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\n\t\t\tESSAYS IN PHILOSOPHY AND YOGA consists of short prose pieces written by Sri Aurobindo after May 1909 and published by him in journals or books or both before his passing in 1950 Most of them are on aspects of philosophy and yoga Short prose pieces written between 1910 and 1950 but not published during Sri Aurobindo’s lifetime are included in Essays Divine and Human<\/i>, volume 12 of THE<\/font> COMPLETE<\/font> WORKS OF<\/font> SRI<\/font> AUROBINDO<\/font>
\n\t\t\tShort prose writings published between 1910 and 1950 on certain specialised subjects \u2014the Vedas, the Upanishads, Indian culture,
\n\t\t\tpolitical theory, education, poetics \u2014are included in the volumes of
\n\t\t\tTHE<\/font> COMPLETE<\/font> WORKS<\/font> dealing with those subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tEssays in Philosophy and Yoga <\/i>is divided into five parts according to the date of writing and original place of publication of the constituent pieces: Part One, essays from the Karmayogin<\/i>, 1909 \u00ad 10; Part Two,
\n\t\t\tThe Yoga and Its Objects<\/i>, written around 1912; Part Three, writings from the Arya<\/i>, 1914 \u00ad 21; Part Four, an essay from the Standard Bearer<\/i>, 1920; Part Five, writings from the Bulletin of Physical<\/i> Education<\/i>, 1949 \u00ad 50.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPART<\/font> ONE<\/font>: ESSAYS
\n\t\t\tFROM THE<\/font> KARMAYOGIN <\/font> <\/i>(1909 \u00ad 1910)
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\n\t\t\tSri Aurobindo was the editor of and principal writer for the Karmayogin<\/i>, “A Weekly Review of National Religion, Literature, Science, Philosophy, &c”, between June 1909 and February 1910 Most of the contents of the
\nKarmayogin <\/i>are published in volume 8 of THE<\/font> COMPLETE<\/font> WORKS OF<\/font> SRI<\/font> AUROBINDO<\/font> The fourteen pieces selected for inclusion in the present volume deal with philosophical and yogic subjects rather than with politics or literature All but two of them were published in one or more of three booklets:
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\n\t\t\t Karmayogin <\/i>(c 1918, 1919, 1921, 1927, 1937, 1945, 1950 and subsequently),
\nMan \u2014Slave or Free? <\/i>(c 1922 and subsequently) and The<\/i> Need in Nationalism and Other Essays <\/i>(1923)
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\n\t\t\tThe Ideal of the Karmayogin Published in the first issue of the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 19 June 1909, and later in The Ideal of the Karmayogin<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tKarmayoga Published in the first issue of the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 19 June 1909, and later in The Ideal of the Karmayogin.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMan
\n\t\t\t\u2014Slave or Free? Published in the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 26 June 1909, and later in Man \u2014Slave or Free? <\/i>and The Need in Nationalism.<\/i>
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\n\t\t\tYoga and Human Evolution Published in the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 3 July 1909, and later in
\n\t\t\tMan \u2014 Slave or Free?<\/font><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tYoga and Hypnotism Published in the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 17 July 1909, and later in Man
\n\t\t\t\u2014 Slave or Free?<\/font><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Greatness of the Individual Published in the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 24 July 1909, and later in The Ideal of the Karmayogin.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Process of Evolution Published in the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 18 September 1909, and later in The Ideal of the Karmayogin.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tStead and the Spirits Published in the
\nKarmayogin<\/i>, 27 November 1909.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tStead and Maskelyne Published in the Karmayogin<\/i>, 1 January 1910.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tFate and Free-Will Published in the Karmayogin<\/i>, 29 January 1910, and later in
\nMan \u2014Slave or Free? <\/i>and The Need in Nationalism.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Three Purushas Published in the Karmayogin<\/i>, 12 February 1910, and later in
\nThe Ideal of the Karmayogin.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Strength of Stillness Published in the Karmayogin<\/i>, 19 February 1910, and later in
\nThe Ideal of the Karmayogin.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Principle of Evil Published in the Karmayogin<\/i>, 26 February 1910, and later in
\nMan \u2014Slave or Free? <\/i>and The Need in Nationalism<\/i>
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\n\t\t\tThe Stress of the Hidden Spirit Published in the Karmayogin<\/i>, 26 February 1910, and later in
\nThe Ideal of the Karmayogin.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPART<\/font> TWO<\/font>: THE<\/font> YOGA AND<\/font> ITS<\/font> OBJECTS<\/font> (CIRCA 1912)
