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\nNote on the Text <\/font><\/b>
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\nTHE LIFE DIVINE<\/b> first appeared in fifty-four monthly instalments in the philosophical review
\nArya
\n<\/i>between August 1914 and January 1919. Each instalment was written immediately before its publication.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo did not do any work for
\nThe Life Divine
\n<\/i>as we know it before June 1914; but between 1912 and the early part of 1914, he wrote three incomplete drafts of a commentary on the Isha Upanishad that he called “The Life Divine”. Each of these drafts contains long discussions of philosophical issues. In August 1914, along with the first chapter of
\nThe Life Divine<\/i>, he published the first instalment of a translation and analysis of the Isha Upanishad. From this point on, he kept his Upanishadic interpretation separate from his original philosophical writing. In writing
\nThe Life Divine
\n<\/i>he only occasionally made reference to the Upanishads and other Vedantic texts. He put the heading “Book I \/ The Affirmations of Vedanta” above the title of the first chapter in the
\nArya<\/i>, but made no mention of this division in subsequent chapters. Elsewhere he acknowledged his indebtedness to the Vedantic tradition while at the same time affirming that his philosophy owed more to inner experience than to the reading of texts:
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\nMy philosophy was formed first by study of the Upanishads and the Gita; the Veda came later. They were the basis of my first practice of Yoga; I tried to realise what I read in my spiritual experience and succeeded; in fact I was never satisfied till experience came and it was on this experience that later on I founded my philosophy. . . . The other source of my philosophy was the knowledge that flowed from above when I sat in meditation, especially from the level of the Higher Mind when I reached that level. . . . This source was exceedingly catholic and many-sided and all sorts of ideas came in which might have belonged to conflicting philosophies but they were here reconciled in a large synthetic whole.
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\nBetween 1921 and 1939, Sri Aurobindo undertook the revision of chapters of
\nThe Life Divine
\n<\/i>on two occasions. He did this work   <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n (1) on pages torn from copies of the
\nArya
\n<\/i>and (2) in his bound set of the journal. In both cases he lightly revised selected chapters. All told, thirty of the first thirty-two
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters received some revision. But he did not consult this work when, in the beginning of 1939, he began a systematic revision of the entire
\nLife Divine
\n<\/i>with a view to bringing it out as a book. This revision work is described below.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n The revised
\nLife Divine
\n<\/i>was published in two Volumes in 1939 and 1940 by the Arya Publishing House, Calcutta. It should be noted that these “Volumes” were the two main structural divisions of the work; the same divisions are now called “Books”. The 1939 \u00ad 40 edition of The Life Divine
\n<\/i>consisted of three physical volumes, one for "Volume I" (Book One) and two
\n\tfor "Volume II" (Book Two). Subsequent editions of the work were published sometimes in two physical volumes and sometimes in one.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nThe revision of the two Volumes (Books) will be considered separately.
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\n
\nTHE<\/font> REVISION
\nOF<\/font> VOLUME<\/font> I (BOOK<\/font> ONE<\/font>) <\/b>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n“Volume I” (Book One) of the
\nThe Life Divine,<\/i> "Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged”, was published in November 1939. It consists of twenty-eight chapters. The first twenty-seven correspond to the first twenty-seven chapters of the
\nArya
\n<\/i>text; the twenty-eighth was newly written in 1939. The revision was carried out in two stages. First, at some point (possibly before 1939), Sri Aurobindo made some changes on a typed copy of the
\nArya
\n<\/i>text.1<\/font><\/sup> These changes were transferred from the typed copy to the galley proofs by his secretary. Sri Aurobindo then made further changes directly on the proofs. The chapters that were revised in this way do not differ substantially from the
\nArya
\n<\/i>text. The only chapters of Volume I (Book One) that received extensive revision are XIX, “Life”, and XXIII, “The Double Soul in Man”. In each of these chapters, Sri Aurobindo made fairly substantial alterations to the existing text, and also wrote a long addition (two printed pages in XIX, six in XXIII). It would appear that he wrote the new chapter, XXVIII,
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\n
\n1 It is interesting to note that this revision work was less extensive than the unused pre-1939 revision work referred to above.  
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\n\tafter completing his revision of the twenty-seven existing chapters. He corrected chapters XIX, XXIII and XXVIII along with the other chapters when he saw the page proofs.
