On Thoughts and Aphorisms
Ce volume comporte les commentaires de la Mère sur les Pensées et Aphorismes de Sri Aurobindo, et le texte de ces Aphorismes.
The Mother’s commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s 'Thoughts and Aphorisms' were given over the twelve-year period from 1958 to 1970. All the Mother's commentaries were spoken or written in French. She also translated Sri Aurobindo's text into French.
Pensées et Aphorismes : traduction et commentaires
- JNANA (Knowledge): First period of commentaries (1958)
- JNANA (Knowledge): Second period of commentaries (1960-1961)
- JNANA (Knowledge): Third Period of commentaries (1962-1966)
- JNANA (Knowledge): Fourth Period of commentaries (1969-1970)
- KARMA (Works): Fourth Period of commentaries (1969-1970)
- BHAKTI (Devotion): Fourth Period of commentaries (1969-1970)
- Note on the Text
Aphorism - 168, 169
168—The Cross is in Yoga the symbol of the soul and nature in their strong and perfect union, but because of our fall into the impurities of ignorance it has become the symbol of suffering and purification.
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169—Christ came into the world to purify, not to fulfil. He himself foreknew the failure of his mission and the necessity of his return with the sword of God into a world that had rejected him.
In this Aphorism what does "the sword of God" represent?
The sword of God is the power that nothing can resist.