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\n\t\t\tThe Yoga and Its Objects This essay, which is mentioned in a letter written by Sri Aurobindo in 1912, was first published as a booklet in  
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\n\t\t\t1921 under the title “The Yoga and Its Object” The title was changed to the present form in the second edition, issued in 1922 New editions were published in 1931, 1938, 1943, 1946, 1949 and subsequently In 1934 Sri Aurobindo wrote that the booklet represented “an early stage” of his sadhana “and only a part of it is applicable to the Yoga as it has at present taken form after a lapse of more than twenty years” The Appendix consists of explanations of certain words and phrases in the essay, written by Sri Aurobindo in June 1938 in answer to questions posed by a disciple.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPART<\/font> THREE<\/font>: WRITINGS
\n\t\t\tFROM THE<\/font> ARYA<\/font> <\/i>(1914 \u00ad 1921) <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThe monthly Arya<\/i>, “a Review of pure philosophy”, was launched in August 1914 and ran until January 1921 Almost all its contents were written by Sri Aurobindo, particularly after the departure of his co-editors Paul Richard and Mirra Richard (the Mother) in February 1915 We reproduce here facsimiles of the front cover of the first issue of the
\nArya <\/i>and the note printed inside the cover of every issue This note undoubtedly was written by Sri Aurobindo.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tNotes on the Arya<\/i> <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThe “Arya’s” Second Year Published in the Arya <\/i>in July 1915 The next month the same subject was dealt with in four paragraphs of the essay “Our Ideal” that were omitted when it was reprinted in the 1920 edition of
\nIdeal and Progress<\/i> The omitted paragraphs are printed here as an appendix.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe “Arya’s” Fourth Year Published in the Arya <\/i>in July 1918 Note that while the preceding piece was written just before the beginning <\/i>of the
\nArya<\/i>‘s second year, this one was written at the end <\/i>of the fourth year of the journal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tOn Ideals and Progress<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tFirst published in the Arya <\/i>in 1915 and 1916, these five essays were issued together in 1920 under the title
\nIdeal and Progress<\/i> This was the   <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tfirst of three collections of essays issued in 1920 and 1921 under the series title
\nIdeal and Progress<\/i> New editions were published in 1922 (lightly revised), 1946 and subsequently In 1951 and 1966 the book appeared under the editorial title
\nIdeals and Progress<\/i> Another title, On Ideals and Progress<\/i>, which appeared above the title of the first essay in 1920 and 1922, has been used as the title of this section in the present volume.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tOn Ideals Published in the Arya <\/i>in June 1916.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tYoga and Skill in Works Published in the Arya <\/i>in July 1916.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tConservation and Progress Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in May 1916.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Conservative Mind and Eastern Progress Published in the Arya<\/i> in July 1916.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tOur Ideal Published in the Arya <\/i>in August 1915 When this essay was included in
\nIdeal and Progress <\/i>in 1920, four paragraphs referring to the Arya <\/i>were deleted: the original first paragraph and the fourth, third and second paragraphs from the end The first sentence of the last paragraph was also deleted: “We shall develop our general thought in later numbers; at present we content ourselves with restating our ideal” When Sri Aurobindo revised the second edition, he inserted a new sentence at this point: “What then shall be our ideal?” In the present edition, the four omitted paragraphs are reproduced as an appendix to “The `Arya’s’ Second Year” (see above under “Notes on the Arya<\/i>“).<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Superman <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tFirst published in the Arya <\/i>in 1915, these three essays were issued together in 1920 under the title
\n\t\t\tThe Superman. <\/i>This was the second collection of essays issued at that time under the series title Ideal and<\/i>
\nProgress<\/i> New editions were published in 1922 (lightly revised), 1944, 1950 and subsequently.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Superman Published in the Arya <\/i>under the title “The Type of the Superman” in April 1915.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAll-Will and Free-Will Published in the Arya <\/i>in March 1915.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Delight of Works Published in the Arya <\/i>in August 1915.  
