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on Mother's
Agenda |
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“Reading
Mother's Agenda not only brings hope but also offers
a certainty. Those interested in the destiny of man and of
this earth must know that somebody has struggled to find the
path out of the thick jungle that we call human nature....
A bright new future is approaching us without our knowledge.”
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— The Times
of India
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“All
those who aspire to understand the deeper meaning of the human
crises, the way out of them and the future of the human species
must go through Mother's Agenda.... We have to transfer
our life to a new foundation. Let Mother's Agenda touch
your tired heart and you will find the first sensation of
transfer.”
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—
The Indian Express
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“The
general impression arising from these thick volumes is indeed
of vast horizons suddenly opening up. The reader is left dizzy
with the gems springing up from Mother's conversations with
her insatiable confidant.... Mother's Agenda offers
a challenge to mankind : Will it disappear ? Will it survive
and mutate into a far more evolved species ?”
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—
The Statesman
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“An
immeasurably valuable account over 23 years of Mother's exploration
into the body consciousness. It is her secret, her discovery,
which makes Mother's Agenda unique.... Satprem has
done a superb job.”
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—
The Economic Times
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“Mother
narrates her most intimate experiences to Satprem in a simple
and vivid language, now sparkling with humour and now calmly
describing the most baffling experiences....”
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—
Free Press Journal
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Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness, by Satprem |
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“Satprem's
Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness calls
for a slow joyous handclap. It is the finest exegesis yet
on Aurobindo's purna yoga. The book reveals Satprem's own
vast experience in the practice of the integral yoga.... We
may have to wait a millennium before we are favoured with
another excellent book on this subject.”
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—
The Sunday Standard
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“As
this book proves, Satprem is an extraordinary writer.”
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—
The Hindustan Times
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“Satprem
has a clarity of presentation that should appeal. A faithful
premier, the book is bound to be useful.”
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—
The National Herald
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“This
book, written in 1963, has an established reputation in India
as well as in the West of a ‘classic’
on Sri Aurobindo.... A stirring and beautiful book which shows
us how Sri Aurobindo's work brings a ‘divine
rehabilitation of Matter’
and which will not soon cease to draw many to ‘the
last exploration left to us, the ultimate adventure : ourselves.’”
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— The Statesman
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“Satprem's
style of biography is by no means classic.... Those interested
in the origin and essence of Indian thought and tradition
will find this book highly refreshing. It has the nakedness
of Vedic knowledge, uncluttered with scholarly complexities.
It is a book of experience, not a theoretical treatise.”
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— Marg
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The Mind of the Cells, by Satprem |
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“Rejecting
conventional ideas on man and the nature of his body, both
in health and in sickness, and abandoning the outworn clichés
of religions with their cathechism and intolerance, Satprem
closely follows Sri Aurobindo in implying that ... if man
does not search for his true being, he will be bypassed as
were prehistoric monsters in the course of nature's evolutionary
movement.”
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—
The Times of India
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“Distils
the essence of Mother's discovery. This book opens up new
sources of energy, new methods of communication, and a new
power to handle matter.”
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—
The Economic Times
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“Satprem
draws striking parallels between Mother's discovery of ‘free
matter,’
of the ‘cellular
mind’
buried deep in the body beneath our atavistic habits, and
science's latest discoveries.... The book ends with an ominous
review of today's world situation, showing however it may
be the very pointer to a ‘fairy
tale’
awaiting us round the corner.”
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—
The Statesman
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| • on
MOTHER : (1) The Divine Materialism, by Satprem |
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“Satprem's
biography of Mother is a valuable prelude to Mother's Agenda....
Marvellous stories and conversations which Satprem has strung
together with a fiery flow of prose. Revolutionary.”
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— Amrita Bazar
Patrika
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“Many
unpublished facts about Sri Aurobindo and Mother are revealed....
Readers of this fascinating and elevating biography will find
it as rewarding as a voyage of discovery.”
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—
The Sunday Standard
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“An
admirable account of Mother's life.”
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—
The Economic Times
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“A
meticulously detailed work.... The author gives many details
on the life and work of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo not known
to the general reader.”
