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On Thoughts and Aphorisms Vol. 10 of CWM 363 pages 2001 Edition
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The Mother’s commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s 'Thoughts and Aphorisms' spoken or written in French.

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On Thoughts and Aphorisms

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Ce volume comporte les commentaires de la Mère sur les Pensées et Aphorismes de Sri Aurobindo, et le texte de ces Aphorismes.

Collection des œuvres de La Mère Pensées et Aphorismes de Sri Aurobindo Vol. 10 436 pages 2009 Edition
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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.

Collected Works of The Mother (CWM) On Thoughts and Aphorisms Vol. 10 363 pages 2001 Edition
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Pensées et Aphorismes : traduction et commentaires

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Note on the Text


The Mother’s commentaries on Sri Aurobindo’s Thoughts and Aphorisms extend over the twelve-year period from 1958 to 1970. Her translations of and commentaries on the first twelve aphorisms were published in 1959 under the title Pensées et Aphorismes: Traduits et Commentes par La Mère. The remaining translations and commentaries were serialised in French, with an English translation, in the quarterly Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education between April 1960 and August 1976. A complete edition of the French text, entitled Pensées et Aphorismes: Traduits et Commentes par La Mère, was published in two volumes in 1974 and 1976. The first complete edition in English appeared in 1977 as Volume Ten of the Collected Works of the Mother (first edition). The present (second) edition the same text as that volume, with a few minor corrections.

Sri Aurobindo wrote these aphorisms around 1913 during the early part of his stay in Pondicherry. Never revised or published during his lifetime, they were first brought out in 1958 under the three headings established by the author: Jnana (Knowledge), Karma (Works) and Bhakti (Devotion).

When the original manuscript of Thoughts and Aphorisms was examined preparatory to the publication of a new edition of the English text in 1977, several erroneous readings were found in the text of the first edition, which was the one used by the Mother for the translation done by her upon which her commentaries are based. The errors, mostly minor, have been corrected in this volume. A note has been given wherever the corrected reading is not in line with the Mother’s comment.

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