... laughter a long way off, a furlong or more away! There was a period that produced great workers. Karmayoga was the In thing it seemed. To mention a few of its practitioners: Manoranjan, Udar, Mona Pinto, Narayanprasad,… and Ravindra-ji. The Mother must have seen in R a great worker, on whom she could lay quite a burden (a joyous one). She did so, starting with a light one, gradually increasing it ...
... brackets has been omitted from the published version of the letter. 31 . Raymond and Sammer were the two architects of Golconde, the oldest guest-house of the Ashram. 32 . Mona Pinto (1911-2004), a sadhaka and the caretaker of Golconde, she was the wife of Udar Pinto. 33 . Sir Chunilal Mehta: Dilipda and Indira Devi stayed in his house at Pune (Dunlavin Cottage) ...
... helping Kailas with the books, but I was so shy. I was a different person before Kailas arrived. I was always resisting everything and reluctant to show my feelings. I would not even stop to take tea. Mona Pinto used to say about me, “This boy never had a mother!” Kailas would ask, “Is there anything you would like to discuss?” I wasn’t accustomed to that kind of interaction, but began to find the value ...
... The tree is decorated by the residents and staff at Golconde and the Christmas celebration remains a joyous event in the Ashram. We continue to distribute gifts to all ashramites and guests. [Mona Pinto told me that the Mother sent out the following letter to all ashramites for Christmas in 1972. It was to be her last Christmas before she left her body in November of 1973. “Father Christmas ...
... people and I am always grateful that she gave me the opportunity to be present on those occasions to share the joy. × Mona Pinto has been organising the Christmas celebrations in the Ashram from the beginning. ...
... none other than Dyuman himself, whom I had known through correspondence. He took us to Golconde, a very striking structure made according to the Mother's own idea and plan. There we were received by Mona Pinto, an English lady who had been in charge of the building since its inception. Dyuman left us there, after instructing Maniben N. Patel, Mona's assistant, to take us to the main Ashram building, where ...
... Das Gupta 677 Manubhai Patel 496 Mao Tse-tung 459, 463, 772 Marx, Karl 762 McPheeters see Shantimayi; Vaun McPheeters Milton, John 312 Misra, Justice S.C. 282 Modern Review 157, 159 Mona Pinto 278-9 Moni (Suresh Chakravarty) 91, 131, 201, 211, 217, 496 Monica Parish 738 Monod-Herzen, Dr G. 282 Moonje, Dr B.S. 200 Moreau, Gustav 473 Morretta, Angelo 762 Morisset, Andre see Andre ...
... Mother asked me to keep it as it was. When the Mother and I were doing the paintings of Book One, Canto 4, there were two or three paintings which looked like modern art. She said jokingly to Mona L. Pinto: You see, now Huta and I are doing modern painting! ...
... the Mother's wish. Then, on the morning of Friday 8.1.99 I brought the Savitri paintings and two huge cupboards to my place, because I was asked Page 30 to do so by Mona L. Pinto. The paintings remained in Golconde for 31 years or so. In the near future these paintings will go to Savitri Bhavan at Auroville.* During that time too, the Mother's recitations ...
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