Early Life & Paris Years

The Mother was born Mirra Alfassa in Paris on 21 February 1878. A pupil at the Académie Julian, she became an accomplished artist, and also excelled as a pianist and writer. Interested in occultism, she visited Tlemcen, Algeria, in 1905 and 1906 to study with the adept Max Theon and his wife. Her primary interest, however, was spiritual development. In Paris she founded a group of spiritual seekers and gave talks to various groups.

In 1914 the Mother voyaged to Pondicherry to meet Sri Aurobindo, whom she at once recognised as the one who for many years had inwardly guided her spiritual development. After a stay of eleven months she was obliged to return to France due to the outbreak of the First World War. A year later she went to Japan for a period of four years.

The Ashram & Auroville

In April 1920 the Mother rejoined Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry. When the Sri Aurobindo Ashram was formed in November 1926, Sri Aurobindo entrusted its full material and spiritual charge to the Mother. Under her guidance, which continued for nearly fifty years, the Ashram grew into a large, many-faceted spiritual community. In 1952 she established the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, and in 1968 an international township, Auroville. The Mother left her body on 17 November 1973.

Mother’s Agenda & Cellular Transformation

From 1951 until her passing, the Mother recorded her conversations with her French disciple Satprem — an extraordinary chronicle of her experiments with the transformation of the body’s cells. Published as the thirteen volumes of Mother’s Agenda, these talks describe the descent of a new consciousness into matter, the work of the supramental light upon the body, and the difficulties and discoveries of her own cellular transformation.

The Agenda remains one of the most remarkable spiritual documents of the twentieth century. Satprem’s The Mind of the Cells is its celebrated synopsis and introduction.

Download Complete Works of The Mother

All 17 volumes of the Collected Works of The Mother are available here as free eBooks — PDF, ePub and Kindle (MOBI) formats. Click any format to download.

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1. Prayers and MeditationsPDFePubMOBI
2. Words of Long AgoPDFePubMOBI
3. Questions and Answers 1929–1931PDFePubMOBI
4. Questions and Answers 1950–1951PDFePubMOBI
5. Questions and Answers 1953PDFePubMOBI
6. Questions and Answers 1954PDFePubMOBI
7. Questions and Answers 1955PDFePubMOBI
8. Questions and Answers 1956PDFePubMOBI
9. Questions and Answers 1957 and 1958PDFePubMOBI
10. On Thoughts and AphorismsPDFePubMOBI
11. Notes on the WayPDFePubMOBI
12. On EducationPDFePubMOBI
13. Words of the Mother – IPDFePubMOBI
14. Words of the Mother – IIPDFePubMOBI
15. Words of the Mother – IIIPDFePubMOBI
16. Some Answers from the MotherPDFePubMOBI
17. More Answers from the MotherPDFePubMOBI

Download 30-Day Daily Prayers & Words of The Mother (PDF)

Begin each day with the Mother’s words — a free 30-day selection from Prayers and Meditations, Volume 1 of the Collected Works.

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