References
We give below, section by section, either detailed references or, when these would be too cumbersome to list in full, guides to the sources. The bold numerals refer to the volumes of the Centenary Edition of Sri Aurobindo's works (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1972); they are followed by the page number. “A. & R.” refers to the half-yearly series Archives and Research (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1977-94).
The reader wishing to know more about Sri Aurobindo's immense contribution to India is invited to study the following titles: Bande Mataram, The Karmayogin, The Secret of the Veda, Essays on the Gita, The Foundations of Indian Culture, On Himself, as well as Sri Aurobindo's talks with disciples: Evening Talks (noted by A. B. Purani) and Talks with Sri Aurobindo (four volumes noted by Nirodbaran).
For an introduction to Sri Aurobindo's life, thought and work, we recommend Satprem's Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness (Institut de Recherches Évolutives, Paris, & Mira Aditi, Mysore, 1996).
I
Nearly all the texts in this section are from the Bande Mataram for the years 1893 to 1908 (vol. 1 in Cent. Ed., also with articles in vol. 17 and vol. 27), and from the Karmayogin for the years 1909-1910 (vol. 2, also with articles in vol. 3 and 17). Exceptions are:
1. 3.125-127
2. 3.181
3. The Life of Sri Aurobindo by A. B. Purani (1978), p. 82
4. On Himself, 26.29-32
5. A. & R., April 1978, p. 13-18
6. A & R., April 1979, p. 4
7. A. & R., December 1978, p. 111
8. A. & R., April 1979, p. 1-4
9. Sri Aurobindo in the First Decade of the Century by Manoj Das, p. 137
10. Ibid., p. 134
11. On Himself, 26.34
12. A. & R., April 1977, p. 56-58
13. 3.454-456
14. 3.460
15. A. & R., December 1979, p. 196-199
16. Ibid., p. 200-201
17. 3.461-463
II
Excerpts from letters to Motilal Roy are found in vol. 27 (p. 463 to 499). Other references are:
18. On Himself, 26.27, 37-38
19. A. & R., April 1981, p. 1-6
20. A. & R., April 1983, p. 47
21. A. & R., December 1980, p. 187-194
22. Ibid., p. 194
23. A. & R., December 1977, p. 84
24. A. & R., April 1983, p. 38
25. 3.116-117
26. 27.182-183
27. A. & R., December 1983, p. 100, 124
28. A. & R., December 1984, p. 132, 136
29. A. & R., December 1985, p. 152, 168
30. A. & R., April 1979, p. 93-94
31. Ibid., p. 94
32. See Vedic Aryans and the Origins of Civilization by N. S. Rajaram & David Frawley (New Delhi: Voice of India, 1997), Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate by Koenraad Elst (New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 1999), and The Invasion That Never Was by Michel Danino and Sujata Nahar (Mysore: Mira Aditi, 2000).
33. Thoughts and Aphorisms (in vol. 17)
34. The Secret of the Veda, 10.3
35. 17.393-394
36. The Secret of the Veda, 10.33-37
37. Sri Aurobindo — His Life Unique, by Rishabhchand, p. 410-411
38. 16.402-403
39. 17.332
40. 17.335
41. On Himself, 26.424
42. Ibid., 26.425
43. The Secret of the Veda, 10.352-353
44. 16.311
45. 17.277-279
46. 17.337-341
47. 17.299
48. 16.317-319
49. Thoughts and Glimpses, 16.391
50. The Ideal of Human Unity, 15.340
51. The Human Cycle, 15.3-8
52. The Secret of the Veda, 10.439
53. Hymns to the Mystic Fire, 11.9-18
54. Essays on the Gita, 13.37-42
55. Ibid., 13.44-45
56. Ibid., 13.52-54
57. The Human Cycle, 15.69-73
58. The Ideal of Human Unity, 15.459
59. 16.392-394
60. The Ideal of Human Unity, 15.492-493
61. The Hour of God (1991), p. 3-4
62. A. & R., December 1984, p. 190
63. 17.351, 357
64. 27.505-507
65. The Human Cycle, 15.209-213
66. Ibid., 15.230
67. Ibid., 15.243
68. Ibid., 15.250-252
69. The Renaissance in India, 14.401-404
70. War and Self-determination, 15.598
71. Ibid., 15.605-606
72. The Renaissance in India, 14.426-433
73. The Foundations of Indian Culture, 14.1-11
74. War and Self-Determination, 15.588-597
75. The Foundations of Indian Culture, 14.27, 31
76. Ibid., 14.73-75
77. Ibid., 14.76-90
78. Essays on the Gita, 13.367-372
79. The Foundations of Indian Culture, 14.122-130
80. 17.179
81. War and Self-Determination, 15.635
82. On Himself, 26.430-431
83. Original Bengali text in A. & R., April 1980, p.1-10
84. 16.331
85. 2.431
86. On Himself, 26.432-433
87. 17.194-196
88. The Foundations of Indian Culture, 14.363-381
89. On Himself, 26.437
90. Ibid., 26.438-439
III
Most of the excerpts from Sri Aurobindo's talks in this section are from A. B. Purani's Evening Talks. Others are from talks noted by Anilbaran (published in Sri Aurobindo Circle), and from unpublished notations by Pavitra.
91. History of the Freedom Movement in India by R. C. Majumdar (Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1998), Vol. III, p. 81
IV
92. 17.7-8
93. On Himself, 26.126
94. Ibid., 26.483
95. Ibid., 26.122, 124
96. Letters on Yoga, 22.174
97. The History of the Freedom Movement in India, Vol. III, p. 310
98. On Himself, 26.468-469
99. Unpublished portion of a letter to Dilip Kumar Roy
100. Ibid., 26.165
101. Letters on Yoga, 22.178
102. Ibid., 22.152
103. The Liberator by Sisirkumar Mitra (Jaico, 1970), p. 199
104. On Himself, 26.375-376
105. Letters on Yoga, 22.196-198
106. Ibid., 24.1608-1609
107. Ibid., 23.716
108. Ibid., 23.717
109. On Himself, 26.167
110. Letters on Yoga, 22.208-209
111. On Himself, 26.143
112. Letters on Yoga, 22.205
113. On Himself, 26.125
114. Letters on Yoga, 22.153
115. Ibid., 22.490
116. Ibid., 22.144 (2nd paragraph only)
117. On Himself, 26.389
118. Ibid., 26.135
119. Letters on Yoga, 22.490
120. Letters on Yoga, 22.140
121. On Himself, 26.380
122. Letters on Yoga, 23.665-666
123. Ibid., 22.139
124. Ibid., 22.486-487
125. Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo by Nirodbaran, 2.1185
126. Collected Poems, 5.569
V
All passages in this section are from Evening Talks (noted by A. B. Purani) and Talks with Sri Aurobindo (noted by Nirodbaran).
VI
127. The Life Divine, 19.1053-1056
128. On Himself, 26.393
129. Ibid.
130. Ibid., 26.399
131. Ibid., 26.396-398
132. Ibid., 26.129-130
133. Ibid., 26.167-168
134. Ibid., 26.168-169
135. Letters on Yoga, 22.424-425
136. Champaklal Speaks (1976), p. 66
137. On Himself, 26.169-170
138. Ibid., 26.401-402
139. Ibid., 26.46
140. Ibid., 26.49
141. Ibid., 26.22
142. Ibid., 26.171-172
143. Ibid., 26.407-413
144. The Ideal of Human Unity, 15.563-565
145. Ibid., 15.567
146. Partially in On Himself, 26.172
147. Ibid., 26.416
148. The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth, 16.73
149. Mother's Agenda Vol. 8, p. 173