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 - 213
213—The tragedies of the heart and the body are the weeping of children over their little griefs and their broken toys. Smile within thyself, but comfort the children; join also, if thou canst, in their play.
It is the narrowness of the human consciousness that makes tragedies out of events which for the Divine Consciousness are only movements in the general evolution. But even when one
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sees that, one can and must keep a profound sympathy for those who are still living in the throes of ignorance.