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\n\t\t\tFirst published in the Arya <\/i>in 1915 and 1918, these three essays were reprinted in 1920 or 1921 under the title
\n\t\t\tEvolution. <\/i>This was the third collection of essays issued at that time under the series title
\nIdeal and<\/i> Progress<\/i> New editions were published in 1923 (lightly revised), 1933, 1944, 1950 and subsequently.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tEvolution Published in the Arya <\/i>in August 1915.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Inconscient Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in September 1915.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMaterialism Published in the Arya <\/i>in October 1918.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThoughts and Glimpses <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThe first section, “Aphorisms”, was published in three instalments in the Arya
\n<\/i>in March, May and June 1915, the second, “Thoughts and Glimpses”, in two instalments in May 1916 and August 1917 Between 1920 and 1922 all the pieces were published as a booklet entitled
\n\t\t\tThoughts and Glimpses. <\/i>New editions were published in 1923 (lightly revised), 1932, 1941, 1944, 1950 and subsequently.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tHeraclitus<\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThe chapters of this work first appeared in the Arya <\/i>between December 1916 and June 1917 It began as an examination of Herakleitos <\/i>by R D Ranade (Poona: Aryabhushana Press, 1916) Sri Aurobindo’s Heraclitus <\/i>was published as a book in 1941 (lightly revised), 1947 and subsequently.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Problem of Rebirth <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThese sixteen essays were first published in the Arya
\n<\/i>between 1915 and 1921 Those comprising Section I appeared without a general title in two groups: November and December 1915, and March to December 1919 Those comprising Section II came out under the headings “The Lines of Karma” and “The Higher Lines of Karma” between August 1920 and January 1921  
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\n\t\t\tSometime during the 1920s, Sri Aurobindo collected and revised the sixteen essays with the intention of publishing them as a book to be entitled
\n\t\t\tThe Problem of Rebirth <\/i>The revision included the addition of three long passages: the last paragraph of “The Significance of Rebirth”, the last three paragraphs of “Involution and Evolution”, and the last three paragraphs of “Karma, Will and Consequence” Most of the pages of the proposed book were set in type and a few copies
\n\t\t\t\u2014possibly proof copies \u2014were printed, but the book was never published The letter reprinted in Appendix II explains why It may be noted that in this letter Sri Aurobindo referred to the collection of essays as “Rebirth and Karma” The editors, who are responsible for the division into sections, use this phrase as the subtitle of Section I (The same phrase was used as the title of the entire book in an edition published in the United States in 1991).<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Problem of Rebirth <\/i>was first published posthumously in 1952 The third edition of the book, published in 1978, incorporated some revisions made by Sri Aurobindo that had not been discovered when the earlier editions were printed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRebirth Published in the Arya <\/i>in November 1915.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Reincarnating Soul Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in December 1915.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tRebirth, Evolution, Heredity Published in the Arya <\/i>in March 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tRebirth and Soul Evolution Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in April 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Significance of Rebirth Published in the Arya <\/i>in May 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Ascending Unity Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in June 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tInvolution and Evolution Published in the Arya <\/i>in July 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tKarma Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in August 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tKarma and Freedom Published in the Arya <\/i>in September 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tKarma, Will and Consequence Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in October 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tRebirth and Karma Published in the Arya <\/i>in November 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tKarma and Justice Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in December 1919.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Foundation Published in the Arya <\/i>in August 1920. The title of the essay was printed under the heading “The Lines of Karma”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Terrestrial Law Published in the Arya <\/i>in two instalments in September and October 1920 The title of the essay was printed under the heading “The Lines of Karma”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMind Nature and Law of Karma Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in two instalments   <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tin October and November\/December 1920 The title of the essay was printed under the heading “The Lines of Karma”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Higher Lines of Karma Published in two instalments in the last two issues of the
\nArya<\/i>: November\/December 1920 and January 1921 The second instalment was printed with the subheading “The Lines of Truth” This subheading was deleted in the unreleased edition of
\nThe<\/i> Problem of Rebirth.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAppendix I: The Tangle of Karma This incomplete essay was written around 1927, presumably for inclusion with the other essays of The<\/i> Problem of Rebirth.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAppendix II: A Clarification Sri Aurobindo wrote this note on 25 December 1935 in reply to a question put by a disciple.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tOther Writings from the Arya<\/i> <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThese six pieces appeared under the heading “The Question of the Month” in the first six issues of the
\nArya<\/i>, August 1914 \u00ad January 1915 In 1941 the first three and the sixth pieces were published along with five reviews from the
\nArya <\/i>under the title Views and Reviews<\/i> (These reviews are published in Early Cultural Writings<\/i>, volume 1 of THE<\/font> COMPLETE<\/font> WORKS OF<\/font> SRI<\/font> AUROBINDO<\/font>) The titles of the pieces were added at that time New editions of this book were brought out in 1946 and subsequently In 1972 the fourth and fifth pieces were reprinted for the first time since 1914 in The Hour of God and Other Writings.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Needed Synthesis Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in August 1914 “Arya” \u2014Its Significance Published in the Arya <\/i>in September 1914 Meditation Published in the
