Auroville references in Mother's Agenda

THE EDITORS' NOTES

This book is part of a larger research attempt to make available whatever Mother has said and written concerning Auroville.

The editors wish simply to present the material itself, clearly and accurately. We hope this book contributes to our discovery of the spirit in which to build an Auroville "that will live the truth of tomorrow".

TYPE

The words of Mother appear in Roman type. All italicized texts come from other sources.

INTRODUCTIONS

Introductions to texts are normally from Mother's Agenda and appear in parentheses. In a few places there are introductions by the editors enclosed in brackets [].

TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS

The texts are individually referenced at the beginning on the right side. For example, in MA XIII-212 or AM IX-101, 'MA stands for Mother's Agenda; the Roman numeral indicates the volume number, and the last number gives the page. AM' is the abbreviation for L'Agenda de Mire and is used for those volumes not yet published in English: For these passages a provisional translation has been provided by the editors. Mother's Agenda uses the American spelling.

Where portions of a conversation or text have been omitted, you will find [passage omitted]. A pause, not an omission, is indicated by (...).

NAMES

Nearly all personal names have been omitted from the text. We have not used the X, Y, Z system in place of names as is done in Mother's Agenda. We have put some consistent designation in brackets; for example, [the architect], or [name] when someone is referred to by name.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We wish to acknowledge the Aurovilians and friends of Auroville who have worked for years on the research from which this publication comes.

We wish to thank the Foundation for World Education (New York) which granted a significant portion of the printing costs.

The Institut de Recherches Evolutives (Paris) has granted permission to reprint from Mother's Agenda in this format.

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