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\n In December 1940, after he had completed the recasting of Volume II (Book Two), Sri Aurobindo expressed some dissatisfaction with the revision of the earlier Volume. “If I had to write the first volume of The Life Divine
\n<\/i>again”, he is reported to have said, “I would add to it to make the argument more full.”
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n
\n THE<\/font> REVISION OF<\/font> VOLUME<\/font> II (BOOK<\/font> TWO<\/font>) <\/b>
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\n  <\/p>\n

\n Volume II (Book Two) of The Life Divine<\/i>, “Recast and Enlarged”, was published in July 1940. Sri Aurobindo’s revision, which was far more extensive than that of Volume I, may be broken down into four operations: the revision of
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters directly on pages from the Arya<\/i>; the writing of new passages or new chapters; the correction and further revision of successive typed copies of the revised or new chapters; and the correction and further revision of galley and page proofs. It is not possible to reconstruct the exact sequence in which he did this work, but it may be supposed that he began with the revision of the
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters, taking them up more or less in order, and writing new material when required. His revision of typescripts had to wait until the various chapters were typed by his secretary. Once he had finished revising the typescripts, the manuscript was sent to the press in Calcutta, after which he revised the proofs.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nIn its recast form, Volume II (Book Two) consists of twenty-eight chapters. Sri Aurobindo numbered them in a single sequence but divided them into two parts, each of which contains fourteen chapters. In all, fourteen of the twenty-eight chapters correspond to a single
\nArya<\/i> chapter, two include material from two
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters, while twelve chapters were newly written. See Tables I and II.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nThe sixteen chapters that correspond to
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters may be placed in two categories: (1) those that are made up entirely of
\nArya<\/i> material, revised and enlarged; (2) those that are made up partly of revised
\nArya
\n<\/i>material and partly of new material. The newly written chapters stand apart as a separate category (3). (In Tables I and II these three categories are indicated by superscript numbers 1, 2 and  
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\n 3.) The chapters falling in each of these categories will be considered separately.
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\n  <\/p>\n

\n
\n (1) Revised
\n<\/i>Arya
\nChapters<\/i>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\tTwelve chapters in the revised edition correspond to chapters in the Arya<\/i>, namely revised chapters III, IV, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII, XIII, XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX. Sri Aurobindo began work on these chapters by writing corrections and additions, some of them lengthy, on pages from the Arya<\/i>. Occasionally he deleted paragraphs, longer passages or entire pages. Once he had completed a chapter, he gave it to his secretary for typing. When he got the typescript back, he made further revisions, particularly to passages that had been heavily revised or newly written during the earlier stage. The final manuscript of certain chapters that had received little revision was typed directly from the first revised typescript. In other cases, one or more intermediate typescripts were prepared and revised before the final form was reached.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nOf the twelve chapters under consideration, III, VIII and IX are the least revised; IV, VII, XI, XII, XIII, XVII, XIX and XX are quite heavily revised, though they still follow the general structure of the corresponding
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters; and XVIII is so thoroughly revised that it may be considered to be practically rewritten.
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\n
\n(2) Partly New Chapters<\/i>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nFour chapters in the revised edition, XV, XVI, XXI and XXII, consist of a combination of material from the
\nArya<\/i>, revised in the manner described above, and entirely new material composed in the manner described below. The mode of combination differs from case to case. Chapters XVI and XXII each started as a single
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapter, to which was added an approximately equal amount of new material in such a way that the original structure of the chapter was preserved to a great extent. Chapters XV and XXI were composed of revised passages from a single
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapter (in the first case) or two
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters (in the second case), which were combined with newly written material in such a way that the
\nArya
\n<\/i>material was absorbed in the new structure. The revision of the
\nArya
\n<\/i>portions of Chapter
\n XXI was so extensive,   <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\tand their integration with the new material so thorough, that it may almost be considered a new chapter.