\nArya <\/i>in October 1914 Different Methods of Writing Published in the Arya <\/i>in November 1914 Editorial title At the time
\nView and Reviews <\/i>was being planned, Sri Aurobindo wrote that this piece was “too slight for inclusion in a book”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tOccult Knowledge and the Hindu Scriptures Published in the Arya<\/i> in December 1914 Editorial title In the
\nArya <\/i>the following sentence preceded the question: “One of our Subscribers sends us the following Question:”  
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\n\t\t\tThe Universal Consciousness Published in the Arya <\/i>in January 1915 In the
\nArya <\/i>the following sentence preceded the question: “One of our subscribers in Europe puts to us the following difficulty:
\n\t\t\t\u2014”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe News of the Month <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThis brief-lived feature was halted after the second issue of the Arya<\/i>, September 1914.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSouth Indian Vaishnava Poetry <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tSri Aurobindo published these essays on Andal and Nammalwar, two of the alwars <\/i>or Vaishnava devotional poets of Tamil Nadu, in the Arya<\/i> in May and July 1915 In the same issues he published translations of some of their poems, which he executed with the help of the poet Subramania Bharati The translations are published in
\nTranslations<\/i>, volume 5 of THE<\/font> COMPLETE<\/font> WORKS OF<\/font> SRI<\/font> AUROBINDO<\/font>
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\n\t\t\tArguments to The Life Divine<\/i> <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tBetween February 1916 and April 1917 Sri Aurobindo wrote “arguments” for Chapters XIX to XXXIII of
\nThe Life Divine <\/i>as they originally appeared in the Arya<\/i> The first argument was followed by this note:
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\n\t\t\tIn response to the desire of some of our subscribers we shall prefix henceforth a brief summary or argument to each chapter of the “Life Divine".<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Life Divine <\/i>was revised before publication as a book in 1939 \u00ad 40 At this time Sri Aurobindo renumbered Arya <\/i>Chapters XXVIII to XXXIII as Book Two, Part I, Chapters VII, VIII, IX, XI, XV and XVII In the revised text all the arguments published in the Arya <\/i>were omitted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIn December 1940 Sri Aurobindo wrote an “Argument in Brief” and a “Shorter Synopsis” of the first chapter of
\nThe Life Divine<\/i>, possibly to show how such summaries might be made Around the same time he wrote a draft of an argument to most of Book One, Chapter  
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\n\t\t\tXXIV This contains some new turns of phrase and some explanatory material not found in the chapter itself (see especially the footnote) These three pieces are reproduced here from his manuscripts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPART<\/font> FOUR<\/font>: FROM
\n\t\t\tTHE<\/font> STANDARD<\/font> BEARER<\/font> <\/i>
\n\t\t\t(1920) <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Standard Bearer <\/i>was launched in August 1920 by the Prabartak Sangha of Chandernagore, a group then working under the inspiration of Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo wrote at least one article for this monthly journal Some of his earlier writings (for example, “Hathayoga” and “Things Seen in Symbols”, included in Early Cultural Writings<\/i>) were also published in the
\nStandard Bearer.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tOurselves This essay was written for publication in the first issue of the Standard Bearer<\/i>, 15 August 1920 The editors have compared the sometimes defective text published in the journal with that of a manuscript draft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPART<\/font> FIVE<\/font>: FROM<\/font>
\n\t\t\tTHE<\/font> BULLETIN OF<\/font> PHYSICAL<\/font> EDUCATION<\/font><\/i> (1949 \u00ad 1950)
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\n\t\t\tThe Supramental Manifestation upon Earth <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tThese eight essays, Sri Aurobindo’s last prose writings, first appeared in the quarterly Bulletin of Physical Education <\/i>(at present called Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education<\/i>) in 1949 and 1950 Unable to write as a result of his failing eyesight, Sri Aurobindo dictated them to a secretary The series was left unfinished on his passing in December 1950 It was published as a book in 1952 under the title
\n\t\t\tThe Supramental Manifestation upon Earth <\/i>(This title was provided or at least approved by the Mother) The book has been reprinted several times In 1953 and subsequently it was brought out in the United States under the title The Mind of Light.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMessage Published in the
\nBulletin <\/i>in February 1949; dated 30 December 1948   <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPerfection of the Body Published in the Bulletin <\/i>in April 1949; dated 23 March 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Divine Body Published in the Bulletin <\/i>in August 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSupermind and the Life Divine Published in the
\nBulletin <\/i>in November 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSupermind and Humanity Published in the Bulletin <\/i>in February 1950; dated 13 January 1950.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSupermind in the Evolution Published in the Bulletin
\n<\/i>in April 1950.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMind of Light Published in the Bulletin <\/i>in August 1950.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSupermind and Mind of Light Published in the
\nBulletin <\/i>in November 1950.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tTHE <\/font>PRESENT<\/font> EDITION
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\n\t\t\tIn 1971 most of the contents of the present volume were published in The Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings<\/i>, volume 16 of the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library A new, rearranged and slightly enlarged edition was brought out in 1989 The present edition is the first to be published under the title
\n\t\t\tEssays in Philosophy and Yoga.<\/i> It contains all the contents of
\nThe<\/i> Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings <\/i>as well as some writings that appeared in other volumes of the Centenary Library
\n\t\t\tAll the constituent pieces have been checked against the versions
\n\t\t\tpublished by Sri Aurobindo in books and journals<\/span><\/p>\n

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