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— The Hindu
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| • on
MOTHER : (2) The New Species, by Satprem |
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“Provides
insights into the work of transformation in Mother. Being
involved in the long and arduous descent into the mysteries
of the human body, she discovers the key in the cells.”
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— The Economic
Times
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“Satprem
hammers at our way of looking at the world with its supposedly
‘ineluctable
laws’
(physical and biological alike), till we seem to lose our
bearings.... There is something magical about this book, as
though it had the mysterious power to propel you into a different
yet very much material world. It is literally a ‘handbook’
of the new species.”
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— The Statesman
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| • on
On the Way to Supermanhood, by Satprem |
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“Satprem's
books are in a class of their own ; their power does not fade
with time. Perhaps they could be called ‘classics
of the future’.
On the Way to Supermanhood ... shows how our sadly
limited and miserable humanity can be a transition towards
a ‘supermanhood’,
which has nothing to do with a Nietzschean superman but is,
simply, a fully conscious being in a fully conscious body.
How we can learn to live and see in a new way is told not
didactically but through Satprem's unique style, a blend of
beauty and power that has a magic appeal.”
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— The Statesman
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| • on
Evolution II, by Satprem |
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“The
problem is to make a breakthrough to evolve a new human species.
A disturbing, challenging thesis ... not an easy one to understand
but it is well worth trying.”
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— Khushwant
Singh, in
The Telegraph & The Hindustan Times
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“Power
or the new energy released by Evolution II would drive mankind
forward and impel the use of the force of consciousness. Such
is the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, as Satprem
has tried to present it in this volume. The writing is forceful,
the thoughts are austere and sincere and the ideal is impeccable
and praiseworthy.”
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— The Astrological
Magazine
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Mother's Chronicles, by Sujata Nahar |
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“Not
only is the book illuminating but its delightfully simple
style makes it a pleasure to read.... It is a fascinating
tale, and the manner of narration confirms that Sujata is
an accomplished storyteller.... The first volume of Mother's
Chronicles makes enchanting reading.”
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— The Statesman
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“Sujata
Nahar ... has brought out an interesting profile of the Mother
in her researched work. She has placed the main highlights
on the many-splendoured image of the Mother.”
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— The National
Herald
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“Through
Sujata Nahar's books [2 & 3], replete with photographs,
expressive drawings and historical pieces of evidence, the
extraordinary story of Mirra comes to life. Though the author
does not demand the reader's belief, he unwittingly begins
to live Mirra's miraculous life and to see how it led to ‘the
greatest adventure of man.’...
Sujata's simple and spontaneous style of writing has given
a novel and fresh insight into the life of this great revolutionary
and yogi [Sri Aurobindo, in Books 4 & 5]. She misses no
occasion to contrast the high idealism of those days with
our present decrepit condition.”
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— The Statesman
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| • on
India's Rebirth
(and its translations into Indian languages) |
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“A
handy selection from Sri Aurobindo.... The issues addressed
are the core ones : the causes of India's degeneration, the
Hindu-Muslim question, and the search for a political system
suited to India. And, of course, the perennial question :
what makes India a country unlike any other ?”
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— India Today
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“An
exhaustive account throwing sharp light over Aurobindo's prescience
about the coming situations in India and timely action for
their resolution.... His assessment and grasp on the future
of India was evident decades before the events took shape
which indeed sternly face us today.”
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— The Statesman
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“Sri
Aurobindo has written a vast deal about India's future and
all his thoughts are brought out [in India's Rebirth]
in a telling manner.... It is his foresight that gives the
writings a special importance.”
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— The Hindu
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“The
very title of the book is inspiring and contains the shining
reaffirmation of what India truly is. Sri Aurobindo's vision
is very striking : it is the spiritual and inner force of
India which, after a thorough cleansing, will make her stand
up again.”
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— Panchajanya
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“Sri
Aurobindo's words come as showers of nectar in these days....
His open and free mind gives a warning to the intellectuals
who feel concerned about the present state of affairs....
Sri Aurobindo is so felicitously introduced through this book.”
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— Andhra Prabha
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