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\n
\n (3) New Chapters<\/i>
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n\tTwelve chapters in the revised version are, from the point of view of composition, entirely new. These new chapters are I, II, V, VI, X, XIV and the last six: XXIII to XXVIII. Sri Aurobindo wrote the first drafts on loose sheets of bond paper. His handwriting flows on with little sign of hesitation; there are few cancellations and hardly any rewording of sentences. At times, however, he cancelled and rewrote whole passages, or left off work and recommenced on a different sheet of paper. Often he proceeded fairly continuously from the beginning of the chapter to the end. In other cases, however, he wrote and revised two or more parts of a chapter separately and then combined them, or else wrote and revised a draft and then integrated it in a longer draft that widened the scope of the chapter. Once a chapter had reached its full extent, it was typed for further revision. At this point, he often introduced stylistic changes, as well as new ideas. The process of typing and revision was generally repeated two or three times.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nThe twelve new chapters appear to have been written from scratch without any direct reference to material in the
\nArya<\/i>. It is worth noting, however, that some new chapters have titles very similar to those of
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters, and deal with similar themes. The clearest of such correspondences are between new Chapter
\n XXIII, “Man and the Evolution”, and
\nArya
\n<\/i>Chapter
\n XXXVI, “Man and the Evolutionary Movement”; and between new Chapter
\n XXVII, “The Gnostic Being”, and Arya
\n<\/i>Chapter
\ns LI and LII, “The Necessity of the Gnostic Being” and “The Spiritual Gnostic Being”. When setting aside
\nArya
\n<\/i>Chapter
\n XL, “The Fundamental Character of the Ignorance”, Sri Aurobindo wrote a note to his secretary indicating that it was to be replaced by a new chapter (later expanded into two chapters, V and VI). But in all these cases, the new chapters do not have any obvious verbal relationship to the ones they replaced.  
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\n MOTTOES<\/font> <\/b>
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n All chapters of the revised edition of
\nThe Life Divine
\n<\/i>have, below the title, translated quotations from the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and other Sanskrit texts. Sri Aurobindo called these quotations “mottoes”. The mottoes for the chapters making up Volume I (Book One) are for the most part the same as those that had appeared in the corresponding
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters. Of the chapters making up Volume II (Book Two), only VII, IX, XVI and XVIII retain mottoes that had appeared in the
\nArya<\/i>. All the other mottoes in Volume II were selected by Sri Aurobindo from a collection prepared for the purpose by A. B. Purani. Sri Aurobindo chose texts from Purani’s collection and translated them into English.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n
\n PRINTING<\/font> HISTORY AFTER<\/font> 1940 <\/b>
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n A second edition of “Volume I”, lightly revised by the author, was published by the Arya Publishing House in 1943. A second edition of “Volume II” was brought out (in one physical volume) by the same publisher in 1944. A third edition of “Volume I” came out in 1947.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nIn 1955, a fourth Indian edition of
\nThe Life Divine
\n<\/i>was published by the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education in one physical volume. This edition was reprinted in 1960. A fifth edition was brought out in 1970 by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram as part of the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library. This edition was reprinted twelve
\n\ttimes between 1970 and 1997, sometimes in two and sometimes in one physical
\n\tvolume. In the impressions of 1977 and 1980, the editors introduced a few corrections of obvious typographical and other errors. The impression of 1982 incorporated several revisions that Sri Aurobindo had made in his copy of the first edition, which had only recently come to light. In 2001 a sixth edition, based on the fifth edition but freshly typeset and with a new pagination, was published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nA one-volume edition of
\nThe Life Divine
\n<\/i>was brought out by the Sri Aurobindo Library, New York, in 1949. In this first American edition the two “Volumes” were called “Books”. (This change of the name of the primary structural division of
\nThe Life Divine
\n<\/i>was adopted   <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\tin the fifth Indian edition and retained in all subsequent editions including the present one.) This edition was reprinted in 1951 and 1965. A second American edition was published by the Lotus Light Press in 1990. This edition was reprinted in 1994 and 2000.
\n\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n
\n THE<\/font> PRESENT<\/font> EDITION<\/font>
\n\t<\/b>
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n The present, seventh, Indian edition is issued as volumes 21 and 22 of THE<\/font> COMPLETE<\/font> WORKS OF<\/font> SRI<\/font> AUROBINDO<\/font>. The text has been checked against all editions published before 1950 and, when necessary, the original manuscripts.  
