Aurobindo's Works read by Nolini Kanta Gupta.

2 volume set: Audio Cassette 9.95
2 volume set: CD 36.00

Alaap - A Discovery of Indian Classical Music

Set of 20 CDs along with a Resource book
(Commentary in English)

A unique creation which serves as an authentic and enjoyable introduction to Indian classical music. The various magical dimensions of Indian Music - the deep truths, the variety and richness, the unity and the diversity, the facts that are stranger than fiction, of the Hindustani and Carnatic styles, are brought together in one comprehensive and fascinating set.

Allap helps you understand and enjoy Indian classical music as a living experience. You share the insights of the great Masters and listen to some of the finest unforgettable music creations of the last 50 years.

20 CD set with book 195.00*

*Note: 20% maximum trade discount

Music by Bhattacharyya, Shantanu

The young vocalist, Shantanu Bhattacharyya, believes that Indian Raga Music has the innate power to elevate people to the highest level of psychic consciousness. Shantanu's performances are endowed with this rich and rare attribute; the listeners are bathed in the serenity and spiritual strength of his soulful presentation.

Gifted with immaculate sur, flexibility and range, his singing is characterized by delicate imagination, exquisite creativity and the best of taalim. Groomed in music first by his mother, Shantanu later learned profusely from Pandi Prasun Banerjee, Shrimati Meera Banerjee and Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Associating also with other great maestros at Sangeet Research Academy, Calcutta, he has perfected himself into a musician aiming to combine the best of all styles, focusing centrally on the gayaki of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.

An 'A' graded artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Shantanu was awarded the A.I.R. Gold Medal for winning first prizes in Khayal and Thumri at the A.IR. music competition in 1989, and has since been performing at every major venue such as the ITC Sangeet Sammelan, Sangeet Natak Akademi Festical and the National Programme (Live) for All India Radio.

Ek Tumhari Aas

Bhajans of Mira, Kabir and Bhaiji by Shantanu Bhattacharyya.
The lyrics of the Mira Bhajans recorded here were received by Indira Devi during her meditation, from Mira herself.

CD 16.00

Infinite Gratitude

Mother and Sri Aurobindo by Shantanu Bhattacharyya.

CD 16.00

Sharanam

A musical offering to The Mother and Sri Aurobindo.
Devotional Song Renderings by Shantanu & Durba Bhattacharyya.

CD 16.00

Wings of Love

Indian classical vocal music by Shantanu Bhattacharyya.

CD 16.00

Music by Hersey, Baird

The Eternal Embrace
Baird Hersey and PRANA

Overtone singing meditations on the 8 limbs of yoga

More than 2000 years ago Patanjali, a sage in India said "Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind". In his work, the Yogasutras, he offers the precepts for the practice of yoga through it's Eight Limbs: 1. Self-restraint, 2. Internal disci pline, 3. Postures, 4. Breath control, 5. Withdrawal of the senses, 6. Concentration, 7. Meditation, 8. Complete Union. The object of the eight limbed path is to lead us to stillness of the mind.

The result is a suite of pieces to find a deeper understanding of the meaning of each limb through pure sound. The twelve pieces are sung by the unaccompanied voices of Prana without text. Instead they use the perfection of harmonic intervals to bring the listener limb by limb to a deeper state of relaxation and peace.

waking the cobra
Baird Hersey

Waking the Cobra is an overtone singing Chakra meditation CD. The suite of seven short pieces was originally recorded as a Christmas gift for 12 friends. More than half of those friends were Yoga teachers. They started playing it in their classes. And it took on a life of it's own.

The CD opens with a piece called "Atha", a Sanskrit word which means, "May the following have an auspicious beginning and successful end". It is the opening word of Patanjali's Yogasutras.

42 minutes
Audio CD

Hymns and Songs in Sanskrit
(CD & booklet)
by Joy

Traditional Sanskrit chants and devotional invocations sung with a new dimension of deep spiritual sensitivity and elevating beauty. Accompanied by Tanpura, flute, conch, tabla and keyboard in Auroville. Includes a booklet with each hymn translated and transliterated in English.

20.00

Maa by Jagjit Singh

(Hindi, 45 mts.)

A collection of 8 soulful and beautifully sung devotional Hindi songs on the Divine as the Mother, with music and voice by the well-known singer Jagjit Singh.

Audio CD 12.50

Mantras Eternal (CD & booklet)

by Arun Amin

12 traditional sacred mantras chanted with tanpura, accompanied by a booklet with each mantra given in transliterated form for easy learning. Includes translation and commentary.

(ISBN 1891253085)
CD & booklet 20.00

Rhythm of Unity

Sanskrit devotional songs include: Gayatri Mantra, Satyam Shivam, Naumi Tam, Pranamami Namami, Namami Sri Aurobindam, Pranami Sada, Sundararupam and Divyadehadharni. All with translations and transliterations. Songs composed by Pavitra Kumar.

CD 18.00

Sanskrit Mantras
Amrita Banerji

Santoor: Tarun Bhattacharya
Translations read by Debashish Banerji

CD 12.00

Sanskrit Prosody and Illustrations of Major Chandras in Sanskrit
(Set of 2 cassettes, 60 mts. each and handbook)

The handbook Introduces and explains, with many examples, the structure of the principal metres of Sanskrit prosody. The text is accompanied by two audio-cassettes with musical renderings of select verses.

(ISBN 8170601231)
Complete set 16.00

Desktop Quotation Calendar

An inspiring quote for every day from Sri Aurobindo or Mother. Beautifully illustrated, perpetual calendar shows only the date and the quote, one per page. Makes a beautiful gift. Desktop format. 365pp

9.95

Auroville Today

Auroville Information Office, P.O. Box 676, Woodstock NY 12498.

phone: 845-679-5358; email: AVInfo@aol.com

Auroville life
by Aurovilians,

$40.00/year, (monthly)

Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry 605 002, India

English-French journal of the Ashram School.

Sea: $8.00;
Air: $18.00/year, (quarterly)

Collaboration

Sri Aurobindo Association, P.O. Box 163237, Sacramento, CA 95816

phone: 209-339-1342, ext.6 ; email: saa@collaboration.org

Details the work of the Ashram, S.A.A., Auroville, U.S. Centers and events and the personal experiences of the wider community of devotees.

$20.00 / 3 issues.

Mother India

Sri Aurobindo Ashram , Publication Dept. Pondicherry 605002, India

"Monthly Review of Culture" edited by poet and author K.D. Sethna, a personal disciple of Sri Aurobindo. $18/year (monthly).

Sri Aurobindo's Action

Sri Aurobindo's Action,
Pondicherry 605 002, India

A unique and prestigious forum, "The Journal of India's Resurgence" published by Udar Pinto. Sea $5/year; $100/life.