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\n
\n TABLE I. Chapter
\ns XXVIII \u00ad LIII in the
\nArya<\/i> <\/b>
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n with corresponding chapters in the 1940 edition of Book Two
\n<\/b>
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\n  <\/p>\n

\n\n\n
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n
\n\t\t\tCh. no. in
\nArya<\/i> <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n
\n
\n\t\t\tXXVIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXIX <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXX <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXI <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXIV <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXV,1-2<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXVI <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXVII,1-2 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXVIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXIX <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXL <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLI <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLIV <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLVI [sic<\/i>] <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLVII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLVIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLIX <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tL <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tLI <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tLII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tLIII <\/span> <\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n
\n\t\t\tTitle in
\nArya<\/i> <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Knowledge and the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMemory, Self-Consciousness and the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMemory, Ego and Self-Experience <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Boundaries of the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Integral Knowledge <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Progress to Knowledge <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tKnowledge and Immortality   <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Eternal and the Individual <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMan and the Evolutionary Movement  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tFrom the Undivine to the Divine <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Ascent and its Downward Eye <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Ascent out of the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Fundamental Character of the Ignorance   <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Origin of the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tExclusive Concentration of Tapas <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Order of the Worlds <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tRebirth <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Philosophy of Rebirth <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tRebirth and Other Worlds <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Crown of Rebirth  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Metaphysical Basis of the Divine Life  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Four Theories of Existence <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Necessity of the Gnostic Being  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Spiritual Gnostic Being  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tConclusion  <\/span><\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
\n
\n\t\t\tCh. no. in 1940 <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tVII1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tVIII1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tIX1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXI1<\/font><\/sup><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXV2<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXVII1<\/font><\/sup><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tIII1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tIV1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXVIII1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXIX1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXII1<\/font><\/sup><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tXX1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXI2<\/font><\/sup>, XXII2<\/font><\/sup>
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tXVI2<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n 1 Revised form of a chapter originally published in the
\nArya<\/i>.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 2 Chapter
\n comprising revised
\nArya
\n<\/i>material as well as new material.
\n<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n 3 Entirely new chapter.   <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n
\nPage <\/font>\u2013 1116<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\n TABLE II. Chapters in the 1940 edition of Book Two <\/b>
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n with corresponding
\nArya
\n<\/i>chapters <\/b>
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n  <\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n
\n\t\t\tCh. no. in 1940 <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n
\n
\n\t\t\tI3<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tII3<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tIX1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tXII1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tXIII1 <\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXIX1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXX1<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXIII3<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXIV3<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXV3<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXVI3<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXVII3<\/font><\/sup> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXVIII3<\/font><\/sup> <\/span> <\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n
\n\t\t\tTitle in 1940 <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n
\n
\n\t\t\tIndeterminates, Cosmic Determinations and the Indeterminable  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tBrahman, Purusha, Ishwara 
\n\t\t\t\u2014 Maya, Prakriti, Shakti  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Eternal and the Individual <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Divine and the Undivine <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Cosmic Illusion; Mind, Dream and Hallucination  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tReality and the Cosmic Illusion  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Knowledge and the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMemory, Self-Consciousness and the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMemory, Ego and Self-Experience <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tKnowledge by Identity and Separative Knowledge  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Boundaries of the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Origin of the Ignorance <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tExclusive Concentration of Consciousness-Force and the Ignorance
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Origin and Remedy of Falsehood, Error, Wrong and Evil  
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tReality and the Integral Knowledge <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Integral Knowledge and the Aim of Life; Four Theories of Existence
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Progress to Knowledge 
\n\u2014 God, Man and Nature <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Evolutionary Process  \u2014 Ascent and Integration <\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tOut of the Sevenfold Ignorance towards the Sevenfold Knowledge
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Philosophy of Rebirth <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Order of the Worlds <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tRebirth and Other Worlds; Karma, the Soul and Immortality <\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMan and the Evolution  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Evolution of the Spiritual Man  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Triple Transformation  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Ascent towards Supermind  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Gnostic Being  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Divine Life  <\/span><\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n
\n\t\t\tCh. no. in
\nArya<\/i> <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXV <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXXVII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXVIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXIX <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXX <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXXI <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXLI <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXXXII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tL <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tXXXIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXXVIII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXXXIX <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLIV & XLVI <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tXLIII & XLVII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tXLVII <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\u2014 <\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n
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